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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Fun Stories => Topic started by: the_mule on July 21, 2004, 03:31:19 PM
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Not only the Featured Customs have got 'em, I'm certainly not the only one who gives their Alembic(s) names around here, right?
- 1980-ish Series I: 'Birdy'
(quite obvious when you see those birds staring at you from her top, back and headstock)
- 1991 EVH Signature: 'St. Stephen'
(my favorite Grateful Dead song, actually from 'Aoxomoxoa', the first GD album Alembic was really involved in)
- 1999 Orion: 'Ent'
(the Dutch word for graft, and since the top wood is grafted walnut...)
Wilfred - that's me ;-)
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I have a flame purpleheart top 03'Rogue 5 but haven't named it yet.One of the band leaders asked me once what I named it but I didn't have an answer for him.Maybe you can Wilfred or any other club member can take a stab at it if they would like.
http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/5756.html?1089467855 (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=8589)
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My 96 Stanley Clark Signature standard is called Cupcake because she's a sweet treat for one! I haven't named my Persuader or Epic.
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Well, your Rogue is a great looking instrument, and it's very obvious to use the purpleheart aspect while naming her. But I think it's very personal, the name should be fitting to you, and no-one else. The best I can come up with is 'Purple Haze' at the moment...
Wilfred
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Of course there is Bonnie ...
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Paul, the natural way everyone around here responded to the fact of you giving your beautiful instrument the name 'Bonnie', is actually what made me think about naming my Alembics also!
Wilfred
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hmm, my basses are named:
The Fender
The Pedulla
The Alembic
The MK (Michael Kelly Guitars)
The Fretted Bass (an Ibanez)
The Old Upright
The New Upright
These names show about as much imagination as the names I give my cats. (fuzzy cat, stupid cat...) So, I guess I'm just hopeless. But if I ever get another Alembic I guess I'll have to get out the baby names book ;-)
Or I could have a naming contest for my Alembic on the forums, maybe?
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Because the Bass is indeed the product of the Elven smiths at Alembic, it only seemed appropriate to give my bass an Elvish name (Quenya, of course!), so mine is Erin-Oromion, wood of the forest lord.
Ken (TEO)
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Someone suggested The Purple Bull Head but I thought that was a little too suggestive.Bwaaaa
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My SPOILER is an Omega-shaped, Crown-headed beauty in see-through red.
My brother-in-law came to town with my sister, and after hearing all about it over the phone just had to see it. I brought the case in the room, opened it, and lifted it out. Whereupon he said, Wow, that's a BIG RED BASS!
And .. now... you know the rest of the story.
J o e y
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Hey Magni, I hope you don't have kids!
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heh, my kids (The Boy and The Girl) say hi!
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Her name is Stella Blue(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/11443.jpg)
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Craig; it looks great in action!
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old #12 is my godmother(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/11471.jpg)
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Looks more like 'stunning' than 'stella'
stoney
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Craig,
Stella Blue definitely looks stunning being played in the sunlight. It made me smile seeing her so lovingly played.
-Susan
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I have named a few of my treasured instruments after women who were significant in my life at the time I was using the instrument as my primary one.
And before you comment..!! :-) No....i don't have a shop load of guitars named after women.... lol.
So.. there are 3 guitars with names and the Alembic bass.
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(Message edited by jazzyvee on July 27, 2004)
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Mule: Cool basses, cool names. As a Deadhead, I would have thought Birdy' would be short for Bird Song.
Craig: I'm glad that Tribute found it's way into a good Deadhead home. Fitting name.
Keavin: Old #12 is absolutely cool...it looks like that thing will outlive you (God forbid). Keep on jammin'! A lot of guys bang around on old P's and J's, but you don't see a lot of old Alembics (actually, you don't see a lot of Alembics period, LOL!).
Jazzy: Great (thinly) veiled sarcasm aimed at the ex. As a divorced man, I got a good chuckle! LOL!
