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njlive
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 11:14 am:   Edit Post

This thread is worthless without pictures!

njlive
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 11:22 am:   Edit Post



Some Phil Jones Stuff
njlive
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glocke = Greg L
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otis = Frank F
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marco555 = Marc S



(Message edited by njlive on August 08, 2009)
njlive
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(Message edited by njlive on August 08, 2009)
njlive
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pace = Mike P
njlive
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 12:39 pm:   Edit Post



The stars of the show
Note: There is some overlap!

(Message edited by njlive on August 08, 2009)

(Message edited by njlive on August 08, 2009)
njlive
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 12:43 pm:   Edit Post

Hey Kevin,

How do you like us NOW?

The players.
njlive
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Post Number: 10
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 12:54 pm:   Edit Post

From rear to front:

Flaxattack
Pace Matthew90046 hg30904 Otis Glocke xray1960
Marco555 Kilowatt
toddharris bkbass Mike A (Phil Jones)
njlive
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Post Number: 11
Registered: 8-2009
Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 2:16 pm:   Edit Post

Closing for the day...will post more pics and explanations later!
artswork99
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Post Number: 780
Registered: 7-2007
Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 2:31 pm:   Edit Post

Looks like it was GREAT! Thanks for the real-time updates.
toddharris
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Username: toddharris

Post Number: 89
Registered: 7-2008
Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 3:31 pm:   Edit Post

Just home from a wonderful day with fellow Alembicians! Met so many wonderful people - Harold - you sounded amazing (Stanley would have loved it!), Marc- wonderful player (regards to Bayside), Frank from Erie - hoping to see you again - nice vocals, Mike P - plays amazing 6 string as well as drums - really nice, Matt - loved your distillate. Michael from Phil Jones - you are one of the most brilliantly melodic players I've heard. So many wonderful people - we need to do this more often. The gentlemen pictured top and center above - loved your playing on Cut My Hair and Breakdown. Thanks so much for the day, Todd Harris - Northort, NY
njlive
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Registered: 8-2009
Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 4:10 pm:   Edit Post



toddharris = Todd H
njlive
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 4:14 pm:   Edit Post



hg30904 (Harold) gets to hold Greg's S2
njlive
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 4:18 pm:   Edit Post



bkbass (Barry K) holding his custom Spoilers
njlive
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Registered: 8-2009
Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 4:21 pm:   Edit Post



Todd H noodling
njlive
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The Otis Collection
njlive
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 4:30 pm:   Edit Post



Marc's Bass with xray1960's guitars
njlive
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 4:38 pm:   Edit Post



Michael A of Phil Jones and Harold G (hg30904)
njlive
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 4:42 pm:   Edit Post



glocke playing his own SC checking out the Phil Jones preamp

(Message edited by njlive on August 08, 2009)
njlive
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 4:47 pm:   Edit Post



matthew90046's Distillate
njlive
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 4:53 pm:   Edit Post



Pete L (kilowatt)'s SII
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 4:56 pm:   Edit Post



matthew90046 (of above Distillate fame)
njlive
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 5:02 pm:   Edit Post







Scarlet, Flaxattack, DireWolf
njlive
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 5:05 pm:   Edit Post



Frank came the farthest, Erie PA

Have a safe trip home buddy!
njlive
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Registered: 8-2009
Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 5:08 pm:   Edit Post



Mike Pace on Drums, Todd Harris center bass and vox, Jeff Flaxman on right bass

Pete Lynch and Barry Kravitz look on
bkbass
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Post Number: 210
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 5:11 pm:   Edit Post

My heart goes out to all the wonderful people/players I met today. I will treasure the day forever can't wait till the next time. A special thanks to Debbie for all the pix and Harold and Mike for hooking everything up and making sure everybody had a great time etc.etc, A very big thanks to the other two Mikes for shleppng and demoing PHIL JONES AMPS and EBS pedals. Thank you Frank for letting me play those AWESOME 6 strings, Pace you rock man!! Great meeting everyone God Bless.
njlive
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 5:14 pm:   Edit Post



Harold (on his SII) in search of a key, or a clue!
njlive
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Post Number: 27
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 5:23 pm:   Edit Post



7 hours

11 players

20 Alembics

matthew90046

glocke

marco555

kilowatt

flaxattck

otis

bkbass

hg30904

pace

xray1960

toddharris

Mike of Phil Jones

Mike of EBS

Mike of Blackbird Studios

Jeff of Blackbird Studios

Thank you all!

