| Author | Message | ||
| speicky
Member Username: speicky Post Number: 71 Registered: 3-2005 |
Hi, folks, now that hard times celebrating Christmas are over, I will post pics of Peggy as promised...        She really is fun to play. The thing I am most proud of is that I can tune the 8-string without additional help :-) The outer two tuner are faaarrr away... the inlay work is incredible, you cannot quite tell from my humble shots. Christian (the faker) | ||
| howierd
Member Username: howierd Post Number: 51 Registered: 8-2004 |
Very, very nice. How much does it weigh? Very, very nice.(oh I already said that) Howierd | ||
| speicky
Member Username: speicky Post Number: 72 Registered: 3-2005 |
Thanks, Howard, you really got it ! I fell in love at first sight. She is not heavy, I would guess about eight Kilogramm, but I've got a strap as wide as a county road (five inches or 13cm), and I can play at least an hour without falling over. Kris: It's not the dragon strap, that must still be in the U.S.A., I assume. Having her in front of me is no problem as weight is concerned, carrying her in the case you see on the left is horrible, though :-). I may need two servants to have night-outs with Peggy, or may have built a lighter one for her. Christian (the faker) | ||
| bassfingers
Junior Username: bassfingers Post Number: 39 Registered: 11-2005 |
Hi Christian, Wow,there she is!!.Stunning!. Hard to believe it's the very bass I used to stare at endlessly in the Superwound ad.Fantastic to see these pics of Peggy as she is now,it's nice to see her looking in such good shape.Thanks for posting them. Here's wishing you a long and happy life together. Simon. | ||
| zuperdog
Junior Username: zuperdog Post Number: 14 Registered: 11-2005 |
Incredible bass! Congrats! | ||
| jalevinemd
Advanced Member Username: jalevinemd Post Number: 283 Registered: 12-2003 |
I don't think I've ever seen a fretboard that told a story. Amazing inlay work. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 2914 Registered: 5-2002 |
And nice picture taking too!! Oh, and nice Essence! | ||
| rogertvr
Advanced Member Username: rogertvr Post Number: 387 Registered: 1-2003 |
Sometimes words aren't enough - like my own Dragon's Wing - seeing and feeling the beauty of these instruments just defy words... Anyway - all I'm going to say is (for what these words are worth) - "what a beauty Peggy is!". What a stunning instrument!!!!!! Cheers & Happy New Year to you both, Speicky! Rog | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 845 Registered: 7-2004 |
Amazing instrument. Since it has an Omega, might it not be appropriate to call her "Peggy-O"? Bill, tgo | ||
| jorge_s
Member Username: jorge_s Post Number: 61 Registered: 8-2002 |
Congratulations Christian. Believe it or not I was saving up to get this very bass from GGuitars. You beat me to it! I'm glad it is in good hands though. Congrats again. -Jorge | ||
| speicky
Member Username: speicky Post Number: 74 Registered: 3-2005 |
Hi, folks, thank you all very much. Jonathan: that story on the 8-string-fretboard got me hooked. It's a stunning work of art. Dave: Thank you for the compliments. But for me, it's not a case of taking the pictures, but selecting the good ones. Remember my other threads... It took me three hours and more than 80 shots to select at least seven that were worth to be displayed :-) (not kiddin' !) aaah, and what about comments about the Spoiler ??? Roger: I read your Dragon's wing thread with my mouth open for eons. What a great bass ! Bill: No way to call her Peggy-O or else ! :-) I love the work of John Entwistle, and I love his song "Peg Leg Peggy" on the "Rigor Mortis Sets In" album, the story with the girls having additional abilities or extra body parts, so I thought that matches. Jorge: sorry for you... really. But you, Jorge, bring to my mind that I owe some people something: it was not me alone who made this possible. I want to thank everybody involved in this aquisition: Oliver Baumann (senmen) with whom I discussed the project, Don Frassetto from Trumbull/CT who inspected the bass, Brian and Chris from G-Guitars, Erwin Zimmermann who brought Peggy across the Atlantic, Ivo Scholz and Andreas Fauth of "The Fakers" who managed all the financial matters. Thanks to all of you, I don't want pathos here, it's just... you know, thanks ! Christian (the faker) | ||
| speicky
Member Username: speicky Post Number: 75 Registered: 3-2005 |
