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| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 888 Registered: 10-2002 |
So how many of my UK brethren will be in Manchester this Sunday for Bass Day 2006? I'll be there with Mike Pisanek from opening time. At least one of us will have an Alembic sweatshirt on for easy identification. Graeme | ||
| robbiebassepic
New Username: robbiebassepic Post Number: 3 Registered: 11-2006 |
Id luv to go! might just make it, Where are you in uk graeme, Im stuck in Scotland | ||
| tbrannon
Advanced Member Username: tbrannon Post Number: 234 Registered: 11-2004 |
Graeme's in Edinburgh. If you click on his username it will pull up his profile- There you'll be able to see his details plus a cool pic of him rockin' his Epic. The impressive thing is that while he's rockin' the Epic he's also giving birth to a beautiful fretless Rogue (hence the pained look on his face). =) | ||
| robbiebassepic
New Username: robbiebassepic Post Number: 5 Registered: 11-2006 |
Yeah, noticed that background beauty!lol Also just saw a vintage spoiler sold in Edinburgh, I was interested but thought it a bit expensive - plus the owner had taken the bridge off, and I thought it looked just slightly wrong y'know | ||
| bigbadbill
Advanced Member Username: bigbadbill Post Number: 248 Registered: 10-2003 |
Think I'm gonna be there. I'll try and wear my Alembic T, but given the weather it may be covered by several other layers! I'll just look for those sweatshirts.... | ||
| bigbadbill
Advanced Member Username: bigbadbill Post Number: 249 Registered: 10-2003 |
Well, I'd just like to say I made it and had a fantastic time!!! There were some great players in attendance (and not just on the stage); was very impressed with Yolanda Charles and her great sense of feel and groove (and her lovely nature!), was blown away by Adam Nitti, felt extremely honoured to see (and meet) Jonas Hellborg, and caught up with a few people I haven't seen in a while too; Nigel Clutterbuck at Rotosound, a great guy and great player (also nice speaking to Jason Howe who was very helpful), Napper on the Bass Centre stand (also a great guy; never seen him play though! And I think he's really a guitarist...), Chris May of Overwater, Gary from Promenade Music, and several others. I also had a blast meeting Bernie Goodfellow of GB guitars; he makes great basses and is a very fine player to boot! And it was really nice meeting Graeme and Mike from the Club; both were really nice guys and I hope to see them again next year, and maybe get to hang out and talk Alembic a bit more! All in all a really fun day out. BTW Graeme, hope you manage to post some pictures! Next time I might actually remember to take a camera and/or video... | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 897 Registered: 10-2002 |
I'm going to post a fuller report tomorrow, For now,it was nice to meet shaun, I really hope he gets his back issues sorted, it must be a real pain having to tink about giving up something you've saved so hard for. I also met up with Colin?? who also has a triple O that appeard on these pages some time ago. Now he really looks the part!! all that hair and beard, plus a spalted maple triple O! He's very proud of his bass, so much so, he'd brought pictures. The only other Alembic owner was Tony, a rep for Rotosound who'd brought along his walnut epic 4. i'm watching Clint Eatwood climbing the Eiger right now so I'll post a fuller report when I'm less pre-occupied. graeme p.s. Robbie, get in touch and we can meet up. Edinburgh's big enough to support 4 Alemicians ;-) | ||
| bigbadbill
Advanced Member Username: bigbadbill Post Number: 252 Registered: 10-2003 |
Ah, the Eiger Sanction. Great film....  | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 900 Registered: 10-2002 |
Well, I've had a chance to gather my thoughts and read what others have said here and this is what I thought. Overall, the lineup was superb, highlights for me were Mamayo with Yolanda charles,  and a Polish player i'd never heard of, Wojtek Pilichowski..  Yolanda is a session player who's done alot with the likes of Paul Weller and BB King. in her side project MamaYo, she held down the bottom end effortlessly, keeping a funky groove going while she also sang lead vocals. Wojtek was an eyeopener for the whole audience. Built like a brick outhouse, he thumped the living daylights out of his custom burl maple Mayonas. I've never seen a 'slap' player quite so aggresive while being incredibly musical. He was also bending the neck enough to drop a whole tone! Awesome! Another highlight for me was seeing Jonas Hellborg for the first time since the late eighties.  He captivated the audience with some very expressive playing, using chords I doubt many of us could name, let alone play. Sadly, he's now a Warwick endorsee so he no longer plays the Wal doubleneck I saw him play when he toured with John Mclauchlan. Other players I loved were Adam Nitti, Stefan Redtenbacher's band and Joseph Patrick Moore. The only low points were Lucy Shaw's clinic which I felt she wasn't prepared for (and very nervous) and Yossi Fine's performance which to my ears was a mess of delays and loops which had the EBS rig he was going through clipping for the whole performance. Also, after last years poor cuisine, we'd been promised much better food this year only to have the caterer pull out at the last minute. Other highlights were meeting and chatting with Shaun and Colin, both Triple Omega players from this forum, along with many other bassists we'd met last year. Also, we got the chance to chat with Chris May of Overwater and Bernie Goodfellow of GB guitars, both of whom acknowledged the influence Alembic had on their own instrument making. I was particularly impressed with the LEDs facing Bernies basses which flash randomly (or perhaps in time with the music). All in all we had a superb day, perhaps not with the big names that appear at the US equivalent but all the bassists that performed were more than happy to chat with us mere mortals and discuss techniques, gear and beer. Roll on next november. Graeme |
