| Author | Message | ||
| bigtonytwf
New Username: bigtonytwf Post Number: 1 Registered: 2-2009 |
I LOVE MY ALEMBIC ITS MY NUMBER ONE CHOICE STILL TILL THIS DAY  | ||
| richbass939
Senior Member Username: richbass939 Post Number: 1034 Registered: 11-2004 |
Big Tony, welcome to the board. Rich | ||
| artswork99
Senior Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 558 Registered: 7-2007 |
Yea Tony, Love the shot, great looking Series I. Welcome to the club and Play it Healthy! Art | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 2039 Registered: 2-2006 |
Welcome TONY! Love the picture. In that ain't a "in you face" shot nothing is. Cool grooves on the myspace too. OO | ||
| ajdover
Senior Member Username: ajdover Post Number: 689 Registered: 11-2003 |
Cool vibes indeed. Welcome, Tony. Alan | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 7528 Registered: 5-2002 |
Hi Tony, welcome to the club! Nice bass!! | ||
| byoung
Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 1164 Registered: 12-2004 |
Welcome! | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 706 Registered: 11-2004 |
welcome tony, bitchin' looking bass, so where do I go to hear you hammering the s**t out of it and then playing some ultra cool fingerstyle??? And should we all guess your influences..mmm let me guess, Stan the Man, Louis Johnson, Bernard Edwards, Verdine White, Marcus Miller. | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 2105 Registered: 10-2002 |
Welcome to the club Tony. Nice looking bass. Graeme | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1004 Registered: 6-2002 |
This man is taking a stand! He's up in here to drive the band. Great pic. Welcome to the club Tony. Mike | ||
| keavin
Senior Member Username: keavin Post Number: 1560 Registered: 12-2002 |
30 years? that says alot Big Tee...........i'm in my 29th year with my Vintage 1972 alembic.  | ||
| edwin
Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 402 Registered: 5-2002 |
Beyond having influences, which I am sure he does, Tony is an influence. If you haven't heard go go music, do it now. I've been listening to Trouble Funk since the early 80s and that groove has been inside all of my playing ever since, even when I'm playing country or bluegrass! I didn't get to see TF until 1986 or so and they wore out the audience in Boston (although equipped with a Fender for that show) in about 3 hours and were just getting warmed up! Thanks for the grooves, Tony! Great to see you here! Edwin | ||
| funkyjazzjunky
Advanced Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 347 Registered: 5-2007 |
You are the man | ||
| toma_hawk01
Intermediate Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 158 Registered: 7-2009 |
Welcome to the Club Tony. | ||
| toma_hawk01
Intermediate Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 161 Registered: 7-2009 |
Terryc, One should never try to assume anyone's taste without getting it directly from the source... The Author. Why did you not mention John Francis Anthony "Jaco" Pastorius III, Percy Jones, Andy West, Jimmy Johnson, Jeff Berlin (Just to name a few...) Your list is somewhat skewed, with assumptions of your own bias, and I believe it's wrong. I would never assume anyone's taste. (Message edited by toma_hawk01 on September 01, 2009) | ||
| otis
Member Username: otis Post Number: 55 Registered: 10-2008 |
Tony, Welcome to the club! Hal, wow! I think Terry was just trying to compliment Tony by comparing his playing to some of the greats, not "assuming" Tony's tastes... Maybe I'm wrong, it wouldn't be the first time, and I'm sure it won't be the last. Isn't that what makes us mortal and not omniscient? Peace;) Frank PS- Props, for sure, Tony! | ||
| toma_hawk01
Intermediate Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 165 Registered: 7-2009 |
[deleted text] I was making a correction, and correct me if I am wrong about this. I believe the some of the greatest problems of the world are caused by: ASSUMPTIONS and GUESSES... (Message edited by toma_hawk01 on September 02, 2009) [moderator's edit: deleted text which lies outside that recommended in the posting guidelines] (Message edited by davehouck on September 02, 2009) | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 553 Registered: 10-2006 |
You're wrong; consider yourself corrected. Race never entered my mind until you brought it up, and I'd be willing to bet that it didn't enter Terry's. The real difference between his list & yours is that I (having taken the time to listen) can hear his list in Tony's playing. I quite agree that Jimmy's great, but do you really mean to say hear his influence in this? Reign in your own assumptions. Peter (Message edited by cozmik_cowboy on September 02, 2009) | ||
