The headstock is quite different from my Hyak and even more so from my Oasis (Gary Cooper guitar).  It does seem a little familiar, though.
 
Bill, tgo

I'ts got all the hallmarks of an Alembic related pedigree (not that I'm saying Alembic built it).  And it ought to be worth somewhere in the $5000 dollar range for anyone not smoking angel dust.
 
(Message edited by hydrargyrum on December 20, 2012)

it looks like the tailpiece says custom made for john doh
 
the last name is three letters, might be something else.

I was thinking Hyak too, so much that I sent the link over to Brian to see if he remembered it. He said that it wasn't of his hand, but he thinks it looks a little Irwin-esque. In fact, I have this image of a guitar attributed to Irwin filed away in my archives that has a circle inlay on the peghead:
 

 
 
The neck is a little BecVar in its proportions, but Bruce made things a little more refined usually.  
 
It's a mystery in everything except the year - if the builders are any relation to Alembic than it has to be after 1972. Just sayin'

Bob2 - do you think the doh reference means Homer Simpson is involved somehow?

Bob2 - do you think the doh reference means Homer Simpson is involved somehow?

Much as I hate to say it, it looks to me like it says Custom Made for John Cale.
 
Peter