Alembic Guitars Club
Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: jazzyvee on November 23, 2025, 11:49:53 AM
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https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1783818272324433 (https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1783818272324433)
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well that old girl's been around. haven't seen her in awhile. i don't facebook so i can't view the ad. i'm really looking for a 5-string fretless so maybe i'll focus on that instead.
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Hmmmmm …..I think I NEED that doubleneck! I’m not on Facebook. Anyone know how I can get ahold of that seller? The perfect mate to Leviathan.
I thought Goliath was in Europe?
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That is lust worthy, the back is marvelous and the 8/ 4 fretless combo would provide a lot of fun tonal opportunities. 😍
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Maybe someone can contact the seller on FB and direct him here?I can do that if you like.
I wish I could remember how much the John Judge doubleneck cost when I first saw it back around 2001 - maybe around $8000?
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Still utterly breathtaking :D :D :D
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I have just done that. will pass on any details.
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Hmmmmm …..I think I NEED that doubleneck! I’m not on Facebook. Anyone know how I can get ahold of that seller? The perfect mate to Leviathan.
I thought Goliath was in Europe?
I have sent you a private message from the seller.
All the best
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20years ago when Peggy was in Germany owned by Speicky and I had the honor
to play Peggy back then.
Greetz
Oliver (Spyderman)
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Was searching around the net this morning and realized there has been no mention of the serial number. An old Reverb add listed completion date of 2/15/79. The add also stated it is a Series II but the Q switches are clearly Series I. There seems to be no battery cover(s) Would they be inside the control cavity or was this bass designed to be used with the power supply exclusively? Was also interesting to read that it was briefly stolen in NYC.
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Just made an account. I am the owner of the Goliath, and have sent you a DM.
Thank you
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Well folks, just in passing,
I saw this photo on "Etsy".
The add is for a double neck guitar stand!
I guess Goliath did have children ;D ;D ;D
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That’s leviathan and its stand. Previous owner had the stand made.
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Inspected Goliath today. I can confirm the serial number (stamped on the 8-string headstock) is 78 1000.
The batteries are in the control cavity. The inlay artist stamped his name in the control cavity under the batteries. Between the necks, the back knob is Master Volume. The middle knob is neck selector and the forward knob is a mystery…..ir has 6 positions and seems to affect the Q settings. ? ! It’s directionally noisy. The Mains are in a 1920’s house. The owner adjusted the noise canceller pots a bit but it made little difference. Since he never had a 5-pin….today he saw the neck LED’s for the first time in 7 years! It was a Wonderful afternoon discussing Goliath’s history!
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So, you took it home with you?
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Goliath is in transit to the PNW! It’s getting the safest shipper money can buy. I rented an SUV ($200 / week). Halfway up I-5 I kept smelling after shave? It’s the case…..I guess that’s better than cigarettes or cat pee!
I spoke to the seller about the missing paraphernalia. Look at the last Reverb ad 7 years ago. That seller never shipped the power supply, the cable, nor all those photos. Sad. I’ve been meaning to post photos but I can’t get them small enough to upload. Anyway….ill get it worked out. How many photos are there of Two Alembic Doublenecks together? Of those 4 necks…..all are different. Merry Christmas to me! Thanks for hooking me up Vince! (Jazzyvee)
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I know this isn’t the place for this, but a seller will soon be listing a 1997 5-string Series II in cocobolo and a status graphite buzzard bass.
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Congrats!!!
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Congrats!!!
Yup.. Boy-oh-boy…..do I have some show-and-tell for the next Alembic Gathering!
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Congrats, Gary! It’s cool to be the steward of Alembic history. As the owner of a 6/12 hippie sandwich Cort doubleneck, I recommend you invest in a good comfortable strap!
Bill, tgo
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Glad to help Gary & great that it's got a great family of basses to be part of.😁
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I do not plan to “sling” Goliath or Leviathan. 8) I have this great K & M
stand to bear the brunt of these beasts!
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Congrats!!!
Yup.. Boy-oh-boy…..do I have some show-and-tell for the next Alembic Gathering!
Nice that this bass found a proper home! Would be great to have another gathering, seems it has been a long time since the last "official" one.
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Congrats!!!
Yup.. Boy-oh-boy…..do I have some show-and-tell for the next Alembic Gathering!
Nice that this bass found a proper home! Would be great to have another gathering, seems it has been a long time since the last "official" one.
. Yup. The last one was 2017! I was a Young man then! :P
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You know….as with bringing any stray home to welcome into your family. I have started buying “supplies” for the new arrival. RV has supplied me with a DS-5R. Leviathan came with 2 5-pin cables…..and I contacted the builder of leviathan’s stand to fabricate another for G. Will contact Alembic for specs / recommendations for a new set of strings. Current sets are Gold but there is corrosion so they need to go. Now I have TWO Anvil Cases that need to have their interiors rebuilt due to deteriorating foam. Anyone have recommendations of how to accomplish this? The doggies need new bedding! ;D
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Really exciting. Beautiful instrument.
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Really exciting. Beautiful instrument.
I still can’t believe it’s sitting here right next to me.
I’ll put out a shoutout here to all brethren. I would like to purchase the John Judge Superwound poster! I have the magazine print ad….. but I’m looking for the full size color print as seen in the hallway at Alembic. I’m sure they went to music stores back in the day so if anyone worked in or owned a shop….. could you dust off your treasures to see?
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I've been in the case biz for almost 30 years. If you send me the guitars and the cases, I can have the interiors re-foamed/furred. Joking of course. It's too bad you're not near Chicago. Were you thinking of doing this yourself?
