Chewie Posted April 25, 2020 Posted April 25, 2020 Nice..... maybe we should start a thread of guess the body.....? Quote
Chewie Posted April 25, 2020 Posted April 25, 2020 Just now, Chewie said: Nice..... maybe we should start a thread of guess the body.....? Could get really dull......! 😄 Quote
Piers_Williamson Posted May 6, 2020 Posted May 6, 2020 My goodness, that is a thing of beauty ELP tribute band? Quote
Piers_Williamson Posted May 6, 2020 Posted May 6, 2020 And are we allowed to see the rest? Pleeeeese! Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted May 6, 2020 Posted May 6, 2020 13 minutes ago, Piers_Williamson said: And are we allowed to see the rest? Pleeeeese! Not in this thread! Heresy! Quote
BritBass 2 Posted May 7, 2020 Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, Piers_Williamson said: And are we allowed to see the rest? Pleeeeese! “The Alembic Thread” -Page 15 . Edited May 7, 2020 by BritBass 2 Quote
BritBass 2 Posted May 24, 2020 Posted May 24, 2020 On 06/05/2020 at 19:01, Piers_Williamson said: My goodness, that is a thing of beauty ELP tribute band? Back in the eighties Greg did offer to sell me his Alembic “Manticore” 8 string . When viewing sadly the headstock/neck joint was badly damaged making it unplayable , it now resides Stateside at the Hard Rock Cafe . Quote
Piers_Williamson Posted May 24, 2020 Posted May 24, 2020 It's now dawned on me that Greg Lake owned more than one eight string Alembic. There's one with signs of the Zodiac and a second later one (which I think John Entwhistle ended up with) with pirate symbols. They both look like they had 8 full sized tuners. They must have weighed a ton. Quote
prowla Posted May 24, 2020 Posted May 24, 2020 I've twice played one of those 8-string Alembics: once at the UMIST Students Union and once in a bass shop in Romford. Quote
BritBass 2 Posted May 25, 2020 Posted May 25, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, Piers_Williamson said: It's now dawned on me that Greg Lake owned more than one eight string Alembic. There's one with signs of the Zodiac and a second later one (which I think John Entwhistle ended up with) with pirate symbols. They both look like they had 8 full sized tuners. They must have weighed a ton. The one he offered to sell (top photo) had characters from the album Tarkus on the fingerboard. I’ve played his “Pirates” carbon graphite necked 8 string bass which was sold to John Entwistle via the Bass Centre Wapping back in 1984 for £3500. Edited May 25, 2020 by BritBass 2 1 Quote
itu Posted May 25, 2020 Posted May 25, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, BritBass 2 said: I’ve played his “Pirates” carbon graphite necked 8 string bass which was sold to John Entwistle via the Bass Centre Wapping back in 1984 for £3500. I bought a used Rick 4001 for £400 in 1986 from Rose-Morris. I think £3.5k was astronomical price at that time. Edited May 25, 2020 by itu Quote
Kev Posted May 25, 2020 Posted May 25, 2020 10 hours ago, BritBass 2 said: The one he offered to sell (top photo) had characters from the album Tarkus on the fingerboard. I’ve played his “Pirates” carbon graphite necked 8 string bass which was sold to John Entwistle via the Bass Centre Wapping back in 1984 for £3500. £3,500 in 1984?! Jesus that’s an awful lot of money. Quote
eude Posted May 25, 2020 Posted May 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Kev said: £3,500 in 1984?! Jesus that’s an awful lot of money. I think new, now, something like that would be in the region of £20,000... Quote
BritBass 2 Posted May 25, 2020 Posted May 25, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, eude said: I think new, now, something like that would be in the region of £20,000... 14 minutes ago, eude said: I think new, now, something like that would be in the region of £20,000... I’ve just checked the Alembic website - A Series 2 eight string bass with custom inlays RRP including 20% VAT is now a whopping £37240.00 . Edited May 25, 2020 by BritBass 2 Quote
eude Posted May 25, 2020 Posted May 25, 2020 1 hour ago, BritBass 2 said: I’ve just checked the Alembic website - A Series 2 eight string bass with custom inlays RRP including 20% VAT is now a whopping £37240.00 . Wow! There's nothing special or different that they are doing to justify that price. Does that make it's asking price of £3500 in 84 reasonable? Insanity. Quote
Piers_Williamson Posted May 25, 2020 Posted May 25, 2020 Can I just ask something as simple as what the string intervals were on his 8 strings and on Brit Bass'. Is there a reason you can get away with smaller tuning pegs (apart from neck dive) PS I really really don't have £30k, as much as I like Alembics (cheaper ones at least:) ) Quote
Kev Posted May 25, 2020 Posted May 25, 2020 9 hours ago, BritBass 2 said: I’ve just checked the Alembic website - A Series 2 eight string bass with custom inlays RRP including 20% VAT is now a whopping £37240.00 . .... That's just ridiculous. And i thought Fodera were expensive, I had no idea that Alembic went that high. That's just completely bonkers. Quote
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