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Alembic products => Showcase => Distillate Basses and Guitars => Topic started by: 2400wattman on May 12, 2006, 07:29:31 PM

Title: 1986 w/Walnut Top
Post by: 2400wattman on May 12, 2006, 07:29:31 PM

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 My 1986 Distillate w/ Walnut top I bought back in November '05. Hope this goes through. Have'nt had a lot of time figuring out photo resizing. Currently the pre amp is at Alembic getting the upgrade and repair. The e.q. switches did'nt work when I got it, so I can't wait to hear them w/ the filter!
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  (Message edited by davehouck on May 14, 2006)

Title: 1986 w/Walnut Top
Post by: playbootsy on May 13, 2006, 03:15:23 PM

Nice...Distillate eletronics with Spoiler Body..and Walnut...very beautfull!
Congrat?s

Title: 1986 w/Walnut Top
Post by: basstard on May 14, 2006, 10:35:40 AM

Playbootsy - as far as I can see, it's not a Spoiler body shape but a Distillate with an extended upper horn.

Title: 1986 w/Walnut Top
Post by: csissom on May 14, 2006, 07:21:01 PM

As far as I can tell after looking at a lot of Distillates, is that they started extending the upper horn sometime around the mid-80s.  All the early 80s Distillates have the shorter upper horn, while all the mid and late 80s distillates have this more extended upper horn.  But note, they all have the same small lower horn, which makes the overall body shape different than the Spoiler style body, which has a more extended lower horn as well.
 
Curt

Title: 1986 w/Walnut Top
Post by: playbootsy on May 26, 2006, 07:50:59 PM

Ok, thanks for the information!
My Distillate 81 don?t have the extending upper horn.
Ricardo