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Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: jazzyvee on September 17, 2009, 02:47:15 AM

Title: Alembicholic anonymous group.
Post by: jazzyvee on September 17, 2009, 02:47:15 AM: I was showing a non musician friend of mine some of the postings from the site and she has described it as an Alembicholic Anonymous Group.

Made me laugh.
Maybe we should get Dr Drew here to set up a 12 step programme too.

Jazzyvee
Title: Alembicholic anonymous group.
Post by: dannobasso on September 17, 2009, 03:40:25 AM: Hi, My name is Danno and I'm an Alemboholic. I always say this will be my last one, then I talk to Mica and Susan and I order another bass. Each time I just get deeper and deeper into it. I mean, its not like I have a problems..... like those series 2 guys........I just like how they make me feel...........I'm not in denial or anything.............No I don;t own a jazz or p bass......... I can't talk about it right now........No I don't like coffee............Got any tea? ........Imported if you got it.......No, I'm not into styrofoam, no offense,,,,,,.I have my own custom of the month mug with me. Is that honey raw and free range? Thanks.
Title: Alembicholic anonymous group.
Post by: sonicus on September 17, 2009, 05:37:16 AM: And none of that hideous non dairy powdered coffee creamer either !
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Post by: adriaan on September 17, 2009, 05:53:27 AM: Dairy powdered coffee creamer isn't much better than non-dairy, if you ask me. Come to think of it, even dairy non-powdered coffee creamer will be bad if the coffee itself is anywhere near half decent.

Not wanting to spend loads of money on a full-blown espresso machine, I wound up buying the smallest Bialetti Moka Express (http://www.bialettishop.com/MokaExpressMain.htm target=_blank) stove-top espresso. Fill it up with enough Segafredo ground espresso. Add a lump of sugar, that's it. If you take two shots of the stuff, you won't sleep.

(Message edited by adriaan on September 17, 2009)
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Post by: sonicus on September 17, 2009, 06:04:28 AM: IF,____ I can't have any real milk, cream or half and half I will just not have any coffee either ! NEIN DANKE !!!!!
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Post by: adriaan on September 17, 2009, 06:14:37 AM: Ever had a proper coffee? Not the waste water they serve at Starbuck's. I once met a lady from Brazil who felt her national pride was offended by the American way of roasting coffee beans.

The German way of roasting is not much better if you ask me (nee, dankje).
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Post by: sonicus on September 17, 2009, 06:17:23 AM: That's a cool little moka express. I had one of those once. My ex girl friend in the 1980's took it with her .
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Post by: sonicus on September 17, 2009, 06:28:32 AM: I like the way it is done in Sweden!
Title: Alembicholic anonymous group.
Post by: pas on September 17, 2009, 07:00:36 AM: Rehab is for quitters!
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Post by: adriaan on September 17, 2009, 07:02:01 AM: I've been to Sweden, but can't say I've had the best of luck with the coffee there.

There was a restaurant in the Dutch town of Tilburg where they served Belgian coffee from a contraption that made you try figuring out how it worked, a great after-dinner conversation piece ...

Let's see ... Wikipedia has an entry on Vacuum coffee maker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_coffee_maker target=_blank). This mentions the balance siphon, and then Google finds me the Belgium Royal 4C Cafe GOLD Balance Syphon Coffee Maker (http://sorrentinacoffee.myshopify.com/products/belgium-royal-4c-cafe-gold-balance-syphon-coffee-maker target=_blank).

That's the one! And it made pretty good coffee too.

Here's a video on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2P7ZQkchEU&feature=related target=_blank).

(Message edited by adriaan on September 17, 2009)
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on September 17, 2009, 07:30:13 AM: Hey, Adriaan, I'm American, and my national pride is offended by the way Starbucks roasts their beans! How do they stay in business (not to mention take over the world) serving that swill? And at those prices?

