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lbpesq

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Tres Cool Becvar Guitar on Reverb
« on: June 16, 2022, 09:01:45 AM »
Here’s a sweet 1978 lefty guitar from ex-Alembic employee Bruce Becvar.   The documentation seems to suggest it was originally a lefty guitar, but strung like a righty and meant to be played upside down. At some point it appears to have been modified to be a true lefty.   You don’t see Becvar guitars come up for sale very often.   I regularly check and this is the first one I’ve seen in several years.

Bill, tgo

https://reverb.com/item/56458835-bruce-becvar-custom-left-handed-vintage-1978-electric-guitar-x1733-used

BeenDown139

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Re: Tres Cool Becvar Guitar on Reverb
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2022, 09:38:53 AM »
the cranky old dude likes it too.
too bad it's a guit@r.   😎
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Re: Tres Cool Becvar Guitar on Reverb
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2022, 11:51:09 AM »
I have always wondered - what manner of name is BecVar? I notice quite often the V is capitalized... sometimes not. And admittedly, I don't know which is correct. I do know his workmanship was nice.

keith_h

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Re: Tres Cool Becvar Guitar on Reverb
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2022, 06:48:40 AM »
I have always wondered - what manner of name is BecVar? I notice quite often the V is capitalized... sometimes not. And admittedly, I don't know which is correct. I do know his workmanship was nice.

According to several Googled responses Becvar is of Czech origin. Ancestry.com claims the occupational meaning is "maker of casks" which I guess is somewhat appropriate if you think of musical instruments as vessels for making music.