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the_home

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Re: Elan 1989..just arrived !
« Reply #15 on: March 04, 2019, 04:59:16 PM »
Beautiful bass. It does indeed look just like new. Congrats!
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Alexce69

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Re: Elan 1989..just arrived !
« Reply #16 on: March 05, 2019, 12:47:19 AM »
Thank you. I think that the first owner didn’t play this bass for long. He was a collector or something like that. The frets and the fingerboard doesn’t have a scratch. I’m sure that it is cause of the incredible constructive quality of alembic basses. There was the protective charter on the backplate yet, it was a challenge remove it after thirty years..the glue was dry and I had to use nail polish remover..
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Re: Elan 1989..just arrived !
« Reply #17 on: March 05, 2019, 06:05:22 AM »
I had to laugh a bit, when I read about your trouble getting the back plate loose.  On my '09, which I bought new...I had the same problem!  I just used a little masking tape to lift off the plate which had also gotten a bit stuck after only a few months!!
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Alexce69

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Re: Elan 1989..just arrived !
« Reply #18 on: March 05, 2019, 09:23:07 AM »
 ;D the problems are behind the corner, when we put our hands not to play, but to fix or set or clean our bass.
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StefanieJones

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Re: Elan 1989..just arrived !
« Reply #19 on: March 05, 2019, 09:30:59 AM »
Wow! What a beauty! Congrats!
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goran

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Re: Elan 1989..just arrived !
« Reply #20 on: March 05, 2019, 12:41:27 PM »
oh, that's a beauty, congratulations... really nice top
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Tennesseemick

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Re: Elan 1989..just arrived !
« Reply #21 on: March 06, 2019, 08:13:20 AM »
Congratulations for giving that beautiful base a home and a life! I recently got an unused 20+ year old Epic, mint condition, so I understand that kind of joy. Yes, they're beautiful instruments and I can stare at mine for many long moments, but they're made to be played!
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Alexce69

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Re: Elan 1989..just arrived !
« Reply #22 on: March 06, 2019, 10:51:56 AM »
Hi Tennesseemick, thank you, share a pic of your epic.
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Tennesseemick

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Re: Elan 1989..just arrived !
« Reply #23 on: March 08, 2019, 09:12:19 AM »
bass...DANGED AUTOCORRECT!   :-\
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