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Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: that_sustain on February 11, 2013, 12:38:08 AM

Title: Apology to Alembic
Post by: that_sustain on February 11, 2013, 12:38:08 AM

Dagnabbit, I've been spelling the name of my Distillate bass incorrectly this whole time.  Truth is, I need eye glasses.

Title: Apology to Alembic
Post by: terryc on February 11, 2013, 12:53:35 AM

With age comes wisdom, poor eyesight and cheap motorcycle insurance!

Title: Apology to Alembic
Post by: oddmetersam on February 11, 2013, 12:00:49 PM

And while we're at it, is it pronounced dis-till-ATE (like the number 8), or dis-till-IT (like I want it)?
 
And on which of the 3 syllables does the accent fall?
 
I've heard more than one pronunciation and I've been curious for awhile...

Title: Apology to Alembic
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 11, 2013, 01:55:59 PM

I've always read it DIS-till-it.
 
Peter

Title: Apology to Alembic
Post by: mica on February 11, 2013, 04:08:37 PM

I say it like Peter does.  
 
Every day is a spelling bee here !

Title: Apology to Alembic
Post by: rustyg61 on February 11, 2013, 06:36:06 PM

I always thought it was Di-STILL-it. Of course that may just be the Texas Twang pronounciation! LOL!

Title: Apology to Alembic
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 11, 2013, 07:56:10 PM

Dis-STILL-it is what my great-uncle the moonshiner used to do;  DIS-till-it of corn is what he produced  
 
Peter

Title: Apology to Alembic
Post by: rustyg61 on February 11, 2013, 08:51:15 PM

Isn't the purpose of an Alembic to diSTILL (refine) the sound waves from the strings & produce amazingly pure tones? So the bass would be the diSTILLer & the sound would be the DIStillit? :-) I bet your great-uncle had an alembic on his still!
 
Rusty

Title: Apology to Alembic
Post by: oddmetersam on February 11, 2013, 09:58:32 PM

All I know is, on two separate occasions I heard bass tones from afar  that sounded so intoxicating I just had to see what kind of bass was involved. You guessed it....
 
I'd love to try one out and compare it to my MK Sig Dlx....maybe at the next Nor. Cal. gathering! Hint, hint.

Title: Apology to Alembic
Post by: that_sustain on February 12, 2013, 02:08:05 AM

My first thoughts upon seeing the Distillate were, that bass has every modification I would ever want in the usual Alembic.

Title: Apology to Alembic
Post by: neyman on February 12, 2013, 07:53:19 AM

I've always said DIS-till-at

Title: Apology to Alembic
Post by: sparechaynge on February 12, 2013, 08:26:11 AM

Merriam-Webster online dictionary: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/distillate (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/distillate)

Title: Apology to Alembic
Post by: edwin on February 13, 2013, 09:13:42 PM

Well, that was no help. Both pronunciations were there.

Title: Apology to Alembic
Post by: peoplechipper on February 14, 2013, 12:53:37 AM

I pronounce it MINE...that bass, my cat(the lovely Emily) and my melody maker are the things I'd run into a burning house to save...Emily would be first of course, but dang if I don't love my Distillate...like my melody maker, every bass player who tries it wants to buy it from me, or get one...

Title: Apology to Alembic
Post by: sparechaynge on February 15, 2013, 05:48:29 AM

Ha, sorry Edwin. I only saw one and I was hoping some of the more grammar-minded folks here could sort it out....
 
The other dictionaries I looked in listed both too, so are they both acceptable pronunciations?

Title: Apology to Alembic
Post by: bassman10096 on February 16, 2013, 07:52:32 AM

I had some difficulty making out Distillate at first, but it's not the only easily-mangled Alembic name.  How 'bout:  Rogue vs Rouge?  One's a bass or a scoundrel, the other's makeup or French for red.

Title: Apology to Alembic
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 16, 2013, 08:05:14 AM

Merriam-Webster may be confused, but I have Mica on my side!
 
Peter

Title: Apology to Alembic
Post by: Bradley Young on February 16, 2013, 01:26:01 PM

Since we're on the subject of spelling (and Mica knows I have decided views on it... lol):
 
Why can't anyone spell Rogue?
 
I literally could never own one, because I'd become apoplectic every time someone called my bass rouge.
 
Although blush would be a good name, even if people thought it was bluish. Maybe get it painted chromalusion, so it would be bluish blush?
 
Bradley