My Alembicized Frankenstrat

Started by lbpesq, July 05, 2014, 10:48:18 AM

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lbpesq

As promised, here's pics of the guitar I've been putting together:  Modulus Blackknife neck, Warmoth Chambered rear-loaded body, flame Koa over African Black Korina, Alembic pickups with added Q.  The only things left are a new nut and to have it plekked.  Bill, tgo  

 

 

 

 

 

 


jazzyvee

Hi Bill looks good. Im building a strat with alembic pickups and electronics. Are those blackknife necks available new or is this a used one?
The sound of Alembic is medicine for the soul!
http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_ktwins.html

sonicus

Very Kool Bill!   I look forward to hearing it .

lbpesq

Jazzy:
 
Only used.  Gould went out of business and even sold off his molds for next to nothing.  I picked up the neck 8-10 years ago figuring I'd use it someday.  The guitar appears to be VERY resonant.  I'll be checking it out in a jam for the first time this afternoon with Wolf (Sonicus) and some others.
 
Bill, tgo

pace

Very cool Bill!  
 
I'm curious what year the neck is if you know...
You've got some nice tone woods to complement the graphite.  
 
Like I said in the other thread, I think you'll dig the graphite/activator combo... It plays with the octave and envelope filter really well..

gtrguy

Cool! I had a Blackknife for a while and liked everything about it except that the whammy bar stuck up too much, so I sold it. It was a very warm sounding guitar.

dannobasso

I too can attest to the graphite alembic combo being exceptional. Play it in good health.