Alembic Studios

US recording studio located in San Fransisco, California that operated under this name between 1971 and 1973, and best known for its association with The Grateful Dead. The studio was originally founded as Pacific High Recording in 1969 by Peter Weston. In 1971 Ron Wickersham and his wife Susan Wickersham (née Frates) purchased the studio and renamed it Alembic Studios after their electronics company of the same name. In 1973 a partnership was formed with Elliot Mazer's His Master's Wheels, who installed the equipment from his recording truck into the studio, and after several months bought the studio outright. The Alembic company is still in business today, manufacturing guitars and basses.