Great guitar porn!
Alembics fools around with interesting electronics. What can you tell us about yours?
The Alembic is a cool guitar. Two low impedance single coil pickups with a hum canceling pickup in between, very quiet. Tones are full and clear, easy to get the Garcia Wolf guitar sound from ‘74 if you want to, I like the clarity and kind of 3D sound you can get out of this guitar. Controls are for each pickup: volume, low pass filter, three position Q switch that provides 0/3/6 db boost at the upper threshold of the filter setting. Long scale guitar (25.5”) with a wider neck. Mahogany chambered body core with Peruvian walnut top and back and maple/Purple Heart neck., and rosewood fingerboard.
The Turner is a cool guitar, ash body with maple neck and Blackwood fingerboard. Three fat Turner pickups that are a cross between Strat and Gibson P90 single coil pickups. Volume and tone controls with a variable “blaster” circuit that provides a great boost and warm natural overdrive when dialed up. 25.5” scale and a little wider neck. The neck profile is thicker and C shaped twisted the first fret and tapers to be more flatter and thinner as you move up the neck towards the body, making it very comfortable to play. A really nice guitar.
The Benedetto is the keeper of the three if I had to choose. It has great resonance and projection and can be played like an acoustic guitar. Plugged in it has warmth with clarity and a great tone. The neck is 25” scale, a little wider, nice thickness and C curve, and very comfortable to play. Carved spruce top, mahogany chambered body, mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard. A single Benedetto A6 pickup and volume and tone controls. A beautiful guitar.
So that’s the scoop on these three. They each serve a different purpose, which is nice.