...and help and support goes on and on. I forgot Kris (keurosix), and maybe I forgot another. Please feel hugged and loved, I certainly do ! Christian (the faker) | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 1567 Registered: 9-2003 |
She's certainly pretty, Christian! | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 537 Registered: 9-2002 |
Ever since I ran across this masterpiece on the web, I felt that it was an utter shame for this instrument to sit and sit and sit in a store. Though being what it is and what it cost, it was not surprising. But I still kept hoping it would find a good home, and not be snapped up by some nitwit to play in his next music video and thrown back in a closet. I'm quietly pleased it's gone with someone who truly wanted it and appreciates it for what it is. J o e y | ||
| keurosix
Junior Username: keurosix Post Number: 15 Registered: 10-2005 |
Christian, Looks like you're starting quite an Alembic collection! Is the 5 string Essence a fretless? A little hard to tell. Best of luck with Peggy. Kris | ||
| speicky
Member Username: speicky Post Number: 77 Registered: 3-2005 |
Yeah, thank you, looks a lot like a collection. But, being family father on the one hand and not having a director's seat with big $$$ salary on the other, I have to take care where to put my money. I started with the Essence about 15 months ago. It is a fretless fiver with a very nice tulipwood top and maple body, no back laminate. Now that Peggy is here, too, I am a little under pressure to sell the Essence, but it has such a great tone, I will defend it the best I can. Second was the Spoiler that I use as my working axe, also quite a nice top, especially the grain got me hooked. Now, spending so much money for the third Alembic really made my wife mad. But, you folks know, every man has to do what a man has to do, so... I don't go to pubs, I don't have a faible for cars, I am simply a music madman, ever was since I was thirteen. My "collection" will not grow for quite a long time, though :-) Happy New Year to all of you, stay healthy and tuned, your Christian (the Faker) | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 853 Registered: 7-2004 |
Christian: As has been noted many times in these parts, you have to keep Senior Management happy. Whenever mine gives me "that look" upon the arrival of yet another guitar, I remind her that all of my instruments put together are still significantly less than half a Porsche! Then I explain that these are good investments - they certainly won't lose any money, and some will undoubtedly increase in value. Then I suggest she pick out something from the Sundance catalog for herself. So far, so good. We have a member on this board who recently reported that he purchased an Alembic without notifying Senior Management until he brought it home from the office where he had had it delivered. The unfortunate result is that he was required to sell it! So enjoy Peggy and good luck on retaining the Essence. Jewelry helps! LOL Bill, tgo | ||
| speicky
Member Username: speicky Post Number: 78 Registered: 3-2005 |
Bill, you're absolutely right, thank you for your remarks. It is, of course, a give and take between partners, and my wife got her dream fulfilled last April (a Volkswagen Cabrio). And, without health, you can trash everything else into the garbage. I did this "hide 'n' seek", too, with the Spoiler that was delivered to my office. But it just isn't fair to the Senior Management. If I had tried that on the aquisition of Peggy, I think I would have had to decide which girl to keep and which to let go... don't wanna think about that. Yeah, jewelry helps, sure, LOL. That's what my guitarist always tells me. Hey, I've seen this Alembic jewelry on eBay some days ago, still available, ??? ;-) Christian (the faker) | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 940 Registered: 11-2003 |
I'm glad to see this magnificent instrument finally find a good home. Congratulations! | ||
| haddimudd
Intermediate Member Username: haddimudd Post Number: 179 Registered: 6-2002 |
Hey Christian, It just occured to me that you are located in Germany, too! I never really paid attention to that earlier. What an incredible bass! Great aquisition, congratulations! I guess, that is the bass that Mica referred to when I had my double neck on order and she wanted show me one they had already made in the past. At that time she could only fax me a b&w picture of really poor quality. Nice to see these pictures. So, now there are at least two Alembic double necks in Germany. Interesting. Does that make Germany #1 Alembic double neck country or would there be more somewhere else? I wonder how the 8-string sounds. Must be amazing! Viele Grüße, Hartmut | ||