(Message edited by kmh364 on July 27, 2004)
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I have to say that is one beautiful guitar Crobbins.That finish and shape is soooo cooool.I wish I could hear it being played.I would love to have a bass like that.Same shape and color.
Hey Keavin,aren't you from the Chicago area?I'm playing a show with Kenny Brack up there soon but I know not where nor when just yet.It would be a real treat for me to see the Godmother in person if it could be arrainged somehow.I was just up there last night to see a show at the Metro.The Hives rocked.
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yes dave,im in the chicago area,and if your group is in the area anytime soon email me @alembicroyalcrown@msn.com (mailto:alembicroyalcrown@msn.com) and i'll bring old #12 to your gig so you can check it out in person.
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Keavin, alembicroyalcrown? With old #12 shouldn't that be alembicjackdaniels?
My instruments are named like Magni's, the Alembic and the other ones. I just couldn't think of anything appropriate. I was going to name my Epic Cuchullian but can never remember how to spell it.
Sam
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Waaay cool Keavin.As soon as I know anything from our production manager I'll shoot you an e-mail.I hope our schedules will work out and we can do a little wife swapping.Ha.
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my orion's name is phil(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/11821.jpg)
the new bal k i am about to order? scarlet
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I had an Orion named Black Oak, an Epic named Blondie, and still have an Orion w/Std. Pt. body named Demon Seed! All named by a singer I work with. I named my Zeta, Pogo.
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/11825.jpg)
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I've finally come up with a name for my Rogue.Since every time I play it,a quote from
one of my all time favorite comedians,Jackie Gleason,comes to mind.....
How Sweeeet it is.
So I named it Sweetness.
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That seems to fit just right Dave. How about the Epic?
Sam
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Hey Sam,
I just came up with a name for my Epic.Since my girlfriend loves animal print anything,I have decided to call my Zebrawood Epic Elizabeth in honor of her good taste in fashion,style and bass players.Namely,me.
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Very suave Dave. Good call.
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my custom series 2 is imfamously dubbed the BASS OF DOOM!
check it out in the showcase !
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Not very clever, I know, but mine came with names....
The Rogue
The Exploiter
The Persuader
The Spoiler
Although, some of my band mates have taken to calling the Rogue The Earthquake Machine
JP
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JP - I'm sort of in the same league with you and Magni, maybe even a little worse.
my bass
I'm not much of a collector, so after getting my 'first' Alembic, I now have my bass and my old bass.
I guess i'm just not into naming stuff, always seemed to have trouble with that, but they both know how much I love them, so it's not a problem, certainly not a lack of affection (even if one of them is only being looked at with fond memories these days...).
-Bob
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I have only named one of my Olympics (My neighbor, and old deadhead, actually called them this last week - I have read the jokes about Olympics on here, but it is soooo different when someone actually calls them this). My 20th is named Butterscotch, as it is old and yellowed to a butterscotch coloring on the body. I never call it Butterscotch, except in contexts such as, Please hand me the butterscotch one. My other Olympic is the brown one. The only bass I have with a 'real' name is my old Les Paul. Old Blue, though it is a dark brown, never leaves the house and may get played once a week or every other week, at the most. However, it is definitely not last in line when polishing and maintenance times come around every season.
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It's funny how names come about. The only Basses I have with names are my custom Alembics. All the others have names like - The '68 Jazz, or my walnut Excel and so on.
Dark Prince came about when I saw another featured custom called The Purple Princess. I figured that since mine was a 36 scale 6 string, I couldn't refer to it with a female name. Also, I remembered that someone once called me that when I was a kid. I went to a really white bread school, and I stood out. Anyway, it stuck for the Bass at least. The original Dark Prince soon turned into the Evil Twin after all the grief we encountered when it was being made (and even now!). So, I ended up with two Basses!
Black Byrd is the name of my current custom. It's also the title of an album by Jazz trumpeter and composer Donald Byrd. Since I discovered him, he's become my all time favorite musician, to the point that I wanted to name my Bass in his honor. As well, Black Byrd just sounds so appropriate for an Ebony and Purpleheart Alembic custom.
