| Author | Message | ||
| avmeln
Junior Username: avmeln Post Number: 18 Registered: 11-2014 |
Hello to Alembic family. Although I've got extensive academic training in bassoon performance and music education, I enjoy playing bass very much. When the opportunity came for me (10 years ago) to start career as bassist for British cruise line, I took this chance. Since then travelled a lot and performed many different venues. Today I traded in my G. Gould Graphite 5 CS and got an Orion 5 instead. Looking good, feeling great. Thank you very much indeed! Andrey http://alembic.com/club/messages/411/202124.html?1417459918 | ||
| tbrannon
Senior Member Username: tbrannon Post Number: 1652 Registered: 11-2004 |
That is an amazing looking Orion! I really love zebrawood tops and that one just screams class to me. Enjoy the bass and welcome to the Alembic experience! | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3767 Registered: 5-2009 |
Congratulations Andrey. Perhaps just for fun you can play the notated Bassoon music on the nice Alembic Bass . I also play the Trumpet and other valved brass instruments. Just for fun, sometimes Trumpet music and Euphonium music strikes my fancy . | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1349 Registered: 6-2006 |
Andrey, Love the zebrawood. I started on bassoon, then switched to bari & bass saxaphones. I sometimes go to the used book store and pickup bassoon and trombone music books to play on my basses (mostly to work on my upright intonation). One of the better ones is a trombone book filled with Beatles songs - nothing like playing John and Paul's vocal lines on a bass! Welcome to the camp! | ||
| avmeln
Junior Username: avmeln Post Number: 20 Registered: 11-2014 |
Thank you. I still cannot get rid of mental picture of someone playing 'Pop Virgil' on Euphonium. | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3770 Registered: 5-2009 |
LOL ! Not like Stanley on his Alembic Bass , but one could play the melody like a tenor trombone without the glissandos slurs like the the trombone could do .  | ||
| avmeln
Junior Username: avmeln Post Number: 23 Registered: 11-2014 |
Paul, check out this CD (2013 AL DI MEOLA - All Your Life) http://myzuka.ru/Album/379999/Al-Di-Meola-All-Your-Life-2013: it's pure Beatles (solely Guitar). | ||
| 5a_quilt_top
Advanced Member Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 397 Registered: 6-2012 |
Hi Andrey - Congrats on your beautiful acquisition and welcome to the club! You've probably already discovered that nothing really compares to the first time you play an Alembic. As has been well documented elsewhere on the forum, it's a revelation - you can finally hear what's been "missing" in your tone and you also realize that you will probably need to do a little more practicing to take advantage of that expanded range of tonal possibilities without introducing anything undesirable. 'cuz Alembic electronics are honest and transparent - they "hear" and deliver every nuance of your technique without discrimination. | ||
| jamieboy
New Username: jamieboy Post Number: 6 Registered: 11-2014 |
Hi Andrey! Like you, I started in the wind instrument field, but mine was brass. Tuba, then trombone, bass, mandolin, trumpet and guitar. Tuba major in college, so that is where I was most comfortable. Now, I am most comfortable on bass. Your Orion is a beauty! Since I am so new, I feel awkward welcoming you in, but here goes: Welcome to the Club! Jim | ||
| jamieboy
New Username: jamieboy Post Number: 7 Registered: 11-2014 |
Well, I messed up! The Wind Instrument comments go to Paul, I guess. My fingers, eyes and thoughts were not coordinated for my last post. Welcome to the Club, Andrey. Jim | ||
| avmeln
Junior Username: avmeln Post Number: 24 Registered: 11-2014 |
I feel obliged to apologize if some grammar or syntaxis mistakes could be seen further - my main language is Russian. Alembic Orion 5 is a truly fine instrument indeed. After just a few days of enjoyment I found that its' glued set neck design provides the bass with decent sustain and proper initial attack (usually described as punch) plus useful 'mix friendly' mid-range. Ebony/Maple combination makes the neck very snappy and responsible to every finger movement whatsoever. Stacked humcancelling pickups are way better sounding than my usual humbucker setup. Current strings are DR Lo-Riders nickel-plated on a hex core - and I am heading to Sunbeams in not so distant future. Orion is definitely heavier than my traded in G. Gould 5 - 4" leather strap would be nice to get. Anyways, lots of fun and excitement right now! Not to mention that for my teeny-tiny country (surviving post-Soviet crisis) this instrument is such an achievement. Now we got 2 Alembics for 10 million inhabitants - what makes me very posh Isn't it swell? The first one can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehyWMRqvJtw Peace | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3780 Registered: 5-2009 |
Dear Sir , VERY Swell indeed I would say ! | ||
| avmeln
Junior Username: avmeln Post Number: 25 Registered: 11-2014 |
Now you have me I promise to spell words according to Noah Webster: i.e. program/catalog instead of programme/catalogue. | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3781 Registered: 5-2009 |
Andrey , my first language was German . I was taught English by a British language tudor from England who was an Oxford University graduate. I learned English the British way with British Spellings and was continuously corrected by my American teachers in grammar school. All the while my thought process and mentation commenced in German . This was all very confusing for me as a child and had somewhat of a isolating effect on me for a while , but I am stronger for it all now ! I survived through the fog . You will feel at "Home here with us at " The Alembic Club " no matter which spelling style that you use . Our Alembic World is World Friendly ! I believe in a "United World " Peace my brother ! Wolf AKA Sonicus | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3782 Registered: 5-2009 |
Double post correction , ( you will find out about these very soon as well ) (Message edited by sonicus on December 04, 2014) | ||
| avmeln
Junior Username: avmeln Post Number: 26 Registered: 11-2014 |
Hilarious! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmQ30McD1lo | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3783 Registered: 5-2009 |
That is indeed quite humorous ! | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3619 Registered: 10-2002 |
A very warm welcome to the club from the UK Andrey. You'll find there are several of us using the correct spelling of words like Theatre, Programme and colour :-) Graeme | ||
| slawie
Senior Member Username: slawie Post Number: 700 Registered: 8-2002 |
Welcome to the board Andrey and your "first" Alembic! My families' origins are from the country just below yours, Ukraine. I was born in Australia and reside here now. So welcome to a wealth of information and interaction with so many knowledgeable people on this board. I also did the cruise line thing in 1977/78. One season was all my body could tolerate. Your bass is beautiful, simply elegant. There won't be a song you cannot play using that instrument. We also use the Kings English in Australia. Spelling and grammar are not an issue on this forum I have found, it's all about intent. slawie |