| toma_hawk01
Intermediate Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 168 Registered: 7-2009 |
[deleted by moderator] (Message edited by toma_hawk01 on September 02, 2009) (Message edited by davehouck on September 02, 2009) | ||
| otis
Member Username: otis Post Number: 59 Registered: 10-2008 |
Peter & Moderator Dave, Thank you for entering the fray. Isn't it strange how one person can compliment another and then someone else comes along (like Hal) and turns it into this BIG deal? Heck, if I'd been compared to any of those Great Bass players, black, white, etc, I'd be honored. How could Tony possibly have taken Terry's comment in a negative light? The point is, he couldn't've. Peter, you're right, I never thought in terms of Race until Hal brought it up. No one was making assumptions or guesses, of any kind, except Hal. I think we all over-analyze what we say and what others say, and we need to be careful not to do that. Isn't most of the whole point to support each other, have fun, fellowship and talk about Alembics? I think some people end up picking apart other peoples' statements and trying to twist them into something that person never meant to say, at all. Ah, semantics! I'm sorry to see things like this happen, for sure, and I meant no ill will towards Hal, whatsoever, but I felt compelled to say something because his statement was so negative and erroneous in every way. Peace;) Frank | ||
| richbass939
Senior Member Username: richbass939 Post Number: 1060 Registered: 11-2004 |
Tony, I am very sorry to see your intro thread turn stinky. I hope you do not take it: 1) personally 2) to mean that this is not a great club, because it truly is. I welcome your comments about basses, being a professional musician, and anything else you wish to say. Rich | ||
| georgie_boy
Senior Member Username: georgie_boy Post Number: 936 Registered: 8-2005 |
I'll second that!! | ||
| bigbadbill
Senior Member Username: bigbadbill Post Number: 517 Registered: 10-2003 |
All I know is Tony rocks! Always has, always will..... | ||
| afrobeat_fool
Intermediate Member Username: afrobeat_fool Post Number: 116 Registered: 7-2009 |
Big Tony! You the Man, Baby. Funkin' out the jam's. Keep the Faith, brother! | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1083 Registered: 11-2004 |
toma_hawk..you know I never even looked at the colour of his skin..it was his eyes that said it all. Only you assumed that and no one else did no one else did. | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1084 Registered: 11-2004 |
toma_hawk...you know I never even looked at the colour of his skin..it was his eyes that said it all. Only you assumed that and funnily enough no one else did!!! | ||
| alembic76407
Senior Member Username: alembic76407 Post Number: 629 Registered: 5-2002 |
welcome aborad, I'm working on year 34 with my series 1 Sir David T | ||
| funkyjazzjunky
Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 487 Registered: 5-2007 |
I really dig the pose (and the bass as well) | ||
| toma_hawk01
Intermediate Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 119 Registered: 9-2009 |
Terry, I was wrong, and I ask for your forgiveness, and others who I had offend. Hal- | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1101 Registered: 11-2004 |
toma_hawk..no problem all is cool at my end | ||
| toma_hawk01
Intermediate Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 150 Registered: 9-2009 |
Thank you, and God bless. | ||
| otis
Member Username: otis Post Number: 70 Registered: 10-2008 |
Hal, It takes a big man to apologize, that's for certain. I also apologize for anything that I might've said that was misconstrued in any way, and I certainly didn't mean to make any unjust accusations. From what I've seen in your posts, since, in your FTC Thread, especially, I see a very interesting, imaginative, positive person who takes great joy in music and the act of creation. You've really done something unique in your creation of the Toma-Hawk, and I applaud you for it. Hopefully we'll get to meet at the Cincinnati Gathering! By the way, everyone my drummer won't want to miss this one, so hopefully we'll be able to arrange for him to come so he can do a little drumming in support of all us Alembicians! Peace;) Frank | ||
| toma_hawk01
Intermediate Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 162 Registered: 9-2009 |
No need to apologize, your actions were admiral, and justified. It was me, that was clearly wrong. Thanks for helping me get up, to stand up again, but wiser this time...  . Frank, I love Cincinnati. I am going to be peeping for the gathering. I live in Cali so, it might be a little bit of a challenge for me. Thank you very much, for the kind words on the Toma_Hawk bass. I would love to have Bootsy jam this bass... D'oh!!! His space bass might get jealous Peace. | ||
