Author Topic: Alembic Elan 4 (Read 246 times)

deks · « **on:** December 11, 2012, 02:36:22 PM »

hello everybody, I am just buy a Elan 4 from '93 after a 20 year looking for alembic basses. It is awesome bass...
I am just looking on forum how much hours can work batery in his active electronics, and if somebody know what is a kind of three on face?

deks · « **Reply #1 on:** December 11, 2012, 03:04:48 PM »

sorry, in previous thread I am not post a picture of my bass, here is a link:
http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/3639/letojesen2012062.jpg

artswork99 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 11, 2012, 04:01:40 PM »

Dejan,
Welcome to the forum and congratulations!
is information on the Elan model.
Enjoy, Art

wishbass · « **Reply #3 on:** December 12, 2012, 08:13:06 AM »

Nice Elan Dejan!

David Houck · « **Reply #4 on:** December 12, 2012, 07:18:33 PM »

Congratulations on the Elan!

The battery should last at least a year.

deks · « **Reply #5 on:** April 03, 2013, 04:56:31 PM »

Hi to everybody! I just buy a couple of old bass pickup, very similar like on my elan 4, and need to know your opinion is it possible that this fatboy is a alembic pickup? Here is some pictures Thanks a lot!

mica · « **Reply #6 on:** April 03, 2013, 05:01:13 PM »

I don't think those are Alembic pickups.

FC Bass · « **Reply #7 on:** April 03, 2013, 05:39:30 PM »

Does the top follow fingerboard radius? Could be Aria pro II pickups (from the SB series)

(Message edited by fc_spoiler on April 03, 2013)

deks · « **Reply #8 on:** April 04, 2013, 01:13:06 PM »

Hi Mica!
All measurement on this pickup is same like on Alembic pickup(BxWxT)and they have same curvature,on the top no radius it is flat no see any differences, and a hole for screw is at same distance.
As I can measure on Om-meter one pickup have a two spool of wire and each spool have 1.8 KOhm, they are put together in parallel mode and output from pickup is only .8 KOhm so I am asking my self is this some old series of alembic pickup, because no any kind of Alembic copies with a same dimensions and curvatures on net, or maybe it's pickup is a result cooperation with Mr.Arai?