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| lbpesq
New Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2 Registered: 7-2004 |
I've been hearing and reading about the Tone Tubby Hemp Cone speakers that Clapton and Santana, etc. are apparently using. These days I am playing an '83 Electrum, (acquired about 3 weeks ago - my feet haven't touched the ground since I got it), through a boogie mark III combo and a theile extension cabinet. Do any of you alembic guitar players, (yes, I heard rumors there are others besides me) have any experience with these speakers in a similar set-up? In a dissimilar set-up? Your thoughts and observations would be greatly appreciated. Also, any suggestions on how to explain to my wife that my obsessing over this guitar is, in this case, entirely appropriate? Bill | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 1474 Registered: 9-2002 |
Hush-hush Bill Hush. Alembic guitar players are VERY shy beings. You can see them hopping around in the early morning through low-frequency land. They feel better here than in the outside Yamenderibson-land. So I am sure when you ask it quitly they will come ...releuctantly and ready to jump away by the first rough move ...but in the end ...they'll talk and give you some advice. Paul TBO BTW: welcome in the club!!! And don't be afraid I am th ebiggest nutcase ...the others talk more normal | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 551 Registered: 11-2003 |
Tone Tubby Hemp Cone? I had a friend once who was afraid to ask for a Cry Baby Wah Wah in the music store because he thought I was kidding him. Sorry Bill I never heard of them but the rumors are true. There are lots of guitar players around here. Like Paul says, welcome and you know you gotta post pictures. As for the obsessing, just have her ask one of us. We'll back you up. Sam | ||
| bassman10096
Senior Member Username: bassman10096 Post Number: 565 Registered: 7-2003 |
(Message edited by bassman10096 on August 22, 2004) | ||
| bassman10096
Senior Member Username: bassman10096 Post Number: 566 Registered: 7-2003 |
Hi Bill: I'm not a guitarist, but I have heard the Tone Tubby name - probably through my son (a guitarist). I'll see what he or his friends may know. Welcome to the Club. Don't be shy. There actually are guitar players around. I don't know why, but the guitarists in this Club seem to get along with the bass players better than other guitarists I know... Congratulations on your acquisition. Play it in good health. I'm glad it sounds like it's working pretty well for you. You may as well post some pictures of it sooner than later - people around here will not let up on you till you do! Bill - If you are to be a regular, I'll designate myself Bill TBO (The bass one). You must understand - I tried to come up with a really clever name convention that would distinguish between us, but I struck out at we are both attorneys and it appears we may less than a year apart in age (I am 50. You are a youthful 49. So, older or younger was at risk.). Assuming you take to this place (as I have), it's handy and fun (in a lame, but collegial way). Perhaps Paul (You know which one) would not mind helping me out with an explanation of what TBO means as it follows his name. If you would do this, it may save me from appearing to have babbled incoherantly to our new friend! Bill TBO | ||
| lbpesq
New Username: lbpesq Post Number: 3 Registered: 7-2004 |
About the speakers, they are made by A Brown Soun in San Rafael, CA. Here is the URL to their site: http://www.tonetubby.com I'm leaving for 5 days in Yosemite with the family tommorrow, but when I return I will attempt to put up some pix of my beeeeuuutiful birds-eye maple faced axe. Though I consider myself fairly proficient in State of the Art low tech, I am somewhat of a luddite when it comes to e-mail and sending pix. I have a 4 megapixel digital camera. I seem to remember something about this may be too much info to send over the net. Should I set the camera for less megapixels (I'm pretty sure there is something in the manual about how to do so)? Any suggestions on how to properly take and send pix would be very helpful. I expect I may become a regular here if all you guys are even half as friendly as Susan & family were when I dropped by unannounced at the shop last week. As Bill TBO aka Bassman10096 noted above, I am an attorney. I had a court appearance in Santa Rosa about 4 minutes from Alembic and brought in my guitar to get a case that fitted better than the one I bought it with. I wound up staying almost 3 hours, got a personal tour from Susan, played a bunch of incredible instruments, and just had a great old time. I strongly urge anyone who has any interest in Alembic to take the time to visit if they are in the Bay Area. (Luckily I live here). I expect to go back soon and take my wife to show her how beautiful the Further is. I have until next April to convince her to allow me to get one for myself for my upcoming 50th. (Did I really just type that!) She still wonders why on earth I would need another guitar. Some women just don't understand. | ||
| the_mule
Advanced Member Username: the_mule Post Number: 218 Registered: 1-2004 |
