Alembic Guitars Club

Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: flaxattack on December 22, 2005, 02:29:37 PM

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Post by: flaxattack on December 22, 2005, 02:29:37 PM: hey!
CAN THEY DO THIS?
LOL
http://cgi.ebay.com/Minarik-Goddess-Guitar-Ser-000023-Jerry-Garcia-Shape_W0QQitemZ7376249524QQcategoryZ2384QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.com/Minarik-Goddess-Guitar-Ser-000023-Jerry-Garcia-Shape_W0QQitemZ7376249524QQcategoryZ2384QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
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Post by: kmh364 on December 23, 2005, 06:49:39 AM: They can and they do! There's lots of companies doing Wolf and Tiger-style guitars...including Warmoth.
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Post by: spose on December 23, 2005, 06:51:33 AM: they may be able to do it...but they can't make me play it!
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Post by: kmh364 on December 23, 2005, 07:03:31 AM: I forgot about the Cripe-style ones as well. It appears Jerry-clone guitars are hot s**t business theses days.
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Post by: bigredbass on December 23, 2005, 08:06:08 AM: They sure can . . . ask Henry J @ Gibson about trademarking a body shape . . . or actually, ask Paul Reed Smith ! !

But don't hold your breath waiting for a Warmoth body in cocobolo . . .

J o e y
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Post by: zappahead on December 24, 2005, 06:20:14 AM: Jerrys guitar that the Tribute is modeled after was never an Alembic anyways. Wolf had its beginnings as an Alembic, but Rose and Tiger were Irwins.
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Post by: jalevinemd on December 24, 2005, 07:20:10 AM: Here we go again!
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Post by: flaxattack on December 24, 2005, 08:08:31 AM: the original wolf is an alembic...
as prooved by early photos of the peghead....and the alembic logo
he worked for alembic, built it at alembic and jerry came down and bought it at alembic....
after that- who cares.. lol

lets not open a sore wound with susan on this holiday.... irwin knew what he did...
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Post by: zappahead on December 24, 2005, 11:43:54 AM: Yea, the Wolf had its start as an Alembic. My point was that the Tribute is made after a guitar that Irwin built for Jerry so there really isnt any difference between what Alembic and the other guys mentioned are doing.
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Post by: billy_v on December 26, 2005, 12:55:04 PM: From the Minarik site: Steve Helgeson of Moonstone Guitars runs the Minarik Guitars Custom Shop, and builds the entire Super Custom Series! Steve's Moonstone electric and acoustic instruments are among the finest to have been produced in the last thirty years. Fascinating to learn of his involvement with Minarik!
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Post by: David Houck on December 26, 2005, 01:57:37 PM: Billy; that is indeed interesting. Thanks!
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Post by: jalevinemd on December 26, 2005, 02:55:44 PM: I personally find the Miarik body designs some of the most hideous out there. They have an ad in this months Guitar World and I just couldn't believe what I was looking at. My sincerest apologies to anyone who owns an Inferno.

Regards,

Jonathan
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Post by: jlpicard on December 31, 2005, 12:36:43 AM: Minarik obviously subscribes to the more is more school of guitar design! LOL
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Post by: kmh364 on December 31, 2005, 06:12:38 AM: It didn't sell...not one bid...not even for the starting bid at dealer cost ($699).
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Post by: jalevinemd on December 31, 2005, 06:10:00 PM: I don't think I've see a single Minarik sell on ebay.
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Post by: kmh364 on January 01, 2006, 01:44:24 PM: Aesthetics aside, they look like quality pieces, especially if they're built by Moonstone's chief luthier.

I'd have given him $700 for that thing...what can you get new that's not firewood for that price?