TheGreek Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 ..this is a monstrosity: http://alembic.com/club/messages/411/76710.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 No argument from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 No argument from me. But each to his own, blah blah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Well that was a bit spooky, Gary... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truckstop Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Yeah, decor's utterly disgusting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truckstop Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Yeah, decor's utterly disgusting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truckstop Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Yep, triply disgusting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Might be useful if you suddenly need to dig an escape tunnel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1444763377' post='2885784'] ..this is a monstrosity: [url="http://alembic.com/club/messages/411/76710.jpg"]http://alembic.com/c...s/411/76710.jpg[/url] [/quote] ...unlike this ... [url="http://imgur.com/cVbyeSg"][/url] ... or this ... [url="http://imgur.com/PtBzxit"][/url] ... or this ... [url="http://imgur.com/FPwLWNR"][/url] ... or this..? [url="http://imgur.com/fS86Ti1"][/url] Can't see any major aesthetic difference, myself, although I prefer the near symmetry of the Alembic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colgraff Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Yuk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerstodge Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 God that's ugly, bet it sounds monsterous tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number6 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Alembic Shmembic! Apart from Phil Lesh' steal your face bass 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1444764326' post='2885808'] [url="http://imgur.com/PtBzxit"][/url] [/quote] Ahh, no! Leave Hayman out of this, please!! ...Oh wait, it's a guitar. Meh. OK, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprocketflup Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Needs more control knobs and switches I feel. Set the controls for the heart of the sun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 ... and where are we on the 'monstrosities' scale with this..? [url="http://imgur.com/DJWYV0W"][/url] For balance, here's my 'monster' bass ... [url="http://imgur.com/0oGvHDU"][/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzodog Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Looks like someone has stretched the photo too wide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzodog Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Looks like someone has stretched the photo too wide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 (edited) Is this any better..? [url="http://imgur.com/wC7ppEf"][/url] ... or this ..? [url="http://imgur.com/rSbI1gJ"][/url] Edited October 13, 2015 by Dad3353 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1444763377' post='2885784'] ..this is a monstrosity: [url="http://alembic.com/club/messages/411/76710.jpg"]http://alembic.com/c...s/411/76710.jpg[/url] [/quote] They did a lot of LDS in the 60s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 What's wrong with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelfin Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 (edited) This is a monstrosity, but as it's mine I like it. The bass that is. [url="http://s970.photobucket.com/user/gelfin5959/media/mrs.jpg.html"][/url] Edited October 13, 2015 by gelfin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Every Alembic I have ever seen looks like it was designed by a toddler that has been asked to draw a guitar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I wouldn't buy it. But I couldn't anyway. I'm well used to people with pots of money spending it on stuff I dislike and/or find reprehensible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1444763377' post='2885784'] ..this is a monstrosity: http://alembic.com/club/messages/411/76710.jpg [/quote] I can usually find something pleasing in the appearance of any bass, but that really is ghastly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I'm in full agreement; more knobs than strings? I'm out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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