Sam,
Sometimes my mind goes blank when asked that question, don't ask me why. I keep meaning to make a list of players of both basses and guitars but keep putting it off in favor of making them. Offhand and in no particular order except how they popped into my brain here is a list of guitars and some utillizing the electronics:
David Crosby Guild with Series Electronics since 1970 & F2B preamp
Donovan 6 & 12 string Series guitar since the 70's he still uses them & F2B preamp
Carlos Alomar 70's Series long scale guitar and F2B preamp played with David Bowie, now a record executive
David Gilmore Blastors and F2B preamp since the 70's
Jimmy Page 70's Series 6 string guitar & F2B preamp, He also owns a Series I bass
Johnny Winter 70's custom guitar carved openwork Dragon guitar with abalone flames coming from mouth
Richard Betts 6 string custom Series from 70's with 1 high Richard Betts inlaid up the fingerboard in mother of pearl, heart shaped peghead with sterling nails & F2B Preamp
Bo Diddly Alembic electronics installed in his guitar
Stevie Ray Vaughn some Activator electronics as well as Blastors in some of the guitars
BB King Series electronics installed in one of the Lucille's
Steve Miller 13 years ago featured them on the album Wide River bought
Spectrum-6 Baritone in coco bolo long scale w/side LEDs
Spectrum-6 long scale coco bolo w/side LEDs
Spectrum-6 Baritone coco bolo w/ side and front Laser LEDs
Spectrum-6 long scale in coco bolo w/side and front Laser LEDs
California special-6 long scale flame maple with clear Emerald green with tremolo
Orion-6 flame maple, he bought this one as a gift for a friend of his
Oh yes, he also bought an upright Classico-5 string bass for his studio.
Henry Kaiser Series custom-6 from the 70's see Custom archives Bloodwood guitar
Buckeye Beauty Baritone guitar custom archives and pretty much every guitar Henry owns has Alembic pickups and electronics in it
Henry also has a custom Tribute neck through in Pink Ivory wood and Macassar Ebony
Marmaduke Series- 6 string Long scale guitar New Riders of the Purple Sage
Neil Young Series I from the 70's
Stephen Stills Series I from the 70's
Jorma Kaukonen- electronics, Blastor & F2B
Todd Rundgren Series-6 string since the 70's & F2B preamp, the guitar was stolen sometime in the 80's
Katsumi Watanbe Series-6 string Japanese jazz guitarist & F2B preamp
Peter Frampton Series 6 string & F2B preamp
Chet Akins- first bought a bass for his bass player then a Series guitar for himself
Stanley Jordan- used Series I 6 string
Monte Montgomery Orion Baritone 6 string in coco bolo. He's currently Ron's favorite guitar player, he actually goes to his concerts and he never goes to concerts. You can check Monte out at montemontgomery.com I agree with Ron and Mica, he's an awesome player and singer.
We have made a couple thousand guitars but you rarely see an Alembic guitar for sale. Their owners just don't part with them.There are also thousands of Alembic Activator pick up electronics sets as well as Alembic Blastors that are in guitars.
Oh yeah, last year Paul Reed Smith bought two Alembic Blastors for a personal project. He sent me an email later stating he really liked them and was using them in a project. Wonder where that will lead?
BTW-Many times if the sound you hear live doesn't quite match what is on the recording, it's probably because endorsements aside (which we don't do) when it comes to laying down the tracks that prosperity will remember you by, that old Alembic comes out of the case and goes into the studio. This is true for basses as well as for guitars.
Uh, guess the offhand list is a little longer than I thought.
-Susan
