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Alembic Guitars

Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: jazzyvee on April 16, 2012, 04:03:14 AM

Title: Frank Gambale's Alembic Guitar
Post by: jazzyvee on April 16, 2012, 04:03:14 AM
That configuration would be a perfect stage guitar for me. Three pickups, filter and blade switch.  However my musical instrument budget is closed for the foreseeable future.
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170824911374+&item=170824911374&lgeo=1&vectorid=229466 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170824911374+&item=170824911374&lgeo=1&vectorid=229466)
 

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Jazzyvee
Title: Frank Gambale's Alembic Guitar
Post by: jacko on April 16, 2012, 05:15:47 AM
Sweet. Almost makes me wish I didn't have sausages for fingers.
 
Graeme
Title: Frank Gambale's Alembic Guitar
Post by: funkyjazzjunky on April 16, 2012, 09:27:33 AM
Bookmatched to center Cocobolo
No inlays  
Very classy and beautiful
Title: Frank Gambale's Alembic Guitar
Post by: gtrguy on April 16, 2012, 11:09:37 AM
Nice guitar, looks kinda like an Electrum to me though. Who is Frank Gamble?
 
Dave
Title: Frank Gambale's Alembic Guitar
Post by: pierreyves on April 16, 2012, 11:23:36 AM
the actual guitarist of Return to Forever IV:
http://www.batraciens-reptiles.com/return_to_forever_2011.html (http://www.batraciens-reptiles.com/return_to_forever_2011.html)
Title: Frank Gambale's Alembic Guitar
Post by: mica on April 16, 2012, 12:56:52 PM
No, not an Electrum, but a Spectrum with a Small Standard body. The Electrum body shape is a little bigger and not totally symmetrical.  
 
The guitar wasn't made for Frank, but it was a custom build. I added a copy of the picture with the signature to the instrument file today. Another little trivia: Frank's brother was our importer to Australia many years ago.
Title: Frank Gambale's Alembic Guitar
Post by: sjhoffma on April 16, 2012, 02:26:24 PM
Seeing stuff like this makes me depressed, and in this economy... bitter...  
 
I agree with jazzyvee, perfect stage guitar for me, but alas my instrument budget is also currently non existent.  Someone on this forum better buy this guitar, (so I can buy it from you sometime down the road!) lol
Title: Frank Gambale's Alembic Guitar
Post by: jazzyvee on April 16, 2012, 03:39:06 PM
I think if I didn't have my dragon, I'd have made a bid for that. Not because of the connection to Frank but because I'd seen one like that a few years back for sale here and missed it and never seen another one since. The Strat  layout  of three pickups, 5 position blade switch, master volume and filter suits me perfectly...
straightforward simple to use and intuitive to me. :-)
 
That sure is a sweetie.
Jazzyvee
Title: Frank Gambale's Alembic Guitar
Post by: gtrguy on April 16, 2012, 04:38:59 PM
Ah, yes. Close resemblance to an Excel but not exact.
Title: Frank Gambale's Alembic Guitar
Post by: gtrguy on April 16, 2012, 04:41:59 PM
Opps, meant Electrum! Getting old...
Title: Frank Gambale's Alembic Guitar
Post by: mica on April 16, 2012, 05:14:23 PM
We make it easy with them E names!
Title: Frank Gambale's Alembic Guitar
Post by: slawie on April 16, 2012, 05:21:22 PM
Aussies have good taste
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