| otis
Member Username: otis Post Number: 74 Registered: 10-2008 |
Hal, We're all human (except Bootsy, of course, I think he's from the Planet Funk or something, lol) and I really hope to see you at the Cincy Gathering, wherever it may happen to occur. It would be great to meet Bootsy (again- I have a funny story about that, that I'll have to share with the Club, sometime...) but it would be just as great to meet anyone and everyone who owns an Alembic and can make it to Bootsy's hometown- I also love Cincy- there's a lot of cool venues out there, and a pretty vibrant music scene. We've played up there, with Freekbass, and we've also been up there for the Midpoint Music Festival, and at least one other thing, over at the Mad Frog. Still waiting to hear back from either Freekbass or Bootsy... And I'm sure Bootsy would immediately fall in love with the Tomahawk, which might present somewhat of a problem, LOL! Peace All;) Frank | ||
| toma_hawk01
Intermediate Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 182 Registered: 9-2009 |
Hey Frank, I just got off the phone with Mica today, (on the the topic of the Toma_Hawk bass), and she said if very-very-very lucky, the bass would be ready, before Thanksgiving. My instincts tells me, the bass would probably be ready sometime 2010. So, if you run into Bootsy before my bass is made, ask him if he would like to be the first Superhero to play the Toma_Hawk bass. P.S. I wonder if Boosty could get a hold of Rodney "Skeet" Curtis too? (Message edited by toma_hawk01 on October 12, 2009) | ||
| otis
Member Username: otis Post Number: 75 Registered: 10-2008 |
Hal, That would be so great if the Toma-Hawk was done before Thanksgiving. If I run into Bootsy, I will for sure ask him that, for you. Hopefully you'll be able to be there! If anyone could get ahold of Rodney, it would Bootsy! Still waiting to hear from either Freekbass or Bootsy... Maybe I'll try Bootsy's Facebook page, he seems to be on there, more... Does anyone have an idea of a date, yet? Hal, shoot me an email, sometime, soon, okay? Peace;) Frank www.myspace.com/otiserie (band website) | ||
| toma_hawk01
Intermediate Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 184 Registered: 9-2009 |
Frank, One thing I would advise to anyone who orders a custom Alembic... “One minute of patience, ten years of peace” | ||
| ajdover
Senior Member Username: ajdover Post Number: 746 Registered: 11-2003 |
I know all about patience. I ordered mine nearly four years ago. I'm still waiting for it! ;-) Alan | ||
| ajdover
Senior Member Username: ajdover Post Number: 747 Registered: 11-2003 |
BTW, from his picture, Big Tony is a guy I wouldn't want to piss off! ;-) He looks like he could smack me down just by looking at me! Alan | ||
| toma_hawk01
Intermediate Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 185 Registered: 9-2009 |
Alan, Imagine going 20-something years without an Alembic. That was my name, after I sold my first Series I. The only thing that softened the blow, was being an electric guitar player. Looking back, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise, because the bass was getting killed by 80's and 90's POP. Rap was killing the need for full bands in dance music. You might find this hard to believe, even to this day, I had not listened to the music of Stanley Clarke since the early 1980's. But I digress... All in all, after I found my 76, I was happy to see the things which were still consistent in my life without feeling like I missed out. Also, after 20 something years, you find your own signature sound, and leave the other stuff behind. (Message edited by toma_hawk01 on October 13, 2009) | ||
| jcdlc72
New Username: jcdlc72 Post Number: 4 Registered: 11-2009 |
Alembic awesomeness clearly seen here at 4:35 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTkhlNTc_7A&feature=related | ||
| eddie_rittigliano
New Username: eddie_rittigliano Post Number: 4 Registered: 12-2009 |
ya but he really gets on it here,....although it looks like an ibanez......... but the solo is a gas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdzR3YRN_mQ&feature=related | ||
| fc_spoiler
Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1036 Registered: 5-2006 |
I Think that's a Paul Reed Smith bass  | ||
| garth4664
Member Username: garth4664 Post Number: 85 Registered: 10-2008 |
Yep, agree with Flip, this is an early PRS bass with the neck through design, three pickup + hum canceller at the rear of the bass. Nice solo, great groove, Big Tony you are a funky man indeed. |