Good nite!
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 4038
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 6:48 pm:   Edit Post

Looks like you guys had a great time! I'm sure I'm not the only one that enjoyed the contemporaneous postings. Fun, ain't it?

Bill, tgo
toddharris
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 6:59 pm:   Edit Post

toddharris
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 7:00 pm:   Edit Post

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toddharris
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 7:03 pm:   Edit Post

toddharris
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 7:04 pm:   Edit Post

toddharris
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toddharris
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 7:06 pm:   Edit Post

toddharris
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toddharris
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 7:09 pm:   Edit Post

pauldo
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Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 8:16 pm:   Edit Post

cool - great pics
Looks like everyone had a blast and holy cow those are some fabulous looking instruments!
elwoodblue
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Username: elwoodblue

Post Number: 792
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 8:54 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks for sharing the pics Harold and Todd,
nothing like a roomful of Alembics to make my jaw drop.
serialnumber12
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Post Number: 507
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 5:47 am:   Edit Post

OH Shit............you cats had a good one!
serialnumber12
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Username: serialnumber12

Post Number: 508
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 6:50 am:   Edit Post

http://www.stanleyclarke.com/interactive/showthread.php?tid=160&pid=1362#pid1362
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 8504
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 6:51 am:   Edit Post

I agree with Paul; you guys brought a lot of really nice Alembics!
dadabass2001
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Username: dadabass2001

Post Number: 1234
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 8:34 am:   Edit Post

I love it! You guys look like you had a blast. Hats off to your organizers and contributors of hardware, time, and spirit...
Fabulous
Mike
serialnumber12
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Username: serialnumber12

Post Number: 510
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 9:15 am:   Edit Post

what's with the middle Pickup?....that mutha's awsome!
pace
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Username: pace

Post Number: 409
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 9:52 am:   Edit Post

Kev, that's just a thumb rest....

That bass owns the low end, btw. 35"scale and the neck is all ebony & maple. East meets West electronics.... When Otis plugged her in it was insane!!!!!

I had a great time yesterday guys! Sorry to be so brief, but I'm texting from my car, still in traffic on the upper deck of the GWB. :-)
flaxattack
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Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 2295
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 1:48 pm:   Edit Post

wheres the flaxinator photo?
kilowatt
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Username: kilowatt

Post Number: 111
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 5:49 pm:   Edit Post

What a great day!
I hope everyone had as good a time as I did. It felt like being with old friends. Where else can you go and meet people for the first time and they tell you to go ahead and play their prized instruments without a second thought.
Harold and Mike did a great job of setting things up and we all know what a thankless job that is. Harolds girlfriend was also nice enough to take all the photos and begin posting them as fast as she could get them to load. I think she was even posting on the ride home!
With all the post's that have come and gone recently, I feel like this is what our gathering of like minded musicians is all about. You could feel the care and admiration we all shared for the room full of beatiful basses and guitars. Mike even broke out his pedal steel (that thing sounds awesome).
All I can say to the rest of the club is, don't wait to do these gatherings. Set a date and let the rest happen. If someone can't make it this time,hopefully they can make the next one.

Thanks again to all in attendance,
Pete
jacko
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Username: jacko

Post Number: 2366
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Monday, August 10, 2009 - 3:45 am:   Edit Post

Great Pics. Looks like you had a fantastic time.

