Author Topic: Greg's Lefty Custom Elan (Read 3466 times)

mica · « **on:** March 29, 2005, 04:39:13 PM »

Still early on, but you can start to see how it will take shape:

gregc · « **Reply #1 on:** March 30, 2005, 06:53:18 AM »

Wow! It looks awesome already. Alembic is the best. Great work. I love you guys!!!!

mica · « **Reply #2 on:** April 22, 2005, 12:51:44 PM »

In the setup room:

Just waiting in line for the electronics add on from March.

David Houck · « **Reply #3 on:** April 22, 2005, 01:10:11 PM »

Wow! Nice combination of woods!

jacko · « **Reply #4 on:** April 25, 2005, 05:33:15 AM »

Very nice Greg. i especially like the swirly coco bolo.

graeme

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 25, 2005, 10:23:37 AM »

What a striking combination of neck and body woods! I bet she'll sound luscious.
Mike

gregc · « **Reply #6 on:** April 25, 2005, 11:13:22 AM »

Thanks all! This is my first Alembic and I wanted a deep, rich sound and I wanted the woods to look good together. I wasn't really sure how the different woods would look together, but it came out even better than I expected.
Greg

gregc · « **Reply #7 on:** April 27, 2005, 07:10:49 PM »

Hey Graeme. I just took at look at your Rogue and it has some serious coco bolo swirls and really great contrast. One of the coco bolo classics!
Greg

gregc · « **Reply #8 on:** July 11, 2005, 09:26:29 AM »

The elves just informed me that my bass will be shipping shortly. I'm salivating already. I am sure she will sound as luscious as she looks. Thanks to all on the Alembic side for the great work, great advice and great vibes on this project.

gregc · « **Reply #9 on:** July 15, 2005, 12:18:04 PM »

It got it yesterday and played it for 4 hours straight. It looks, plays and feels great. A thing of great beauty. My wife named it Purple Haze because of the purple neck lams and the hazy coco bolo grain. I will probably post some pictures in the Showcase section. I'm trying to figure out if it belongs in the Elan section because of the Elan body shape or the Europa section because it is a Europa.

David Houck · « **Reply #10 on:** July 15, 2005, 02:00:33 PM »

Congrats!!!

As for which section of the Showcase, I would suggest you go with what the serial number indicates.

harvey · « **Reply #11 on:** July 15, 2005, 02:34:04 PM »

Wow, great bass. I recently got my dream Elan bass, great basses, no?! So is the Elan shape only avaliable as a custom order now? why was it discontinued?

Again, lovely bass.

Cheers

gregc · « **Reply #12 on:** July 16, 2005, 10:13:18 PM »

Thanks Dave, it has a Europa serial number, so I'll post the pics in the Europa section.

Harvey, I agree, they are great basses and yes, it seems that they no longer make Elans. I don't know why they were discontinued. Does yours have the P-J config?

David Houck · « **Reply #13 on:** July 17, 2005, 07:30:39 AM »

Harvey; I don't know how it's decided which models are offered in the catalogs and on the web page, perhaps they wish to keep the number of models down to a manageable level; but I think it's the case that, essentially, there's no such thing as a discontinued model. The serial number page shows that Elans were offered from 1985 to 1997; but my guess is you could probably custom order an Elan if you wanted a new one.

harvey · « **Reply #14 on:** July 17, 2005, 08:25:25 AM »

That makes sense, thanks Dave. Greg, Mine is quite similar to yours but with different electronics and a 6 string. You can find pictures of it here: http://photobucket.com/albums/v164/pedullaman/Vigier%20and%20Alembic/

I really love this bass, used it for the first time yesterday live at a jazz club and it sounded fantastic. I was a little worried that it sounded too much like a jazz bass but live, a whole new character emerges as the sound cuts through. Excellent bass!