Alembic Elan 5 with walnut top from 1989 €3.500 (trades welcome) - *SOLD* £2970 Netherlands

[SurroundedByManatees]

Alembic Elan 5 (1989)

 

Excellent Alembic Elan fiver with narrow (15mm) stringspacing.

 

 

The bass has its usermarks and small damages around, but is in a technical good condition. The neck is straight, frets are good, hardware and electronics work properly.

Playability of this neck is great, and allows low action. The string spacing might be tight for slapping, but is great for faster fingerstyle or pick stuff.

 

Controls: volume, pan, q-switch, q-filter.

 

The weight on my kitchen scale is 4,7kg.

 

Original specsheet and other documentation is included, as well is a generic soft case.

 

Asking €3.500

 

I am located in the Netherlands, but I am happy to ship at buyers risk and expense.

 

Trades and partial trades are welcome. I am mainly interested in vintage Fender (especially <66 jazz) basses or maybe guitars, Music Man Sabre bass... Also good (japanese) copies of famous bass models might be interesting per example..

Edited April 5, 2022 by SurroundedByManatees

[MJJS]

What’s the string spacing at the nut please.

[SurroundedByManatees]

45 minutes ago, MJJS said:

What’s the string spacing at the nut please.

10mm

[petecarlton]

I much prefer this body shape with Alembics - mixing a metaphor, I never could quite get my head round the back end of the body with the more distinctive type.