Alembic Guitars Club

Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: joannajetson on May 13, 2006, 08:45:42 PM

Title: Any idea what this is?
Post by: joannajetson on May 13, 2006, 08:45:42 PM

A North Bay music store is calling this an early Alembic and asking $3K. Any idea what it might be, really?  The woodwork and inlay are really quite nice, the headstock looks Moonstone-ish, the electronics are okay...the pickups are Ibanez "flying fingers," and the logo has an eye inside it (hard to see in the picture).  Just curious.  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/28077.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/28078.jpg)

Title: Any idea what this is?
Post by: joannajetson on May 13, 2006, 09:03:17 PM

After posting this, I was browsing the previous posts and noticed the logo is the same as a bass that was on ebay awhile back - see the thread, Possible employee project? below from 3/19/06.  Then I googled Michael Dolan's website and it looks like the logo is his.  Mystery solved, I guess.

Title: Any idea what this is?
Post by: richbass939 on May 14, 2006, 05:31:00 AM

Joanna,
It certainly does show a strong Alembic influence, doesn't it?  Welcome to the club.
Rich

Title: Any idea what this is?
Post by: lbpesq on May 14, 2006, 08:52:36 AM

Joanna:
 
First of all, welcome to the club!  
 
Cool find, I especially like the circular control cavity plate.  Could you tell us which store is this in?  I'm in Santa Roisa on business later this week and if I have time I'd love to check this out in person.  It also looks like some other interesting vintage instruments might be found there.
 
Bill, the guitar one

Title: Any idea what this is?
Post by: David Houck on May 14, 2006, 01:56:16 PM

Hi Joanna, welcome to the group.  Beautiful guitar!

Title: Any idea what this is?
Post by: joannajetson on May 14, 2006, 04:00:29 PM

Hi, Dave, Rich, & Bill -  
 
Thanks for the welcome.  I'm a guitarist and long-time Alembic fan who's never actually owned one - I simply admire them from afar.  (Now, if Alembic made a jazzbox...)  The guitar is at Players Guitars in San Rafael, 415-453-8531.  It stood out in part because the rest of the stock is mostly old Silvertones, Goya mixmasters & such!
 
Joanna

Title: Any idea what this is?
Post by: David Houck on May 15, 2006, 08:17:29 AM

Players Guitars (http://www.playersguitars.com/)