I knew that'd raise an eyebrow,
That came from my experiences in danish water marbling.  
   According to legend...the first friskets were unfortunate moths that would find their way to be floating on the surface of the tank.

Didn't Rick Turner partially influenced construction  features during the original building time period of this guitar  ?
 
Take a look at the back of this Rick Turner Bass ;  
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-EARLY-ISSUE-1980-RICK-TURNER-ALEMBIC-FOUNDER-MODEL-1-BASS-/120901096815?pt=Guitar&hash=item1c2644556f#ht_1188wt_1147
 
 
See what I mean ? _____Just thinkin' ________

Here is another Rick Turner Model 1 detail shot;

Well there ya go...Wolf takes the cake
(vegan double chocolate??)
 
nice work,

Thanks ,  maybe ?               ( a bit of chocolate cake and a cup of coffee is OK once in a while)

This guitar with an early abalone Alembic logo has according to Rick Turner not been built by himself for Alembic. According to Rick this could have been a Gary Cooper pre-Oasis, but it is not and never was an Alembic, no matter what the logo is. A lot of parts escaped the shop and wound up in quasi-illegal employee guitars. Could have been one of those...

Yes ,as per quote and fact. Might there be influence and emulation in build style ?  
 
(Message edited by sonicus on April 30, 2012)

That quote was from the http://www.tuneyoursound.com/collection/alembic-early-70-jerry-garcia-bill-spooner-tubes  
website, The Story Behind > About The Guitar