Author Topic: What Alembic is this? (is it even an Alembic?) (Read 407 times)

elwoodblue · « **Reply #15 on:** April 26, 2012, 08:18:26 PM »

I knew that'd raise an eyebrow,
That came from my experiences in danish water marbling.
According to legend...the first friskets were unfortunate moths that would find their way to be floating on the surface of the tank.

sonicus · « **Reply #16 on:** April 26, 2012, 10:44:15 PM »

Didn't Rick Turner partially influenced construction features during the original building time period of this guitar ?

Take a look at the back of this Rick Turner Bass ;
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-EARLY-ISSUE-1980-RICK-TURNER-ALEMBIC-FOUNDER-MODEL-1-BASS-/120901096815?pt=Guitar&hash=item1c2644556f#ht_1188wt_1147

See what I mean ? _____Just thinkin' ________

sonicus · « **Reply #17 on:** April 26, 2012, 10:57:55 PM »

Here is another Rick Turner Model 1 detail shot;

elwoodblue · « **Reply #18 on:** April 27, 2012, 12:27:11 AM »

Well there ya go...Wolf takes the cake
(vegan double chocolate??)

nice work,

sonicus · « **Reply #19 on:** April 27, 2012, 12:58:48 AM »

Thanks , maybe ? ( a bit of chocolate cake and a cup of coffee is OK once in a while)

rustyg61 · « **Reply #20 on:** April 30, 2012, 12:46:53 AM »

This guitar with an early abalone Alembic logo has according to Rick Turner not been built by himself for Alembic. According to Rick this could have been a Gary Cooper pre-Oasis, but it is not and never was an Alembic, no matter what the logo is. A lot of parts escaped the shop and wound up in quasi-illegal employee guitars. Could have been one of those...

sonicus · « **Reply #21 on:** April 30, 2012, 12:58:00 AM »

Yes ,as per quote and fact. Might there be influence and emulation in build style ?

(Message edited by sonicus on April 30, 2012)

rustyg61 · « **Reply #22 on:** April 30, 2012, 01:27:25 AM »

That quote was from the http://www.tuneyoursound.com/collection/alembic-early-70-jerry-garcia-bill-spooner-tubes
website, The Story Behind > About The Guitar