Elan 5 on Basschat UK.

[jazzyvee]

Looks in great nick and i have no connection to seller.
https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/509943-alembic-elan-5-fsft/

[BeenDown139]

quilt top.  long scale. maple body core. 5-strings.  the only thing missing is LEDs (imho, that is).
good luck to all!

[BeenDown139]

  i guess if that don't flip yer switch, a nice elan jsut popped up stateside:

https://reverb.com/item/87620563-alembic-elan-5-string-1991-cherry-sunburst

4+1 headstock.  maple body.  $4k USD.  heavy as....heck.  kinda beat up.  been set up for EADGC so i'd check the saddles and nut if yer gonna go back to the real world with this one.

good luck to all!

[jazzyvee]

When I got my europa 5, it was also strung that way. Fortunately, the saddles were cut for a standard 5 string so it was simple to put it back to standard tuning. That may be the case with this one too.

[edwardofhuncote]

They're both nice, and I'm all about a 5-string Alembic... but that cherry-burst is hot. I wonder if this is the same one we discussed a while back where the question about the "WAXY" pickups came up?

[BeenDown139]

all kinds of 5-ers showing up all of a sudden.  here's another:
https://reverb.com/item/87638493-alembic-evh-5

i think this one's made the rounds already, no power supply or cable apparently plus ya gotta get it from there to here.

When I got my europa 5, it was also strung that way

well it didn't leave my hands that way that bass must have an interesting tale to tell.

good luck to all!

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good luck to all

[jazzyvee]

Interesting that that EVH has the 5-pin socket and, i'm no expert on electronics but i can't see anything to reduce voltage of the DS-5 power supply into that bass so i presume that those circuits can take the 36vdc.

[edwardofhuncote]

It's been a while, but that ones been up before. I think back at Edwin's. It always reminds me of Rob [mtjam]'s EVH 5-string. The grafted walnut top wood is the giveaway. Hang on, I'll find the post...


*here it was.... old Reverb link still works for me- https://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=27091.msg275295#msg275295

[JimmyJ]

Interesting that that EVH has the 5-pin socket and, i'm no expert on electronics but i can't see anything to reduce voltage of the DS-5 power supply into that bass so i presume that those circuits can take the 36vdc.

Well, it appears only the + voltage from pin-4 of the XLR is being used.  I can't tell from the photo where that pink wire goes but there is also a small resistor at the 1/4" jack which may be to drop the voltage a bit from what would be 15-20VDC.  And the audio output is connected to pin-2 so that would appear at the Bass pickup jack of a DS5.

Jimmy J

[BeenDown139]

Interesting that that EVH has the 5-pin socket and, i'm no expert on electronics but i can't see anything to reduce voltage of the DS-5 power supply into that bass so i presume that those circuits can take the 36vdc.

looks like someone cleaned it up from the earlier  pix.  also interestin that the price went down from the original posting 3 years ago.  i'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that wasn't done at the factory, but it apparently does have stereo output (a yuge plus at the house o'BeenDown).  i'd want a look under the hood (or bonnet for youse eastereners) before forking out any $USD,  too bad it's not in hte US.  or conversely, it's just as well it's not in the US, outta reach outta mind.

cheers!

t

<edit>  i did look under the hood/bonnet.  i dunno.  is that factory work?  my A-bass has stereo output on a 1/4" TRS but the jack's laid out for a 5-pin.  wouldn't take much to do a conversion,i could handle the electrical work but i sure wouldn't do hte lutherie part.