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Tom and I were coincidentally in the same biz. 😉 I sent you a contact for the case company I worked for in Nashville.
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Back during my brief tenure at the Mothership, the tool of choice for cutting foam for cases was an electric carving knife.
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Yes, Kent! That was a tip we got from Muffy at Jan-Al cases. She told us when they were just starting out that the electric turkey carver was their favorite tool for cutting foam. It really works well,
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Back during my brief tenure at the Mothership, the tool of choice for cutting foam for cases was an electric carving knife.
Yes, Kent! That was a tip we got from Muffy at Jan-Al cases. She told us when they were just starting out that the electric turkey carver was their favorite tool for cutting foam. It really works well,
That'd sure do it. The tool we used at Nashville Custom Case was by Bosch, and I can't for the life of me remember what it's actual purpose was. We used it for more intricate cuts. Most of what we cut was done on a very large bandsaw with a very fine blade. The teeth had practically no set. There was a large layout table to slide larger pieces on that took two or sometimes three of us to manage. We did very few instrument cases, at least not form-fit ones. What we built was trunks on casterboards for touring acts. These things would open from the top, and receive 4-6 hardshell cases in individual slots. Other than that, we built a LOT of shock-mount rack cases for pro-audio rentals. All this just required square cuts of the foam, but a lot of that was what we call high-impact foam. It requires more effort to squish, if that makes sense. Still absorbs impact easily.
And that's what I would actually use to line a roadcase for a bass guitar, at least the outermost layers. If I ever get around to it, I have the Anvil case 1684 came in... that stuff was completely dust and goo behind the velour.
Here's some of what we did- https://www.nashvillecase.com/ (https://www.nashvillecase.com/)
*anybody remember the Tascam DA-88? Digital multitrack recorder that was very modular, and very popular in the 90's...? I got back in off the road one time and found one of our bigger customers had ordered 100 shock-mount 4u racks to ship those units all over the planet in. They had to be built with front and back lids, handles on each side, and covered in their favorite color; RED and stenciled for id. We built those idiot things for two weeks, day in, day out. The only good thing about those cases, they worked like an assembly line. The memory just triggered me!
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The previous owner told me that all I had to do was give Anvil the case serial number (both cases have these numbers) and they keep the interior patterns so they can replace the interiors without the instrument. Well, anvil was bought out years ago. I doubt they kept 47yo patterns. Will check anyway.
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Back during my brief tenure at the Mothership, the tool of choice for cutting foam for cases was an electric carving knife.
We used those back in the stone age. OK, it was the 90s. ;D They do work great though! We eventually built a table with a table saw-type fence and a nice, "industrial" style carving knife sticking through the top. I believe it's a Makita piece. A few years ago, we got a laser table for fancy cuts.
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In contact with a road case company in Seattle (45 mile drive). Working on a one-day turnaround plan. I do Not want to leave those guitars in the shop overnight.
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Messing about with a photo resizer and am posting a test photo. Hope it works out. It may be the first ever photo of Two Alembic doublenecks together. Happy New Year!
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:) :) :) Wow Gary, amazing shot , Thank you!
Such rich history and heritage right at your fingertips 8) 8) 8)
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That is a beautiful image.
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Incredible selection, though one with the classico would be a rare arsenal indeed.
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Incredible selection, though one with the classico would be a rare arsenal indeed.
Will do. I need to add photos of all my Alembics to the site. Just never figured out how to resize for the site requirements.
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Nice photo, Gary :)
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Sometime, you'll have to tell about that 5-string upright... I'm all about that! If I live long enough I'm going to convert my old Bohemian to a 5-string. It started life as a 3... got converted to a 4-string in the 1920's. Neck like a tree trunk. Alas that poor thing has a host of other issues.
By the way, it's crooked in that Ingles stand.
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Incredible selection, though one with the classico would be a rare arsenal indeed.
Just never figured out how to resize for the site requirements.
I copy them, then paste them into an e-mail; when it asks whether I want full-sized or optimized for speed, I choose the latter.
Send it to myself, download it, and post that version.
Of course, I don't if your e-mail program offers that, but it works every time for me.
Peter
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Sometime, you'll have to tell about that 5-string upright... I'm all about that! If I live long enough I'm going to convert my old Bohemian to a 5-string. It started life as a 3... got converted to a 4-string in the 1920's. Neck like a tree trunk. Alas that poor thing has a host of other issues.
By the way, it's crooked in that Ingles stand.
Bought the Kremona 5-string from Bob Gohiller in 2005. Haven’t mounted the pickups yet. Goeszinta a dTar preamp / mixer. Sent it to Hammond Ashley in Seattle when new. They did a proper setup with new bridge. Sounded a bit dull when new but after 20 years, it’s starting to get its own voice. It’s crooked in the stand because I’m lazy…..it’s in the playing position. Started lessions at HA and bought a middling bow. Was taking lessons on the Classico at first. Was in an acoustic folk band and was getting pressured to get an upright. Got the upright. For them, it wasn’t about the sound…..it was about the “look.” I left that outfit shortly thereafter. Funny thing about bass. Whether it’s Upright, Fender, or a dark color, bandleaders, sound guys try to change the bass. Never heard anyone complain on the looks of a snare drum, or guitar color, go figure.
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I have never seen a Cremona (or is it really with a K?) 5-string. But Mark Gollihur is good people with great bass stuffs. RIP Bob.
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Very cool picture!