(x) 08K13897 [was: C8KL3897] build sheet request please

[timplog]

dear keeper of all Alembic family information and genealogy.
do you have anything about Essence # C8KL3897 model KLB4 in coco bolo?
nice guitar with a sustain block, unusual?
glad it's there!

thanks, when you can

[adriaan]

Can you confirm the serial the number as 08K13897? That would be more in line with how these numbers get assigned.

[timplog]

thanks Adrian it is most likely as you say, 08K13897, a little bit of a (mis)judgement call on my part.
thanks for catching that!

[mica]

Oh OK! Since it had a new thread, I pulled it with the rest of the files

top: Coco Bolo
accent: Maple laminate and Purpleheart pinstripe
body: Mahogany
neck: 3-poece Maple with 2 Walnut pinstripes
scale: 34" long
fingerboard: Ebony
peghead: Orion 4
pickups: MXY4
controls: volume, pan, filter, mono output
tailpiece: bird
originally made for: Aplicaciones Acousticas Musicales, Canary Islands
birthday: July 15, 2008

So the bird tailpiece is custom for this model, but the bridgeblock is not marked yes or no - so did you determine if the bass has a block?

[timplog]

Thanks again Mica 🌻
Yes I'm totally stoked it does have the brass sustain block.
Having another Essence without the block I can attest personally that notes quite definitely do continue (sustain) longer with it than without it.
Notes in general have a richer, fuller presentation too, quite apart from sustain.
Brilliant idea you guys.
Posted a photo in the new build request (sorry now redundant) it's a beautiful guitar.

Many many thanks!