| Author | Message | ||
| fc_spoiler
Advanced Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 337 Registered: 5-2006 |
...for I have sinned. I bought a non Alembic this weekend. The bass is one piece completely, entirely made of a substance called "SoundCompound" I'ts a Catalyst Tigris from a Dutch company and it's wicked!:   More info can be found on www.catalyst.nl No worries, the Alembics still are my favorites  | ||
| fc_spoiler
Advanced Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 338 Registered: 5-2006 |
My new happy family:  (Message edited by fc_spoiler on July 15, 2003) | ||
| 57basstra
Advanced Member Username: 57basstra Post Number: 342 Registered: 4-2005 |
Wow...I dig group shots. ...What is the F-hole 6 in the background? (BTW..I'm glad you still have The Ripper!).... | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 701 Registered: 2-2006 |
Cool new axe Flip. I always like the nostalgic look. I used to have a Gibson similar to your Ripper but mine was a Grabber G-3. In high school our lab band bass was a Grabber with the single sliding PU. | ||
| fc_spoiler
Advanced Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 339 Registered: 5-2006 |
That's a 1957 Hofner. Sadly the neck is broken where it joins the body... It's a wall decoration now until I have the $$$ for a repair.  I think the Ripper will stay. I love it so much, so my asking price is unreasonable high  Here's another group shot:  | ||
| fc_spoiler
Advanced Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 340 Registered: 5-2006 |
As Mickey Knox said, "it's pretty hard to beat the king(s)": Olie's Alembic collection Danno's Alembic collection | ||
| 57basstra
Advanced Member Username: 57basstra Post Number: 343 Registered: 4-2005 |
...and on the wall I seem to spy a modern art sculpture of "The Fractured SG.." Am I right? | ||
| fc_spoiler
Advanced Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 341 Registered: 5-2006 |
Totally inspired by PT (The Who) This was (is) a very cheap immitation, the last moments of this guitar were captured on video. Someday I will send it to the folks in Santa Rosa for a refinish | ||
| fc_spoiler
Advanced Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 342 Registered: 5-2006 |
Thanx Olie, I also love that classic look. There's nothing classic in the materials used, we're talkin' high tech here. Quote: "A group of young engineers of the Delft University of Technology set out to develop a composite material focusing on acoustics in general and resonance in particular. They looked for a material that would equal or even surpass the resonance properties of wood. To make a long story short: they did this by incorporating a ceramic cell structure into the composite material. Thus SoundCompound was born. Other ingredients complete the composite, but a good Chef de Cuisine doesn't tell all his secrets! The ceramic cell structure gives SoundCompound an enormous resonance and sustain." Please check my site for loads of pictures: www.fcbass.tk (Message edited by fc_spoiler on September 17, 2006) | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 703 Registered: 2-2006 |
I checked out their web site Flip though I could hear some clips but all they had were of the guitars. Maybe you let us hear some sounds. | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 704 Registered: 2-2006 |
I thought I was an Alembiholic....Danno's got me beat.........for now.LOL  | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 819 Registered: 10-2002 |
One of these days we'll get a pic of Rami's collection. That will be something else. Graeme | ||
| fc_spoiler
Advanced Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 344 Registered: 5-2006 |
I'm afraid it won't fit on my screen  Olie: How about a picture of your full collection?  | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 705 Registered: 2-2006 |
Flip, I've never really taken a "family photo" of the entire lot. May be the thing to do tonight. | ||
| fc_spoiler
Advanced Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 345 Registered: 5-2006 |
Please make your camera and us happy tonite. Cheerz! | ||
| dannobasso
Advanced Member Username: dannobasso Post Number: 373 Registered: 3-2004 |
Rememer gentlemen, true I have an addiction that should be listed in the DSM4, but I am very single. No wife, no kids, no pets. Rami makes me look like a newbie. | ||
| palmann
Junior Username: palmann Post Number: 48 Registered: 6-2005 |
What does a typical Ripper sound like. Is it comparable to other Gibson basses, like the thunderbird? Gruesse, Pablo | ||
| fc_spoiler
Advanced Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 349 Registered: 5-2006 |
Here are some clips on the gibsonbass.com site: http://www.gibsonbass.com/ripper_5.php |