| haddimudd
Intermediate Member Username: haddimudd Post Number: 180 Registered: 6-2002 |
double post (...oops, what a pun...) (Message edited by haddimudd on November 28, 2006) | ||
| speicky
Intermediate Member Username: speicky Post Number: 176 Registered: 3-2005 |
Thank you very much for your kind comments, Hartmut... I just had to laugh out loud when I read this earlier today. You took Peggy as a reference for your own custom order, and for me, it was just the other way around. When I stumbled across this site, first thing I did was studying the COTM posts. I started with the "oldest" COTM, and I guess I stayed a little too long... ;-) think I'd drop you a personal mail if you like... pfüati, Dein Christian | ||
| haddimudd
Intermediate Member Username: haddimudd Post Number: 182 Registered: 6-2002 |
Christian, That is funny, indeed. It is one of these egg or chicken phenomenons - which one came first? Of course, yours was first - before it was yours. However, I must admit it never had any impact on my order, Mica only had sent it for inspiration, but I found I wanted most things differently. I wanted a doubleneck long before I had ever seen a double neck Alembic. I guess, it would be fun to get together one day and put them side by side. How about a double doubleneck concert? Sure, drop me a mail if you like. Would you care to share (almost sounds like a lyric) some words on the electronics? I would have guessed Series I but it seems to be missing a humcanceller. Maybe this was discussed somewhere else already? What are the controls in the center and how do you switch necks? Curious. Grütziwützi, (<- throwing some advanced German language at this forum) Hartmut | ||
| hieronymous
Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 98 Registered: 1-2005 |
I just wanted to say that Peggy is very beautiful. A couple of months ago I became the guardian for the single-pistol-grip Series I doubleneck that was on the 'Bay. Looking at the pics of Peggy again, they really do look like cousins!  I considered buying the John Judge doubleneck a few years ago, but didn't go through with it. I would love to get an Alembic 8-string at some point though! | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 572 Registered: 1-2005 |
Christian, I have a question about Peggy - what is the scale length of the necks? I find the 34" scale of the fretless neck of my doubleneck to be quite a stretch! Looking at some of the pictures it looks like Peggy might be 32"? Or even 30"?!!! | ||
| keurosix
Advanced Member Username: keurosix Post Number: 398 Registered: 10-2005 |
Hi Harry, I can tell you firsthand that both necks are 34" scale. To prove it, look at the first picture of this post: Both bridges and nuts are in line. Christian may be able to measure it for you, however, he'll probably give you a metric measurement! (~864mm?) Kris | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 575 Registered: 1-2005 |
I thought they both might be 32". Kris - have you played it? I know it was in CT for a while - I was severely tempted when I was living in MA back in 2002... | ||
| keurosix
Advanced Member Username: keurosix Post Number: 399 Registered: 10-2005 |
Yes, I played it. I was the second owner for a number of years. It was my good friend guitar luthier John Bringe (may he rest in peace) and I that repaired the 8 string LEDs. I had Mica send me a replacement LED strip, and we installed it. It was lovingly cared for, but too heavy for me to play as my principal instrument. It was my first Alembic, so needless to say I was spoiled and couldn't look back to another brand. I got my second Alembic soon after, a 4 string Series 1. Had that for many years too. Now I have neither, but I own a 6 string Europa, and a 5 string fretless Epic with upgraded electronics. I also have a Modulus Graphite Quantum TBX neck thru in cocobolo that I "Activated". It has a custom 3 pickup arrangement with the filter and 2 position Q switch - a sound that is hard to beat. Check out the recent thread on John Judge http://alembic.com/cgi-bin/alembic-club/show.cgi?449/62900 It's really cool, and will give you some history on the guitar. There's even posts from John himself! Kris | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 576 Registered: 1-2005 |
I've been reading that thread (religiously?!) and thought I went back and looked at it, but totally missed/forgot that you were the second owner! Sorry 'bout that! |
