1990 Elan Quilted Maple Stormburst finish

[FC Bass]

I've put my Elan up for sale :-(
Awesome bass, but I have two Alembics that barely get played and I have bills to pay...
?1800 + shipping, comes with original (very beat up) case.
 
Here's the for sale ad on Marktplaats (Dutch)  
The Showcase entry
And Here are some more pics/info:  1990 Elan page
 
Elan HLB4 90H6003  
 
top: Quilted Maple  
body: Maple  
neck: 3-piece Maple, 34 long scale  
fingerboard: Ebony with pearloid oval inlays  
body shape: Elan with tummy and elbow cuts  
peghead shape: Elan Inline  
pickups: PJZB  
electronics: Elan (volume, pan, filter, Q) note there are 2 preamps inside the bass, one for each pickup  
finish: Stormburst  
hardware: polished brass  
originally made for: New Seattle Music  
birthday: not recorded (last date on work order is into spray, May 10th)  
 
Original owner was from WA and bought the bass on July 14, 1990.
 


 
 
(Message edited by fc_spoiler on October 13, 2013)

[jazzyvee]

I hope you get a quick sale. I will post a link onto UK Basschat there are a few members there who are positive about alembic so it may help.
Jazzyvee

[elwoodblue]

oops...dbl post
 
(Message edited by elwoodblue on October 14, 2013)

[elwoodblue]

I'd love to bring her back to Seattle,
prob be sold before I raised some cash,c'est la vie.
 
{I miss the purple fretless elan that groovelines didn't sell back to me...I guess he chose $ over karma .../rant}
 
I need another Elan , that stormburst is a beauty,plus it has FC mojo now !!

[mikedm]

Elans . . . yum. I've always liked this bass, good luck Flip.
 
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(actually elwood, I choose to address family medical needs. It was a sad day packing it up. May not help, but I share your need for an Elan, though one with frets!)

[jazzyvee]

Cool profile picture Groovelines... :-)
 
Jazzyvee

[kenner]

...this, is one I'd so love to own... I hope you can move it soon.....

[bigredbass]

ANYBODY thinking of a Sadowsky, etc., needs to jump on this:  Way better than ANY of the various Fender clones, and the PJ Activators are a nice Alembicized take on a PJ setup:  Not quite the hi-fi neutrality of the various Alembic soapbars, but a meaty tone that's clearer than most any EMG, Bart, setup out there.  The Alembic P Activator will pull satellites out of low Earth orbit, and this has the J pickup a shell width away from the bridge where it's a bit warmer.  And typically dead quiet, like all Alembics.
 
And even though this one is all 'white wood' (no mahogany, etc.), the neckthru will carry a solid fundamental through to the amp in a way bolt-neck guitars cannot, a neat addition to this tone profile.
 
Get it while you can !
 
j o e y

[FC Bass]

Thanx all!
 
Joey: Spot on, thanx!

[FC Bass]

Some pics of the case and I tried to capture some dings on the bass:  

  This scared me a bit after traveling +/-400 miles to pick her up:

 

  Missing on both sides, will come with an easy to use strap for secure closing.

  Most prominent dings on the bass:  Little line through the finish on the top edge of the headstock

  Retouched by a previous owner:

  Hard to see, dent in the finish: