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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Serial Number / History Requests => Topic started by: kenner on July 27, 2013, 10:27:07 AM

Title: (x) A lil' history on.... 90H5947
Post by: kenner on July 27, 2013, 10:27:07 AM

90H5947...
 
I have the build sheet...  just curious if it was a custom or not...
 
Thank you

Title: (x) A lil' history on.... 90H5947
Post by: jazzyvee on July 28, 2013, 02:16:38 AM

We love pictures here and from them we can determine if the bass has custom features.
 
Jazzyvee

Title: (x) A lil' history on.... 90H5947
Post by: kenner on July 28, 2013, 03:52:08 PM

I gotta wait for Wifealiscious to get home with her fancy camera    ...I'll get em posted

Title: (x) A lil' history on.... 90H5947
Post by: FC Bass on July 28, 2013, 05:09:03 PM

Here are some:  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/169788.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/169789.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/169790.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/169791.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/169792.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/169793.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/169794.jpg)

Title: (x) A lil' history on.... 90H5947
Post by: tbrannon on July 28, 2013, 06:37:16 PM

Hot damn, that is a beautiful Elan.

Title: (x) A lil' history on.... 90H5947
Post by: kenner on July 29, 2013, 05:07:27 PM

..and, there ya have it  
 
...thanks brutha `m/

Title: (x) A lil' history on.... 90H5947
Post by: jazzyvee on July 29, 2013, 11:08:09 PM

Now that is top class. The bottom end must be very prominent as the neck pickup is right on the truss rod cover like one of my basses. Lovely bass my friend. I hope you have some great times playing music with it.  
 
Jazzyvee

Title: (x) A lil' history on.... 90H5947
Post by: pauldo on July 30, 2013, 03:32:44 AM

The zebra wood is erratic! :-D
 
Beauty eh!

Title: (x) A lil' history on.... 90H5947
Post by: mica on December 18, 2015, 07:26:44 PM

Here's the information to confirm most of what you already know:
 
serial number: 90H5947
model name: Elan
model number: HLB4
top: Erratic Zebrawood
accent: none
body: Maple
neck: 3-piece Maple
scale: 34 long
fingerboard: Ebony
inlays: Pearloid (oval) inlays
pickups: AXY4
controls: Elan volume, pan, filter, Q-switch, mono output
originally made for: Meredith Instruments, AZ
birthday: May 10, 1990
 
The original owner was from Washington.

Title: (x) A lil' history on.... 90H5947
Post by: mica on December 18, 2015, 07:48:15 PM

Is it custom? From one perspective, every one is a custom build!  
 
But this bass was specifically built for the dealer in Arizona, and the original owner registered it a few months later, so I suspect it was made for store display.

Title: (x) A lil' history on.... 90H5947
Post by: kenner on December 21, 2015, 06:01:47 PM

I'm sure you would guess that I have been steadfast in waiting next to the computer this whole time for your response....  so, thank you for doing so....  
 
Side note, I learned that two of my friends in the Twin Cities owned it before I acquired it....