Alembic influence in a Modulus "ebay"...

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Author Message shae Junior Username: shae Post Number: 44 Registered: 10-2007 Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 1:45 pm:    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Modulus-12-String-Guitar-Graphite-Neck-Through-Alembic-Scorpion-Shape-/290749368402?pt=Guitar&hash=item43b2034852 Hmmm...knobs, bodyshape, tailpiece, if this was a few years older and didn't say Modulus on it I would swear this was an Alembic. Still very nice though. sjhoffma Advanced Member Username: sjhoffma Post Number: 253 Registered: 5-2008 Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 4:39 pm:    I remember this coming up for sale a while ago. The original seller was asking for much less. I think closer to 2500 if I remember correctly. I remember because I was interested in buying it. I think its changed hands since. pace Senior Member Username: pace Post Number: 873 Registered: 4-2004 Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 5:58 am:    It was lower than that, Sam..... llobsterbass Intermediate Member Username: llobsterbass Post Number: 106 Registered: 5-2004 Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 3:53 pm:    Geoff Gould developed his graphite neck design in the mid-1970s in conjunction with Alembic. The test case was a Stanley Clarke short-scale model. They made one identical to Stanley's except graphite neck instead of wood. He tested it at a Return to Forever soundcheck and was impressed. They made less than 50 of those for Jon Entwistle, John McVie, and others -- I'm very lucky to have one. then Geoff founded Modulus Guitars. The 12-string guitar on ebay must be one of his earliest. Definitely looks like a standard body Series. sjhoffma Advanced Member Username: sjhoffma Post Number: 254 Registered: 5-2008 Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 7:43 pm:    Thats a shame Pace... makes me really wish I had ended up with it. Pulled the original tread, he was asking 1700. :*( oggydoggy Advanced Member Username: oggydoggy Post Number: 217 Registered: 3-2003 Posted on Thursday, August 02, 2012 - 12:22 am:    Nice Axe! Rare indeed hydrargyrum Senior Member Username: hydrargyrum Post Number: 1135 Registered: 3-2004 Posted on Thursday, August 02, 2012 - 11:58 am:    It will be a long time before I can ever justify buying a 12 string electric. It would be sweet to cover some Byrds tunes and Beatles, but I don't know what else I would use it for. oggydoggy Advanced Member Username: oggydoggy Post Number: 218 Registered: 3-2003 Posted on Thursday, August 09, 2012 - 7:19 pm:    I would find any excuse to play this 12 er Later pace Senior Member Username: pace Post Number: 878 Registered: 4-2004 Posted on Friday, August 10, 2012 - 7:17 am:    IIRC, the original seller had this custom built in either '87 or '88...