Hi Bill, welcome to the club. I was a guitar player until I had a rendez-vous with an Alembic bass. Since then I haven't looked back (sold all my guitars) and became a low-ender. I guess you've chosen a safer path with the purchase of an Alembic guitar! If you have picture editing software on your computer (like Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro or even MS Picture Editor) you shouldn't bother to set your camera to a lower quality setting. Just enjoy and make some fabulous pictures for home use and printing! For posting purposes on this board you should digitally trim them down to 800 x 600 or 640 x 480, and tweak the quality settings until those (preferably) JPG's are < 150kb. Good luck! Wilfred | ||
| hollis
Advanced Member Username: hollis Post Number: 317 Registered: 11-2003 |
Welcome Bill, Lets see….. Approaches to Senior Management… Alembic guitars allow my playing to achieve levels I had long ago considered unreachable. Just listen to how good this sounds honey…. I couldn’t have imagined how much better a guitarist my Alembic has made me….. Don’t you think honey? Listen to this……. Imagine what a Further would do for my playing…… I know I’m an addict, but it’s way healthier than cocaine….. And look what we have to show for the money. And no postnasal drip! LOL! Can you believe how good this thing sounds! I admit that I go for the finest things in life…. That’s why I picked you…….. Too much? Maybe! But all true! Again, welcome to the club! I play through Mesa stuff myself… The hemp speakers look very interesting... I knew that if someone did enough “testing” they’d come up with a speaker that was as high as the audience. LOL! Enjoy your new obsession. You’re in good company. | ||
| jalevinemd
Member Username: jalevinemd Post Number: 81 Registered: 12-2003 |
Bill, Like my brother, Hollis, I welcome you and your guitar to the club. Yes, our instruments may be quite a bit smaller than the majority of those who rumble in these parts, but they sound just as sweet. So, on behalf of the shorter scaled ones, I offer this verse from one of the most famous movies of all time... "We'd like to welcome you to Munchkin Land!!!" As for senior management and the seemingly unsatiable desire for that next Alembic, it's a lot like skiing. Just zip up, keep your head forward and pray you make it to the end of the run in one piece!!! And, if that fails, may I suggest some expensive jewelry. Regards, Jonathan | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 403 Registered: 9-2003 |
Bill TBO: Palembic AKA Paul TBO = Paul The Bad One. There is a Paul TGO (i.e., the Good One), but I can't for the life of me remember his club screen name. Bill: Welcome to the club. Some of us are REALLY screwed up on this club site....we play guitar AND have been called to the dark side and play bass as well. I figure why screw-up on just one instrument, when you can be truly bad (a la Leonard Pinth-Garnell) on TWO instruments, LOL! My new Custom Alembic bass just arrived after a considerable gestation period (and considerable dosh outlay, LOL!) and I'm already foaming at the mouth trying to decide what shape my new Custom Alembic GUITAR order will take. All it'll take is that magic "Homerun" 20%-off Special O' Month and DING!, stick a knife in this turkey, I'm done! LOL! BTW, I'm divorced and happily single, so WAF (i.e., Wife Acceptance Factor) is not an issue for me (Sorry). I do know what you are up against, though, and you have my sympathy, LOL! Jonathan: How's the new Custom going? Any news that's fit to print? I'm living vicariously through all you expectant fathers now that my baby has been delivered and I haven't yet decided on my Custom guitar specs nor have I placed the order for such. Ah, the delicious agony of the wait, LOL! | ||
| jalevinemd
Member Username: jalevinemd Post Number: 83 Registered: 12-2003 |
Kevin, As I understand, she's pretty much done. I think we're just tying up a few loose ends and working on a flight case. If all of the stars and planets align, it might ship at the end of this week. If not...shortly there after. Jonathan | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 1485 Registered: 9-2002 |
Brother Kevin, it's an old running gag going back in time to the dark ages of this club. That time you got Paul the bad one (Palembic), Paul the good one (elzie), Paul the fake one (Dino), Paul the ugly one ( oh ...huh ...we never found one), Paul the John one ... Ah lalalalaaa...those were the days ...alll the Pauls gathering round the table when a new club member arrives and start yelling for "PICTURES" banging with beerbottles on the table. It was really good! Especially if we found the beat in Brother Paul the fake one's odd-meter trickery!!!! LOL Paul the bad one | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 554 Registered: 11-2003 |
Speaking of old days, there was a time when every thread here ended up with a discussion about the merits of various beers. What happened? Are we growing up? Naawww that can't be it. Bill thanks for the tone tubby link. That's a good site with some interesting links. The amount of gear out there to choose from is staggering. Enjoy your vacation. Sam | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 1491 Registered: 9-2002 |
Beer???- beer????beer??? Did anybody said beer??? Aaaaaaah ...brother Sam ...do you remember the mornings we came crawling from under the table ...oh ...huhuhu...virtually spoken of course. Beer ...I am still into Duvel. Altough ...I read Pete Mc Carthy's book "Mac Carthy's Pub: a travel guide to Ireland". Sam ...a MUST READ!!!! Incredibely funny and ...the dude keeps on drinking stout and Paddy's ....next time I'm playing The Stapleton I definitely going to try the Guiness stout! And the Paddy's well ... I know that TOO well ...and love it ...too much of course. (Weird in fact ...when I love it is always "too much" ...mmmmm). Maybe I am an IRISH in denial?!?!?! HA! Paul the bad one | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 555 Registered: 11-2003 |
