i've seen some strange stuff coming outta japan...

[BeenDown139]

but this takes the cake.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/ALEMBIC-Distillate/254913476526?hash=item3b5a06f7ae:g:YIYAAOSwSbdgWapd

what the....fresh?

[edwardofhuncote]

Hang out a while, have some coffee with the cake and you'll see better hack-a-moles than that. This was a single pickup export Distillate somebody added another AXY to. Looks like a non-Alembic Volume, (or Pan?) pot. One, maybe two of the switches are replacements, but may work. There are more eloquent ways of relocating a battery. I just did it. Bass is legit. Price is silly. On the other hand, I've seen a waaay more dorked-up Distillate sell for more than that, so... best of luck to 'em.

[KR]

That battery looks lonely in that Giant hole in the body. You could store a sandwich in that hole along with the battery.

[David Houck]

... You could store a sandwich in that ...

Reminds me of an old Saturday Night Live sketch.

Found it.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKOc6hXMDhc

[jazzyvee]

I do wonder if someone had converted it to a lefty at some point in it's history and created a new cavity for the electronics and now it's back as a righty.

[lbpesq]

I do wonder if someone had converted it to a lefty at some point in it's history and created a new cavity for the electronics and now it's back as a righty.

That’s what I was thinking.

Bill, tgo

[KR]

David,
That link is hilarious! I also thought of Casady's 72-01 hidey hole in the bass.

[edwardofhuncote]

I think Jazzy and Bill win. I bet it was still an unwieldy thing to play though.


Here was one of my favorite Distillate mods ever. Look how the wood was grain-matched to cover the old AXY rout. I think this guitar sold for less than $2K.

[BeenDown139]

now listed not twice, but thrice!  pick your price!

that's why i wouldn't touch anything from japan with a ten-foot yadda, yadda, yadda...