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Author Message jet_powers Senior Member Username: jet_powers Post Number: 490 Registered: 2-2003 Posted on Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 2:33 pm:    Congratulations or receiving your dream. It's a beauty.... the_jester Intermediate Member Username: the_jester Post Number: 104 Registered: 2-2010 Posted on Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 3:45 pm:    Thanks for the good "notes" John. Peace and Love, Hal- altgrendel Intermediate Member Username: altgrendel Post Number: 120 Registered: 5-2008 Posted on Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 5:38 pm:    Oh Wow. That pic of you with the Toma_Hawk is so cool. pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 444 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 - 7:47 pm:    Hal - Plug that beast in and press the record button. . . . PLEASE! I know I'm not the only one waiting to hear the heartbeat of the 'Hawk the_jester Intermediate Member Username: the_jester Post Number: 106 Registered: 2-2010 Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 - 9:57 pm:    LOL!!! Man, your guys are going to be blown away with the sound of this bass! Oh, my goodness gracious!!!! oddmetersam Member Username: oddmetersam Post Number: 63 Registered: 7-2008 Posted on Friday, March 05, 2010 - 1:06 pm:    ..."for a minute i thought i was the only Black guy here!.....(besides jazzyvee)." Well, actually I'm Black, too -- and we're facebook buds, for cryin' out loud! Seriously, everyone should be really proud of who they are and their heritage, but when I see pictures of you guys on this forum what I'm thinking of the most is how proud I am to be an Alembic owner and we are ALL a special brotherhood (and sisterhood) because of that fact. I wish I could personally meet every last one of you! This was really driven home when I attended my first Alembic Northern California gathering back in June of last year (hint, hint). Hal, you are truly one of a kind and this instrument mirrors that outlook (out of all the incredible shots of the 'Hawk, the pic of the back with the optical illusion-inducing reflections in those backplates is the one I can't stop staring at!). Play her until the stars weep and Jimi smiles.... dluxe Member Username: dluxe Post Number: 74 Registered: 11-2009 Posted on Friday, March 05, 2010 - 7:32 pm:    That is one fine bass Hal! Fits you perfectly too. I can't wait to hear the funk. the_jester Intermediate Member Username: the_jester Post Number: 107 Registered: 2-2010 Posted on Friday, March 05, 2010 - 11:15 pm:    Sam, Robert... It's people like you and others here make being a member of the Alembic Club really worth wild. Thank you for your very kind words and gestures of goodwill. No question, I feel the same way about you, and of the those many beautiful things which brings peace to the heart and soul to enable us to share special moments like these. Sam, I now understand how you and other feel when you guys picked up your brand "stinking" new bass... ...and Oh what a feeling MAN!!!! Peace and Love, Hal- (Message edited by the_jester on March 06, 2010) toma_hawk01 New Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 1 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Sunday, March 07, 2010 - 2:59 pm:    Recording time... the_jester Intermediate Member Username: the_jester Post Number: 113 Registered: 2-2010 Posted on Monday, March 08, 2010 - 2:47 pm:    Greg, One critical step to deploying a great sounding bass, is to first established drum tracks and coordinating all the changes smoothly in the tempo. My Korg D32 XD has so many great similated drum tracts, you could tell a story with the drum kit alone, and I also have an Alesis DM5 which has 21 internal Drum Sets, where each Drum Set contains 61 Notes, thus each Note is treated as a voice. So that's a 1,281 voices and combinations are endless... Working out the bugs of a song, starts with the drums and it keeps my drummer happy too, because he appreciates my approaches, his edits. Peace and Love, Hal- otis Intermediate Member Username: otis Post Number: 162 Registered: 10-2008 Posted on Monday, March 08, 2010 - 7:24 pm:    Hal, Congrats, Brother! I'm so happy for you- I remember what I felt like when I first picked up an Alembic. I drove 7 hours, one way, with my guitar player at the time, and we finally got there- I was so excited I didn't even want to take the time to hit the bathroom to take a pee- I wanted to see that son of a gun, right away. But I think I really had to go, so I went, but when I came out of the bathroom, I saw that open case, and she was a laying in there, all pretty like, and such... Here's a picture of the two of us, before I broke her- it's a long story I'll tell some other time, LOL, and I actually have a picture of me and her after I broke her at a show- I'm crying, and I just didn't care... Six years later, I found myself holding in my hands the bass of my dreams- a Series II Six. I never thought it would happen, and I didn't even realize that I wanted it, until I broke my 4, sent it to Alembic to be repaired, and purchased my Zebrawood Epic 6 from them (and later sold it to purchase my Brown 6- which I was perfectly happy with until I discovered the possibility of getting my hands on a Series II Six via good old Shawn C. of the Club). Anyhow, I hope you're crying tears of joy, now, my friend- you deserve it! Play, play, and play some more, it's all you'll