Mica,how about that Guild bass? was it an early Alembic modified bass?
It was, although it was Jack's second bass. His first Starfire, known as Yggdrasil, didn't have active electronics and had some very cool woodwork and inlay. It can be seen in the Woodstock movie and weeks later, it was stolen in Seattle. Just earlier this year it was finally recovered. It had been refinished and was missing a wood panel, but other than that, it is complete.
Here's the story:
http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=16167.msg163028#msg163028 So, after it was stolen, Jack got two more and sent one to Ron at the Mothership and told him to get the electronics updated ASAP, never mind the aesthetics. So, Ron, just routed it out for those metal strips on which he mounted the electronics and got it back to Jack as soon as he could. I'm not sure what is in that bass, maybe someone else could fill in the details. I have the notion that it's active, but I could be wrong.