Graeme
mario_farufyno
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Username: mario_farufyno

Post Number: 190
Registered: 9-2008
Posted on Monday, August 10, 2009 - 4:42 am:   Edit Post

Great gathering! So many beautiful Alembics (have to mention all the Series and that amazing Mathew's full mahogany Distillate), but I was grabbed by the Fretless Europa and got curious about the "Jazz" laying down at middle of all basses pic. Can we have some more photos?
marco555
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Username: marco555

Post Number: 20
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Monday, August 10, 2009 - 5:46 am:   Edit Post

That "Jazz" is mine. Chambered Mahogany w/Flame Koa top. Anniversary Electronics w/Axy in neck position and Fatboy at bridge. My '77 Bird's Eye Maple S1 acccompanied us along the way. Many Thanks to those who made a special effort to compliment it's tone and clarity, especially within the mix.
Special Thanks to Harold and Deb, whose photos have been posted on the site. We have a disc coming which will be fun too. Harold made super human efforts to be a main organizer in this event
bracheen
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Username: bracheen

Post Number: 1499
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Monday, August 10, 2009 - 6:34 am:   Edit Post

Looks like a great time was had by all! Thanks for posting the photos. Wow! I should probably know what a flaxinator is but for the life of me can't remember.

Sam
serialnumber12
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Username: serialnumber12

Post Number: 511
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Monday, August 10, 2009 - 6:37 am:   Edit Post

it's Great to see the Faces behind these basses!
otis
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Username: otis

Post Number: 44
Registered: 10-2008
Posted on Monday, August 10, 2009 - 6:25 pm:   Edit Post

Yo, Another Huge Thanks to Everyone involved in the Gathering, most especially Harold, Debbie, and all the mysterious faces behind the whole works- you know who I'm talking about!

My fondest regards to Harold, Debbie, Todd, Greg, Mike (Pace), Mike A. (Phil Jones), Mike K. (boy, there were alot of Mikes, there, lol), Barry, Matthew, Flax, Marc, and Pete. If I missed anyone, my apologies- I was in that Nirvana like state you can only attain from touching so many Alembics and meeting and jamming with their even more awesome owners!!!

You guys were all awesome!

Barry- it was killer trading licks with you and Mike A. I've had very few chances to jam with one other 6 string player, let alone 2!!! And your Spoilers weren't too shabby, either!

Pete, your 5 string SII was sick- I liked what you were doing, when you picked up Marc's SI.
I hope you dug getting to hear your bass out in the audience, for once!

Mike P- Pace- it was great that you were able (and willing!) to sit in on drums- you did a fantastic job- I wish we would've gotten to hear more of your bass playing, but we had you so busy behind the drums, you hardly had a chance to rest!

Marc, you had a killer tone, with that beautiful Series I of yours- and yes, it did remind me of Jack Casady, for sure. And I loved your Jazz/Alembic, it was so cool, it was ridiculous!

Greg, your SCSD and SII were both beautiful beyond description, and your playing was just as good!

Matt, and Mike K.- Loved the Distillate and Killer axe (guitar)! Matt, I hope our bands hook up, soon!!!

Flax- you're larger than life, and twice as nice (oh, shit, I don't think you wanted people to know that!). I dug jamming with you- and you're absolutely right- F*#k the pocket!

Todd- your vocals were the awesome ones- I can't sing for shit, I'm just good at faking it! I hope OTiS can play with the Bayside Bandits, sometime soon! And the tone of that Series I, forget about it. It was hard not to just stare at it and drool!

Harold, you're the Man! I loved that Series II of yours and especially how you played it- you rocked!

And Debbie- your pictures (and the snacks you brought...) were awesome! You were definitely a huge help to Harold and his madness and scheming up this Gathering! How's that saying go? Behind every good bass player, there's an awesome woman?

Boys, she made a mean Vodka and Tonic- I drank 2 at the Hotel, the night before... sorry you missed that!

