Alembic Guitars Club

Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: hieronymous on June 24, 2012, 08:44:19 AM

Title: Cool Japanese Alembic ad from the '80s
Post by: hieronymous on June 24, 2012, 08:44:19 AM

I don't usually look at stuff like this on eBay but happened to check this one out:
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1980-ALEMBIC-DISTILLATE-Guitar-JAPAN-PROMO-PRINT-AD-/310298190744?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item483f36a398#ht_976wt_828 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/1980-ALEMBIC-DISTILLATE-Guitar-JAPAN-PROMO-PRINT-AD-/310298190744?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item483f36a398#ht_976wt_828 target=_blank)
 

(http://alembic.com/club/messages/395/134374.jpg)

Title: Cool Japanese Alembic ad from the '80s
Post by: sonicus on June 24, 2012, 10:05:44 AM

Very cool ___ I have one of those Bass's
 Thanks for posting __

Title: Cool Japanese Alembic ad from the '80s
Post by: hieronymous on June 24, 2012, 10:18:38 AM

And what an awesome bass your bass is!

Title: Cool Japanese Alembic ad from the '80s
Post by: sonicus on June 24, 2012, 10:38:57 AM

Thanks, I love that Bass too. I won her in an eBay auction  and drove 842 miles round trip to get her in person.

Title: Cool Japanese Alembic ad from the '80s
Post by: pace on June 24, 2012, 12:44:59 PM

I think a modular brass control plate along w/ a modular brass pickup ring would be a great idea for Alembic dealers.... have a couple of test bed instruments in house at all times, w/ plates for all the pup configurations and electronic packages imaginable....

Title: Cool Japanese Alembic ad from the '80s
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on June 24, 2012, 05:46:44 PM

I want that Distillate guitar!
 
Peter

Title: Cool Japanese Alembic ad from the '80s
Post by: hieronymous on June 26, 2012, 11:15:07 PM

I love the background image - would love to see a block-print Alembic catalog! (I'm old-fashioned though)

Title: Cool Japanese Alembic ad from the '80s
Post by: jazzyvee on June 27, 2012, 12:03:53 AM

Pace, I like that modular idea. One step further though, I think would be for alembic to make and sell an outboard stomp box/DI with alembic tone circuits. I think it would be great for someone who had a bass or guitar that they wonted to improve the tone of but didn't want to carve out the innards of a treasured instrument to add alembic pickups and electronics.
 
 
Something like a heavy duty  Pro-co Rat shaped box would be great.
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/134611.jpg)
 
jazzyvee

Title: Cool Japanese Alembic ad from the '80s
Post by: lbpesq on June 27, 2012, 08:46:00 AM

Sounds like an SF-2 stompbox.
 
Bill, tgo