be able to do, in response to receiving your dream instrument. Peace;) Frank toma_hawk01 Junior Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 35 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Monday, July 12, 2010 - 12:03 pm:    This first original oil painting of it's kind and ever will be... Once completed... The Toma_Hawk oil painting will be auction on Ebay. One hundred percent (100%) of the monies made from the auction, will go to medical charities. The music will follow... (FUNK is it's own reward...) Peace and Love, Hal- (Message edited by toma_hawk01 on July 12, 2010) musashi Member Username: musashi Post Number: 82 Registered: 5-2004 Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 12:54 am:    Hello Hal, Welcome back. toma_hawk01 Junior Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 36 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 7:23 am:    If you have no critics, you'll likely have no success. Thank you Musashi. Peace and Love, Hal- (Message edited by toma_hawk01 on July 13, 2010) sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 1138 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 7:39 am:    That is a cool painting Hal ! toma_hawk01 Junior Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 37 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 8:35 am:    Thank you warmly Wolf. Oil painting is challenging, because you have to mix the right colors to blend into the right hues of wood tones. The oil I am using on this painting (for about the past 6 months now), would probably take a few more months -- before its done. The oil I am using, is a very slow drying linseed oil base, imported from the Mediterranean -- so with each stroke of paint on the canvas, it literally takes weeks to dry. But, what's the hurry? I am healthy enough to paint, and I am listening to "Bitches Brew" in the background, and drinking black coffee... being cool -- and all at the same time, praying for world peace, with hopes to celebrate #46 this week with my children. Peace and Love, Hal- (Message edited by toma_hawk01 on July 13, 2010) artswork99 Moderator Username: artswork99 Post Number: 1201 Registered: 7-2007 Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 8:55 am:    Happy "upcoming" Birthday Hal! toma_hawk01 Junior Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 38 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 9:39 am:    Thanks Art... Peace and Love, Hal- toma_hawk01 Junior Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 39 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 3:39 pm:    toma_hawk01 Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 74 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2010 - 12:04 pm:    I made it! I feel good, (and I knew that I would)! sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 1163 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2010 - 12:22 pm:    Happy Birthday Hal ! toma_hawk01 Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 75 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2010 - 2:18 pm:    Thanks Wolf! Peace and Much LOVE! Hal- davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9476 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2010 - 4:45 pm:    Happy Birthday Hal!!! oddmetersam Member Username: oddmetersam Post Number: 78 Registered: 7-2008 Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2010 - 11:03 pm:    Hey, Hal! Happy Birthday -Sam toma_hawk01 Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 77 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 12:52 am:    Dave, Sam... Ain't that a groove! Thanks fellas! Right on -- to the right on! Peace and Love, Hal- serialnumber12 Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 778 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 6:18 am:    Beat your Bass today & make it Holla sooo loud i Could hear it here in chicago land..........Happy B-Day Funkster! toma_hawk01 Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 78 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 6:59 am:    #12, I am Pimp Slap-in, Body Slam-in, Thunder Thump-in, Lightning Lick-in, with Jimi's Voodoo Child-in to make the ladies in Chicago say: "Oh Sweeeetback, please do it one more time "ah-gin"! without any Sin. Peace and Love, Hal- serialnumber12 Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 779 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 7:21 am:    (Message edited by serialnumber12 on July 25, 2010) serialnumber12 Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 780 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 7:21 am:    What the hell you know bout Sweetback?........I went to Aptos jr high School with his Son/Actor Mario-Van Peebles.http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/Mario-Van-Peebles toma_hawk01 Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 79 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 8:07 am:    #12, let me know when you are back in town on the West Coast, it would be my treat on dinner at The Ginger Bread House in Oakland, Auntie Kizzy's or Roscoe's chicken and waffles in Los Angeles. Man, when you told me you attended John Muir Elementary School is San Francisco (my school as well...) and attended Lincoln High -- I know you know D'wayne Pettway? I been married to his sister for 18 years now. LOL!!! What you know about that! Peace and Love back at ya! Hal- (Message edited by toma_hawk01 on July 25, 2010) edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 693 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 2:20 pm:    Happy belated, Hal! Here's to many more! malthumb Senior Member Username: malthumb Post Number: 475 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 4:51 pm:    Hal, Happy birthday! Keavin.... "good pic Hal......for a minute i thought i was the only Black guy here!.....