I've put my Elan up for sale :-(
Awesome bass, but I have two Alembics that barely get played and I have bills to pay...
?1800 + shipping, comes with original (very beat up) case.
 
Here's the for sale ad on Marktplaats (Dutch)  
The Showcase entry
And Here are some more pics/info:  1990 Elan page
 
Elan HLB4 90H6003  
 
top: Quilted Maple  
body: Maple  
neck: 3-piece Maple, 34 long scale  
fingerboard: Ebony with pearloid oval inlays  
body shape: Elan with tummy and elbow cuts  
peghead shape: Elan Inline  
pickups: PJZB  
electronics: Elan (volume, pan, filter, Q) note there are 2 preamps inside the bass, one for each pickup  
finish: Stormburst  
hardware: polished brass  
originally made for: New Seattle Music  
birthday: not recorded (last date on work order is into spray, May 10th)  
 
Original owner was from WA and bought the bass on July 14, 1990.
 


 
 
(Message edited by fc_spoiler on October 13, 2013)

I hope you get a quick sale. I will post a link onto UK Basschat there are a few members there who are positive about alembic so it may help.
Jazzyvee

oops...dbl post
 
(Message edited by elwoodblue on October 14, 2013)

I'd love to bring her back to Seattle,
prob be sold before I raised some cash,c'est la vie.
 
{I miss the purple fretless elan that groovelines didn't sell back to me...I guess he chose $ over karma .../rant}
 
I need another Elan , that stormburst is a beauty,plus it has FC mojo now !!

Elans . . . yum. I've always liked this bass, good luck Flip.
 
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(actually elwood, I choose to address family medical needs. It was a sad day packing it up. May not help, but I share your need for an Elan, though one with frets!)

Cool profile picture Groovelines... :-)
 
Jazzyvee

...this, is one I'd so love to own... I hope you can move it soon.....

ANYBODY thinking of a Sadowsky, etc., needs to jump on this:  Way better than ANY of the various Fender clones, and the PJ Activators are a nice Alembicized take on a PJ setup:  Not quite the hi-fi neutrality of the various Alembic soapbars, but a meaty tone that's clearer than most any EMG, Bart, setup out there.  The Alembic P Activator will pull satellites out of low Earth orbit, and this has the J pickup a shell width away from the bridge where it's a bit warmer.  And typically dead quiet, like all Alembics.
 
And even though this one is all 'white wood' (no mahogany, etc.), the neckthru will carry a solid fundamental through to the amp in a way bolt-neck guitars cannot, a neat addition to this tone profile.
 
Get it while you can !
 
j o e y

Thanx all!
 
Joey: Spot on, thanx!

Some pics of the case and I tried to capture some dings on the bass:  

  This scared me a bit after traveling +/-400 miles to pick her up:

 

  Missing on both sides, will come with an easy to use strap for secure closing.

  Most prominent dings on the bass:  Little line through the finish on the top edge of the headstock

  Retouched by a previous owner:

  Hard to see, dent in the finish: