Author Topic: Elan with interesting pickguard on Texas craigslist  (Read 195 times)

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Elan with interesting pickguard on Texas craigslist
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2015, 08:18:41 AM »
An interesting Bass ! I like that pickup choice.

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« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2015, 08:33:48 AM »
The control plate is unusual. It looks good and fits well with the bass but I wonder if it is original or was done to fix a breakout of the 1/4 jack?
 
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« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2015, 08:38:44 AM »
Keith, was was thinking the same as you on the control plate !  
 
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« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2015, 09:52:25 AM »
The bass looks like it's had some action over it's life. Which is a good thing. I think the same about the plate. Now if it was a planished brass plate like the famous #12,  that would look better.
I guess the other possibility is that the electronics are not original and the plate is there to get them to fit.
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« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2015, 12:34:32 PM »
From the control layout they look like Essence or would it be Elan controls. I see what looks like a Q-switch in its normal position for a V/P/F arrangement.  
 
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