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Title: THE GODFATHER- back after a 33 yr nap
Post by: flaxattack on November 26, 2005, 06:22:52 AM

its about time!!!!1- as i said to ron, i think this is the best sounding bass ever made
thanks for everything you have given us ron!!!!!  you DA MAN!
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/22731.jpg)

Title: THE GODFATHER- back after a 33 yr nap
Post by: palembic on November 26, 2005, 10:33:47 AM

Excuse me my ignorance ...I guess this is Phil Lesh playing the number 1 again recently???
I thought that bass went to other hands???
 
Paul TBO

Title: THE GODFATHER- back after a 33 yr nap
Post by: David Houck on November 26, 2005, 10:37:59 AM

Paul; if I recall correctly, number 1 was Jack Cassidy's bass.  This is not number 1.

Title: THE GODFATHER- back after a 33 yr nap
Post by: palembic on November 26, 2005, 10:48:08 AM

Vhq??!?m?q;qjbxc ...DOH ! I always mix up those two!!!
Thanks moder Dave
 
PTBO

Title: THE GODFATHER- back after a 33 yr nap
Post by: bassman10096 on November 26, 2005, 06:35:12 PM

I always doubted Phil would ever put this one back on the road again.  He is not known for his loyalty to equipment (even stuff most of us would consider to be first cousin to the holy grail).  Here's a link to a discussion of the Godfather, the Osage and other related stuff:  http://p096.ezboard.com/fthedudepitfrm32.showMessageRange?topicID=420.topic&start=21&stop=40. Check out the pix and story about the pu's from Phil's Osage bass.  At least they are in pretty good hands now.  
 
I don't recall where I heard this, but some of you may know that the bass Phil played on Skullf**k and other albums was not the Godfather in either it's pre- or post-Alembicized.  It was a modded Gibby EBO with hotrodded bisonic pu's out of a Guild Starfire.  Here's a picture (check out the early Alembic bridge hardware):
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/22760.jpg)
 
The EBO was stolen at a gig and disappeared.  Following this, the Godfather was created, but the bass responsible for the classic sounds on Bertha, Playing in the Band and Not Fade Away/Goin Down the Road got lost.  I always assumed it was the Godfather on Skullf**k till I bought the CD in reissue and it included a picture of the EBO.  
 
To make a looooong story short (sorry), some friendly soul came across the EBO in a pawnshop some years after the theft, picked it up for nothing and offered it to Phil for the couple of hundred paid for it.  Phil is reputed to have turned it down.  Not interested.  Not sentimental about equipment.
 
Oh well.  Phil and Friends are playing Sunday night down the street from here.  Maybe I'll check it out...
 
(Message edited by bassman10096 on November 26, 2005)

Title: THE GODFATHER- back after a 33 yr nap
Post by: flaxattack on November 28, 2005, 06:11:12 PM

cited on the prowl in chicago for another caution jam

Title: THE GODFATHER- back after a 33 yr nap
Post by: flaxattack on November 28, 2005, 06:11:15 PM

 
 
(Message edited by flaxattack on November 28, 2005)

Title: THE GODFATHER- back after a 33 yr nap
Post by: bassman10096 on November 28, 2005, 08:30:59 PM

Sounds like a habit.  I wonder what's got him playing a short scale 4 string after all this time.

Title: THE GODFATHER- back after a 33 yr nap
Post by: flaxattack on November 29, 2005, 08:55:50 PM

he does drugs and forgot how good it sounded????

Title: THE GODFATHER- back after a 33 yr nap
Post by: kmh364 on November 30, 2005, 05:57:16 AM

He's using it for crazy feedback on the intro to Caution.. Since he doesn't seem to be nostalgic for his equipment, I guess the Modulus VI just doesn't feedback like the 'ole Godfodder.
 
FWIW, I'd like to see/hear the old, 100# 8-million channel-aphonic Alembic Osage Orange bass meself, LOL!

Title: THE GODFATHER- back after a 33 yr nap
Post by: David Houck on November 30, 2005, 06:09:53 AM

I would rather play it !

Title: THE GODFATHER- back after a 33 yr nap
Post by: kmh364 on November 30, 2005, 11:26:42 AM

I'd be too humbled to touch it...given it's owner, I couldn't do the thing justice.