| Author | Message | ||
| Tracey Gholson (fretted4)
New Username: fretted4 Post Number: 2 Registered: 11-2002 |
Hello there, and thanks to everyone on the earlier post of the sounds of series 1 and 2. Anyways, as a huge fan of fleetwood mac and alembic, I have been planning to order the dream of my life, alembic, and ive noticed that during the 70's , john mcvie of fleetwood mac had used series 1 and 2's. Can anybody send me some information on the basses that he had ordered? type of wood, control configuration, things like that, this is probably a question for mica, im hoping to use this information to forward my planning of a custom bass order, maybe future john mcvie signature bass for me???? time will tell. thanks | ||
| Derwin Moss (bassdude63)
Junior Username: bassdude63 Post Number: 25 Registered: 10-2002 |
An article in Bass Player magazine featuring Modulus Graphite's founder Geoff Gould, Rick Turner, and Alembic stated that John's first Alembic had a graphite neck. Apparently the bass was the first graphite- neck bass and was featured at a NAMM show by Alembic. I also recall seeing an old Fleetwood Mac video where John was playing a beautiful fretless Series bass. | ||
| David Fung (dfung60)
New Username: dfung60 Post Number: 6 Registered: 5-2002 |
There's a very nice Fleetwood Mac box set that came out a couple of years ago. It includes a small booklet with many pictures, including many of John with various Alembics which were his main basses during the height of their success. The one most commonly pictured is a very early model that predates the design of the body and bridge settling down and looks to have the brown pickups. I have an old FM video documentary from the 70's as well, and there are pictures of him playing with a more "regular" looking Series I that has a zebrawood top. I've never seen a picture of it, but I believe he also has the fretless with a stainless steel fingerboard. Could that tone on the bass break in "The Chain" be anything other than an Alembic? :-) David Fung | ||
| Derwin Moss (bassdude63)
Junior Username: bassdude63 Post Number: 26 Registered: 10-2002 |
A fretless bass with a stainless steel fingerboard? I'd like to hear that in person! I wonder how well his strings held up? (Usually fretless player's are concerned about fingerboard wear-not so in this case!!) D.M. | ||
| Tracey Gholson (fretted4)
New Username: fretted4 Post Number: 4 Registered: 11-2002 |
ah yes, the chain, that riff was the very first thing i learned to play on my first bass, a 70 dollar mako bass i bought at a pawn shop, thanks! | ||
| Wally Malone (wally_malone)
Junior Username: wally_malone Post Number: 12 Registered: 7-2002 |
I've got a gig with a Fleetwood Mac tribute band called Rumours at the Carson Valley Inn, Nevada from Feb 11-16. I'll be using my Alembic on this gig, however it is a six-string. Wally | ||
| Rami Sourour (rami)
Intermediate Member Username: rami Post Number: 103 Registered: 6-2002 |
I'd like to see a picture of that stainless steel fingerboard!!! Like Derwin mentioned, I guess when playing that, he didn't have to worry about fingerboard wear. Probably wore out his strings! | ||
| Joey Wilson (bigredbass)
Junior Username: bigredbass Post Number: 32 Registered: 9-2002 |
Susan Wickersham makes mention of the stainless fretless in the History article back on the ALEMBIC website; she wondered if it should have been termed a fretless or continually-fretted fingerboard ! | ||
| metalbasscom
New Username: metalbasscom Post Number: 1 Registered: 1-2006 |
Here's a picture of a stainless steel fretless. It's not an Alembic though. http://kevincorren.com/gittler_bass.html (Message edited by metalbasscom on January 21, 2006) |
