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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Serial Number / History Requests => Topic started by: tomhug on April 05, 2016, 06:25:37 PM

Title: (x) 98K11252
Post by: tomhug on April 05, 2016, 06:25:37 PM

I don't actually possess this quite yet, but it's on it's way to me. 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/227740.jpg)
  I'm thinking Zebrawood (?) top, Mahogany body? 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/227741.jpg)

Title: 98K 11252 USA [was: 112252]
Post by: adriaan on April 05, 2016, 10:16:29 PM

Could be a tulipwood top. Nice!

Title: 98K 11252 USA [was: 112252]
Post by: growlypants on April 06, 2016, 06:34:45 AM

Wow.  Someday I'll own a fretless.  Beautiful - congrats!

Title: 98K 11252 USA [was: 112252]
Post by: tomhug on April 06, 2016, 07:37:23 AM

Hmm. Interesting. I think you may be onto something. Here are more detailed grain shots:  
[img">http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/227748.jpg[/img]
  and  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/227749.jpg)
  Very close match in appearance to Title: 98K 11252 USA [was: 112252]
Post by: slawie on April 07, 2016, 12:39:06 AM

Hello Tom, congratulations lovely looking bass.
For me the Essence body shape is very comfortable to play also.....
I think you have too many numbers in the serial.
 
slawie
 
(Message edited by slawie on April 07, 2016)

Title: 98K 11252 USA [was: 112252]
Post by: tomhug on April 07, 2016, 05:02:52 AM

Thanks, Slawie
 
 I think you have too many numbers in the serial.  
 
Yeah, I noticed that after posting. Unfortunately that's the number reported by the seller. When the bass arrives tomorrow, I will post the corrected serial number.

Title: 98K 11252 USA [was: 112252]
Post by: tomhug on April 07, 2016, 06:31:19 AM

Fortunately the previous owner had a pic of the actual Serial Number. It looks like the correct SN is 98K 11252 USA:
 
 (http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/227764.jpg)
 
Moderators, can you please change the subject of this thread to 98K 11252 USA ?

Title: Re: 98K 11252 USA [was: 112252]
Post by: mica on May 25, 2016, 06:53:41 PM

Hi Tom,

Adriaan was correct - it's Tulipwood (a type of Rosewood). Here's the rest of the details:

model name: Essence
model number: KLB5
top: Tulipwood
accent: Maple pinstripe
body: Mahogany
neck: 5-piece Maple with 4 Walnut pinstripes
scale: 34" long
fingerboard: Ebony, unlined fretless
side position markers: Bronze dots
hardware: Chrome plated
pickups: Alembic MXY56
controls: volume, pan, filter, mono output
originally made for: Guitar Center, Chicago
birthday: January 9, 1998

It's not recorded as a custom order, but surely it must have been.