Alembic Guitars Club

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Title: 5-string Alembic bridge (?)
Post by: edwardofhuncote on September 08, 2015, 07:21:55 PM

What do you folks think about this?  
 
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=161818985148&alt=web (http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=161818985148&alt=web)
 
The bridge looks legit, albeit incomplete, but I've never seen a tailpiece quite like this one on any Alembic.

Title: 5-string Alembic bridge (?)
Post by: tomhug on September 08, 2015, 08:43:45 PM

I dunno $55.00 expedited shipping - maybe if there were a bass attached to the bridge.
 
I agree that the bridge looks (mostly) like an Alembic, and I agree that the tailpiece looks like a machine-shop special. Something about the machining of the bridge looks off. The patina and freshness of the grooves send the hairs on the back of my neck twitching. Maybe from a Fenandes or that ilk?
 
Seems pretty sketchy across the board.

Title: 5-string Alembic bridge (?)
Post by: edwardofhuncote on September 09, 2015, 06:51:50 AM

Yeah, $55 for shipping is silly. Maybe they meant $5...
 
Those Phillips head intonation adjustment screws don't look right either... of course a bridge rebuild kit would fix that.  
 
I suppose it could be a knock off, but even for a Fernandes, that bridge is a darn good copy. Come to think of it, I don't recall having ever seen a 5-string Fernandes to compare with.  
 
I've never had a reason to price a replacement bridge for an Alembic, so *strictly* an uneducated guess on my part - that $225 price is a little high for an incomplete used bridge, and a (probable) shop-night tailpiece.