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Title: Alembic Sighting.
Post by: crobbins on April 07, 2011, 02:02:01 PM

Blue Oyster Cult 1975.
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/101411.jpg)

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Post by: afrobeat_fool on April 07, 2011, 02:08:32 PM

Looks like 7 screaming dizbusters!

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Post by: lbpesq on April 07, 2011, 04:43:36 PM

These guys went to college with my brother.  Back then they were called Soft White Underbelly.
 
Bill, tgo

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Post by: hb3 on April 07, 2011, 04:48:57 PM

That was also their secret name when they'd do small club gigs.  
 
Joe Bouchard plays the Alembic in the BOC Live in 77 -- I think it's called -- DVD.

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Post by: mike1762 on April 07, 2011, 04:49:15 PM

I seem to remember Kevin saying that #12 belonged to this guy???

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Post by: hb3 on April 07, 2011, 04:50:41 PM

You also can definitely hear the Alembic tone on some of those early recordings. I'm pretty sure that's an Alembic on Godzilla.

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Post by: pace on April 07, 2011, 04:58:29 PM

Joe has done a couple of acoustic gigs recently at the theatre across from my shop.... If I ever run into him I'll ask him more about his affinity for Alembics.....

Title: Alembic Sighting.
Post by: crobbins on April 07, 2011, 05:46:49 PM

What about this bass?(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/101430.jpg)

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Post by: bigredbass on April 07, 2011, 11:06:25 PM

That's a Rudy Sarzo Signature Peavey Cirrus, great bass.  To my mind, the Cirrus' are THE great overlooked neckthru bass.  Made one-at-a-time in Mississippi to Hartley's quality standards.  Not as cheap as they once were (what is?), but I always have a soft spot for Peavey, and these really are very nice 'off the rack' axes.
 
These are modeled somewhat after the Aria SB's Rudy played once upon a time (the 'black-eyed ovals' are a nod to those axes), and RS even used them reloaded with Alembic MXY's back then.
 
J o e y

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Post by: white_cloud on April 08, 2011, 10:29:55 AM

Joey - totally agree. Peavey basses are hugely underated. The USA built Cirrus is a great instrument.

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Post by: rjmsteel on April 08, 2011, 11:37:22 AM

Got one.
 
Curly Bubinga top - Walnut Body - Walnut and Maple lams in neck, (through-neck).
Oiled body only.  
Sounds warm. In fact I played the bass through an old single 15 Roland amp, (at a local Blues Jam - doing blues/jazz), and the instrument sounded as if it were a fretless bass.
 
BUT.... I JUST received my Custom Series Rogue, delivered by the UPS driver at my workplace, 3 hours ago!!!! Still in the Box.
Gonna be a FUN evening!!
 
 - Rich

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Post by: David Houck on April 08, 2011, 04:41:54 PM

Congrats Rich!

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Post by: crobbins on April 08, 2011, 05:48:27 PM

Rich, please post some pics of your finished bass. Congrats......

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Post by: bigredbass on April 08, 2011, 11:29:41 PM

One other thing I forgot to mention, and the picture shows:  Like a Series-shaped instrument, the Cirrus' have the entire fingerboard (almost) clear of the body.  With thos big cutaways, you can get to the 'above the 12th fret' zone really easily, something you seldom see on most axes, especially a conventionally shaped axe.
 
The Series shape is really great (almost Steinberger-like) as all of the high end of the neck is easy to reach, and the Cirrus is one of the few 'other' axes that allow that access.
 
. . . Of course, a Custom Rogue just smokes one of these, you dog !
 
J o e y

Title: Alembic Sighting.
Post by: room037 on April 09, 2011, 03:07:34 AM

Hi,
 
Anyone knows closeup photo of Joe Bouchard's bass ?
I found  this video. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYbQFzl790E&feature=BF&list=ULQZu77Pns4PE&index=6)
This Bass looks like Standard omega Series 1 bass.
But there is no logo on the crown head, isn't it ?
Contrasted topwood construction is just like BecVar.

(http://alembic.com/club/messages/449/101549.jpg)
 
 
Eiji

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Post by: to_81_0190 on April 09, 2011, 06:51:47 AM

I went to the concert when Blue Oyster Cult came to Japan in 1979. I remember that Joe Bouchard Played very exciting bass solo. His bass seemed to be Alembic standard LSB but I can't recall whether the bass was point or omega.
 
Toshiaki

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Post by: room037 on April 09, 2011, 08:14:00 AM

I also went to BOC in Japan !
I believed his bass was Alembic at that time.
But some BecVar's instruments are very close to Alembic.
He made the same under Alembic factory or his own name.
 
The bass has small omega cut. Please look 0:32 sec. on the video.
And at 1:22, It seems no logo on the head.
 
Eiji

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Post by: David Houck on April 09, 2011, 02:13:39 PM

Eiji; there's a shot of the bass in this thread (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=8219).

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Post by: room037 on April 09, 2011, 06:06:49 PM

Thanks Dave !
 
Unfortunately some links are lost.
Truss rod cavity looks smaller for single rod.
So I think the bass was made before early 77'.
This 77' maple inlay top bass was inspired Joe's bass, isn't it ?
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/101620.jpg)
 
Eiji

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Post by: David Houck on April 09, 2011, 08:06:32 PM

And Joe's bass looks like it has a channel bridge.