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flaxattack
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Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 1975
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 6:50 am:   Edit Post

sort of cool looking in a way. Was it Jerry's?
I dunno, but $25,000?
link

(Message edited by davehouck on May 15, 2008)
artswork99
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Post Number: 353
Registered: 7-2007
Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 8:05 am:   Edit Post

I like it!
dela217
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Post Number: 899
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 8:55 am:   Edit Post

I like it too. This one showed up for sale a while back. I remember the price being real high then as well. But, I thought at the time he was just using the ad for the guitar to attract attention to his guitar teaching DVD he was trying to push. Maybe he is serious this time.

I would think that perhaps if there were better pictures he chould have a shot at finding it a new owner.
flaxattack
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Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 1976
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 1:06 pm:   Edit Post

yes but did you notice the remarks about the electronics?
staemius
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Post Number: 75
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 3:05 pm:   Edit Post

Very cool - I've seen this one somewhere before (or similar) - would like to see better pictures.
staemius
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Post Number: 76
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 3:05 pm:   Edit Post

nm

(Message edited by staemius on May 15, 2008)
davehouck
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Post Number: 6562
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 3:47 pm:   Edit Post

More (small) pics and video here. (There are blank spaces at the beginning and between sections of the video.)

James; the cutout makes it look similar to the Johnny Winter guitar. The look of the top mounted cavity plate is similar to Keavin's bass.
u14steelgtr
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Username: u14steelgtr

Post Number: 80
Registered: 7-2003
Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 4:02 pm:   Edit Post

For this price one could get a brand new Series guitar built to your specs.

I would think that it might get get a bit heavy in the neck do to the center of gravity relative to the strap pins.

-E
cozmik_cowboy
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Post Number: 302
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 6:34 am:   Edit Post

According to Val's info in this thread Jerry had 3, 6, 13, 25, & a later one - no #10.

Peter
barryr1
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Username: barryr1

Post Number: 38
Registered: 10-2007
Posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 9:44 am:   Edit Post

I pulled a pic of this guitar off this site a few months ago. I don't have the thread but my recollection was that Mica had it in for a checkup. Serial number is a match to the one I logged
cozmik_cowboy
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Post Number: 303
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 9:46 pm:   Edit Post

Just for S&Gs, I asked the seller about the provenance (mentioning the info in Val's post linked above) & electronic changes. It hasn't shown up on the listing, but he replied via e-mail thusly:

"The only information I have is on the auction listing. though the next email he asked where I got the guitar and mentioned that alot of stuff was stolen from the Dead. Also the person I bought it from bought it from Prune music in Mill Valley where Garcia lived at the time.

The Electronics:
One of the preamps stopped working so I had someone rewire around that. I went to a Giants baseball game and coincidentally sat next to the new partner in Alembic and he said they could rewire it to the original specifications."

Peter
artswork99
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Username: artswork99

Post Number: 354
Registered: 7-2007
Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 10:46 am:   Edit Post

Better starting price, new auction. It's interesting to watch a historical instrument go to a new home from a forum such as eBay. USA only according to the auction specifications.

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(Message edited by artswork99 on May 21, 2008)

(Message edited by davehouck on May 21, 2008)
lbpesq
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Post Number: 3098
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 11:33 am:   Edit Post

It's a very interesting and historic Alembic, but I can't help being put off by the "this was probably Jerry Garcia's guitar" b.s. As has been established here, (and a quick call to Alembic would verify), this was not Jerry's guitar (which, I suspect, the seller knows very well).

Bill, tgo
artswork99
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Username: artswork99

Post Number: 355
Registered: 7-2007
Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 11:36 am:   Edit Post

I agree Bill, but I have to wonder who did own it from that era.
brb9911
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Username: brb9911

Post Number: 36
Registered: 10-2007
Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 - 3:06 pm:   Edit Post

Yeah, I wish the seller was a little more honest in the listing; his provenance claim is wildly speculative.

However, you can hear the owner play her in a video on this link:

/link{http://www.guitar5day.com/alembic.html, clickable text}

He plays a nice little Eyes, and the guitar sounds pretty cool, too.
brb9911
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Username: brb9911

Post Number: 37
Registered: 10-2007
Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 - 3:08 pm:   Edit Post

I'll get this link thing right one of these days, I promise.
cozmik_cowboy
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Post Number: 307
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 - 7:12 pm:   Edit Post

Backslash, Brian.

Peter

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