Everybody now.....Go out and buy the album!!!
Rami
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Hey Rami,
Good to have you back amongst the Alembic fold.
Methinks if you had to name all your basses, you (or anyone else for that matter) would probably have a hard time thinking up that many names without repeating yourself, LOL!
Cheers,
Kevin
Me jealous? Naaaaaaaah, LOL!
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on the lighter side..
Too Many Daves (sic basses)
By: Dr. Suess
Did I ever tell you that Mrs. McCave
Had twenty-three sons and she named them all Dave?
Well, she did. And that wasn't a smart thing to do.
You see, when she wants one and calls out, Yoo-Hoo!
Come into the house, Dave! she doesn't get one.
All twenty-three Daves of hers come on the run!
This makes things quite difficult at the McCaves
As you can imagine, with so many Daves.
And often she wishes that, when they were born,
She had named one of them Bodkin Van Horn
And one of them Hoos-Foos. And one of them Snimm.
And one of them Hot-Shot. And one Sunny Jim.
And one of them Shadrack. And one of them Blinkey.
Another one Putt-Putt. Another one Moon Face.
Another one Marvin O'Gravel Balloon Face.
And one of them Ziggy. And one Soggy Muff.
One Buffalo Bill. And one Biffalo Buff.
And one of them Sneepy. And one Weepy Weed.
And one Paris Garters. And one Harris Tweed.
And one of them Sir Michael Carmichael Zutt.
And one of them Oliver Boliver Butt.
And one of them Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate...
But she didn't do it. And now it's too late.
Dr. Seuss, what a genius.
for the record, I've never named my basses. It's always been the (fill in the blank).
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Dr. Seuss! A nice way to start the morning!
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What do you think of:
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What do you think of:
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Paul,
Were you calling??
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Well, things change as time goes by, and so do names apparently. The names I came up with at first sounded nice, but weren't very practical and to be honest, I didn't actually use them very much (those @#$%%! basses never listen anyway!) With Birdy gone (anxiously awaiting my new Glockenklang amp to arrive) it's the 'Walnut Brothers' that remain: monsieurs 'Flame', 'Burl' and 'Graft'...
Wilfred
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Hehehehehehehe ... yeah ...can you pass me the mashed potatoes please???
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Would you like some gravy with those??
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I just got my new '95 Alembic bass, sort of like an Elan with sort of a larger Orion-ish body, and due to its ability to speak in low tones, I decided an Entish name made most sense. But then, its neck is anything but slow, so I need a name conveying more speed, which as anyone knows, is hardly a likely attribute of the Ents. And then it hit me: Quickbeam was considered the closest thing to a hasty Ent by none other than Treebeard himself, and so I grant a fitting name to my new (and only) bass: Quickbeam!
Mark
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Alright another Tolkienite. Mark The Ent One, or would that cause confusion with Ken The Elvish One? Quickbeam is a good name for a fine bass. I haven't taken time to comment on it in your introductory thread yet but it is very nice indeed.
Sam
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For close to three decades i have longed for an Alembic guitar. No fancy pedigreed Fender or Gibson or any other would do. For me it would have to be a Northern California homegrown like myself. At last we have found each other. 04T13267. Not quite stone stock. With ebony and purple heart running up the center of her LED illuminated neck. Understated yet relentlessly exquisite. Definately strong woman energy in this one. I am thinking of naming her Susie after Susan Thor Wikersham of Alembic.
Those in favor say aye those opposed get back to work or go make music.
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Welcome Peter; sound like you've acquired a very nice guitar. If you care to post some pictures in the Showcase section, we would all love to see them.
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Urobouros, welcome.
By strong woman energy do you mean that it can be soft and sweet or strong and kicking A, supportive in the background or taking the lead, depending on the demands of the situation?
Rich
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Welcome Peter from another Nevadan and congratulations on your new Tribute. Enjoy!
By the way - did someone mention pictures?
