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bigtonytwf
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Post Number: 1
Registered: 2-2009
Posted on Monday, February 09, 2009 - 2:26 pm:   Edit Post

I LOVE MY ALEMBIC ITS MY NUMBER ONE CHOICE STILL TILL THIS DAYALEMBIC
richbass939
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Post Number: 1034
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Monday, February 09, 2009 - 3:05 pm:   Edit Post

Big Tony, welcome to the board.
Rich
artswork99
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Username: artswork99

Post Number: 558
Registered: 7-2007
Posted on Monday, February 09, 2009 - 5:23 pm:   Edit Post

Yea Tony, Love the shot, great looking Series I. Welcome to the club and Play it Healthy!
Art
olieoliver
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Username: olieoliver

Post Number: 2039
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Monday, February 09, 2009 - 5:26 pm:   Edit Post

Welcome TONY!

Love the picture. In that ain't a "in you face" shot nothing is.

Cool grooves on the myspace too.

OO
ajdover
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Username: ajdover

Post Number: 689
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Monday, February 09, 2009 - 5:50 pm:   Edit Post

Cool vibes indeed.

Welcome, Tony.

Alan
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 7528
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Monday, February 09, 2009 - 5:50 pm:   Edit Post

Hi Tony, welcome to the club! Nice bass!!
byoung
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Username: byoung

Post Number: 1164
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Monday, February 09, 2009 - 6:30 pm:   Edit Post

Welcome!
terryc
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Username: terryc

Post Number: 706
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 3:41 am:   Edit Post

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
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Username: jacko

Post Number: 2105
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 4:27 am:   Edit Post

Welcome to the club Tony. Nice looking bass.

Graeme
dadabass2001
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Username: dadabass2001

Post Number: 1004
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 5:06 am:   Edit Post

This man is taking a stand! He's up in here to drive the band. Great pic. Welcome to the club Tony.

Mike
keavin
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Username: keavin

Post Number: 1560
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 5:28 pm:   Edit Post

30 years? that says alot Big Tee...........i'm in my 29th year with my Vintage 1972 alembic.
edwin
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Username: edwin

Post Number: 402
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Sunday, February 15, 2009 - 6:48 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: funkyjazzjunky

Post Number: 347
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 9:42 am:   Edit Post

You are the man
toma_hawk01
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Post Number: 158
Registered: 7-2009
Posted on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 11:02 pm:   Edit Post

Welcome to the Club Tony.
toma_hawk01
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Username: toma_hawk01

Post Number: 161
Registered: 7-2009
Posted on Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 8:50 am:   Edit Post

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
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Username: otis

Post Number: 55
Registered: 10-2008
Posted on Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 9:39 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: toma_hawk01

Post Number: 165
Registered: 7-2009
Posted on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 8:33 am:   Edit Post

[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
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Post Number: 553
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 8:56 am:   Edit Post

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
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Username: toma_hawk01

Post Number: 168
Registered: 7-2009
Posted on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 10:52 am:   Edit Post

[deleted by moderator]

(Message edited by toma_hawk01 on September 02, 2009)

(Message edited by davehouck on September 02, 2009)
otis
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Post Number: 59
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Posted on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 6:45 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: richbass939

Post Number: 1060
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 7:40 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: georgie_boy

Post Number: 936
Registered: 8-2005
Posted on Saturday, September 05, 2009 - 5:26 am:   Edit Post

I'll second that!!
bigbadbill
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Post Number: 517
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Sunday, September 13, 2009 - 2:05 pm:   Edit Post

All I know is Tony rocks! Always has, always will.....
afrobeat_fool
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Username: afrobeat_fool

Post Number: 116
Registered: 7-2009
Posted on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 7:21 pm:   Edit Post

Big Tony! You the Man, Baby. Funkin' out the jam's. Keep the Faith, brother!
terryc
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Username: terryc

Post Number: 1083
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Thursday, October 01, 2009 - 7:54 am:   Edit Post

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
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Username: terryc

Post Number: 1084
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Thursday, October 01, 2009 - 7:55 am:   Edit Post

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
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Username: alembic76407

Post Number: 629
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Thursday, October 01, 2009 - 10:40 am:   Edit Post

welcome aborad, I'm working on year 34 with my series 1

Sir David T
funkyjazzjunky
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Username: funkyjazzjunky

Post Number: 487
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Friday, October 02, 2009 - 9:28 am:   Edit Post

I really dig the pose (and the bass as well)
toma_hawk01
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Username: toma_hawk01

Post Number: 119
Registered: 9-2009
Posted on Friday, October 02, 2009 - 12:45 pm:   Edit Post

Terry,

I was wrong, and I ask for your forgiveness, and others who I had offend.



Hal-
terryc
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Username: terryc

Post Number: 1101
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 7:36 am:   Edit Post

toma_hawk..no problem all is cool at my end
toma_hawk01
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Username: toma_hawk01

Post Number: 150
Registered: 9-2009
Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 7:57 am:   Edit Post

Thank you, and God bless.
otis
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Username: otis

Post Number: 70
Registered: 10-2008
Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 6:33 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: toma_hawk01

Post Number: 162
Registered: 9-2009
Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 8:24 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: otis

Post Number: 74
Registered: 10-2008
Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2009 - 7:35 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: toma_hawk01

Post Number: 182
Registered: 9-2009
Posted on Monday, October 12, 2009 - 1:48 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: otis

Post Number: 75
Registered: 10-2008
Posted on Monday, October 12, 2009 - 6:48 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: toma_hawk01

Post Number: 184
Registered: 9-2009
Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 6:32 pm:   Edit Post

Frank,

One thing I would advise to anyone who orders a custom Alembic...

“One minute of patience, ten years of peace”
ajdover
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Username: ajdover

Post Number: 746
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 6:41 pm:   Edit Post

I know all about patience. I ordered mine nearly four years ago. I'm still waiting for it! ;-)

Alan
ajdover
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Username: ajdover

Post Number: 747
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 6:44 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: toma_hawk01

Post Number: 185
Registered: 9-2009
Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 9:21 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Post Number: 4
Registered: 11-2009
Posted on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 4:26 pm:   Edit Post

Alembic awesomeness clearly seen here at 4:35

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTkhlNTc_7A&feature=related
eddie_rittigliano
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Post Number: 4
Registered: 12-2009
Posted on Friday, January 01, 2010 - 12:11 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: fc_spoiler

Post Number: 1036
Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Friday, January 01, 2010 - 12:18 pm:   Edit Post

I Think that's a Paul Reed Smith bass
garth4664
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Username: garth4664

Post Number: 85
Registered: 10-2008
Posted on Sunday, January 03, 2010 - 4:25 am:   Edit Post

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.

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