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Author Message effclef Senior Member Username: effclef Post Number: 461 Registered: 1-2004 Posted on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - 12:02 pm:    Wow, this is really neat. http://cgi.ebay.com/ALEMBIC-DISTILLATE-1981-Very-Rare_W0QQitemZ130090101907QQcategoryZ2384QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem I didn't even know they made Distillate guitars, but I had seen the single PU Japanese basses. byoung Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 561 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - 2:49 pm:    Off topic, but, Can someone tell me why guitar players never seem to trim their strings? All that jiggery-pokery stuff makes me worry I'm going to poke my eye out. Bradley alembic_doctor Advanced Member Username: alembic_doctor Post Number: 205 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - 2:55 pm:    I think they're just lazy. Either that, or the only time they change a string is when they break it in the middle of a gig. I think some of them also think it looks cool. sarsicus Junior Username: sarsicus Post Number: 32 Registered: 4-2006 Posted on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - 9:16 pm:    Maybe he doesn't have any wire cutters. to_81_0190 Junior Username: to_81_0190 Post Number: 48 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 1:31 am:    Hi Effclef, Disttilate basses are available in Japanese market very often but guitars are a few. I found two Disttilate guitars now on sale. My single PU Disttilate bass is in Showcase. Toshiaki (Message edited by to 81 0190 on March 15, 2007) cozmik_cowboy Intermediate Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 118 Registered: 10-2006 Posted on Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 5:39 am:    Back in the day there was a school of thought that held that cutting off the ends destroyed the integrity of the string & made the sound dead. This was, of course, entirely drug-induced (mostly the same guys who claimed that pulling the covers off of humbuckers made them louder). Peter davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 4867 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 3:41 pm:    The electronics have been gutted; but otherwise a very nice looking guitar. effclef Senior Member Username: effclef Post Number: 468 Registered: 1-2004 Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 7:03 am:    Thank you for the info, Toshiaki. It appears this did not sell at $1800 to start, and the seller relisted it again, same price. Maybe he should try a lower starting bid. The digimart basses and guitars look interesting! What is the story with this bolt-on Alembic? Is it an Alembic neck cut and put on another body? It has the logo! <http://www.digimart.net/gk_detail.do;jsessionid=43ea22318714c671aef86d0f0160f4e7.dgm02?instrument_id=ds00211643> Sorry, I cannot get the link to paste correctly, but they are on the page you posted. And this one (no logo) <http://www.digimart.net/gk_detail.do;jsessionid=43ea22318714c671aef86d0f0160f4e7.dgm02?instrument_id=ds00207984> EffClef adriaan Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1369 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 7:31 am:    EffCleff, There was a short period when Alembic licensed their name to be put on basses and guitars built in Japan (only a couple of dozen were actually built) and with Alembic electronics. Recent thread here - Ever seen these?. effclef Senior Member Username: effclef Post Number: 469 Registered: 1-2004 Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 11:25 am:    Ah, thanks Adriaan, I hadn't followed that area of the Club in a while so missed that recent posting. EffClef keavin Senior Member Username: keavin Post Number: 1089 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 1:57 pm:    Japan's Alembic Club...http://alembic.com/club/messages/397/17129.html?1113187521