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Title: i've seen some strange stuff coming outta japan...
Post by: BeenDown139 on March 23, 2021, 04:44:27 AM
but this takes the cake.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/ALEMBIC-Distillate/254913476526?hash=item3b5a06f7ae:g:YIYAAOSwSbdgWapd

what the....fresh?

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/YIYAAOSwSbdgWapd/s-l225.webp)

Title: Re: i've seen some strange stuff coming outta japan...
Post by: edwardofhuncote on March 23, 2021, 06:22:05 AM
Hang out a while, have some coffee with the cake and you'll see better hack-a-moles than that. This was a single pickup export Distillate somebody added another AXY to. Looks like a non-Alembic Volume, (or Pan?) pot. One, maybe two of the switches are replacements, but may work. There are more eloquent ways of relocating a battery. I just did it. Bass is legit. Price is silly. On the other hand, I've seen a waaay more dorked-up Distillate sell for more than that, so... best of luck to 'em.
Title: Re: i've seen some strange stuff coming outta japan...
Post by: KR on March 23, 2021, 11:41:17 AM
That battery looks lonely in that Giant hole in the body. You could store a sandwich in that hole along with the battery.
Title: Re: i've seen some strange stuff coming outta japan...
Post by: David Houck on March 23, 2021, 12:20:25 PM
... You could store a sandwich in that ...

Reminds me of an old Saturday Night Live sketch.

Found it.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKOc6hXMDhc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKOc6hXMDhc)
Title: Re: i've seen some strange stuff coming outta japan...
Post by: jazzyvee on March 23, 2021, 12:26:39 PM
I do wonder if someone had converted it to a lefty at some point in it's history and created a new cavity for the electronics and now it's back as a righty.
Title: Re: i've seen some strange stuff coming outta japan...
Post by: lbpesq on March 23, 2021, 03:21:31 PM
I do wonder if someone had converted it to a lefty at some point in it's history and created a new cavity for the electronics and now it's back as a righty.

That’s what I was thinking.

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: i've seen some strange stuff coming outta japan...
Post by: KR on March 23, 2021, 04:03:42 PM
David,
That link is hilarious! I also thought of Casady's 72-01 hidey hole in the bass.
Title: Re: i've seen some strange stuff coming outta japan...
Post by: edwardofhuncote on March 23, 2021, 04:15:44 PM
I think Jazzy and Bill win. I bet it was still an unwieldy thing to play though.


Here was one of my favorite Distillate mods ever. Look how the wood was grain-matched to cover the old AXY rout. I think this guitar sold for less than $2K.
Title: Re: i've seen some strange stuff coming outta japan...
Post by: BeenDown139 on March 24, 2021, 04:26:35 AM
now listed not twice, but thrice!  pick your price!

that's why i wouldn't touch anything from japan with a ten-foot yadda, yadda, yadda...