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Alembic products => Alembic Basses & Guitars => Topic started by: jsaylor on March 04, 2007, 12:51:38 PM

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: jsaylor on March 04, 2007, 12:51:38 PM

What do all you guys in here play? Post up guitar or bass, and how many strings. Just curious to what most people here play.

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: lbpesq on March 04, 2007, 01:28:29 PM

Guitar.  6 & 12
 
Bill, tgo

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: kimberly on March 04, 2007, 01:49:37 PM

Bass - Five string B-G tuning for now.  E-C tuning soon.
 
Kimberly  

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: keith_h on March 04, 2007, 02:11:02 PM

Bass - 4 string fretted, 5 string fretted and 4 string fretless.  
 
I also occasionally make noise on guitar. All 6 string.  
 
Keith

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: lowlife on March 04, 2007, 02:24:33 PM

Bass - Five sting B-G tuning on all of them.
 
Ellery (Lowlife)

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: FC Bass on March 04, 2007, 02:38:10 PM

Bass - 4 string tuned ADGC and EADG/DADG
 
Guitar - Standard tuning and drop D tuning

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: valvil on March 04, 2007, 03:02:27 PM

Guitar 6 string standard tuning.
 
Fretted & fretless Bass 4 string EADG,   5 string fretted, tuned DGCFA (should have that one soon)
 
Valentino

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: rami on March 04, 2007, 03:32:20 PM

Bass 4, 5 & 6 strings, fretted and fretless.  All standard tunings.  
 
Rami

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Post by: fish on March 04, 2007, 03:45:31 PM

I am boring... E A D G fretted Bass.

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: hifiguy on March 04, 2007, 04:41:14 PM

Bass - 4 string fretted EADG and working on fretless.

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: olieoliver on March 04, 2007, 04:59:27 PM

4,5,6 & 8 string Bass fretted
4 string fretless Bass
Upright Bass 4 string
Guitar 6 string
Drums

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: chuck on March 04, 2007, 05:37:35 PM

Bass,4 string.
Guitar,6&12 string.
Bagpipes,[still learning].

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: bracheen on March 04, 2007, 05:38:44 PM

4 string bass standard tuning
6 string guitar, electric, acoustic, classical, standard tuning (play at more than play)
Recorder, soprano & alto
attempts at keyboard.
I would love to play drums but can't get all four appendages doing different things at the same time.
 
What about you, Jordan?
 
(Message edited by bracheen on March 04, 2007)

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: Bradley Young on March 04, 2007, 05:42:07 PM

BEAD 4 string fretless.
 
6-string fretted, standard tuning on order.

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: dannobasso on March 04, 2007, 07:00:25 PM

4,5,6,7 fretted and fretless, std tuning beadgc, beadgcf,
beadg down 1/2 step , 6,7 guitars std and down 1/2 step and drop a on one 7 guitar. Hamer 12 bass coming this week.

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: 57basstra on March 04, 2007, 07:25:59 PM

4,5,6,8, string bass & fretless 4
Doghouse bass & electric upright
 
6,7,12 string guitar
Resonator guitar
 
Bass trombone
 
Some drums
a little fiddle
 
vocals & backing vocals

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: bassjigga on March 04, 2007, 08:08:17 PM

4 and 5 string fretted and fretless basses for me. My 5s are tuned EADGC.

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: hieronymous on March 04, 2007, 08:17:11 PM

4, 6 (Bass VI style) and 8 (paired octave style) string basses
some regular guitar, less mandolin, working on my keyboard skills after 20 years away from the instrument, and even less drums

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: bigredbass on March 04, 2007, 09:20:32 PM

Five-string electric/fretted exclusively (I'm not smart enough to go from 4's to 5's, etc.!)
 
And piano, occasionally, NOT synth.
 