Peace;)

Frank/OTiS

www.myspace.com/otiserie
njlive
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Username: njlive

Post Number: 28
Registered: 8-2009
Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 10:58 am:   Edit Post

Thank you all for the kind words.

As was said earlier, where else can you walk into a room of strangers and someone hand you their most prized possession awaiting your opinion? While the instruments were great, meeting our members was even better. It was a great day and time flew. I hope that we do it again, and those that couldn't come this time will be able to join us next time. I think that all of us who participated would gladly do it again.

I hope that we all stay in touch, on and off the board!

Harold - hg30904 - njlive-out!
otis
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Username: otis

Post Number: 48
Registered: 10-2008
Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 5:20 pm:   Edit Post

Hey, Does anyone know how to get ahold of Matthew90046? I didn't see an e-mail address for him...

If anyone can help, that would be great!

Thanks;)

Frank
matthew90046
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Username: matthew90046

Post Number: 72
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 9:42 pm:   Edit Post

You got mail. I sent an email to your profile address.
keurosix
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Username: keurosix

Post Number: 419
Registered: 10-2005
Posted on Saturday, August 15, 2009 - 4:35 pm:   Edit Post

Wow,
I am sorry I missed it!
Can anyone post a link to the recorded music?
That would be awesome!
I will try my best to make it next time!
Kris
chalie_holmes
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Username: chalie_holmes

Post Number: 129
Registered: 3-2009
Posted on Monday, August 17, 2009 - 10:30 am:   Edit Post

I'm glad everything worked out!
But I'm pissed that I couldn't get there due to booking a gig. (I just used my Double bass for the entire gig though and my band members really enjoyed that!)I hope that I can get to the next Jersey Gathering because it is so close to where I now live.
GREAT PHOTOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
otis
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Username: otis

Post Number: 66
Registered: 10-2008
Posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 3:54 pm:   Edit Post

Hey, Matthew!

For some reason, that e-mail didn't work out. Shoot me an e-mail, here:

otisduo@yahoo.com

Peace;)

Frank
toddharris
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Username: toddharris

Post Number: 289
Registered: 7-2008
Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2011 - 7:35 pm:   Edit Post

Let's do it again...
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 4811
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2011 - 7:50 am:   Edit Post

I'll be in NY the 3rd weekend in May. If this happened then, I'd love to stop by with Woody, my custom Further.

Bill, tgo
toddharris
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Username: toddharris

Post Number: 290
Registered: 7-2008
Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2011 - 8:27 am:   Edit Post

If it were desirable and a better location could not be found, I would offer my house in Norhtport Long Island for the meet - I have a 20x12 living room which is empty except for a PA, drum kit, 2 bass amps and 2 guitar amps - it's an hour out of Manhattan and just east of Huntington. Todd
marco555
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Username: marco555

Post Number: 46
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2011 - 12:59 pm:   Edit Post

I'm available to go in either direction--let's try to put some dates down to see how everyones schedules work.
charles_holmes
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Username: charles_holmes

Post Number: 125
Registered: 3-2009
Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2011 - 4:13 pm:   Edit Post

I'm game if I don't have any gigs. I live in Williamsport. About 2hrs travel...I'd have to bring my rig so you guys could check it out, tweak it. (See "Chalie's Distillate")
otis
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Username: otis

Post Number: 261
Registered: 10-2008
Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 7:15 pm:   Edit Post

I'd love to come... Hmm... If only OTiS had a show, that weekend, in NYC...
marco555
Junior
Username: marco555

Post Number: 47
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 7:38 am:   Edit Post

Todd,
I suggest that a post be put up say, for June. Post some available weekends before the summer hits and see what we get. What do you think?
Marc
toddharris
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Username: toddharris

Post Number: 291
Registered: 7-2008
Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 7:43 pm:   Edit Post

Will do - thanks for the suggestion

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