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grooveman
Junior
Username: grooveman

Post Number: 11
Registered: 6-2007
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 5:55 am:   Edit Post

Hai there my colleague-Alembicians,

For everybody who wants to learn and read a nice story about Alembic (and others) I found This on the internet!

Have fun!

(Message edited by grooveman on June 26, 2007)
grooveman
Junior
Username: grooveman

Post Number: 12
Registered: 6-2007
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 7:37 am:   Edit Post

Mmmmmm, now they hide page 17 to 50 from the Alembic story ... strange! ... just try!!
fc_spoiler
Senior Member
Username: fc_spoiler

Post Number: 538
Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 7:38 am:   Edit Post

Great!
First frontal picture of number 1 I've seen
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 5166
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 8:01 am:   Edit Post

You saw pictures? All I saw was a table of contents.
adriaan
Senior Member
Username: adriaan

Post Number: 1526
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 8:27 am:   Edit Post


quote:

Great!
First frontal picture of number 1 I've seen


You probably weren't around for the guitar special published by Muziekkrant Oor back in 1975 or 1976 - this was when Oor still looked like a krant, and when my dad reviewed audio gear for them a couple of times ("Testkeesje").

My older brother (Kees, obviously) cut out all the pictures of nice looking guitars, and put them up on the wall. Unfortunately they were all tiny little snapshots in B&W, but from one of the blurbs I learned (at the tender age of 10) that Alembic #1 had pickups that could be adjusted on copper tubes. If I remember correctly, it also mentioned the Grateful Dead and Stanley.
grooveman
Junior
Username: grooveman

Post Number: 13
Registered: 6-2007
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 11:12 am:   Edit Post

Dave ... use your scrollbar or press 'full screen' on the upperright! ;-)
tbrannon
Senior Member
Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 488
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 11:16 am:   Edit Post

COOL!!! I'd never seen any pictures of that Casady test bass. Shame that one's not around anymore.

Thanks for the link.
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 5170
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 11:38 am:   Edit Post

It loaded this time, thanks! Very cool!
dela217
Senior Member
Username: dela217

Post Number: 816
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 3:15 pm:   Edit Post

FYI:

That picture of Casady's bass is how it looks today. It is still around and is owned by a club memeber who wishes to remain unknown. It originally had more knobs! The electronics in it today are standard PF6 stuff. The top was replaced too so the PF5 electronics could be mounted properly. That picture was taken out of Bass Player magazine when they did a feature on it a few years back. The graphite necked short scale was also lifted out of Bass Player. I did not read the articles because the font was too small. I am going to have to check it out later when I have more time.

Michael

(Message edited by dela217 on June 26, 2007)
tbrannon
Senior Member
Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 489
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 3:24 pm:   Edit Post

Michael,

Thanks for that clarification. I thought that the bass turned into a tester that was eventually destroyed- am I confusing the bass in the article with another? Was it the Osage Orange bass that eventually got destroyed?

Toby
byoung
Senior Member
Username: byoung

Post Number: 707
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 4:09 pm:   Edit Post

Osage Orange eventually delaminated, if I remember correctly.
bigredbass
Senior Member
Username: bigredbass

Post Number: 1206
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 4:37 pm:   Edit Post

I bought this book and really like it. Lots of ink about the 'usual suspects', terrific section about ALEMBIC, and lots of articles about basses from far off the beaten path.

J o e y
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 5174
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 5:55 pm:   Edit Post

The "Alembic bass with Modulus Graphite neck circa 1977" is obviously mislabeled.

Michael, thanks for the update; oh, and the articles are really good!
flaxattack
Senior Member
Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 1588
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 10:39 pm:   Edit Post

there are pictures of jack on 1 in the archives
try doing a search
i saw jack on 1 at suny binghampton in 73
the back is carved bigtime. i have some photos i took at that show somewhere in my puter...
all i could say is what is that thing... it sounds awesome....
grooveman
Junior
Username: grooveman

Post Number: 14
Registered: 6-2007
Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 12:41 am:   Edit Post

I've tryed to link this book again with another search options!

Result:

It's still the same book, but now we can see some more pages from the story! (till page 19) Great!!

Again but more!

(PS. if fonts are to small; In the upper-middle of the window is a zoom in/out-button!)

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