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Title: (x) 94W8295 Epic 5 String
Post by: anthenium on December 17, 2014, 02:07:50 AM

I recently picked up this Beauty in a Trade. I'd be interested to know anything about it! Last owner kept in in a closet for YEARS! I'm guessing it's a 94 by the SN, but other than the tarnished Brass, the bass is like new.
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/204067.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/204068.jpg)

Title: (x) 94W8295 Epic 5 String
Post by: anthenium on December 17, 2014, 03:50:00 AM

The Body!(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/204087.jpg)

Title: (x) 94W8295 Epic 5 String
Post by: mica on February 13, 2015, 06:11:44 PM

Hi Anthony,  
 
Here's what I found in the instrument file:
 
serial: 94W8295
name: Epic
model: WLB5
top: Bird's-eye Maple
accent: Purpleheart pinstripe
body: Mahogany
shape: Epic
neck: 5-piece Maple
scale: 34 long scale, set neck construction
fingerboard: Ebony
inlays: none
side markers: bronze dots
peghead: Cone 3+2
pickups: MXY56
electronics: Epic volume, pan, bass, treble, mono output
finish: satin natural polyurethane (oil-look)
backplate: plastic
hardware: polished brass
originally made for: J Gravity Strings, MO
birthday: Not recorded (!) but soon after 4-14 1994 according to the rest of the build record, and based on the adjacent serial numbers, it's probably 4-21.
 
Really really nice top (I'm a sucker for Bird's-eye Maple)