J o e y

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: keurosix on March 04, 2007, 09:25:24 PM

Basses:
4 String std tuning
5 String fretted and fretless BEADG std tuning
6 string fretted and fretless BEADGC std tuning
Piano & Synth
Lead and backing vocals
Kris

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: 88persuader on March 04, 2007, 10:24:34 PM

Basses
4 String Fretted Stanley Clark Alembic
5 string fretted Yamaha bass (Cheap but good Bar room bass)
5 string fretless Modulus Quamtum ... (not Alembic but still totally awesome)
Fender 4 string acoustic bass guitar
Custom doubleneck 4 string Precision bass/6 string tele lead guitar - Not Fender, a one of a kind custom modeled after Fenders
6 String Fender acoustic and 6 string Line 6 Variax modeling acoustic  
Piano (Baby grand ... I'm spoiled!:-)
Yamaha synth - S80
A few synth modules (Roland & Korg)
Fatar 88 note keyboard controler
Use to play Chapman Stick, don't currently ... have decided to get another one some day.
Pearl Session series Drum kit
Roland TD-10 V Drum kit
Korg digital 16 track home recording equipment
two sound systems, Gigrack/yamaha rehearsal ststem and a full Mackie system with subs for gigs.  
 
Hey you asked! :-)

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: 88persuader on March 04, 2007, 11:00:44 PM

Oops ... forgot to mentions amps and effects! Line 6 bass pod effects, Vox and Line 6 guitar amps (built in effects) , 2 Ampeg bass amps, one Roland keyboard amp.

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: tbrannon on March 04, 2007, 11:16:15 PM

5 string fretted- BEADG

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: jacko on March 05, 2007, 04:23:26 AM

Bass. 5 Strings, fretted and fretless.
 
graeme

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Post by: 0vid on March 05, 2007, 04:57:22 AM

Bass - 4 string fretted, fretless. 7 string tuned BEADGBE
Guitar -various 6 string electric or nylon string classical, dislike steel string acoustics, also 12 string rickenbacker
Drums - vintage Rogers in classic swing set up or self made electronic stocking kit, with triggered cymbals
keyboard - midi controller through akai piano module+ other midi modules

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: adriaan on March 05, 2007, 06:03:02 AM

Bass - 4 string fretted, 4 string defretted
Piano - 85 upright (real ivory!)
EUB - 4 string (soon)

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: worldfamousandy on March 05, 2007, 06:26:11 AM

4-string fretted, 4-string EUB, 4-string upright.
 
Andy Calder
www.andycalderbass.com (http://www.andycalderbass.com)

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: kmh364 on March 05, 2007, 06:51:56 AM

sorry, repeat message
 
(Message edited by kmh364 on March 05, 2007)

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: kmh364 on March 05, 2007, 06:57:39 AM

Guitars - 6 & 12str. acoustic and electric (steel string):
 
 
Fender Stratocasters (two, both early 80's Smith last of the CBS rosewood FB Strats, tremolo/vibrato, white pickguard/pu's one custom pewter color '82 and one '84 1962 VRI triple sunburst lacquer);
 
Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Elegant AAA flame top ('02, chevron flame maple top, figured mahogany body, butterscotch lacquer top/red translucent lacquer neck/back/sides, sound chambers, abalone trap. inlays, no pickguard/pickguard holes);
 
Jackson/Charvel Model 4 (two, ca. late '80's, 25-1/2 scale, one pearl white, one electric blue, w/Jackson/Floyd's, sharktooth inlays and active S/S/H p/u's);
 
Heritage Golden Eagle archtop ('02, 25-1/2 scale, 17 x 4 L-5-style body, natural lacquer, upgraded solid spruce top, upgraded curly maple back/sides, upgrade quilt maple floating pickguard, hand carved, ebony FB/floating bridge, custom-wound Lindy Fralin floating jazz single-coil p/u, custom electronics, all gold-plated hardware, MOP TRC/cloud FB inlays/bridge inlays, custom THG knobs);
 
Guild D-212 Black 12 str. acoustic ('81 Westerly RI, spruce top, rosewood FB/bridge, black lacquer);
 
