Need details for a serial number...

[waggaboy]

Hello my friends.  There is an Epic on eBay right now but the owner knows nothing about it...
 
Could you please provide the usual details for 98W11571?
 
Thanks & Regards,
Sean.
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3719560854

[valvil]

Hello Sean,  
 
I am  not at work now, so I can't look it up, but I am a bit confused, since I see that the owner has already listed all the woods, which  match the pictures well; other than the date of completion, I don't see what else I could tell you. It's got brass hardware and standard Epic electronics, that I can see from the pictures.
 
Valentino

[waggaboy]

Thanks Val -- was really interested in the scale length -- I have a blind hope of finding a 35 Epic that I can convert to a fretless :-)

[valvil]

Ah, that makes sense!  No problem, will check the scale lenght tomorrow.
 
 
Valentino

[bob]

Sean,  
 
It's funny, we may have very different views in some areas, but it sure is hard to argue about a 35(+) inch fretless :-)
 
Yeah, I kind of think you're dreaming here, but it opened my mind to the possibility of finding something close and putting on a new fingerboard. Thanks for that.
 
I'm not a collector, and I'm not looking for another bass (really, honest, not even thinking about it), but you know... if I saw an extra long scale, Series, mid- to late-70s vintage, preferably with solid Koa wings, and the only problem was that it had frets... But shoot, there really weren't any 5 strings back then - though I suppose I could string it BEAD? - and I really don't want to deal with the fancy cable and power supply...
 
Well, nevermind.  
 
Good luck on your search.  
-Bob
 
(Message edited by bob on April 23, 2004)

[valvil]

Sorry Sean, it's a 34 inch scale.  
Completed 6/3/98.
 
 
Valentino