Frank Gambale's Alembic Guitar

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Author Message jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2841 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 - 4:03 am:    That configuration would be a perfect stage guitar for me. Three pickups, filter and blade switch. However my musical instrument budget is closed for the foreseeable future. http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170824911374+&item=170824911374&lgeo=1&vectorid=229466 Jazzyvee jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3149 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 - 5:15 am:    Sweet. Almost makes me wish I didn't have sausages for fingers. Graeme funkyjazzjunky Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 763 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 - 9:27 am:    Bookmatched to center Cocobolo No inlays Very classy and beautiful gtrguy Senior Member Username: gtrguy Post Number: 456 Registered: 9-2004 Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 - 11:09 am:    Nice guitar, looks kinda like an Electrum to me though. Who is Frank Gamble? Dave pierreyves Senior Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 1051 Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 - 11:23 am:    the actual guitarist of Return to Forever IV: http://www.batraciens-reptiles.com/return_to_forever_2011.html mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 7679 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 - 12:56 pm:    No, not an Electrum, but a Spectrum with a Small Standard body. The Electrum body shape is a little bigger and not totally symmetrical. The guitar wasn't made for Frank, but it was a custom build. I added a copy of the picture with the signature to the instrument file today. Another little trivia: Frank's brother was our importer to Australia many years ago. sjhoffma Advanced Member Username: sjhoffma Post Number: 207 Registered: 5-2008 Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 - 2:26 pm:    Seeing stuff like this makes me depressed, and in this economy... bitter... I agree with jazzyvee, perfect stage guitar for me, but alas my instrument budget is also currently non existent. Someone on this forum better buy this guitar, (so I can buy it from you sometime down the road!) lol jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2842 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 - 3:39 pm:    I think if I didn't have my dragon, I'd have made a bid for that. Not because of the connection to Frank but because I'd seen one like that a few years back for sale here and missed it and never seen another one since. The "Strat layout of three pickups, 5 position blade switch, master volume and filter suits me perfectly... straightforward simple to use and intuitive to me. :-) That sure is a sweetie. Jazzyvee gtrguy Senior Member Username: gtrguy Post Number: 457 Registered: 9-2004 Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 - 4:38 pm:    Ah, yes. Close resemblance to an Excel but not exact. gtrguy Senior Member Username: gtrguy Post Number: 458 Registered: 9-2004 Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 - 4:41 pm:    Opps, meant Electrum! Getting old... mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 7680 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 - 5:14 pm:    We make it easy with them "E" names! slawie Advanced Member Username: slawie Post Number: 376 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 - 5:21 pm:    Aussies have good taste