| Author | Message | ||
| 5a_quilt_top
Advanced Member Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 217 Registered: 6-2012 |
Over the holiday break I had to take my Stanley Clarke Sig Deluxe to my guitar tech to do a little fretwork - the fret ends were protruding due to slight fretboard shrinkage. When I picked it up, he raved about the perfection of the instrument saying "this is the finest bass I've ever seen". I consider this to be high praise as he's an ex-machinist and has worked on thousands of instruments over his 20+ year second career as a guitar tech. He also said he looked real hard to find any imperfection and could find none. Unfortunately, he kept referring to it as an "Olympic"... Oh well...you say tomato and I say to-MAH-to. At least he liked it! | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1101 Registered: 6-2006 |
Nice! :- D | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1650 Registered: 10-2006 |
OTOH, tonight one of the Rockford newscasters was discussing a charity hockey game, which featured not only a lot of former Blackhawks but "an Alembic standout"! Peter | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1784 Registered: 6-2002 |
Maybe they were thinking of Cheap Trick's 12 string bass... ;) Mike | ||
| 5a_quilt_top
Advanced Member Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 237 Registered: 6-2012 |
On that note, is anyone going to be watching the winter Alembic games in Sochi? I hear fretboard gymnastics, neck diving and the bi-amp-a-thon will be new categories of competition... | ||
| alembic76407
Senior Member Username: alembic76407 Post Number: 742 Registered: 5-2002 |
Yes I'm in to Alembic Curling | ||
| hankster
Advanced Member Username: hankster Post Number: 386 Registered: 6-2004 |
Don't give the IOC any ideas. They may not be above attepting to enjoin the use of the name "Alembic" without their express permission. And a licensing fee. | ||
| 5a_quilt_top
Senior Member Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 430 Registered: 6-2012 |
But just think of the cool logo that would result if "the rings" were combined with "the cloud"! ..."The Cloud of the Rings" | ||
| dave_hardy
New Username: dave_hardy Post Number: 1 Registered: 2-2015 |
Hello, forum! My name is David, and I was the last legitimate owner of the wonderful Jack Casady bass. It was stolen from me by a man in Mill Valley, California. I have spoken with Jack about it, and he knows who I am, and the whole story. She's a beauty. At once you notice the uniquely carved front and back. When I first bought it, I went to a leather store in San Francisco, and made my own thick strap, and decided I wanted to try to play it in the same position I'd seen Jack play it. Well, this is a bit on the TMI side, but on the back of the bass, there is a concave spot, like a very shallow bowl, carved into a central spot. Yep, guys, you feel the bass on your "stuff". That was a trip. In the case are a blue box; a power supply. If you use that, the LEDs light up, and if you just use the 1/4" jack, it's what you'd expect. The pick-ups are unique, cast in clear resin, and you can see the gold foil wrapped pick-up magnets inside. The two pick-ups are mounted on thin brass rods, which allow you to move the pick-ups, up to the neck or down to the bridge - completely flexible! Put them together, move them apart. The neck has amazing inlay, with scrimshaw type work. Below the bridge, you might have noticed a violin type tailpiece. It has a small, tooled (for grip) brass knob. Turn the knob, and the whole piece comes off - to reveal a generous stash box in the body! Clever for the traveling musician! The electronics were changed and updated during the years that Jack owned and played it. The pots are mounted on a thin piece of wood, and the cavity in the body is rather large, so a hard slap could potentially break the wood, giving it a trip back to Ron and Alembic, which was also a good time to make any desired changes in the electronics. It had series 2, when Jack sold it, and when I owned it. | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3898 Registered: 5-2009 |
Hello Dave , Welcome to the Alembic Club. I have read your story on the internet and I am certain that there are links on this site directing to your story as well as well as multiple threads regrading this instrument . I am familiar with 72-01 and heard Jack play it often . I have done a little research on this bass as well . Sonic Regards , Wolf AKA Sonicus@ The Alembic Club  | ||
| mtjam
Advanced Member Username: mtjam Post Number: 260 Registered: 11-2011 |
Welcome, Dave! Thanks for sharing some info on this wonderful bass. I always enjoy reading about the earliest Alembics...or any Alembics, for that matter! See you around the Club! | ||
| 5a_quilt_top
Senior Member Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 432 Registered: 6-2012 |
72-01 - an amazing and enigmatic instrument. It intrigued me for years and was the inspiration for my "Crown of Creation" custom project (Susan re-created the iconic body shape, sans carving):    |