Guild D-15M 6-string acoustic(ca. late '80's, Westerly RI, spruce top, rosewood FB/bridge, mahogany back/sides, satin finish);
 
 
Basses - 4str. fretted:  
 
 
Alembic Series One std. point ('04, 4-str., 34 scale, 5A Quilt top/back (non-BMTC), mahogany body, natural gloss/satin neck finish, PH neck stringers, chrome hardware/strap locks, custom THG knobs);
 
Alembic Custom Orion ('04 Ke(vi)n's Custom Orion, 4-str., 34'scale, 5A quilt top, figured ash body, natural gloss finish/satin neck, custom string spacing, golden agoya shell oval inlays, EMW electronics w/J activators, PH neck pinstripes, brass TR/backplates, amber neck LED's, all goldplated hardware (inc. plates), gold-plated sterling silver Alembic surface-mount logo w/shell, gold straplocks, custom THG knobs, side-mount jack);
 
Alembic Custom Orion ('05 Troy's Custom Orion, 4-str., 34 scale, 5A quilt top, figured ash body, nearest neighbour CW ash backplates, abalone oval inlays, natural gloss finish/satin neck, EMW electronics w/J activators side-mount jack, gold straplocks).
 
AND I'm always looking for more! LOL!

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: tom_z on March 05, 2007, 08:16:00 AM

guitar - 6

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: harald_rost on March 05, 2007, 08:22:05 AM

4 string basses (Fender Precision 1966, Framus Caravelle 1969, Alembic Series 1 1976, Warwick Thumb 1987, Warwick Thumb Jack Bruce sign. 1990) and Chapman-Stick

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: jazzyvee on March 05, 2007, 10:17:56 AM

6 string guitar
6 string fretless guitar
4 string fretted bass
5 string fretted bass
 
occasionally 5 string guitar or 3 string bass when I break a string.  
:-)
Jazzyvee

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: 811952 on March 05, 2007, 10:55:40 AM

4 string fretted
5 string fretted
12 string (4 course) fretted
4 string upright
midi bass pedals

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: bumhucker on March 05, 2007, 11:10:00 AM

upright bass
various 4 string electric basses (my alembic is my fave of course)
electric guitar
resonator guitar

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: kenbass4 on March 05, 2007, 11:11:16 AM

Bass: 4-string fretted
Guitar - Acoustic & Electric 6-string
Keyboards - 88, 61 and 49 keys, and 17-key footcontroller with various modules.

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: essenceman on March 05, 2007, 11:49:39 AM

Bass:   5 string fretted B-G
        4 string fretted E-G
 
Guitar: Acoustic 12

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: georgie_boy on March 05, 2007, 12:17:37 PM

Bass
4 string series 1    1976
Cort Curbow bass-also 4 string
Both superb instruments. As I've said before on the club, buck for buck-the Cort Curbow takes some beating--even in a crunch / rock situation

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: jseitang on March 05, 2007, 03:12:58 PM

i play a rickenbacker 3000 and in the studio, i use a custom series II the bass of doom
 as far as amps are concerned, right i use matamp.

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: the_8_string_king on March 05, 2007, 04:22:50 PM

8-String Alembic bass (BEADGCFBb);
 
Soprano & Alto Flutes;
 
Classical & Electric Guitars;
 
Keyboards (a little dabbling);
 
5-String Electric Mandolin/Violatar (CGDAE);
 
Soprano, Alto & Tenor Saxophones.
 
A replacement for my original 6-string Alembic is in production (BEADGC).  See FTC, Mark's Custom 6-String Bass.

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: hankster on March 05, 2007, 04:26:37 PM

Basses:  Acoustic upright, NS CR4 Electric upright, Alembic and Music Man 40 string bass guitars;
 
acoustic and electric guitars (Martin, Beneteau, and Tele);
 
5-string banjo
mandolin
Piano

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: hankster on March 05, 2007, 04:27:37 PM

Oops.  Make that 4 string rather than 40 string.

