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Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: flaxattack on December 12, 2005, 04:18:49 PM
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I've been an alembician for about 1 1/2 years now...
I've had the good fortune of not only having a custom made for me, but also being chosen as a cotm and now a member of a very select group.
It's hard to describe the feelings when you look in the archive and see YOUR bass
I've made so many friends in this site. Bill, kevin,pace,ctjim,jacko,and of course val,mica and susan just to name a few...and if i left out your name,i sorry
It really does feel like family
Good fortune has shined on me this year. maybe it makes up for the long,winding and sometimes difficult road this life has had me on....and the roads i chose to travel
I WANT TO WISH YOU AND ALL YOUR LOVED ONES A HAPPY,HEALTHY HOLIDAY SEASON...
dreams do come true...please don't never give up....
When there was no strings to play, you played to me.
regards
jeff
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Bent my ear to hear the tune,
and closed my eyes to see.
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Merry Christmahannukwanzukah!
I was going to try the twelve days of Alembic Christmas, but I didn't get much past:
12 calls to Valentino
Ha!
Thanks to the elves:
Valentino for putting up with my phone calls,
Susan for getting those inlays just right
Mica for not getting mad at the spelling nazi.
All the elves in the shop for making the best instruments around.
Brad
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All the best to you too Jeff, have a good holiday. My holiday season starts on the 24th and ends on the 28th - not much rest for the wicked I'm afraid;-(
Graeme
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Happy Merry to you all!
Thanks for the kudo's, Flax.
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Thanks Jeff, also for opening this round of good wishes. May y'all enjoy a great holiday season with your loved ones. Hopefully next year will bring love, happiness, great music and beautiful 'tools' to create that music. I personally have decided to focus on progression, creativity and enjoying music instead of hunting for new gear, but one could never know what next year will bring...
Take care,
Wilfred
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And in the immortal words of Brother Malthumb....
Peace
Happy Holidays to all; be good, be safe, behave.
Chris
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Behave? Not me.
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High times to all!
Mark
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Big smiles for everyone, on the house!
John
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And a Happy New Year to all! May 2006 bring good tax refunds and bonuses that we can spend on Furthers and tickets to Ratdog, Phil, and DSO.
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Merry Chrismukah to all !
And a festive New Year !
Gary
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Sorry for the delay...our Legal Department just approved the following Holiday Greeting:
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non- addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious! secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all . . . and a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2006, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great, (not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country or is the only ?AMERICA? in the western hemisphere), and without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith, or choice of computer platform of the wishee.
By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms: This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transfer able with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or others, and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year, or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.
David T (TLO)
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They're not aware that the winter solstice bit prejudices people from the tropics who by sheer bad luck have no such thing? Someone's heart must bleed - or their wallet.
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(Message edited by keavin on December 19, 2005)
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Dont throw away your trees guys,....make A new Alembic with it!!!
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Only save the spruces. The others aren't great tone wood and all that sap will never dry enough to glue anything to them.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings to all!
Bill
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No mention of Festivius ?
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I'll get the aluminum pole
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Festivus for the rest of us! Bring on the aluminum pole! Air those grievances! Get ready for the feats of strength! Tomorrow, December 23rd is Festivus. So put on your puffy shirt and go out and make a contibution to the Human Fund. Mr. Costanza would be proud! (nyuk nyuk).
Bill, tgo
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For those of you who have absolutely nothing better to do:
Festivus website (http://www.festivusbook.com/)
Wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus)
And you can buy your Festivus Pole here (http://www.wagnercompanies.com/festivus_poles.aspx)
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Thanks Dave. I was wondering where I could find a pole since they are not likely to show up on your local Christmas tree lot and Home Depot doesn't carry the stand. :-)
Keith
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I guess I'm just a cultural moron. What's the pole for? The bar next door to my shop has a couple of stainless steel poles but I doubt it's for the same purpose.
Sam
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Aluminium or stainless steel - who cares, it's just another May Pole in the dead of winter. Why the ladies take off most, if not all of their clothes when dancing around the stainless steel one, is beyond me.
Which brings me to another unrelated point: who do we contact to suggest using May Pole as an alternative to the may pulling we've been getting when translating Japanese websites devoted to Alembic?
