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Author Message greg_lake_fan New Username: greg_lake_fan Post Number: 1 Registered: 3-2005 Posted on Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 8:57 am:    Hi, All. Can anyone give me any information on the number of and details about the Alembic bass’s that Greg Lake played in the 70’s? serialnumber12 Intermediate Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 152 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 9:51 am:    Here's some home-work on the group@:http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?FORM=MSN6A&lang=en-us&q=emerson+lake%26palmer davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 1473 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 4:39 pm:    Hi Tony, welcome to the group. In a previous thread, Oliver (senmen) mentioned that "to my knowledge Greg Lake had two Alembic eight strings with a very similar design. The first one, built around 1976, was in longer possession of Greg Lake and is currently on display at the London Hard Rock Cafe. This particular one is shown in the Bass Book of Tony Bacon on page 41." Oliver goes on to say that the second one Lake sold to John Entwistle and "was of a very similar design and this particular one had pirate motifs on the fingerboard." Oliver posted a picture here. valvil Moderator Username: valvil Post Number: 657 Registered: 7-2002 Posted on Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 5:14 pm:    Mica told me that Alembic built about 6 instruments for Greg Lake. One was a series guitar, small standard, which I've had the pleasure to play here at Alembic, with cool inlays; it does not belong to Mr.Lake anymore. Checking some records I came up with the numbers for 3 basses (all series, of course). First one I found was 77-687. Long scale 4 string Zebrawood top & back cherry core maple/purpleheart neck purplehart fretboard Mother of pearl oval inlays Second one: 78-984 No file on this one, the original work board lists it as 'special custom' & that's all I have other than it was a long scale. The third is the one Entwistle ended up with: 79-1300 Long scale 8 string bass Scorpion body shape Zebrawood top & back mahogany core graphite neck pirate inlays completed 7/24/79 That's all I could find Valentino greg_lake_fan New Username: greg_lake_fan Post Number: 2 Registered: 3-2005 Posted on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 4:05 pm:    Thanks so much Dave and Valvil for the info and photos.