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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Serial Number / History Requests => Topic started by: dth0000 on March 25, 2011, 02:25:21 PM

Title: (x) Epic #96w9644
Post by: dth0000 on March 25, 2011, 02:25:21 PM

i would appreciate any info on a 4 string Epic serial # 96W9644 that i am thinking of purchasing.
Thank you in advance.

Title: (x) Epic #96w9644
Post by: dth0000 on April 27, 2011, 09:23:22 AM

can anyone positively identify the wood used for the top on this Epic... i was told its Coco Bolo but have had a few differing opinions.
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/103056.jpg)
 
(Message edited by mica on February 20, 2015)

Title: (x) Epic #96w9644
Post by: ajdover on April 27, 2011, 09:32:00 AM

Looks like a dark zebrawood to me, but I could be wrong ....

Title: (x) Epic #96w9644
Post by: tbrannon on April 27, 2011, 10:21:31 AM

I'm guessing Bocate.

Title: (x) Epic #96w9644
Post by: dth0000 on May 09, 2011, 09:41:31 AM

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/104082.jpg)

Title: (x) Epic #96w9644
Post by: mica on February 26, 2015, 05:30:09 PM

Here's what I found in the file:
 
top: Bocate
accent: Maple pinstripe
body: Mahogany
neck: 3-piece Maple
scale: 34 long
fingerboard: Ebony
inlays: none
finish: satin natural polyurethane (oil-look)
controls: Epic volume, pan, bass, treble, mono output
originally made for: Guitar Center, TX
birthday: January 30, 1996