Alembic Guitars Club

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Title: Interesting Oasis on Reverb
Post by: lbpesq on July 26, 2017, 04:32:04 PM

You don't see Oasis instruments come up too often.  This one is unlike any other Gary Cooper guitar I've seen before.


https://reverb.com/item/6114630-vintage-1970-s-alembic-oasis-gary-cooper-jedi-star-guitar


Bill, tgo

Title: Re: Interesting Oasis on Reverb
Post by: edwardofhuncote on July 27, 2017, 04:48:51 PM

Bill, just looking at the pictures, this guitar must have some kind of mortise/tenon joint, or maybe even a traditional dovetail neck joint.

Not sure if that's what you meant, but seems to me, that would be quite unusual for a solid-body electric.

Title: Re: Interesting Oasis on Reverb
Post by: lbpesq on July 27, 2017, 07:08:13 PM

Gregory, all but one of the other Oasis instruments I've seen over the years were double cutaway with obvious Alembic DNA.  This one looks more like a Les Paul crossed with a Godin.  Of course, any Gary Cooper/Oasis is unusual.  He didn't build all that many before a tragically young death.

Bill, tgo

Title: Re: Interesting Oasis on Reverb
Post by: edwardofhuncote on July 28, 2017, 04:01:44 AM

Quote from: lbpesq on July 27, 2017, 07:08:13 PM

...This one looks more like a Les Paul crossed with a Godin.

Sure does, now that you mention it... I'd forgotten those LP-inspired Godin guitars. (actually had one of the SD series 5-string basses for a while)

I was just fascinated at the neck joint. Still not sure exactly what I'm looking at, but it appears to be some kind of a fitted glue joint. He was an obviously talented builder.