| Author | Message | ||
| xlrogue6
Advanced Member Username: xlrogue6 Post Number: 293 Registered: 8-2002 |
Maybe some of you have seen this already, but for those like me who haven't: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjfhsLuOEWI&feature=youtu.be | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3266 Registered: 5-2009 |
I have seen this one , but I like to see it again every once in a while . Great playing ! | ||
| eligilam
Senior Member Username: eligilam Post Number: 420 Registered: 2-2006 |
Where is Number One these days? | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5678 Registered: 7-2004 |
I believe the powers that be at Alembic are aware of its location - but it is a mystery to the rest of us pursuant to the request of the current owner. Bill, tgo | ||
| dead_head
Junior Username: dead_head Post Number: 35 Registered: 12-2013 |
Excellent video, Kent. That's a real blast from the past! Thanks for posting. Rob | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1676 Registered: 10-2006 |
I believe Bill's correct - and I seem to further recollect reading that said owner is, in fact, present among us on the Club. Peter | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3270 Registered: 5-2009 |
I answered an ad in the early 1990's when it I was told that it was for sale locally in the Bay Area, California. I was told that it needed a bit of work both cosmetically and functionally at the time . Currently it appears to have had the original electronics replaced with Series I . The pick ups look original. I remember seeing Jack playing it just a few feet in front of me back in " The Day " when he still had it. I should have made the purchase when I had the chance . I have a huge framed photo hanging in my studio of Jack playing it on the back wall. This has been on the web for years _____ http://www.rawbw.com/~bobh/bass.html | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5680 Registered: 7-2004 |
That's not the same bass a in the youtube Hesitation Blues. The youtube is a modified Starfire. Bill, tgo | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3271 Registered: 5-2009 |
Bill, yes , The youtube one , IS a modified Starfire, for sure __. | ||
| musashi
Advanced Member Username: musashi Post Number: 207 Registered: 5-2004 |
What Sonicus is describing is what I have always thought of as "#1". I bought a Rick Turner bass back in the early '90's from someone associated with Vic Zinn (who had recently passed away). He told me that he had a line on Alembic serial number 1, if I was interested. He indicated that, at that time, the bass was near Indianapolis.... | ||
| serialnumber12
Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 1068 Registered: 12-2004 |
serialnumber(1) was built in 1972 | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3272 Registered: 5-2009 |
Yes, As the serial number indicates ; 72-001 | ||
| 5a_quilt_top
Advanced Member Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 270 Registered: 6-2012 |
The body shape of 72-01 was recreated by hand for the "Crown of Creation" custom bass project from drawings made by Susan using old photos and her memory as reference:  To my eye, she nailed it and then she, Mica and I refined the point to be a bit more elongated. The original point was shorter due to it being incorporated into the body carving:  | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3276 Registered: 5-2009 |
Very Kool ! (spelled with a 'K" implies double cool ) | ||
| 5a_quilt_top
Advanced Member Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 274 Registered: 6-2012 |
Back atcha', buddy. Working with Alembic to recreate the vibe of this iconic instrument was a 40 year + dream come true for me. I still have to pinch myself to make sure I'm not sleeping... |
