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Author Message joannajetson New Username: joannajetson Post Number: 1 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 8:45 pm:    A North Bay music store is calling this an early Alembic and asking $3K. Any idea what it might be, really? The woodwork and inlay are really quite nice, the headstock looks Moonstone-ish, the electronics are okay...the pickups are Ibanez "flying fingers," and the logo has an eye inside it (hard to see in the picture). Just curious. joannajetson New Username: joannajetson Post Number: 2 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 9:03 pm:    After posting this, I was browsing the previous posts and noticed the logo is the same as a bass that was on ebay awhile back - see the thread, "Possible employee project?" below from 3/19/06. Then I googled Michael Dolan's website and it looks like the logo is his. Mystery solved, I guess. richbass939 Senior Member Username: richbass939 Post Number: 631 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 5:31 am:    Joanna, It certainly does show a strong Alembic influence, doesn't it? Welcome to the club. Rich lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 1292 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 8:52 am:    Joanna: First of all, welcome to the club! Cool find, I especially like the circular control cavity plate. Could you tell us which store is this in? I'm in Santa Roisa on business later this week and if I have time I'd love to check this out in person. It also looks like some other interesting vintage instruments might be found there. Bill, the guitar one davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 3821 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 1:56 pm:    Hi Joanna, welcome to the group. Beautiful guitar! joannajetson New Username: joannajetson Post Number: 3 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 4:00 pm:    Hi, Dave, Rich, & Bill - Thanks for the welcome. I'm a guitarist and long-time Alembic fan who's never actually owned one - I simply admire them from afar. (Now, if Alembic made a jazzbox...) The guitar is at Players Guitars in San Rafael, 415-453-8531. It stood out in part because the rest of the stock is mostly old Silvertones, Goya mixmasters & such! Joanna davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 3824 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 8:17 am:    Players Guitars