| Author | Message | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3403 Registered: 6-2002 |
We have had quite a flurry of new members to the forum over the past couple of years or so and in the past we have had Alembics on the sofa type pictures from us long term members. So I thought it would be a good idea to invite these new members to share with us some photo's of their Alembic in that style. So....Newbies please grace us with your weapons of sonic seduction. Jazzyvee | ||
| stout71
Intermediate Member Username: stout71 Post Number: 107 Registered: 7-2011 |
Give me another month (hopefully). | ||
| 5a_quilt_top
Member Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 97 Registered: 6-2012 |
What he said... ;-) Unfortunately, in this case, my sofa will not be of the same caliber as its occupants...so I may have to opt for another method of display. Unless Alembic builds sofas!!! | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3405 Registered: 6-2002 |
I din't know if Alembic build sofa's but there is on in their lobby. Choose whatever method of display you desire. Jazzyvee | ||
| dannobasso
Senior Member Username: dannobasso Post Number: 1504 Registered: 3-2004 |
Too many for a sofa. | ||
| stout71
Intermediate Member Username: stout71 Post Number: 125 Registered: 7-2011 |
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| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3439 Registered: 6-2002 |
Thanks for posting, it's an excellent first example of a new bass on the sofa. I hope you both make wonderful music together. Jazzyvee | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 1263 Registered: 1-2005 |
I'm not a new member but this pic is just too good not to share:  My bass got to meet Stanley's bass at the mothership while it was in for new nut & saddles for tenor tuning! | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3636 Registered: 6-2002 |
Interesting that he has those little markers on his bass for getting to his sound. Do you know if that is his soloing tone or his main groove sound represented by those white markings. I may have a go at doing that with my series bass as sometimes I feel like I'm going round in sonic circles to find a specific tone. :-) | ||
| rami
Senior Member Username: rami Post Number: 1030 Registered: 6-2002 |
This is one of my all time favorite pics. Mica took this this one. It's just soooooooo hot!  | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4827 Registered: 6-2002 |
Bump, there have been some new alembic ownership of late. Any more sofa pictures to share? I have a recent series I and here it is with it's close relatives.  (Message edited by jazzyvee on December 22, 2015) | ||
| fc_spoiler
Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1847 Registered: 5-2006 |
Not exactly a sofa and very poor pic:  | ||
| pierreyves
Senior Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 1271 Registered: 11-2006 |
three sisters...  | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4829 Registered: 6-2002 |
You just had to do it didn't you......hmmmm  | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4830 Registered: 6-2002 |
You just had to do it didn't you......hmmmm | ||
| jcdlc72
Senior Member Username: jcdlc72 Post Number: 458 Registered: 11-2009 |
Jazzy: The ceiling's fan reflection almost got me tricked on your guitar's finish! | ||
| edwardofhuncote
Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 737 Registered: 6-2014 |
Had this one a while, but never posed on the sofa. =)      I just love this bass, and very much looking forward to the arrival of it's fretless companion this (coming) year. (Message edited by edwardofhuncote on December 23, 2015) | ||
| pierreyves
Senior Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 1272 Registered: 11-2006 |
Hhhhmmmmmm yummy Jazzy !!! | ||
| pierreyves
Senior Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 1273 Registered: 11-2006 |
Hhhhmmmmmm yummy Jazzy !!! | ||
| edwardofhuncote
Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 738 Registered: 6-2014 |
Love that maple Series I Jazzy... I remember the day that one popped up on Aus. ebay. | ||
| serialnumber12
Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 1130 Registered: 12-2004 |
no sofa but close  | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4832 Registered: 6-2002 |
Edward, i love that bass too. It grows more on me everytime i pick it up to play. Ive ordered some new knobs and bridge rehab kit including new saddles from mica so when that arrives the bass is gonna get some tlc. | ||
| flpete1uw
Senior Member Username: flpete1uw Post Number: 596 Registered: 11-2011 |
Merry Christmas!!!  Peace, Pete | ||
| sonofa_lembic
Intermediate Member Username: sonofa_lembic Post Number: 110 Registered: 5-2014 |
The view from my sofa!  | ||
| tomhug
Advanced Member Username: tomhug Post Number: 210 Registered: 7-2008 |
OK, I'll play:  Up to this point, I've never had these three together, since the Series was back at the mothership for some TLC.  | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1808 Registered: 2-2011 |
Here's my Harem.  | ||
| moongerm
Advanced Member Username: moongerm Post Number: 365 Registered: 8-2013 |
Nice Rusty!!! | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1809 Registered: 2-2011 |
Thanks Brian! Sorry about the double post, moderators, feel free to delete one of them. | ||
| 5a_quilt_top
Member Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 73 Registered: 6-2012 |
