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Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: alembic76407 on July 02, 2007, 01:56:46 PM: Who in this club has owned their Alembic for longer than 31 years, I got mine
7-2-76

David T
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: wayne on July 02, 2007, 08:41:16 PM: Happy Birthday!!!!

:-D

C-Ya.....wayne
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: rraymond on July 02, 2007, 08:56:04 PM: Absolutely, Happy Birthday, Anniversary or whatever is appropriate!

FWIW, I've only been an Alembic owner since June of 1998, but I do still have the Rickenbacker 4001 I bought brand spanking new on March 23, 1974. I've been in band situations with guys younger than my bass! LOL!

Congrats again on the bass!
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: mikedm on July 03, 2007, 06:04:56 AM: Of course David, you couldn't have been more than four or five years of age? ;)
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: alembic_doctor on July 03, 2007, 09:27:31 AM: I think my dad got his around the same time. I was 3 or 4 when he got it. BTW. Today is his birthday. Happy Birthday Dad.
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: alembic76407 on July 03, 2007, 09:46:15 AM: happy birthday to your Dad, Doc.
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: mele_aloha on July 03, 2007, 09:57:22 AM: That is a bicentennial Alembic. That was the bicentinnial year of our great nation. I found six gold coins in an old house that I was living in on New Years morning of that year. I was sound proofing the old garage so we could have our band practice there and as I was stuffing insulation in between the studs behind the old toilet, there was a old limberger cheese jar and inside of it was a little jewelers box with sealing wax around it that was kind of worn away. I brushed the albino spiders off the jar and opened it up low and behold in the box were two 20 dollar gold pieces, 2 ten dollar gold pieces, a 5 dollar gold buffalo head and a ten Russian rupel gold piece. I have them right here and looking at them now as I took them out of storage in consideration of maybe having Alembics jeweler carve one piece into the Alembic logo and inlaying it in the headstock of my Mele_Aloha Series II on order right now.

Sorry I got a little off track but I wanted to share that with you since I had found those coins on the bicentennial year. My band members were all blown away to say the least as they had all been helping me the day before to sound proof the room.

I hope your Alembic has been as lucky a find for you that year as the year was for me.

Anyway, congradulations/happy b-day.

Paul

(Message edited by mele_aloha on July 03, 2007)
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: olieoliver on July 03, 2007, 09:58:01 AM: WOW David! You got your first Alembic at age 4? LOL

I saw my first Alembic in 1977 but it took almost 30 years to actually get my first Alembic.

I do still have my 76 Jazz and 78 Musicman, both of which I bought new in October of their respective years.
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: alembic76407 on July 03, 2007, 10:22:42 AM: Well Olie, you sure have made up for lost time

and to set the record stright, I was 20 years old when I got My Series 1, I drove a $200 Karman Ghia and had a $2000 Bass, what was I thinking?

David T
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: alembic_doctor on July 03, 2007, 10:29:26 AM: Sounds like you had your priorities straight to me.
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: alembic76407 on July 03, 2007, 01:17:37 PM: Here's an idea just for fun

after 15 years of Alembic Ownership you should be known as (your name Esquier)
after 30 years, Knighthood

please run this by Queen Mother Susan

I should be
Sir David T

along with other deserving Alembic owners
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: olieoliver on July 03, 2007, 01:23:51 PM: I guess I'm still in the peasant mode!
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: alembic76407 on July 03, 2007, 01:42:28 PM: Olie, not all of us can be Knight of the Alembic Table LOL

maybe after 2 or 3 custom orders exceptions could be made

Sir David T
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: olieoliver on July 03, 2007, 01:47:16 PM: When I order custom number 3 you've given me and idea of what to name it, Exaliber.

Spare 2 pence for the poor Sire? LOL
Olie
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: olieoliver on July 03, 2007, 01:52:15 PM: OOPS, make that Excaliber.

A lowly peasant whom can not sppell.
Olie
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: alembic76407 on July 03, 2007, 02:00:21 PM: Olie, how about this for inlay

pulling an Alembic out of a boulder
or standing on the boulder holding an Alembic by the neck in victory

David T
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: olieoliver on July 03, 2007, 02:10:12 PM: A Crown head stock goes without saying.
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: kmh364 on July 03, 2007, 05:31:57 PM: Wow! 31 yrs. ago I doubt I could have afforded an Alembic shirt (Tee or otherwise, LOL!), nevermind a new Alembic.
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: lembic76450 on July 03, 2007, 06:22:23 PM: David,
Break everyone's heart and tell them what you
paid in '76.

BTW, I've had my '76 since '78, 29 years and
counting.

Kenn
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: worldfamousandy on July 04, 2007, 09:44:51 AM: I got my '76 when I was 19, which was 1988. I guess that means I have had it 19 years. Time flies...

Andy Calder
www.andycalderbass.com (http://www.andycalderbass.com)
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: howierd on July 04, 2007, 12:02:10 PM: I got my 77 Series I in feb 1978 for $900.00

Howierd
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: dannobasso on July 04, 2007, 08:20:22 PM: Got my 83 in 83 at age 20. I'll be receiving my 16th in 2007. I think that just makes me a whouuuuuurgh. (pronounce with thick Scottish accent) Either that or a glooouuuton for financial endentured servitude.
Happy Alembic years to you all.
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: keavin on July 06, 2007, 10:43:52 AM: 28 years & counting!(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/41813.jpg)
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: alembic76407 on July 10, 2007, 06:19:12 AM: Kenn, I paid $1817.00 new for this bass, and in 76 you could buy a Fender of a Rick in the $400 range

Kevin, their's a piece of 76-407 living in Old#12
and that makes me smile

peace brother

Sir David T
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: keavin on July 10, 2007, 07:30:42 AM: Hey Dave i thank you again Bro,this alembic stuff aint cheap by no means & living in these chicago suburbs im far away from everything city-wise.......& i don't think it would'of been possible to buy another power cable with these food stamps either!..LOL!!

(Message edited by keavin on July 10, 2007)
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: terryc on July 11, 2007, 03:20:09 AM: Well I am a youngster as I will have owned my Alembic 10 years come Jan 2008 although it was made in 1993.
It doesn't seem that long at all..where do the years go
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: mele_aloha on July 11, 2007, 12:59:13 PM: Here's my Excel which is almost 10!(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/41934.jpg)
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: alembic76407 on July 11, 2007, 01:49:06 PM: Paul, Ten years in paradise is like a life time for most people
I would to own an Excel, thats a sweet bass

Sir David T
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: fish on July 12, 2007, 01:16:46 PM: I am still a newbie here, however this one has been with me for 23 years.

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/41944.jpg)
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: fish on July 12, 2007, 01:20:20 PM: BTW, I paid $850.00 for it new. It took me another 6 months to afford the extra $100 for the case.
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: inthelows on July 13, 2007, 03:59:46 PM: Love the grain on that top Fish! Nicely aged too!
Sir Knights, squires, peasants and even chamber-pot holders, anyone who has chosen the Alembic Banner on which to terry-forth..ooh-raah!
NLP
Title: 31 Years and counting
Post by: jet_powers on July 15, 2007, 09:21:50 AM: I paid roughly $1000 for my Exploiter in 1999 and another $250 for the case. Plus mine isn't as pretty as this one....

JP