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: u14steelgtr on March 05, 2007, 05:43:44 PM

Jordan (jsaylor) wrote: quote:What do all you guys in here play? Post up guitar or bass, and how many strings. Just curious to what most people here play.
 
When I read this question I was puzzled because it seemed akin to asking a group of artists what brands of tools they used without asking them what mediums they worked with. Some of us play jazz, some play blues, some play Americana, and some play other styles of music.  
Some people play both kinds of music: Country and Western.   8^P
 
So tell me/us Jordan; why did you ask this question and what are you trying to determine?  
 
For me the answers to your question are.
* Guitars (fretted): 6-string electrics and acoustics.
* PSG's (electric): 14-string w/ 8 pedals 5 knee levers, and a double-10.
* non-pedal SG's: an electric double-neck Gibson Console Grande (7-string & 8-String), and Dobro (acoustic resophonic) 10-string.  
* Bass Guitars (fretted): acoustic (w/ pickup) 4-string & solid body 5-string.
* I also dabble with mandola, tenor banjo, mandolin, 6-string guitar synthesizer, cittern, and autoharp.
 
Regards
-- Eugene

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: jsaylor on March 05, 2007, 07:18:49 PM

Eugene,
Just trying to see what instruments most people here play. I didn't even know Gibson made PSG's. You do play quite a bit of instruments.

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: jet_powers on March 06, 2007, 07:19:41 AM

4 & 5 string bass fretted, don't use the fretless much anymore...
 
Guitar, poorly
 
The radio in the car

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Post by: adriaan on March 06, 2007, 07:28:23 AM

Jordan - Eugene mentioned Gibson non-pedal steel guitars.

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: mint_bass on March 07, 2007, 07:23:40 AM

4 string fretless and fretted: fretless jazz copy, fretted jazz copy, fretted musicman copy, fretted Alembic Epic, fretted Ibanez
 
5 string fretless rick turner electroline
 
6 string fretted schecter. looking to get a fretless
 
all tuned standard all left handed of course.
 
my favourie being my Alembic.
 
some guitar tuned 2 steps down on every string.
 
andrew

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: mint_bass on March 07, 2007, 07:25:36 AM

thats Favourite damn this keyboard

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: rockbassist on March 07, 2007, 11:36:47 AM

I am primarily a bassist but here goes
1997 Alembic Epic 5 String  
1976 Fender Precision 4 string  
1978 Fender Jazz 4 String
1974 Gibson Les Paul
1976 Fender Stratocaster
Korg Keyboards

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: inthelows on March 08, 2007, 07:53:04 PM

Quite the assortment to say the least! Very cool.
I'm familar with a lot of your names on the forum. I'm not supprised at what you have, what knocks my socks off is the amount represented here and I'm still amazed cause I know the list might be endless!
Anyway heres a sample, there's  
fretted 4 and 5 string basses EADG, BEADG
fretless 4 string bass
4 string upright bass
4 string acoustic/electric bass
6,7,12 string electric guitar
6 & 12 string acoustic guitar
8 string mandolin
4 string ukelle
4 string violins
electric keyboards
Name brand stuff mostly from 70's, a few from the
60's & 80's
The type of musical progression I went through made the instrument selection happen.
Since I'm a musical/musician pack-rat I've collected more than anyone on my block anyway.
When you've got G.A.S., you've got it all!
LOL
NLP

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: bassdr on March 09, 2007, 04:16:33 PM

4 string standard tuning Koa Essence through EBS Octabass when I need lower notes- still have my '79 Rick 4001 but seldom play it as I am Alembic-spoiled!

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: jtussing on March 12, 2007, 05:50:17 AM

Guitar - 6 string
Bass - 5 string

Title: What do you guys play?
Post by: 5stringho on March 12, 2007, 07:15:39 PM

4,5 and 6 String Electric Bass
Electric and acoustic guitar  
Keyboards
5 String Banjo
Mandolin
Play 'em all, good at none ......