(x) 99K12243 Essence 5 Info Request

Started by gode, March 25, 2023, 11:11:31 AM

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gode

Hi,
my second-hand Essence was bought privately in Bremen / Germany last year. Unfortunately without the papers. The top wood seems to be Tulip Wood.As you can see in the photos, it has Europa / Roque electronics and a Europa headstock.
I would like to know everything that is known about the bass. 
The bass sounds really fantastic.  :) Just as good as my two MK Signatures. 8) Originally I wanted to convert it to a fretless after I bought it. But it sounds too good as it is.
Now I've actually bought another Essence in Lisbon / Portugal, which is currently at the luthier's to be converted into a fretless.
Thx for your help
Godehard Nave

mica

This was sold in 2018 and details posted on the club. I'll paste details here for reference.

Here's the details from the instrument file:

top: Tulipwood
accent: Maple pinstripe
body: Mahogany
neck: 5-peice Maple with 4 Walnut pinstripes
scale: 34" long
fingerboard: Ebony
inlays: none
pickups: MXY56
electronics: Europa
originally made for: Kenman Company, Switzerland
birthday: December 2, 1999

Tulipwood is very hard to get these days in wide widths - most of the basses we made with Tulipwood are Essence models because they are the most narrow body shape we offer. It's a small tree, and rarely exceeds 30 foot height or 1 foot diameter. As a true Rosewood, I don't think we'll be seeing vast quantities coming available any time soon as the genus Dalbergia is all on at least Appendix II of CITES.

gode