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| slicknickhaas
New Username: slicknickhaas Post Number: 2 Registered: 10-2009 |
Hello all! This is a little late but I've only owned my first Alembic for 3 days now so here we go, My search for the sound started at 14 for me. I was watching the Grateful Dead movie and when they started showing Phil’s bass and the sound! Holly $?!# What a beautiful sound! I had just bout my first bass a squire p bass at that time but one day while hitting junk shops my 2nd bass found me. A Conrad H-2 hollow body sun burst bass! It’s a Japanese Guild Star fire copy! Little did I know were that bass was taking me. By 16, I was playing with guys at cafes and bars! At that point I had 6 basses most just cheap stuff but still I loved plugging in each one and hearing how different they were, Then on my 17th b-day I was given a gold Epiphone Jack Casady bass and WOW! By this point my little squire amp couldn't cut it but life had a big surprise waiting around the corner. I went to a small school out in the country and one day while helping clean up a storage space out of the dust and darkness came the light, in the form of a 1968 fender bassman 100 with the 2-10 2-15 cab! I had to bring a bass with me the next day and see it still worked and it only took one pluck to know, I had to have this amp! Within 3 days of conducting sonic experiments at school led the principle to let me and I quote, "barrow it for an extremely long time" since it was school property he couldn't tell me I could have it but its still here 5 years later! But it wasn't till the dead's last show this May that I really found out about Alembic. The show was The Doobie brothers, The Allman Brothers, then The Dead. But when I saw the bass that the doobs bassist was playing. "Hey, that kinda looks like Phil’s bass" then it all began! I started searching for info and low and behold it led me here to Alembic! 7 months later and a lot of help from the greatest father in the world I now own a beautiful 2006 Stanly Clarke with a 5a maple quilt top and side leds! It’s the most beautiful looking, and sounding bass I have ever been blessed with. I’m 21 now and the collection has grown to 32 stringed instruments 22 basses 8 guitars a mandolin, and a sitar! I still use the bassmand but now as far as gear, alembic f2-b into a mesa boogie 400+ witch flows beautifully thru a David Eden 4 by 10 and 1 by 18. well the search for the sound will never end! Phil, and Jack were just the start, now I'm trying to pull of the Entwisle sound. I have gottin were I am by just playing around no lessons, no teaching just the one simple fact, How do they make that sound! I must know! I will not settle for being a bass player, but to be a bass guitarist like the greats! thats what I work till my fingers bleed for.No Who tune will be out of range of mastery! the fires lit, the irons hot, its time to Boogie!   (Message edited by mica on December 23, 2009) | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1334 Registered: 6-2002 |
Welcome to the club, Nick. That's a great music room you got going there, and a great bunch of instruments as well! (Nice shirt too  ) It sounds like you're having fun, Keep it up. Mike | ||
| 76_alembic
New Username: 76_alembic Post Number: 10 Registered: 12-2009 |
Nice bunch of instruments and amps. Great music room and dig that shirt. Like to see those instruments hanging from the ceiling . Di I detect a Les Paul bass , maybe a Thunderbird and a flying V . Enjoy them , all the bass Norm | ||
| pauldo
Advanced Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 384 Registered: 6-2006 |
Nick - Love the music room it is envious and the SC puts everything over the top!!! Welcome aboard! | ||
| the_jester
Member Username: the_jester Post Number: 55 Registered: 12-2009 |
Dude, with that B3 and Alembic, everything else is icing on "that" cake. You have lots of wonderful things. Someday, I'll have a B3 too. (A good one is hard to find...) (Message edited by the_jester on December 23, 2009) | ||
| oddmetersam
Member Username: oddmetersam Post Number: 51 Registered: 7-2008 |
Welcome to the fold, Nick! Nice setup and gorgeous bass. -Sam | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 2535 Registered: 10-2002 |
Welcome to the club Nick. Nice bass and very nice decor too. Graeme | ||
| mario_farufyno
Advanced Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 400 Registered: 9-2008 |
A Hammond at home! You're lucky that I live faraway. If I were your neighbour you would ask for a restriction order to get me out of your room! Congratulations, you've made an incredible soundroom. | ||
| funkyjazzjunky
Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 528 Registered: 5-2007 |
A Hammond B3 and a Signature Deluxe! Thank you for the photos | ||
| slicknickhaas
New Username: slicknickhaas Post Number: 3 Registered: 10-2009 |
Thanks all on the great comments, as much as I would love to let it go on the organ isn't a B3 or a Hammond. its a Lowery theater organ and sadly it dosn't sound much like a Hammond but the early Vox sound is very strong, and good eye on the basses, theres 4 epiphones hanging in there.a Les Paul, Thunder bird, Flying V, and a Vinnie!above the organ is from right to left, 2 Les Paul guitars, a Gibson knock off, Randall Aim's EB-3, 67 Gibson EB-O SG, 76 Gibson EB-3, Fender jazz, P-bass, and a Guild B-302! | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1528 Registered: 11-2003 |
Hey Nick, nice to meet you. Didn't I also see an old Peavey behind the ladder in the first photo? We have some similar basses in the B-302, Epi Thunder Bird, and the Alembic. Except mine doesn't have signature electronics or fretboard inlays. Other than that they're identical. Sam (the other one) | ||
| slicknickhaas
New Username: slicknickhaas Post Number: 4 Registered: 10-2009 |
Good eye! theres a peavey T-120 and a danaelectro behind the ladder. theres also (on the hollow body tree as I call it)a epiphone rivoili, a jack casady, 2 conrads, and rickanbacker 4001, | ||
| gregduboc
Advanced Member Username: gregduboc Post Number: 296 Registered: 11-2008 |
Welcome Nick! You´ve got one damn nice collection... I spotted very awesome instrument/things...! Congratulations! Greg | ||
| mario_farufyno
Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 402 Registered: 9-2008 |
It is raining Bass, alellujah! (they are all over the place!) | ||
| slicknickhaas
New Username: slicknickhaas Post Number: 5 Registered: 10-2009 |
And there's still more! | ||
| artswork99
Senior Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 938 Registered: 7-2007 |
Welcome to the forum Nick. Play em all Healthy! Art | ||
| karl
Intermediate Member Username: karl Post Number: 169 Registered: 7-2002 |
Hey Nick - greetings from the UK. Beautiful SC, almost the twin of mine, 'cept yours has the Christmas lights! And where did you get those shades? Very cool! K. | ||
| slicknickhaas
New Username: slicknickhaas Post Number: 6 Registered: 10-2009 |
thanks,My father found them some time in the 70's I picked up were he left off or maybe it was I picked them up were he left them one or the othere |