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Sam:
The Festivus aluminum pole is a symbolic protest against the commercialism of xmas as represented by the tree festooned with ornaments. The bar stainless steel pole, on the other hand, may be seen as a symbolic celebration of primal urge as represented by the g-string festooned with paper currency!
Adriaan:
Have you been hanging out with Aileen Bic lately?
Bill, tgo
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OK. OK. And a freakin', fabulous Festivus, too...
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Dave
Thanks for those links..had to grab the inhaler I was laughin so hard..
G
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I wanted to send out some sort of holiday greeting to my fellow musicians here on the Alembic site, but it is
so difficult in today's world to know exactly what to say without offending
someone. So I met with my solicitor today, and on his advice (and after ?299
in solicitor's fees) I wish to say the following:
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for
an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress,
non-addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday,
practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion
of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the
religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice
not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.
I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and
medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted
calendar year 2006, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice
of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make Britain
great(not to imply that Britain is necessarily greater than any other country or
is the only Britain in the western hemisphere), and without regard to the
race, creed, colour, age, physical ability, religious faith (or lack of
one), or sexual preference of the wishee.
By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms:
1.This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal.
2.It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no
promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or others, and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher.
3. This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year, or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.
Disclaimer:
No trees were harmed in the sending of this message, however, a significant
number of electrons were inconvenienced.
Oh stuff it...here it goes
HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!
and Have a great time in 2006.
Jazzyvee
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Seasons' greetings to one and all. No matter what colour, race, or religion. Hope you all have a happy festive season and a very prosperous new year!
Michael.
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On this Christmas Eve eve let me add my sincerest wishes for peace and prosperity to each of you. As Michael so aptly said, all of the extraneous elements aside, we're all the same and in the long run related.
Sam
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On the sincerest note: We have shown over time to be a good group of people. The best to us all for what has been and what might be.
Bill
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Amen to that,Sam and Bill,
I'd been checking out the Alembic Club for over a year before registering and I loved the bizarre and often hilarious left turns a particular thread could take.The page with the cat pics is a classic example.
Less than 1 month on from registering and my suggestion about cleaning strings in a dishwasher has been seized upon and has triggered opinions on,of all things,methods of cooking a Salmon!.Fantastic!.I feel truly accepted!.
I'd like to wish all of you,and your loved ones,a very Happy Christmas,and good luck and good health in the year to come.
2005 has been a year I'll never forget.Sadly not for the right reasons and I'll be glad of a new year.Being part of this forum has helped lift my spirits more than I could explain and for that I'm grateful to you all.
God Bless,
Take Care,
Keep Playing,
Miss you,Ma!.
Thanks Guys,
Simon.
(Message edited by bassfingers on December 23, 2005)
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I am the luckiest of men to be blessed with the family and family of friends (including all of YOU) that I have 'round me.
My Very Best to You and Yours for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
J o e y
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Joey:
Did Santa leave you that KLR under the yuletide tree?
Happy Merry,
Kevin
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Everyone have a great Christmas and New year, I will be out of here till 01/03/06
David T (TLO)
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This one's for Joey...
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Happy Holidays to one and all...
John
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Dear All,
happy holidays to you all and your families.
You know that I can?t do this without reminding you to John.
All the best to you all
Oliver (Spyderman)
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To All my Alembican brothers and sisters and their families I wish you all happy holidays........
peace, love and music
Bruce
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I'll mirror what Simon and Joey said. This is a great club to be in, lots of humor, great knowledge and insight about basses and gear, and a truly respectful family of great people.
I would like to acknowledge this year's addition of Dave Houck as a moderator. Dave, you've always added a lot to the topics posted here. The additional things you've done for the club this year are greatly appreciated. You have done a lot to organize the club threads so that it is easier to find the topics that interest us. That way we can more quickly get back to making music with our Alembics.
Happy Holidays to you all.
Rich
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Thanks!
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Well all, i've procrastinated about as long as one can. And in so doing, can only reitterate what has already been said, so... SEASONS GREETINGS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, AND HEALTHY, PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!
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An orchestra pit of good wishes for all of you this season and every season.
