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flaxattack
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Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 2209
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Saturday, March 14, 2009 - 10:54 am:   Edit Post

saw this photo in newsday
is it an alembic or a rick turner?
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 7728
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Saturday, March 14, 2009 - 11:17 am:   Edit Post



It doesn't appear to be an Alembic based on the pointy cone headstock, the logo shape, the curve at the end of the fretboard, the pickup body routes, and the shape of the knobs.
davehouck
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Post Number: 7729
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Saturday, March 14, 2009 - 11:26 am:   Edit Post

There are a couple good shots of that bass here.
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 7730
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Saturday, March 14, 2009 - 11:33 am:   Edit Post

It looks to me to be a Turner, as it look similar to this bass.
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 7731
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Saturday, March 14, 2009 - 11:37 am:   Edit Post

Here is something more definitive. It's a Turner Renaissance Electroline solid body ELS-434 PM2.
senmen
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Username: senmen

Post Number: 839
Registered: 7-2003
Posted on Saturday, March 14, 2009 - 11:41 am:   Edit Post

Flax, Dave,
yep it is a Turner but not the model you are referring to as the shown one in fact has more Alembic sized body with two equal cuts. looks quite interesting.
Oliver (Spyderman)
tomhug
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Post Number: 33
Registered: 7-2008
Posted on Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 8:31 pm:   Edit Post

I saw John at the Mar 5th show in Chicago. Pretty sure it's a Turner. It actually has a reverse offset - in other words the treble side of the cutout is closer to the headstock than the bass side. He switched to what looked like a Tobias for one song, but played the Turner bass most of the night.

I thought it was an Alembic at first too. It's not an electroline. Seemed like it might be shorter scale too. Small neck.
kungfusheriff
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Username: kungfusheriff

Post Number: 815
Registered: 8-2003
Posted on Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 10:08 pm:   Edit Post

That is definitely a Turner Electroline with a lot of custom touches.

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