Alembic Guitars Club

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Title: Deering Banjo, with Alembic pickups
Post by: edwardofhuncote on June 27, 2016, 05:50:48 PM

No freakin' way!   ;D

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=322168358887&alt=web

Title: Re: Deering Banjo, with Alembic pickups
Post by: David Houck on June 27, 2016, 07:47:50 PM

Cool!

The knobs and switch look right; hard to tell about the pickups though.  Guessing Volume, Filter, and Pickup Selector Switch.

I don't know anything about this kind of instrument, other than seeing Bela Fleck use his from time to time.

Title: Re: Deering Banjo, with Alembic pickups
Post by: elwoodblue on June 27, 2016, 08:24:32 PM

I've got a hunch Forest could help to explain this:
(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/nhQAAOSwUfNXSeFz/s-l1600.jpg)

Title: Re: Deering Banjo, with Alembic pickups
Post by: bigredbass on June 27, 2016, 09:20:27 PM

Oft-heard joke around here:

'Whaddya call 50 banjos at the bottom of Old Hickory Lake?  A good start !'

THIS needs to be taken out to the Marianas Trench.  He used it to 'experiment with funky sounds on the banjo' ?  I thought it was bad enough when EMG announced their bespoke banjo pickup (!!!!), but this . . . . . this . . . . . . this . . . . . . . (wherein our commenter began flailing himself and humbled himself with sack-cloth and ashes.  It's alright, the tremors will pass . . . . . . . )

Joey

Title: Re: Deering Banjo, with Alembic pickups
Post by: edwardofhuncote on June 28, 2016, 05:08:54 AM

Giggled myself to sleep thinking about this one... I believe this is one of your neighbors down there in th' 'Ville Joey!

Hey, if you're gonna' play an electric banjo, it might as well be an Alembicized one! ;D

Title: Re: Deering Banjo, with Alembic pickups
Post by: lbpesq on June 28, 2016, 07:03:26 AM

And another banjo joke:

Definition of perfect pitch - throwing an accordian into a dumpster where it lands on a banjo.

Bill, tgo

Title: Re: Deering Banjo, with Alembic pickups
Post by: Bradley Young on June 28, 2016, 09:58:47 AM

(I'm sure an Alembic pickup is actually the best, but...)

What kind of pickup is the best to put on a banjo?

An F-150.