June Millington and her Alembic

[edwin]

With her sister, Jean on bass.

[mica]

That's interesting - I'm not 100% sure that's an Alembic guitar though. Pickups: absolutely! Bridge and tailpiece: almost certain. But I didn't see a logo (or holes where one would have been), and the body shape and proportions of the neck laminates are just a little unexpected. But she sure can play!

[David Houck]

In this article, she says she owns a "one-of-a-kind Alembic".  (That's all it says, and I don't know that the quote refers to the instrument in question.)

It has dual truss rods accessed from the body like an Alembic.  But I'm seeing the same observations Mica saw.

Ah!  Just found something on her facebook page:





Here's what she says about the guitar:  "one-of a kind Alembic; a woman who lived next to us in Bodega worked there. She designed it for woman's body and came over to show it to me. Well, we fell in love and I don't think it ever left our Bodega space! Till we left ... it's in the barn right now, looking and beautiful and sexy as ever. Great guitar, one-of-a-kind personality for sure (I wrote "Play Like a Girl" on it, pretty much right there at that spot in the living room, about 4-5 months later."

She says the picture is from ten years ago.

[keith_h]

Ah yes Fanny. I was just listening to some of their music from the 70's a couple of days ago. It saddens me they aren't better well known as their music and skills were up there with the best of that era's rock bands.

[jalevinemd]

Shop night special?

[mica]

Likely it is - I think I know who's guitar it was originally, not too many ladies have worked here (that don't still work here), and even fewer that live out on the coast 

[hankster]

Wow. Happy International Women’s Day!