Alembic Guitars Club

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Title: Mislabeled as maybe Alembic guitar on ebay
Post by: tdukes on March 13, 2010, 01:59:48 PM

 Here with $2700 starting price. (http://cgi.ebay.com/PHENOMENAL-VINTAGE-ALEMBIC-SIGNATURE-6-STRING-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ260568232466QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item3cab13b212)
 
Looks like a Ibanez Musician to me. But I thought they had a more Alembic looking bridge than is currently on this guitar.
 
Todd.

Title: Mislabeled as maybe Alembic guitar on ebay
Post by: hifiguy on March 13, 2010, 02:13:04 PM

That is almost certainly an Ibanez Musician.  Ed Wynne in Ozric Tentacles plays that model and has for years.  None of the hardware on that instrument suggests that it's an Alembic.

Title: Mislabeled as maybe Alembic guitar on ebay
Post by: lbpesq on March 13, 2010, 02:28:55 PM

Not a musician, but the headstock shape does scream Ibanez.  Either that or some other brand out of the  Matsumoku factory.
 
Bill, tgo

Title: Mislabeled as maybe Alembic guitar on ebay
Post by: edwin on March 13, 2010, 03:36:12 PM

I don't think it's an Ibanez. The woodworking seems close, but the hardware is all wrong. I'm thinking Vantage or Aria. Definitely Japanese. It could be any number of random brands, but I think Bill is probably right about the factory of origin.
 
Ibanez Musicians from the 70s and 80s are cool guitars and an upgrade from what this seems to be.

Title: Mislabeled as maybe Alembic guitar on ebay
Post by: dluxe on March 13, 2010, 04:11:15 PM

I really like the late 70's Musician Basses too.
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/77573.jpg)

Title: Mislabeled as maybe Alembic guitar on ebay
Post by: David Houck on March 14, 2010, 02:02:02 PM

Now relisted (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320502059186).