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Alembic products => Alembic Basses & Guitars => Topic started by: welovecats on May 20, 2022, 10:21:09 AM

Title: Anybody know what model this is?
Post by: welovecats on May 20, 2022, 10:21:09 AM
Is that strat jack original?
Title: Re: Anybody know what model this is?
Post by: lbpesq on May 20, 2022, 10:45:11 AM
I’m not seeing any pics and the links don’t open.

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: Anybody know what model this is?
Post by: adriaan on May 20, 2022, 10:49:18 AM
It's a California Special (https://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=8074.0) and the jackplate would be original. These came with Schaller or Floyd Rose trems.
Title: Re: Anybody know what model this is?
Post by: adriaan on May 20, 2022, 10:51:15 AM
I’m not seeing any pics and the links don’t open.

Bill, tgo
The pictures show as regular photos in the post for me, on an Android phone.
Title: Re: Anybody know what model this is?
Post by: StephenR on May 20, 2022, 11:37:20 AM
No pictures visible to me either and the file that downloaded when I clicked on it doesn't display either.
Title: Re: Anybody know what model this is?
Post by: David Houck on May 20, 2022, 11:48:45 AM
Pictures have a webp extension.
Title: Re: Anybody know what model this is?
Post by: hammer on May 20, 2022, 12:28:22 PM
As Adriaan commented, the pics show as regular photos on the site when using Chrome.



Title: Re: Anybody know what model this is?
Post by: welovecats on May 20, 2022, 12:51:19 PM
Pics are showing for me on safari.

I wish this had a chrome bird stop and bridge instead of the tremolo. I wonder how hard it would be to modify one. Has anyone ever heard of someone doing that? Mica, what do you think?
Title: Re: Anybody know what model this is?
Post by: lbpesq on May 20, 2022, 05:44:59 PM
Nada on Safari/iPad for me.

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: Anybody know what model this is?
Post by: David Houck on May 20, 2022, 05:58:14 PM
Converted.



Title: Re: Anybody know what model this is?
Post by: David Houck on May 20, 2022, 06:05:46 PM
It's a nice guitar.  I bet it sounds great.  And personally, I like the sound of trem bars.
Title: Re: Anybody know what model this is?
Post by: mica on May 21, 2022, 05:11:46 PM
Jack is likely original.  We can change out the trem to a fixed bridge and stop, but it won't look like it was there originally without a total refinish and an opaque paint job, seems like a lot of expense to me! I'd start with a new build, but then again I sell guitars for a living :)
Title: Re: Anybody know what model this is?
Post by: jazzyvee on May 22, 2022, 12:29:22 AM
And i thought you sold dreams, and made them look like guitars. 🤫😂
Title: Re: Anybody know what model this is?
Post by: lbpesq on May 22, 2022, 01:05:49 AM
I don’t know if it‘s the same one, but this looks like Steve Millers’ green California Special that was on consignment years ago, pre-pandemic, at Guitar Showcase in San Jose.

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: Anybody know what model this is?
Post by: edwardofhuncote on May 22, 2022, 02:25:45 AM
Neck looks like a combination of maple and something else in the center. Interesting. I haven't seen many California Specials... maybe this was a standard feature?
Title: Re: Anybody know what model this is?
Post by: adriaan on May 22, 2022, 02:35:05 AM
They started adding walnut pinstripes to the all maple necks sometime after 1994, my 94 Epic has none.
Title: Re: Anybody know what model this is?
Post by: adriaan on May 22, 2022, 02:43:10 AM
Pictures for Steve Miller's California Special can be seen here https://www.gbase.com/gear/alembic-steve-miller-clsg-1993-green

It's green (not teal) with a bird tailpiece and it's a 93.
Title: Re: Anybody know what model this is?
Post by: lembic76450 on May 22, 2022, 07:15:52 AM
And i thought you sold dreams, and made them look like guitars. 🤫😂
Jazzy, this is one of the best reasons for a "like" button.
Title: Re: Anybody know what model this is?
Post by: pauldo on May 22, 2022, 05:35:29 PM
And i thought you sold dreams, and made them look like guitars. 🤫😂
Jazzy, this is one of the best reasons for a "like" button.
Agreed