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alembic76407
Senior Member
Username: alembic76407

Post Number: 789
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2015 - 2:51 pm:   Edit Post

I bought my Series 1 39 years ago to day. I had a 1966 Karman Ghia convertible and the only I could haul it was put the top down and stick it in like a surfboard . lemon oil and strings with love tonight


Sir David T

edwardofhuncote
Senior Member
Username: edwardofhuncote

Post Number: 426
Registered: 6-2014
Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2015 - 3:40 pm:   Edit Post

Outstanding - Congratulations & Compliments sire!
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 11826
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2015 - 3:47 pm:   Edit Post

:-)
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 8562
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2015 - 5:31 pm:   Edit Post

Two gems right there!
artswork99
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Username: artswork99

Post Number: 2047
Registered: 7-2007
Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2015 - 5:54 pm:   Edit Post

39 years old and a great looking instrument, you've been a great caregiver! Happy Birthday and Hi Sir David T, wishing you 39 more!
slawie
Senior Member
Username: slawie

Post Number: 801
Registered: 8-2002
Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2015 - 6:54 pm:   Edit Post

Both looking well preserved.
Congratulations, my how time flies.
harald_rost
Advanced Member
Username: harald_rost

Post Number: 242
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2015 - 11:18 pm:   Edit Post

Happy Bithday comes from my Alembic Series 1 #278 from 1976!
terryc
Senior Member
Username: terryc

Post Number: 2390
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Friday, July 03, 2015 - 12:38 am:   Edit Post

Lovely bass, one of the classic Alembics which looks as good as ever!
I was too young and broke to even afford the cheapest of instruments back in 76!
jazzyvee
Senior Member
Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 4553
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Friday, July 03, 2015 - 1:05 am:   Edit Post

What an anniversary to celebrate. I wish you many more years together.

I didn't even have an electric guitar back then I was learning on an £8.00 Kapok branded Chinese made Spanish guitar which I still have to this day.
bigredbass
Senior Member
Username: bigredbass

Post Number: 2400
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Friday, July 03, 2015 - 1:08 am:   Edit Post

Terrific story, David, and kudos on a long-relationship with that wonderful axe. That Series shape four-string in natural has always been an icon to me.

I had to laugh . . . . about the same time (old guys rule!), I had a VW Beetle convertible, and was in a quandary about how in the hell was I going to move my then-new Peavey Bass head and 215 cabinet around in said-same vehicle. Got a call for an unexpected one-nighter that night, and I knew no one in the group well enough to know if any of them had a van or pickup. Gotta go now, then it dawned on me, so I went out in the driveway and dropped the top. Got the 215 up on the back bumper and tipped it over the folded top into the back seat. Ta Da ! ! !

Got some strange looks, especially driving it back home like that at 3 AM !

It gets even better later: I bought one of those Acoustic rigs with the 415 cabinet (for our younger readers, bass playing in the 60's thru the 80's was a MANLY profession, what with moving all those Coke Machine sized cabinets) right after I traded the Bug on . . . . wait for it . . . a new Honda Civic !

Joey
rv_bass
Junior
Username: rv_bass

Post Number: 46
Registered: 8-2014
Posted on Friday, July 03, 2015 - 5:12 am:   Edit Post

Very nice, I love the color! :-)
growlypants
Intermediate Member
Username: growlypants

Post Number: 138
Registered: 3-2011
Posted on Friday, July 03, 2015 - 6:26 am:   Edit Post

Congrats, Sir David T!! She's a beauty. (And yes, I, as well, was too poor in the '70s to even THINK about those Alembic basses.) (And Joey, you crack me up!)
moongerm
Advanced Member
Username: moongerm

Post Number: 225
Registered: 8-2013
Posted on Saturday, July 04, 2015 - 4:27 am:   Edit Post

Congratulations, lovely!
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 6127
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Saturday, July 04, 2015 - 10:17 am:   Edit Post

Gorgeous bass, Sir D. The old ones really are quite beautiful. If only us owners could keep our looks so well as we age! lol.

As for transportation, I still remember Jazzyvee's pics of his entire rig loaded into a smart car. Musical equipment tetris at its finest!

Bill, tgo
wideload
Advanced Member
Username: wideload

Post Number: 213
Registered: 6-2003
Posted on Thursday, July 09, 2015 - 4:17 pm:   Edit Post

I still can't get over your being able to buy an Alembic bass at the age of 3! Play on, man! :-)
alembic76407
Senior Member
Username: alembic76407

Post Number: 790
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Thursday, July 09, 2015 - 7:04 pm:   Edit Post

and I could drive at 3 also
5a_quilt_top
Senior Member
Username: 5a_quilt_top

Post Number: 574
Registered: 6-2012
Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 - 12:10 pm:   Edit Post

To quote E. Scrooge:

"Remarkable boy!"


As such, it's no surprise that you'd gravitate toward an Alembic.

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