Author Topic: Alembic Templates on Ebay - Real? (Read 171 times)

lbpesq · « **on:** November 08, 2009, 10:22:49 AM »

Here's something you don't see everyday. I wonder if they're real.

Bill, tgo

elwoodblue · « **Reply #1 on:** November 08, 2009, 11:07:21 AM »

Hmmm....something I never thought I'd see,
even today. : )
I wonder when the last time Alembic factory installed an Old Les Paul' pickup.

Kris

room037 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 08, 2009, 02:52:35 PM »

The large head stock template looks like Irwin's head.
I think these were Irwin's template.

Eiji

fmm · « **Reply #3 on:** November 08, 2009, 02:59:32 PM »

The shipping restrictions are weird (local pickup only, unless you want to deal with the UPS store, in which case they will drop off the items @ UPS). Almost sounds like they don't want to dircetly ship across state lines...

sonicus · « **Reply #4 on:** November 08, 2009, 07:23:58 PM »

There is a template for a HI-A Bass pickup shown. I own a Bass that Doug Irwin installed a pair of Hi-A bass pickups into. Hi-A later became known as Bartolini. Doug Irwin worked on two projects for me in the 1970's. I still own one of them. I remember when he lent me one of his Doug Irwin Bass's to try out at a gig.That Bass had two Hi-A pickups in it that very well MIGHT have been routed out with the template shown. Maybe ! I Remember Doug to be quite a generous craftsman. I remember him in a positive light.

mica · « **Reply #5 on:** November 09, 2009, 05:26:33 PM »

These are not Alembic templates.

gtrguy · « **Reply #6 on:** November 09, 2009, 06:29:39 PM »

I just put an old Hi-A guitar pickup on my 76 Ibanez Howard Roberts jazz box this week. It came out of an custom guitar I bought last year. It sounds fine, I must say. I don't think I'll be seeing too many of them. Puts out around 6.3 ohms.

Dave