Alembic Guitars Club

Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: gearhed289 on October 21, 2020, 07:08:51 AM

Title: This is a unique guitar
Post by: gearhed289 on October 21, 2020, 07:08:51 AM

When I saw the thumbnail, I kind of laughed and thought it was some import that somebody is trying to pass off as an Alembic. Then I went to the ad and saw that it's the real thing. Like an Alembic Super Strat! https://www.ebay.com/itm/143797966569?ul_noapp=true (https://www.ebay.com/itm/143797966569?ul_noapp=true)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/WFEAAOSwvndfj7Ob/s-l1600.jpg)

Title: Re: This is a unique guitar
Post by: edwardofhuncote on October 21, 2020, 07:23:32 AM

Fascinated, just because I'm on a guitar binge right now. Clearly a Custom something.


A single HB in the bridge position and (just guessing) a switchable Blaster circuit? Kinda' like the Bodega 'Hole-in-the-Head' bass had. No idea.  :o  But I like it!  :D

Title: Re: This is a unique guitar
Post by: lbpesq on October 21, 2020, 09:09:20 AM

$16K might seem a little ambitious, don’tcha think?  But it does come with a “soft shell original case”!

Bill, tgo

Title: Re: This is a unique guitar
Post by: BeenDown139 on October 21, 2020, 09:30:19 AM

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...  I don’t know much about it except that I had it for 15 years in my closet, I never played ... Liquidation sale.

the whole being more than the sum of the parts, so it seems.  good luck with that

Title: Re: This is a unique guitar
Post by: jalevinemd on October 21, 2020, 09:52:40 AM

Gotta be a Shop Night guitar.

Title: Re: This is a unique guitar
Post by: mica on October 21, 2020, 01:21:11 PM

I don't recognize this guitar at all, even as a shop nighter. It's got a glue-on neck like a Gibson style, which is not something we've done. Truss rod cover not recessed. But somehow someone found a logo for it - however, I'm not convinced it's an Alembic. Maybe the seller will produce a serial number we can verify?

Title: Re: This is a unique guitar
Post by: edwardofhuncote on October 21, 2020, 03:01:48 PM

Looks a lot like one of these- https://reverb.com/p/aria-pro-ii-cs-400-sunburst 


Some rather skillful woodsmith could have made a project and 'doctored' on it. Good work, but not cool to put a logo on there. I might be fulla' shuga' too. The neck joint Mica pointed out, and the little notch in the headstock clued me. I'd seen that before on an Aria Pro bass.

Title: Re: This is a unique guitar
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on November 02, 2020, 08:36:58 AM

It has the correct style knob, an Alembic p/up, and a logo; nothing else about this says "Alembic" to me at all.

Peter