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Title: Vintage Series I Guitar on ebay
Post by: edwardofhuncote on May 15, 2016, 05:44:57 AM
<sigh>

Golly, this is a glorious creation: 

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=121986883628&alt=web


Title: Re: Vintage Series I Guitar on ebay
Post by: StephenR on May 15, 2016, 10:19:22 AM
Nice guitar!  I get the built for/by an employee not for retail as an explanation for the lack of logo but it seems odd that under those circumstances there is a serial number.
Title: Re: Vintage Series I Guitar on ebay
Post by: lbpesq on May 15, 2016, 12:08:29 PM
Where do you see a serial number?  Am I missing something?  A '76 would have the serial number stamped on top on the headstock - I don't see any pic that shows the top.

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: Vintage Series I Guitar on ebay
Post by: adriaan on May 15, 2016, 12:42:16 PM
A set of numbers is stamped below the 24th fret - but it's clearly a fantasy number.
Title: Re: Vintage Series I Guitar on ebay
Post by: keith_h on May 15, 2016, 12:44:51 PM
If you blowup the second pick you can see 7608002 stamped in the end of the fingerboard. My guess is the builder stamped the completion date into it.
Title: Re: Vintage Series I Guitar on ebay
Post by: StephenR on May 15, 2016, 12:45:28 PM
Serial number is visible on the end of the fingerboard... think it is the second photo if you scroll. Guess it does look like a fantasy serial number...


Title: Re: Vintage Series I Guitar on ebay
Post by: funkyjazzjunky on May 15, 2016, 04:50:31 PM

Love the top/back/fret-board woods.  The neck recipe is intriguing.  Subtle differences:

Look at the area around the hum-cancelling pick-up.  Does is look clean to you?

Look at the placement of the master volume in relation to the other controls.  Does it seem off compared to most Alembics?


VMG
Title: Re: Vintage Series I Guitar on ebay
Post by: jalevinemd on May 16, 2016, 09:29:26 AM
I also don't recall seeing the 5-pin oriented like this before. Either way, it's an optimistic price for a shop-night guitar.
Title: Re: Vintage Series I Guitar on ebay
Post by: keith_h on May 16, 2016, 12:46:46 PM
I also don't recall seeing the 5-pin oriented like this before. Either way, it's an optimistic price for a shop-night guitar.

The posting say it was done that way to make it easier to thread the cable through the strap.