On Mon, 12 May 2008 20:25:19 +0100, "2pods"  wrote:

>
>"Woody"  wrote in message 
>news:1iguaa8.1r9coa41lmomjtN%usenet@alienrat.co.uk...
>> no66y©  wrote:
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>>> "Frank A Muller"  wrote in message
>>> > Erk, typographic error, should read "*IT* was well over 35 years ago 
>>> > when
>>> > I saw them in concert!"
>>>
>>> LOL
>>> I do recall seeing a guitar that had the pickup mounted on a rail. It 
>>> could
>>> be slid along by use of a gear stick type thing.
>>> It was a kind of steampunk design guitar so not one you'd see in the 
>>> shops.
>>>
>>> I'd have a google but the chances of finding it again are ...... slim!
>>
>> Ibanez Iceman 2663SL?
>>
>> <http://vintageibanez.tripod.com/2663models.html>
>>
>> No lever on that one though.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Woody
>
>There was also a Westone "Rail" bass.
>Movable PU(s?) on rails on a steinberger headless type body.
>
>peter 
>
There's a picture somewhere of one of the very first Alembic basses,
which has a movable pickup arrangement.
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