Exploiter guitar, is that possible?

Started by blazer, April 11, 2009, 05:25:23 PM

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blazer

Well I started saving up to get myself a cool custom guitar and seeing that I have been playing a self made explorer as my main live guitar for a while now I was wondering if it were possible to get myself An alembic Exploiter guitar.
 

 
Here I am with the guitar in question, the guitar has a three piece Burled Maple-Walnut-Burled Maple body, a Fender style 25.5 scale length neck. It had a Washburn wonder bar for a while (see the main picture) which I replaced for a Kahler later.
 
As for the exploiter guitar, I'd love for it to have a Hippie sandwich body with a mahogany center and vermilion top and back. I love the classic Alembic look with the exposed neck through construction and I want that neck itself to be five piece lamination of maple-walnut-maple-walnut-maple with the headstock style of the Orion. I want it to have a Kahler and to have the electronics of the little darling with an added master volume.
 
Is this possible and if so how much would it cost me?

dnburgess

I'd love to see an Explorer style Alembic guitar.

David Houck

Wouter; there's a really nice Darling in the FTC section right now with a trem bar.  The trem will be a Skyway.
 
David; there's a picture of an Exploiter guitar here.

David Houck

The Vermilion top and back will look nice.  I would think everything you've mentioned would be possible; however, I don't think I've seen a Kahler on an Alembic guitar.

blazer


blazer

And while searching for that California with a Kahler picture I also came across this.
 

 
Which is such a beauty to look at and similar to my own Explorer. It's making me salivate... Perhaps I should reconsider the specs I just put down...

David Houck

Hah!  Your right; my mistake.  I was thinking Floyd Rose.
 
So yes, I would think everything you've mentioned would be do-able.  And I think the Vermilion would be really nice on an Exploiter guitar.

David Houck

That's an exceptionally nice guitar!

elwoodblue

I had an exploiter guitar with a kahler , so they are out there...not too many I imagine.

mica

This is an old picture from my first digital camera, but you can still get the general idea:

Amberburst finish on this one.

bluplirst

Heres one for sale at gguitars
http://gguitars.com/al3074.html
 
Looks pretty nice, I guess....drool

adriaan


dnburgess

The bridge on the gguitars one looks looks out of character.

mica

We installed alot of Kahlers on guitars in the mid eighties.

bluplirst

I had a guitar with a Kahler on it.  I really loved the feel of the vibrato.  The one at gguitars is a bit overpriced.  That much is approaching a new little darling....