Europe '72 relic'd replica Frankenstein Strat for sale in Binghamton NY. PM if local and interested.
We are all aware now that Alligator was sold at auction and restored, it was actually a '55 Strat with Alnico III pickups and not a 57' with Alnico V pickups. Most people are familiar with the guitar at the end of it's short career. However, it was modified 3 different times during those few years. At the start of the infamous Europe '72 spring tour it had a prototype Alembic Stratoblaster made by Ron Wickersham and wired direct without a switch or trim pot. It had a wood pickgaurd patch, handmade brass tailpiece, standard tune o mattic bridge, hand hammered brass plate under the output jack, Raytheon knobs, Schaller tuners, a scalloped brass nut and a brass footman loop used for a string tree for the low E,A,D and G strings. It was adorned with Harley Davidson and Keep On Truckin' stickers. Before it was nicknamed the Alligator, the guys at Alembic guitars referred to it as the Frankenstein.
Full description
[https://youtu.be/mEPddJoA7ZY]
Middle pickup
[https://youtube.com/shorts/UjQF15wVR0w?feature=share]
Bridge pickup
[https://youtu.be/dc76ZEuXJeE]
Neck pickup
[https://youtu.be/25PTLrOXvT0]
We are all aware now that Alligator was sold at auction and restored, it was actually a '55 Strat with Alnico III pickups and not a 57' with Alnico V pickups. Most people are familiar with the guitar at the end of it's short career. However, it was modified 3 different times during those few years. At the start of the infamous Europe '72 spring tour it had a prototype Alembic Stratoblaster made by Ron Wickersham and wired direct without a switch or trim pot. It had a wood pickgaurd patch, handmade brass tailpiece, standard tune o mattic bridge, hand hammered brass plate under the output jack, Raytheon knobs, Schaller tuners, a scalloped brass nut and a brass footman loop used for a string tree for the low E,A,D and G strings. It was adorned with Harley Davidson and Keep On Truckin' stickers. Before it was nicknamed the Alligator, the guys at Alembic guitars referred to it as the Frankenstein.
Full description
[https://youtu.be/mEPddJoA7ZY]
Middle pickup
[https://youtube.com/shorts/UjQF15wVR0w?feature=share]
Bridge pickup
[https://youtu.be/dc76ZEuXJeE]
Neck pickup
[https://youtu.be/25PTLrOXvT0]