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Alembic products => Showcase => Elan Basses => Topic started by: longhorncat on August 01, 2007, 07:24:22 PM

Title: 88 Elan (help)
Post by: longhorncat on August 01, 2007, 07:24:22 PM

Can any one tell me what top wood was used on this Elan fretless?
 
 
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Title: 88 Elan (help)
Post by: longhorncat on August 01, 2007, 07:28:21 PM

 Larger pic (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/m5yates/Alembic/Elan/Body2.jpg)

Title: 88 Elan (help)
Post by: bassjigga on August 01, 2007, 07:40:49 PM

Hmm interesting one. My guess is walnut.

Title: 88 Elan (help)
Post by: the_8_string_king on August 01, 2007, 09:31:53 PM

Yeah, Walnut.

Title: 88 Elan (help)
Post by: longhorncat on August 01, 2007, 09:42:01 PM

Cool.  Thank you.

Title: 88 Elan (help)
Post by: southpaw on August 02, 2007, 09:44:17 AM

That is beautiful Bill, is that your bass?

Title: 88 Elan (help)
Post by: longhorncat on August 02, 2007, 10:38:06 AM

Yes, but I just bought an Europa fretless, so this one is for sale.

Title: 88 Elan (help)
Post by: o1967442 on August 16, 2007, 05:43:08 AM

Hey Bill,  
You know that you can request a build sheet from Alembic. Mica will do her best to find out the exact woods and electronics were in the bass when it left Alembic's halls....

Title: 88 Elan (help)
Post by: tmoney61092 on November 03, 2008, 03:11:22 PM

did you ever sell this? if not how much?