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edwardofhuncote
Senior Member
Username: edwardofhuncote

Post Number: 282
Registered: 6-2014
Posted on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 9:54 pm:   Edit Post

Just saw this one up on Reverb today:

https://reverb.com/item/565995-1974-alembic-dickey-betts-custom-natural

I had read about it in the showcase thread here a while back:

http://alembic.com/club/messages/411/101791.html?1302611289

A little bit rich for my blood, but that^ is one seriously sweet piece of luthiery! (not to mention rock history)
bigredbass
Senior Member
Username: bigredbass

Post Number: 2353
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 10:03 pm:   Edit Post

I was in Reverb.com the other day and saw this:

https://reverb.com/item/516736-guild-starfire-ii-bass-guitar-1973-black

. . . and thought I'd pass it along, as so many of you like these.

Joey
jalevinemd
Senior Member
Username: jalevinemd

Post Number: 977
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 9:53 am:   Edit Post

I wish them the best of luck with this sale but I consider things like this "limbo" pieces as it's hard to find the right place for them. I'm not sure how many Dickey Betts fans are going to shell out $32,000 for a guitar that isn't even remotely associted with him. SG's and LP's sure...but an Alembic? And I don't know very many Alembic players that are going to spend that amount on it either. Afterall, this didn't belong to Jerry. Don't get me wrong. I've got tons of respect for the Allman Brothers and Alembic separately. Just don't see the celebrity status in this particular instrument.
edwardofhuncote
Senior Member
Username: edwardofhuncote

Post Number: 286
Registered: 6-2014
Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 3:56 pm:   Edit Post

Just realized I goofed the spelling in the thread title. =( Sorry Dickey Betts fans... honest mistake, since I know 3 other folks with that same name but the different spelling.

I love how the fingerboard inlay is distinctly the same font as the Alembic banner. I wonder who was doing the inlay work back then? And the scroll-work is amazing...

I do agree $32k is a bit ambitious... I guess you can ask anything though.

[moderator's edit: title spelling corrected]

(Message edited by davehouck on April 04, 2015)
cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member
Username: cozmik_cowboy

Post Number: 1849
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2015 - 11:13 pm:   Edit Post

I love everything about this guitar - except that I wouldn't want my name on the board, let alone some else's. And, of course, the decimal point being one place too far to the east..........

Peter (who, on second thought, might go with his name on the board - but only if he can wear a Nudie suit while playing it)
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 11708
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Saturday, April 04, 2015 - 5:43 pm:   Edit Post

Peter; when our album goes to press and they ask us for the cover art, we'll get the suits.
rustyg61
Senior Member
Username: rustyg61

Post Number: 1634
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 9:25 am:   Edit Post

I have played this guitar! I came across it at Rumble Seat Music in Carmel while on vacation.

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