. . . Wake up little Susie, wake up . . .
Tom
(Message edited by tom_z on December 22, 2004)
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urobouros? as in the worm uroburous? a great piece of obscure, fantasy literature. (Watch out for the mantichores).
Another tolkeinite and now this. By all means, you should be playing nothing but an Alembic.
Welcome Peter and Mark.
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My S1 is called Selwyn. Ironically, that's also the name of my brother's pet rubber chicken.
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People in the bands I play in have nicknamed my Series I and called it The Rolls as in Rolls Royce, or simply The One.
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Hi Peter,
Welcome and that is one sweet guitar you have there. I'd be pleased if you named her Susie, so I say Aye!
And speaking of Susie-When I was but a child of 4 or 5 I had a crush on the Everly Brothers, both of them. I sang Wake up Little Susie all the time. I was convinced they wrote it for me. It drove my parents nuts. They were almost relieved when I started in on You Ain't Nuthin But a Hound Dog.
Susan
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Hi Peter,
I say Aye, now how about some pics of your new legend Susie?
Happy New Year!!!
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Baby
nuff said
Regards...
Steve
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So far I have:
The Tribute, aka The Alembic
I also have named my other guitars:
The Schecter
The Danalectro
The Ibanez
The Gibson
The Taylor
The Strat (notice that this is the only guitar other than The Tribute that was named after the model name)
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The Bass
I guess I am not very original when it comes to names. I have however named our cats, dog and children.
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Well, since I have only one bass, I just call my Spoiler my bass.
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Well, as many will already know I'm another Tolkien nut and my Triple O is named Sorne-Raama (Eagle-Wing). Hopefully I may be able to post some pics soon.
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I've never been one to give names to instruments but my new (1998) Epic 5 has a name.
The background: The pastor at our church has been a real pain in the butt lately. She has a kind-of strange name and we have nicknamed her Bobinda. When I went into the club posts to show my wife pictures of the Epic, she asked what the top wood is. I said, Bubinga. She said, Bobinda?
We had a good laugh and agreed that my Bubinga Epic 5 will be called The Reverend.
Rich
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I haven't named instruments. When needing to refer to my guitars/basses I call them:
The/My Orion
The/My Brown Bass
The/My Hagtrom or 8-string Bass
The Jazz Bass ('76' with Jim Williams active
electronics)
The/My Vox Bass
The/My Acoustic Guitar (mid 70's built at sea
Fender but ok for my use)
The/My Fender (62 Stratocaster)
Keith
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OK, here's an interesting story... I don't think I would usually be the type of person to name my instrument, but I had to.
A couple weeks ago I had a dream - it said Bird on the back of my bass in big letters. In the dream, I didn't want to name it that because it seemed too obvious, but I woke up and named it that. Hopefully I will be chanelling the spirit of Bird through my bass.
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So I'm not the only one who dreams about basses, every night!? Dozens of them...doesn't get any better than that.
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Well, this is a little embarrasing, but I have a BC Rich Eagle bass that I bought new in 1978, long before I could afford an Alembic. I don't play it much these days, as its a 4 string and I play mostly 5 strings these days, and it's not an Alembic. I've had that bass for so long and I know it so well that I call it The Wife.
Probably, there's a joke somewhere in the fact that I left the wife for a newer, sleeker, better and pretty Alembic, but let's not go there!
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Brother Steve,
hum ...maybe Brother Mike's (oxjr) wife is involved???
Paul the bad one
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Paul;
Better keep that quiet or I will be sleeping on your sofa
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I have an Essence 5, 95 model, w/ side led's. Originally, it was known as the bass with runway lights. After a while, the name changed to Melba Kek. I really don't know where it came from, but it stuck.
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I have an Essence 5 w/side led's. Originally it was known as the bass with runway lights. After a while the name changed to Melba Kek. I don't know where the name came from, but it stuck.
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The Relic!(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/17416.jpg)The Relic
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THE RELIC'(OLD #12)
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