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funkyjazzjunky
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Username: funkyjazzjunky

Post Number: 226
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Monday, October 20, 2008 - 7:33 am:   Edit Post

Bass Player's 20th anniversary issue mentions Alembic in their review of boutique basses over the years.
jacko
Senior Member
Username: jacko

Post Number: 1963
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 11:50 am:   Edit Post

That's a first. Bass player have barely acknowledged Alembic in the past 20 years.

Graeme.
adriaan
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Username: adriaan

Post Number: 1980
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 1:15 am:   Edit Post

I set my heart on an Epic when I read the BP review in 94, and proceeded to buy one before the end of the year. I seem to remember that Alembic still advertized in those days.
funkyjazzjunky
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Username: funkyjazzjunky

Post Number: 229
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 11:55 am:   Edit Post

BP does tend to ignore brands that do not advertise.
jeramaya
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Username: jeramaya

Post Number: 7
Registered: 7-2008
Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 1:13 pm:   Edit Post

I think it was back in '94 (whoa, that long ago!!!?) that Bass Player had a factory tour of Alembic. I still have the issue. It was cool for me, because not long after that I bought my first Epic. Then I had to go back and reread the article.
bigbadbill
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Username: bigbadbill

Post Number: 469
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 4:46 am:   Edit Post

I thought that was a great article; I still have it.
jacko
Senior Member
Username: jacko

Post Number: 1972
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 5:20 am:   Edit Post

Photocopy it and bring it along to Bass day Shaun ;-)

graeme
lmiwa
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Username: lmiwa

Post Number: 76
Registered: 2-2008
Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 7:21 am:   Edit Post

From the intro to "Boutique Basses" article in the Holiday 2008 20th Anniversary issue of Bass Player:

The original bass guitars were workaday tools designed for reliability, strong bass response, and cost-efficient manufacturing. But in the early '70's, Alembic changed all that. Prodded on by its hard-touring, musically experimental clientele (the Jefferson Airplane and Grateful Dead among them), Alembic instruments' exotic woods, custom-machined brass hardware, hi-fi electronics, and exquisite attention to artistic detail created an entirely new product category. These innovations continue in today's boutique basses, but it's the collaborative nature of the builder/bassist relationship that remins the defining characteristic of boutique bass building.
georgie_boy
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Username: georgie_boy

Post Number: 558
Registered: 8-2005
Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 7:41 am:   Edit Post

In Fact Shaun,
Scan it and put it on the site for all to see.

Nice to hear from you again.


George

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