Alembic Guitars Club

Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: jazzyvee on August 28, 2007, 04:44:42 PM

Title: What do you think of this?
Post by: jazzyvee on August 28, 2007, 04:44:42 PM

Isn't the crown headstock on this too close for comfort?
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Jazzyvee

Title: What do you think of this?
Post by: jahnahisti on September 06, 2007, 11:38:45 AM

The headstock shape is pretty clean, but the peghead veneer is only singular, and doesn't go under the nut and fingerboard.  Pickup holes are crude from the bandsaw, rear headstock veneer isn't exactly right and is only singular, pretty nice woodworking but not alembic.  They made the bottom of the crown headstock pointier.

Title: What do you think of this?
Post by: jacko on September 07, 2007, 07:47:38 AM

i don't understand why they'd cut out the slots for the pickups before mounting the neck onto a body. Kind of limits pickup placement
 
graeme

Title: What do you think of this?
Post by: bsee on September 07, 2007, 07:50:57 AM

Pickup slots are going to extend into the body as well, so it's not like the buyer can avoid routing anything.

Title: What do you think of this?
Post by: adriaan on September 07, 2007, 07:55:31 AM

And of course it has only a single trussrod.