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Alembic products => Showcase => Artists and Their Alembics => Topic started by: jazzyvee on September 11, 2024, 12:36:41 AM
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This bassie is pictured with a series alembic on FB.
Not a musician or band i've ever heard of but it seems the band has been going for a long time. He has a large collection of basses and a few alembics it seems, even one he calls the Buthole Surfer's bass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7M0QPmj43U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7M0QPmj43U)
Seems they have a reggae vibe on their music... Neat.
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I was never a fan of the band but was vaguely aware of them and their story - apparently their 3rd album was very popular but the singer had died from a heroin overdose a couple of months before it came out. But they kept playing in various formations (including "Sublime with Rome" with a different singer), and are still playing. Definite reggae aspect!
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I don't know much of their history, but they had a few hits here in the states. I played their song Santeria probably a couple hundred times in a cover band. Really nice groove and fun to play.
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Looks like this could be the headstock of the Series I Europa 8? : http://www3.alembic.com/img/features/peg_knob8bevelL.jpg (http://www3.alembic.com/img/features/peg_knob8bevelL.jpg)
In the end of the vid you can see an Exploiter (maybe Spyder?) 8)
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My son covered a few of their songs during his high school days. There were some very engaging bass lines.
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...and looks like the body of the Europa 8 is also on the Alembic site :D http://www3.alembic.com/img/DET_SIB_sunriseL.jpg
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Well that one could put a huge deficit in my bass budget. But I think that would make me a collector as I have no musical outlet for it. :-)