Happy Holidays
Mike
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No, my holidays were a bit different this year, but I'm hoping a KLR will fit in my Easter Basket!
Incidentally, I saw a 'drag' race between a KLR and a GS BMW on a dirt road, and there really is no substitute for cubic inches: The big BMW got sideways real quick and threw the guy over the tank, squashing one of his aluminum panniers when it went over on that side. The KLR guy turned around and came back and it was all the two of them could do to stand The Bismarck back up on two wheels !
J o e y
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Joy and Peace to all.
Tom
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I would also like to wish a great holiday season to you all.
Thanks for sticking with us and for making this a really cool club.
I'd like to add my deep thanks to Dave, who' s not just a great moderator, but the BEST moderator around, on this site or any other I've been to.
And to all of you who tried to drive me crazy this year...nice try, but I was already there.
Cheers
Valentino
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we knew that val.... ho ho ho...
and to all,,,,,,,,
LET THERE BE SONGS TO FILL THE AIR....
there are no wrong notes, just the right notes at the wrong time
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holiday cheer to our Alembic family!!
what would life be like without our beloved Alembics? I don't want to know!
thanks to everyone who makes this all possible..it has enriched my life beyond words.
peace
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Best wishes and a Happy Holiday to all!!!
I second Val's praise for our moderator Dave. I find his ability to locate all the requested information amazing. Thanks again Dave for all your help!
I also want to thank Val for all his help on my new bass. It arrived last night and it is truly amazing! Val did more than just give me his opinion, he helped me get all the final details correct. He's a true gentleman.
Best Wishes,
Pete
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all in the Alembic family! I hope everyone has the chance to enjoy family friends and may Santa stick a new Alembic under your tree or an old Alembic for that matter!
Peace and Love
Rory
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Ditto all of the above. Hope everyone has a nice holiday and that all things go well in the new year.
Keith
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Dear Alembicians,
being member of this incredibly great community for nine months now, I have been given so much support, understanding, awareness and help from all of you on my tiny little problems, questions, and reports. I hope I already rewarded that a little bit and I will continue to. Thank you so much.
Merry Christmas everybody and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year 2006. Many greetings also from Peggy :-)
Christian (the faker)
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It's funny, Rory mentioned getting an OLD Alembic under the tree. What else in the world is there (that can still be had new) that is absolutely perfectly acceptable and desireable to acquire used? Even beat-up? Missing parts? ..An Alembic of course!
And as for Mod Dave, you really are the best mod I've seen on the net. You also seem to have the right answers to pretty much everything, which I find way cool.
And as for Val, Mica, Susan, Ron, and really everybody who posts here, you folks enrich my life and remind me why it's worth the hassle to play music and live right. I am proud to be one of you!
Happy Festivus! And now for the Airing of the Grievances...
John
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Last of the gifts are finally under the tree and it's time for bed. So merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!
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To all who have shared kind words and showed support over the years, I thank you for your passion and dedication to this company. It is like a large slighty askew family. (not unlike the one in Meaning of Life where children have to be sold off for medical experiments)
To those who have been kind and supportive to me personally, I thank you most sincerely.
To those of you who have purchased my album Down Below, thanks for helping me in my dreams becoming reality. The DOOMTREE boyz are crafting a second album and there will be some guest producers with very impressive resumes.
Here is to our collective health, wealth, joy, success, and realization of dreams in the coming year. Now to get me an Alembic geetar!
Danno
www.doomtree.com (http://www.doomtree.com)
www.myspace.com/dannobasso
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even this thread gets commercialized....
what is the world coming too...
oye......
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Oye indeed! The other night my wife and I went to get the final presents for our (almost) 11 year old. (A jewboy like me xmas shopping? It's what happens when the perfect woman - a.k.a. the wife - happens to be Italian) As we approached the toy store, I noticed that not all the lights in the sign were working. As we parked at oys are us, I turned to Tina and told her this must be where we buy the Channukah presents!
Ditto to all the sentiments expressed above. I love this club and all of its denizens. Much appreciation to all those who keep things up and running smoothly, not only the elves in Santa Rosa, but honorary Alembic guy Dave the Moder too. A very healthy and happy holiday and new year to all.
Bill, tgo