Heartfield Guitars Forum 2.0

The Elan Info pages say about the Elan I and II pickups: "dual humbuckers (made at the Fujigen plant especially for the Elan, they're not Dimarzios)" and for the Elan III it says: "The difference with the Elan (I) is that it has a Dimarzio humbucker-single-humbucker pickup configurati...

I think the published scale length for the Elan I is 25.1", and for the Elan II is 25.5". I have one of each. Both are slightly longer than the published scale length when intonated, more like about 25.2 and 25.6, but the exact length depends on which string you measure. They are different...

They don't show up on ebay often these days, but a red Elan II just came up:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/123180970385?ul_noapp=true

Serial number K91718, on the body back near the strap. This is not my guitar, I just saw it yesterday on ebay.

I didn't remove the pickups from the guitar, so I wasn't sure whether the blue wire is on the coil with the adjuster screws or the coil with the plain pole pieces. And I don't know if the bridge and neck pickups are identical or if one is wound differently than the other. As installed from the facto...

I have a couple Elans, and was never sure exactly how the pickups were wired, but had a pretty good guess. So I buzzed out the switch with a meter today. The Elans have two 4 wire humbuckers with Black and blue end wires, and orange and yellow wires where the two coils connect to each other. On the ...

I didn't sell it. I just saw it there. But I wrote "Elan I" and it looked like it was saying I sold it.. sorry for the confusion.

Richard, An Elan I just sold on ebay, and the pictures had the serial number for your database. See http://www.ebay.com/itm/Heartfield-by-Fender-EL-Elan-1-Trans-Amber-MIJ-Made-In-Japan-1991-/302484700379?ul_noapp=true&nma=true&si=GstPRV8dpQ1fc6RTorY9FJk77%252Fo%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt...

I have one, let me know what measurements that you're looking for if you still need them.