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Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: jazzyvee on April 09, 2012, 12:08:50 AM

Title: Vintage time gs moonstone alembic phish guitar circa 1979 rare mint w case
Post by: jazzyvee on April 09, 2012, 12:08:50 AM

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-time-gs-moonstone-alembic-phish-guitar-circa-1979-rare-mint-w-case-/110855622914?pt=Guitar&hash=item19cf829102#ht_500wt_981
 
 
What's the alembic connection here then?
 
Jazzyvee

Title: Vintage time gs moonstone alembic phish guitar circa 1979 rare mint w case
Post by: hieronymous on April 09, 2012, 08:37:06 AM

And what's the Phish connection? Sounds like someone was confused with Languedoc...

Title: Vintage time gs moonstone alembic phish guitar circa 1979 rare mint w case
Post by: staemius on April 09, 2012, 09:11:35 AM

May make a stab at this one.  I believe Languedoc worked for them for awhile.

Title: Vintage time gs moonstone alembic phish guitar circa 1979 rare mint w case
Post by: llobsterbass on April 09, 2012, 10:47:00 AM

Paul Languedoc worked for Time Guitars in the early 1980s, before he became the sound man for Phish in fall 1986. While at Time, Paul built at least two custom guitars for Trey Anastasio of Phish that I know of. His famous hollowbodies for Trey came later.
 
The first Time guitar Paul built for Trey was a mini travel guitar. You can hear it on early Phish live tapes, sounds a little like a mandolin.  
 
The second, delivered in spring 1986, was a Strat-style guitar with a solid walnut body. It had tremendous tone and sustain but was heavy as hell.
 
The Time guitar on ebay, however, cannot have been a Languedoc if it's ca. 1979. Paul was in college in Maine at the time. He graduated in 1981.
 
But the ebay example clearly shows that Paul was influenced by his time at Time. Note the binding in particular.
 
No Alembic connection I'm aware of.

Title: Vintage time gs moonstone alembic phish guitar circa 1979 rare mint w case
Post by: hieronymous on April 09, 2012, 06:20:26 PM

Thanks for the clarification - I didn't look closely enough, got stuck on moonstone which also has no relation?...

Title: Vintage time gs moonstone alembic phish guitar circa 1979 rare mint w case
Post by: sjhoffma on April 11, 2012, 05:02:13 PM

The back of that guitar is VERY similar looking to the carved back on my Langudeoc g4. You can tell where Paul got the influence from. Also a very similar neck attachment.

Title: Vintage time gs moonstone alembic phish guitar circa 1979 rare mint w case
Post by: bluplirst on April 12, 2012, 04:27:05 PM

I can't belive that this sold for $3500!  Spamming unrelated names pays off!  I've played a couple Time guitars and was interested at around $700 to be honest.

Title: Vintage time gs moonstone alembic phish guitar circa 1979 rare mint w case
Post by: sjhoffma on April 13, 2012, 04:23:16 PM

I can't believe that got so high either. Last time I saw a Time for sale was 700 as well. Granted it had a bolt on neck, but I guess its just a collectors thing. Time collectors are so few and far between I bet you had every one of them in the world fighting for this one.

Title: Vintage time gs moonstone alembic phish guitar circa 1979 rare mint w case
Post by: peetee on April 17, 2012, 12:01:09 PM

This guitar has a bit of an unfortunate backstory... check out the post here: http://www.timeguitars.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=184 (http://www.timeguitars.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=184)

Title: Vintage time gs moonstone alembic phish guitar circa 1979 rare mint w case
Post by: elwoodblue on April 17, 2012, 04:25:40 PM

...and Time again :
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-1983-Time-Guitar-Bubinga-Paul-Languedoc-Vermont-Phish-/320890350934?pt=Guitar&hash=item4ab68e2d56#ht_500wt_1129 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-1983-Time-Guitar-Bubinga-Paul-Languedoc-Vermont-Phish-/320890350934?pt=Guitar&hash=item4ab68e2d56#ht_500wt_1129)

Title: Vintage time gs moonstone alembic phish guitar circa 1979 rare mint w case
Post by: sjhoffma on April 18, 2012, 01:00:01 PM

That makes me really sad. The people who sold the guitar shouldn't have gone through with the auction, there is no doubt it is the EXACT same guitar!

Title: Vintage time gs moonstone alembic phish guitar circa 1979 rare mint w case
Post by: elwoodblue on April 18, 2012, 02:31:03 PM

Yeah, that is cold.