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Alembic products => Alembic Basses & Guitars => Topic started by: Bassman8416 on December 31, 2015, 08:07:46 AM

Title: Alembicizing a Guild Starfire questions
Post by: Bassman8416 on December 31, 2015, 08:07:46 AM: Hi brothers and sisters. I have a Guild Starfire II reissue on backorder. One of the mahogany wood finish ones. Has anyone sent a Starfire to the mothership for installation of bridge/tailpiece and sustain block along with electronics, I was thinking signature, being I own an SF-2. Anyway just wondering if this is something Alembic does or does one try to have it done on their own.
Title: Alembicizing a Guild Starfire questions
Post by: sonicus on December 31, 2015, 10:56:41 AM: I did this over 30 years ago . Here are threads to see ;

http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/2792.html?1262960781 (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=8984)

http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/84774.html?1425349805 (http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/84774.html?1425349805 target=_top)

There are folks here that will most likely chime in as well that have gone through this process. Some done by them selves and others at Alembic.

I have seen recent projects such as this done at Alembic with various different Alembic Pickups and Electronics .

Contact Alembic Inc. to arrange for a fitting schedule that works time wise for them .

Wolf
Title: Alembicizing a Guild Starfire questions
Post by: rv_bass on December 31, 2015, 12:09:01 PM: Alembic is currently modifying my Starfire. After discussing it with club members and then with Mica, we settled on Anniversary electronics with master volome and a couple other things. The consensus was regardless of what you choose, adding Alembic components to a Starfire is a heavenly match I'm sure a Starfire with signature through a SF-2 would sound fantastic!
Title: Alembicizing a Guild Starfire questions
Post by: elwoodblue on December 31, 2015, 01:26:52 PM: Here's another recent SF Alembicization (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=7081)
Title: Alembicizing a Guild Starfire questions
Post by: lbpesq on December 31, 2015, 02:02:52 PM: I have an early 70's Starfire IV guitar I'm thinking of Alembicizing. Anyone done this with a guitar before?

Bill, tgo
Title: Alembicizing a Guild Starfire questions
Post by: adriaan on December 31, 2015, 05:43:47 PM: There's this Bluesbird (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=8992). Or this celebrity-owned 12-string Starfire (http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/58682.html?1442646580 target=_blank).
Title: Alembicizing a Guild Starfire questions
Post by: flpete1uw on January 02, 2016, 05:25:26 AM: I guess it would sound a bit like this?
;-) So freaking cool!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bKsCOD32Tk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bKsCOD32Tk)
Title: Alembicizing a Guild Starfire questions
Post by: moonliner on January 11, 2016, 11:37:15 PM: I had Alembic work their magic on an old Starfire and I absolutely LOVE IT! Mine is the one that elwoodblue posted.
As you would expect, it plays like a dream and sounds amazing. I originally had them put in Anniversary electronics which worked great. After a while I had someone stuff a rack mount SF2 into it, which was a major hassle, and it added a lot of weight. One day I would love to have Ron wire up a more efficient version.... The dream is ever evolving and never ending!
Title: Alembicizing a Guild Starfire questions
Post by: tbrannon on January 12, 2016, 07:15:17 AM: Wait... you've since stuffed an SF2 into that starfire? PICTURES!!!
Title: Alembicizing a Guild Starfire questions
Post by: sonicus on January 12, 2016, 07:39:34 AM: Ditto . A view would be interesting , as well as who is doing the work .
Title: Alembicizing a Guild Starfire questions
Post by: moonliner on January 15, 2016, 05:35:30 PM: I'll post a picture or two soon. The innards are quite the chaotic mess..... A very far cry from the beautiful work Alembic does. Mostly this was an experiment to see how useful it would be to have a super filter onboard, rather than in a rack. The thing I like best about it is that it makes this bass wonderfully unique in tonal capabilities compared to my other basses.