Peter (who's old enough to remember laying a dime on the counter & getting a bottomless ceramic cup of good coffee)
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Post by: benson_murrensun on September 17, 2009, 09:22:48 AM: This calls to mind the pledge that the men make at (Red Green's) Possum Lodge:
I'm a man. And I can change. If I have to. I guess...
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Post by: afrobeat_fool on September 17, 2009, 10:08:48 AM: The best coffee I had was in Senegal. And did you know non dairy creamer is FLAMMABLE! cut a small corner or poke a tiny hole in the package and let it stream out over a flame. Whoosh!
When are the meetings? I just got Edwin and now I feel the need for a S2. What's wrong with me?
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Post by: FC Bass on September 17, 2009, 10:25:56 AM: I can't be an Alembicholic, I have a Fender.

Nothing wrong with me :-)

Edit:

Sorry,
I was a bit rude, I know there are some Alembicholics here...
My apologies, I hope ya'll be well soon ;-)

(Message edited by fc_spoiler on September 17, 2009)
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Post by: funkyjazzjunky on September 17, 2009, 12:32:57 PM: My boss would pay my dues to keep me away from the Alembic site every time I take a break at work.
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Post by: glocke on September 17, 2009, 01:02:03 PM: Whats wrong with starbucks coffee? Their coffee is one of the few I can drink without gagging...

The only other coffee Ive had that doesnt cause a gag reflex is coffee from a small roaster I used to frequent in my college days..
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on September 17, 2009, 07:57:07 PM: Whats wrong with starbucks coffee?

1) They roast the beans too fast - makes it way too bitter.
2) Cardboard cups.
3) Obscene prices.
4) Silly coffee beverages. Gimme a cup of coffe, dammit!

But #1 is the most egregious - it tastes like crap (yeah, yeah, OK, to my mouth - but mine is the only one that matters to me ).
If it makes you feel better, I don't like any of the other chain coffee places much better. You want coffee? Go to a diner or a truckstop. Or a Walker Brothers Original Pancake House. Or Jamaica (Blue Mountain - now that's what I'm talkin' about!)

Peter
Title: Alembicholic anonymous group.
Post by: David Houck on September 17, 2009, 08:29:49 PM: Ok Peter; there's something a little strange going on when someone equates Blue Mountain with truck stop coffee.
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Post by: sonicus on September 17, 2009, 10:13:35 PM: I proudly stand up and say I am an Alembicholic and I refuse to receive therapy to break me of the habit because I LIKE IT ! LOL !!!!!!!! It's just going to get WORSE !!!!!!!

(Are we having fun yet ? )
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on September 18, 2009, 07:14:09 AM: Not equating, Dave, just enumerating choices preferable to Starbucks. I never found a truck stop that that served Blue Mountain (curse it all), but I found very few that served bad coffee. I see it sort of like Blue Mountain is the Alembic of coffes, truckstops are the other high-end builders, & Starbucks is my old $75 (W/amp)Winston P-bass copy.
Though I must take a moment here to give props to a joint we used to call the fancy eatin' place. It's in Chicago, on Irving Park Road at Ashland Ave, and the sign just says diner. It's a 24-hr place that has these 2 big silver urns like the ones in Hopper's Nighthawks, and I don't think they've been turned off since about 1939. Yeah, it's an acquired taste - got kind of an edge to it - but man, 1 large to-go cup in the AM can keep you cranking from Chi to any town in the midwest & right on through the gig!

Peter

ps - and to unhighjack the thread, allow me to paraphrase Big Twist & the Mellow Fellows:
I know I'm an Alembiholic
Sometimes I regret it
Especially when the music store won't
Give me no credit

(Message edited by cozmik_cowboy on September 18, 2009)

