| Author | Message | ||
| keavin
Intermediate Member Username: keavin Post Number: 160 Registered: 12-2002 |
its not hard (somewhat), the best way to tell is, if the filters are wide open (and) or the type of strings being used,(crispy round wounds)& if the player is using a 'pic' and especially if the player is plucking & thumping, and then the overall mix,. after 25yrs of playing alembics, the sound is "unmistakable" | ||
| keavin
Intermediate Member Username: keavin Post Number: 182 Registered: 12-2002 |
the brains inside #12 | ||
| dela217
Advanced Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 321 Registered: 6-2002 |
I agree. I can hear an Alembic. There is a song called "Fresh Air" by Quicksilver Messenger Service. Remember them? Anyway, I have always thought that the bass track on that song was an Alembic. One day in my conversation with Susan, I asked her about that band. She said that they were definately Alembicized. | ||
| keavin
Intermediate Member Username: keavin Post Number: 186 Registered: 12-2002 |
hey man, alembics are unmistakable,they can be spotted a mile away by ear! (crystal clear!!!) another good CD to check out is "gino vanelli,s" 'brother to brother'album(1978) the whole cd is alembiced out! the bassplayer is in series I heaven! | ||
| rraymond
Junior Username: rraymond Post Number: 47 Registered: 6-2002 |
What a conundrum! Alembic advertises its basses as sounding like "anything," and us Alembic players always spot'em as sounding like Alembics. :-0 I love mine. Have fun, Reid | ||
| gbarchus
Member Username: gbarchus Post Number: 56 Registered: 6-2002 |
The Alembic sound is unmistakeable. There is a clarity in the low end that is very powerful sounding. I've played/owned many basses. Nothing can replace my Alembic! |
