Me and My Brown Bass

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Author Message bucky New Username: bucky Post Number: 6 Registered: 6-2003 Posted on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 3:46 pm:    Hi everyone! Well. . I'm going to guess that I might be one of the "older guys" in this forum. I bought my one and only Alembic - an original Brown Bass - after seeing Stanley Clarke - in 1974. I played it for years and then for some reason that seems inexplicable now, sold it to one of my best friends who had it for a couple decades. I have dreamed about getting it back for a long time but the reformation of my progressive band "Glass" made that a necessity. I contacted my old friend and to my utter astonishment he still owned it! It took me a couple years (and $2000) to talk him out of it but to his credit he sold it back to me and now I am in total Alembic Heaven! I can’t believe I ever let this baby go and I can tell you I never shall again! I have beaten the odds twice now in the last 3 years once in getting my dream band back together and the second time getting my dream bass back in my hands! How often does that ever happen to a guy? Anyway, now I'm very curious to track down the history of my bass prior to my buying it in April 1974 in Lakewood Washington. Any of you out there that could shed some light on the history of the Brown Basses can email me at relentls@ix.netcom.com. I'd love to hear from you. Or from *any* Alembic guitar owner. I really believe these are the greatest guitars in the world. The were always WAY ahead of their time. . Thanks, Jeff Sherman bucky New Username: bucky Post Number: 8 Registered: 6-2003 Posted on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 7:01 pm:    One More Thing. . You will notice that there is a brass cover plate between the pickups. Most of the Alembics I have seen have that "hum cancelling" pickup there. Mine does not. There is a cavity for two 9- volt batteries under the plate that power the active electronics and thus allow the player to use a standard 1/4" Phone Jack Stereo cord in the provided adjacent plug-in. I guess this would be for instances where he can't or might not want to use the AC Power Supply. Is this a common thing with the older Brown Basses and Alembic Guitars? When did they start using the "hum cancelling" in-between pickup? I'm very curious about all of this. . Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me on learning about the early Alembics. .