(Message edited by cozmik_cowboy on September 18, 2009)
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Post by: terryc on September 18, 2009, 07:19:54 AM: Okay I am an Alembicholic but since I only own one I guess it's a one bass addiction unlike some of you who have many basses to choose from.
Coffee..Stabucks..overpriced and no taste, taking over the UK too.
I have roasted my own beans..do it very very slow over a few hours in a low heat oven..the aroma is divine.
Grind in a pestle & mortar if you feel strong and energetic and if you want a great taste use the purest bottled water and don't put the water on the grounds when it has boiled..let it cool just slightly and for the sweet tooths..unrefined cane sugar.
Takes some effort but it is worth it.
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Post by: sonicus on September 18, 2009, 07:50:40 AM: I tried to roast my own beans once. Yes the aroma is quite lingering!
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Post by: dlbydgtl on September 18, 2009, 08:40:54 AM: Hi, my name is John i am an Alembicholic. I spend countless hours printing out basses on the custom quote generator. I spend lots of time looking at featured customs over an over. I open the cases to say goodnight to my Alembic basses. I visit the Alembic site more than facebook. I need help. John. www.gobena.org (http://www.gobena.org) for coffee..actually a Starbucks venti iced regular coffee is good when playing in the summer as the ice melts it smoothes out the taste and still a good caffeine buzz.

[moderator edit: fixed link]

(Message edited by davehouck on September 18, 2009)

(Message edited by DLBYDGTL on September 18, 2009)
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Post by: dlbydgtl on September 18, 2009, 08:45:32 AM: Actually it is www.gobena.org (http://www.gobena.org). sorry.Dave can you edit above post.Thanks, john
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Post by: David Houck on September 18, 2009, 11:09:23 AM: John; for a limited period of time, I think it's 48 hours, posts can be edited by their authors by clicking on the little pad and pencil icon in the top right corner of the post.
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Post by: slawie on September 18, 2009, 03:05:33 PM: Kopi Luwak from Indonesia is the most expensive coffee in the world.
It is made from coffee beans eaten, partly digested and then excreted
by the common palm civet, a weasel-like animal.

I'll just drink my Nescafe' Espresso and play my bass.

slawie
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Post by: toma_hawk01 on September 18, 2009, 05:36:25 PM: A burger, with a Styrofoam cup of coffee, on a raining day, will help you find the meaning of life, like nothing else can.

It was the day I joined the club. I took one hit, and got hooked, and for the first time I launch my dream shape bass, from what? -- Styrofoam.

(Message edited by toma_hawk01 on September 19, 2009)
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Post by: jerryme on September 19, 2009, 05:51:01 AM: I don't own an Alembic yet, though I am truly an addict. When the kit guitar disapeared from the Alembic store I almost cried. I hope they will make another one. Obsessions of this kind seem to be the only ones that are healthy!
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Post by: dannobasso on September 19, 2009, 07:48:08 AM: I try to quit I really do. This past year I sold 5 of my non custom models, but then I ordered a new one, the most custom for me to date. That will bring me up to an even dozen. If I hit the big time, the series 2 6 will be ordered! I shudder to think about that phone call to Santa Rosa!
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Post by: basicvoo on September 19, 2009, 08:18:59 AM: I tryed roasting a bass once, but my name inn't Hendrix, so nobody really cared. Some girls think that me being a bass player is really cool. When I tell them I sleep with my bass, they think I'm a very funny guy. When they find out I'm not kidding they say that I'm crazy but I'm not.
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Post by: bigredbass on September 19, 2009, 09:40:28 PM: I guess I qualify now: I sold my previously-beloved-by-me Yamaha neck-thrus a few weeks ago as it dawned on me that while they were just fine 'off the rack' basses, no matter what I did, they still were just lame alongside my Alembics.
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Post by: gtrguy on September 21, 2009, 11:59:38 PM: A dozen? Well, time for the twelve step program, my friend! Unload one bass a year for 12 years. That's what I am doing with cars and I am down to ten after two years at it!

You see, there is help!

Dave
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Post by: kungfusheriff on September 23, 2009, 01:27:59 PM: Three Series 2 basses. Chock Full O' Nuts coffee, or maybe Dunkin' Donuts if I'm feeling flush.

danno -- contact me if you guys make it up near Albany, NY and I'll let you play the 6.
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Post by: dannobasso on September 24, 2009, 09:11:13 AM: THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR ME! I was chatting with the mothership yesterday and brought up that each time the specs and prices on my ideas just keep rising (my fault not Alembics) but they always accommodate my wishes. I have to stay away from S2 basses at all cost. Otherwise the cost will be more than I should responsibly endure. Because by next month I will be Dave Ramsey out of debt, (until Mica sends me the bill for the ten'er).