Rusty - your black Ric has what appears to be a Joe Barden PU in the bridge position and a replacement bridge - ? What did you do? I ask because a few years ago (predating getting an Alembic) I upgraded both PU's and the bridge on my blonde Ric. The PU's are prototype Barden Ric replacements (I was told I was the first in AZ to have them) and the bridge is a Hipshot. Both were drastic improvements over the stock versions. | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1811 Registered: 2-2011 |
Good eye David! I replaced both Rick pickups with Seymour Duncans. I got them as a set from Bass Strings Online, & they vastly improved the bottom end! The neck pickup looks cream in this picture but it is chrome. My bridge is one of the original Leo Quan Badass bridges. I bought the bass new in 1979 & changed the bridge & nut after about a year. Since getting my Alembics, none of my other basses see any action unless I do an outdoor gig with bad weather or at a venue I've never played & don't want to chance bringing the Alembics. | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 1645 Registered: 1-2005 |
Rusty - sounds like it might be time to hunt down some Activators for your Ric! ;) | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1812 Registered: 2-2011 |
Harry, if I put Activators in anything it would be my homemade fretless next to the Rick. I built it in woodshop in high school & put DiMarzio's in it, but I would love to have a P/J set of Activators for it! I love my Rick, but it is no match for my Alembics in the way it feels & plays, so no sense in trying to make it sound like an Alembic when I have the real thing. | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 1646 Registered: 1-2005 |
I have a couple of Rics, none of them with Alembic guts - I like the way they sound stock. But I have a couple of Fenders with Activators and love them! I don't use them to make them sound like Alembics, to me it brings out the best in them and makes them much more flexible. But I totally get what you are saying - with those two Alembics I can see the Ric resting quietly in its case a lot. | ||
| 5a_quilt_top
Member Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 74 Registered: 6-2012 |
+1 I have two Rics, the modded 4001 described above and a stock V63, neither have seen any action since my conversion to Alembic. They are pretty cool looking back-ups, though. And I agree with you Rusty, despite the tonal enhancements via the mods, the 4001 still can't match an Alembic. | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1813 Registered: 2-2011 |
I bought my Ric because that's what Geddy played, then shortly after I got it he switched to Wahl then Steinburger, then Jazz Bass much to my dismay! I still like pulling my Ric out for nostalgic reasons, but it is has been demoted to the practice squad! | ||
| adriaan
Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 3317 Registered: 6-2002 |
Pardon the mess... [check out the resized picture below] (Message edited by adriaan on April 05, 2016) | ||
| rv_bass
Junior Username: rv_bass Post Number: 14 Registered: 8-2014 |
Magnificent! How does it sound?  | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1814 Registered: 2-2011 |
Beautiful basses Adriaan, here's a better view! :-)  | ||
| adriaan
Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 3318 Registered: 6-2002 |
@Rob - this is my contribution to the "Alembics on the sofa" thread, so I won't be going into the sound of things. (Early days, too. Getting my bearings first!) @Rusty - thanks for the resize! | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1817 Registered: 2-2011 |
You're welcome! | ||
| japhy4529
New Username: japhy4529 Post Number: 9 Registered: 6-2015 |
Does a pic on a recliner chair count?!  | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 1647 Registered: 1-2005 |
Works for me! The finish on that is awesome - have we seen it here at the Club before? And Rusty, I never got back to you about the Ric - I was mostly kidding, but at the same time - in my experience, Activators don't necessarily make an instrument sound like an Alembic, they unlock the potential of the instrument. Never had any in my Rics - I like the way they sound stock, though if I had a ton of money I would get extras to Alembicize! - but I have two Alembicized Fenders and love them - Alembicized Guild in the works too - hopefully that one will be my next contribution to this thread! | ||
| japhy4529
Junior Username: japhy4529 Post Number: 11 Registered: 6-2015 |
Thanks! Yes, sir. This bass was previously owned by fellow club member rraymond. Here's a link to the original for sale thread (along with another link which includes a full history of the bass): http://alembic.com/club/messages/395/208717.html?1435029814 | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1821 Registered: 2-2011 |
No worries Harry! I would love to get a set of P/J Activators for my fretless I built in woodshop in high school! | ||
| rv_bass
Junior Username: rv_bass Post Number: 33 Registered: 8-2014 |
Two Alembics and an old friend...  | ||
| rraymond
Senior Member Username: rraymond Post Number: 418 Registered: 6-2002 |
I'm still in the game, here's my two on a red love seat:  Thom, take good care of that Elan, I miss the heck out of it! | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1831 Registered: 2-2011 |
That sunburst is stunning!! | ||
| edwardofhuncote
Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 958 Registered: 6-2014 |
Sunburst indeed. Featured Custom "Pinot" makes an appearance! I had forgotten about it, but this one almost swayed me to the old-school "fan" headstock. Love ^that^ zebrawood Series with "tree-of-life" inlay too. |