Maybe you should change your name to P. O'Lembic. | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 1492 Registered: 9-2002 |
Haaa-haa!!!! Now THAT's funny!!! | ||
| son_of_magni
Member Username: son_of_magni Post Number: 89 Registered: 1-2004 |
I just want to know if your speakers blow, can you smoke the cones? | ||
| jagerphan84
Member Username: jagerphan84 Post Number: 83 Registered: 10-2003 |
LOL! That would be one expensive spliff. | ||
| effclef
Advanced Member Username: effclef Post Number: 235 Registered: 1-2004 |
Tone Tubby? El Whappo Grande? What will they come up with next? EffClef (At least it's not the Lee Perry Signature Tone Tubby Lick-a-Chalice-mek-it-burn Sinsemilla Whappo Grande) | ||
| the_mule
Advanced Member Username: the_mule Post Number: 243 Registered: 1-2004 |
Effclef: "Lee Perry Signature Tone Tubby Lick-a-Chalice-mek-it-burn Sinsemilla Whappo Grande" LOL! That's one I would buy in a heartbeat! Wilfred | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 1510 Registered: 9-2002 |
Stop! Wait! ...he fortgot "Original Reissue" Paul the bad one | ||
| effclef
Advanced Member Username: effclef Post Number: 236 Registered: 1-2004 |
How about Original Reissue RELIC Mark Hoppus edition (they remove the tweeter pot and scuff up the cabinet). EffClef Entirely too silly for this time of the morning. | ||
| hollis
Advanced Member Username: hollis Post Number: 339 Registered: 11-2003 |
Hey Bill, How was Yosemite? It's one of my favorite places on this Earth. Those Tone Tubbys look very nice indeed. Not withstanding the hemp issue, there's also the idea of dealing with real people in a hands on business who give a damn about their product. I'm seriously considering a 2X10 cabinet w/tweeter from them. Thanks for the heads up. | ||
| adriaan
Advanced Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 312 Registered: 6-2002 |
For those concerned about hemp being used only for legally questionable purposes, I think the mainstream application has been the manufacturing of ropes, for centuries on end. | ||
| davehouck
Senior Member Username: davehouck Post Number: 840 Registered: 5-2002 |
Apparently, there are quite a number of practical uses for hemp; it is quite an extraordinarily useful plant. But it is not useful for getting high; it is not the same plant as marijuana. However, it is illegal to grow the stuff in the US. http://www.thehia.org/hempfacts.htm | ||
| adriaan
Advanced Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 315 Registered: 6-2002 |
Dave, From the same page that you referenced: "NETHERLANDS is conducting a four year study to evaluate and test hemp for paper, and is developing processing equipment. Seed breeders are developing new strains of low-thc varieties. (hennep)" IIRC, THC is the stuff that gets you high. Regular hemp is very, very low in THC, but the 'nederwiet' varieties are cultured to be excessively high in THC. | ||
| lbpesq
New Username: lbpesq Post Number: 9 Registered: 7-2004 |
Hollis: Yosemite was incredible. The Disneyland of nature - or at least that's how I sold it to my 9 year old. We found a great place to stay - the Yosemite View Lodge - two miles outside the Arch Rock entrance on 140 in El Portal. Less than 15 minutes to Yosemite Village. We saw mule deer, a bear, crazy humans climbing El Capitan, and on the way back, Hetch Hetchy. Very cool! I brought the portable DVD player (hooked up to the TV) and a bunch of movies. We never watched. The room had a balcony overlooking the Mighty Merced less than 10 feet away. After the young 'un went to bed, my wife and I spent each evening out on the balcony listening to the river, watching the moon and stars, while I strummed my Electrum unplugged. Not much volume, but VERY spiritual in a non-religious sort of way. As far as hemp goes, it really is the same plant as cannabis (marijuana - a racist term promulgated by Harry Anslinger, head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics for about 40 years, in an attempt to play on the discrimination against Mexican farm workers in the southwest in the 1930's). Industrial hemp has been bred for centuries to be high in fiber content which just so happens to make it low in THC. It's kind of like a chihuahua and a mastiff are both dogs, but no one (except maybe the DEA) would ever confuse them. (Or like an Alembic and a Fender Squire are both guitars). Hemp is used for a very wide variety of products: paper, rope, clothing, shampoo, foods, even Mercedes uses hemp in the interior of their cars. Hemp oil is very healthy. I even have a couple of hemp guitar straps. Bill | ||
| davehouck
Senior Member Username: davehouck Post Number: 841 Registered: 5-2002 |
I must admit that I do not know anything about nederwiet cultivation. It is my understanding that industrial hemp, i.e. plants useful for making clothing, paper, biomass fuel, etc., would not be useful for getting high. It would be my guess that in breeding plants for an increased THC content, growers would be concentrating on broad leafy plants rather than the large tall stalks that commercial hemp growers want; and that as a result, the nederwiet plants would have different physical characteristics. But I really have no idea; this is not an area that I know anything about. And since the Homeland Security computers pick up every post with the word marijuana in it, let me just say that I don't even know what the stuff looks like <g>. |