(besides jazzyvee)." Really? This picture has been floating around the A-Club for years.... toma_hawk01 Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 85 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Monday, July 26, 2010 - 1:27 am:    Thanks James. My first Alembic was an Omega Series 1 just like the one you have. I am still hurting when I think of my dumb teenage years in selling it. Lovely basses man. Peace and Love, Hal- funkyjazzjunky Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 598 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Monday, July 26, 2010 - 6:52 am:    Add the me to the list with Serial#12, Jazzyvee, Toma_Hawk01, and Malthumb. The great thing about this forum is that it does not matter. lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4508 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Monday, July 26, 2010 - 7:46 am:    The Gingerbread House closed a few years ago. It was a great restaurant, but no more. Bill, tgo tmoney61092 Senior Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 414 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Monday, July 26, 2010 - 10:07 am:    color doesn't matter here, we're all musicians who love our Alembics and just want to play them! ~Taylor mario_farufyno Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 458 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Monday, July 26, 2010 - 12:01 pm:    Hey, Hal, happy birthday man (hope not too late to congrat you...)! By the way, dug your "jetson's" retro-futuristic drawing. What is written on the LP? toma_hawk01 Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 87 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Monday, July 26, 2010 - 1:25 pm:    Thanks Mario, never too late. Just art man... It's all about capturing a mood and an ideas, on life's very few known pleasures. Peace and Love, Hal- toma_hawk01 Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 88 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Monday, July 26, 2010 - 1:46 pm:    Edwin, what's happening baby! Thanks brother man! Peace and Love bass play-ah! Hal- malthumb Senior Member Username: malthumb Post Number: 476 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Monday, July 26, 2010 - 8:47 pm:    tmoney61092 said..... "color doesn't matter here, we're all musicians who love our Alembics and just want to play them! ~Taylor" No doubt. I'm just surprised Keavin didn't remember that picture, since he commented on it when I first posted it. Peace, James malthumb Senior Member Username: malthumb Post Number: 477 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Monday, July 26, 2010 - 8:51 pm:    Hal, Didn't realize you are the artist of the "Jetson's picture". That is really nice. toma_hawk01 Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 94 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Monday, July 26, 2010 - 10:02 pm:    That's my cartoon picture of myself, doctored from a picture some else sent me for my Birthday. However, I do more computer 3-D rendering and animation, and I love working with oil resins. If you'll provide me a picture of your basses, I might make a oil painting of it. (It might take a year or two, but I would love to tackle it. I donate my art to charity). Peace and Love, Hal- (Message edited by toma_hawk01 on July 26, 2010) chuckc Member Username: chuckc Post Number: 74 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 9:59 am:    So Hal, I've seen your bass from the start of the project through the completion stages. I always had one question that I don't recall seeing anyone ask. Does the smaller, angular body cause you any problems with neck dive? It appears that would be a problem but thought I would ask and see how the overall balance of this design works. toma_hawk01 Intermediate Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 101 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 11:42 am:    Chuck, (for me) "Shape matters" and I believe the bass should always be played in the most neutral position as possible. Not only must you find the groove that move, but you must be in complete "Yoga" balance for your body to hold the sound, to keep it going until the next cord change happens. I respect your question in reference to my Toma_Hawk, because from the time people first seen my renderings, some asked the same questions in the "Dreaming... for now" section. It's a valid question bro. When I play any bass, my arms are in a approximate 90 degree angle. Although I seen players who play their basses with their arms in a 45 degree or even in 180 degrees but it's up to you and the style you like. I love the "90 degree bend" of my playing and swinging right arm and hand, while the neck is almost appearing at 0 degrees -- allowing my left hand (my note playing hand) palm completely up,and flat/balanced -- (without tilting more in either direction) with my knees, and legs in a almost KUNG_FU forward leaning -- (knees bent) stance/posture. As for the The Toma_Hawk, this is the most balance bass I ever played, so far... (as an adult), and it's the most easiest, and