Series I Guitars

[rv_bass]

Nothing sounds like an Alembic Series I Guitar…pure bliss 

[jazzyvee]

Agreed. Just frustrated by not having any outlets to play it live.😎🤔

[edwardofhuncote]

😊


Do you notice any differences in them, like there often is between different basses?


I'll have to agree, when I had that one on the left there for a season, plugging it into a pair of Fender tube amps cranked up was truly something special. At the same time, it was quite satisfying to just use the 1/4" plug and play through my junky little practice amp at work. (which happened a lot on rare days I knew I would be at my desk...) There really isn't much to compare them to.

[rv_bass]

Nice one, Jazzyvee    For me it’s the same as my Alembic basses, these are the instruments that I play, so I play them in every situation and that works well for me.

Greg, the standard point might be slightly warmer sounding, not sure if that is due to woods, scale length, or a combination of things. Regardless they both sound great

[lbpesq]

Yep, Series 1 guitars are the bee’s knees for sure!

Bill, tgo

[rv_bass]

Two classics, Bill! The 12 string is magnificent, is that Peruvian walnut? If so, it’s the 12 string sibling of my 6 string.  And what year is your small body guitar?  Very nice

[edwardofhuncote]

That Peruvian walnut is really interesting stuff. I've never seen much of it that had an eye-catching figure, but in the right light it has such a warm glow to it. Several I've seen also had long 'weathering' splits in them too, so I wonder if the stuff wasn't quite seasoned out yet when the wood was sourced, or if it's just a characteristic of a tropical wood that ends up in a different zone?

Refer back to the Showcase Thread for 78-1116, and look... that's some beautiful stuff there.

https://club.alembicguitars.com/index.php?topic=22856.0

[rv_bass]

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[rv_bass]

I agree, Peruvian walnut is a beautiful wood

[lbpesq]

Two classics, Bill! The 12 string is magnificent, is that Peruvian walnut? If so, it’s the 12 string sibling of my 6 string.  And what year is your small body guitar?  Very nice

The 12 string is a ‘77 in Peruvian Walnut.  Since that pic about 20 years ago, the top developed a crack (probably helped along by storage in a small room that got quite humid due to a burst pipe).  I’ll probably seek some repair advice later in the year when I have the time. 

The MSG is a ‘76.

Bill, tgo

[cozmik_cowboy]

I’ll probably seek some repair advice later in the year when I have the time. 

Bill, tgo

Here ya go!


Peter

[rv_bass]

A work of art

[edwardofhuncote]

I was hoping some more geetar players would drop in on this thread. Here's an oldie. This guitar was on eBay... golly, I reckon close to 10 years ago. I'm pretty sure it was listed as #73-45. It may be 46... the number was very hard to read. What's significant is, it isn't the missing #44. I always liked the ebony pickguard. Wonder where it is now?

[cozmik_cowboy]

Which sparks a question in my mind:  Was 025 (AKA Wolf) made in '72 or '73?

Peter

[edwardofhuncote]

Are there any known pictures of #025 before it was modified?

(I've read the threads... somewhat familiar with the stories...)


*FWIW, the 025 itself is interesting. Even if the guitar was 25th in sequence, it breaks with a pattern that had been established well before of dropping the 0's preceding sequence numbers. Unless you're dealing with the enigmatic alphabet characters that used O before numbers later on. Maybe that's the clue. 72-17 has no 0 or O. 73-27 or 73-28 have no 0 or O. Why would 25 have one? Is it O25? Or was the whole thing an older project that was scrapped and reworked? We'll probably never know. I would like to see what it started out as though.