most joyful too. Peace and Love, Hal- (Message edited by toma_hawk01 on July 28, 2010) toma_hawk01 Intermediate Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 103 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 8:48 am:    Chuck, if I may add... When Slapping the bass, neck balance is much more important than playing the bass in traditional finger play. Please allow me to explain: With finger play, your arm can brace, or nest up against the top wing of the bass, thus holding it place, while gracefully moving your fingers. So, with the extra support of your arm, you may get away with a neck heavy bass. However, for playing the bass in the "attack mode" or slap style playing, your arm may leave the entire bass "all together" thus, your bass balance is potentially more at risk. Because my playing consist of these "air attacks" (where my arm, leave the entire bass) I absolutely, positivity, without compromise, can-not play a top heavy neck, nor a bottom heavy bass, for an unbalance bass, must be sized and correctly fitted... (just like shoes or seeing glasses). So balance, may be looked in multiple ways, and depending on the unlimited ways the bass is played, I believe every individual should consider their multiple styles their bass is played, and to make sure the balance from the bass are considered, and supported. Peace and Love, Hal- (Message edited by toma_hawk01 on July 29, 2010) funkyjazzjunky Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 717 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Monday, December 12, 2011 - 11:26 am:    Hard to believe this beauty is now for sale bigredbass Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 1784 Registered: 9-2002 Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 10:51 pm:    After reading the length and breadth of this post . . . it's not THAT hard to believe . . . . J o e y serialnumber12 Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 931 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 4:44 am:    people who sell their alembics tend to regret it later. funkyjazzjunky Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 719 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 10:15 am:    Tell me about it. klinkepeter Junior Username: klinkepeter Post Number: 39 Registered: 2-2008 Posted on Friday, December 16, 2011 - 6:59 am:    I´m still waiting for a piece of music or at least a soundfile , so many words were spoken...... malthumb Senior Member Username: malthumb Post Number: 502 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Friday, December 16, 2011 - 9:57 am:    Folks, please keep in mind that Hal has started a company producing basses inspired by the Tomahawk design. His selling the Alembic Tomahawk is more a reflection that he has everything he needs in a Tomahawk bass in his own products. Me personally, I'd keep the prototype.....the granddaddy. But Hal is going into this thing (the company and selling the Alembics) with eyes wide open. Peace, James slacker42uk Junior Username: slacker42uk Post Number: 12 Registered: 7-2002 Posted on Friday, December 16, 2011 - 11:56 am:    Sometimes after spending so much time designing a bass, you end up hating it. To be honest, the bass doesn't look good. A real shame, because Alembic bent over backwards to come up with the goods for this guy. klinkepeter Junior Username: klinkepeter Post Number: 40 Registered: 2-2008 Posted on Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 5:07 am:    just in case, if I would thinking about to buy one of his basses (not the alembic..), where the hell i should ask or look for it? His webside is just a joke, no basses, no offers, not even something in progress, only bla bla about "funk bass" and " The beginning of a new era for basses", isn´t that a bit too pathetic for something nobody has seen before? And what makes the phantom so funky like nothing else, the alembic electronics? ( very funky indeed!), the bodystyle, the spirit of the "luthier"? Correct me, if I´m wrong but usualy people start there company and the advertisement for it on a real product instead selling a custom bass made from a major company for a ridiculous price. Sorry, but that drives me crazy....., Peter malthumb Senior Member Username: malthumb Post Number: 504 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 9:16 am:    You can like Hal....You can dislike Hal.....You cannot question his conviction. This is a shot of some of his in-progress work. Peace, James hydrargyrum Senior Member Username: hydrargyrum Post Number: 1099 Registered: 3-2004 Posted on Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 9:32 am:    Some of those look like really handsome instruments. I hope he has lots of luck with his design. klinkepeter Junior Username: klinkepeter Post Number: 42 Registered: 2-2008 Posted on Monday, December 19, 2011 - 10:01 am:    a picture tells more than 1000 words.... cozmik_cowboy Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1121 Registered: 10-2006 Posted on Monday, December 19, 2011 - 10:59 am:    ....and the first of those words is Photoshop. The buckeye grain runs through the maple & ebony, and the edges & angles are wrong. Peter artswork99 Moderator Username: artswork99 Post Number: 1632 Registered: 7-2007 Posted on Monday, December 19, 2011 - 11:11 am:    As mentioned in another thread that has derailed onto the same subject... Several moderators have discussed this and feel that the subject would be best if it were given a rest.