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Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 11:14:32 AM
This thread is worthless without pictures!
 
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Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 11:22:17 AM
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Some Phil Jones Stuff
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 11:25:08 AM
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glocke = Greg L
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 11:42:29 AM
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otis = Frank F
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Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 11:53:45 AM
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marco555 = Marc S
 
 
 
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Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 11:54:02 AM
 
 
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Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 11:56:42 AM
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pace = Mike P
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 12:39:45 PM

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  The stars of the show  Note: There is some overlap!  (Message edited by njlive on August 08, 2009)  (Message edited by njlive on August 08, 2009)
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 12:43:06 PM
Hey Kevin,
 
How do you like us NOW?(http://club.alembic.com/Images/65124/68369.jpg)
 
The players.
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 12:54:53 PM
From rear to front:
 
                Flaxattack
Pace Matthew90046 hg30904 Otis Glocke xray1960
           Marco555                  Kilowatt
             toddharris bkbass Mike A (Phil Jones)
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 02:16:41 PM
Closing for the day...will post more pics and explanations later!
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Post by: artswork99 on August 08, 2009, 02:31:14 PM
Looks like it was GREAT!  Thanks for the real-time updates.
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Post by: toddharris on August 08, 2009, 03:31:50 PM
Just home from a wonderful day with fellow Alembicians!  Met so many wonderful people - Harold - you sounded amazing (Stanley would have loved it!), Marc- wonderful player (regards to Bayside), Frank from Erie - hoping to see you again - nice vocals, Mike P - plays amazing 6 string as well as drums - really nice, Matt - loved your distillate.  Michael from Phil Jones - you are one of the most brilliantly melodic players I've heard. So many wonderful people - we need to do this more often. The gentlemen pictured top and center above - loved your playing on Cut My Hair and Breakdown. Thanks so much for the day, Todd Harris - Northort, NY
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 04:10:41 PM
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toddharris = Todd H
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Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 04:14:59 PM
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hg30904 (Harold) gets to hold Greg's S2
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 04:18:59 PM
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bkbass (Barry K) holding his custom Spoilers
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 04:21:21 PM
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Todd H noodling
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 04:25:26 PM

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  The Otis Collection
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 04:30:18 PM
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Marc's Bass with xray1960's guitars
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 04:38:21 PM
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Michael A of Phil Jones and Harold G (hg30904)
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 04:42:31 PM
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glocke playing his own SC checking out the Phil Jones preamp
 
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Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 04:47:15 PM
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matthew90046's Distillate
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Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 04:53:01 PM

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  Pete L (kilowatt)'s SII
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 04:56:32 PM
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matthew90046 (of above Distillate fame)
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 05:02:04 PM

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  Scarlet, Flaxattack, DireWolf
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 05:05:17 PM
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Frank came the farthest, Erie PA
 
Have a safe trip home buddy!
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 05:08:48 PM
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Mike Pace on Drums, Todd Harris center bass and vox, Jeff Flaxman on right bass
 
Pete Lynch and Barry Kravitz look on
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Post by: bkbass on August 08, 2009, 05:11:41 PM
My heart goes out to all the wonderful people/players I met today. I will treasure the day forever can't wait till the next time. A special thanks to Debbie for all the pix and Harold and Mike for hooking everything up and making sure everybody had a great time etc.etc, A very big thanks to the other two Mikes for shleppng and demoing PHIL JONES AMPS and  EBS pedals. Thank you Frank for letting me play those AWESOME 6 strings, Pace you rock man!! Great meeting everyone God Bless.
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 05:14:33 PM
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Harold (on his SII) in search of a key, or a clue!
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 08, 2009, 05:23:22 PM
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7 hours
 
11 players
 
20 Alembics
 
matthew90046
 
glocke
 
marco555
 
kilowatt
 
flaxattck
 
otis
 
bkbass
 
hg30904
 
pace
 
xray1960
 
toddharris
 
Mike of Phil Jones
 
Mike of EBS
 
Mike of Blackbird Studios
 
Jeff of Blackbird Studios
 
Thank you all!
 
Good nite!
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: lbpesq on August 08, 2009, 06:48:39 PM
Looks like you guys had a great time!  I'm sure I'm not the only one that enjoyed the contemporaneous postings.  Fun, ain't it?
 
Bill, tgo
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Post by: toddharris on August 08, 2009, 06:59:17 PM
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Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: toddharris on August 08, 2009, 07:00:53 PM
 
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: toddharris on August 08, 2009, 07:03:12 PM
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Post by: toddharris on August 08, 2009, 07:04:03 PM
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Post by: toddharris on August 08, 2009, 07:05:16 PM
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Post by: toddharris on August 08, 2009, 07:06:37 PM
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Post by: toddharris on August 08, 2009, 07:08:30 PM
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Post by: toddharris on August 08, 2009, 07:09:40 PM
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Post by: pauldo on August 08, 2009, 08:16:00 PM
cool - great pics
Looks like everyone had a blast and holy cow those are some fabulous looking instruments!
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Post by: elwoodblue on August 08, 2009, 08:54:38 PM
Thanks for sharing the pics Harold and Todd,
nothing like a roomful of Alembics to make my jaw drop.
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Post by: serialnumber12 on August 09, 2009, 05:47:48 AM
OH Shit............you cats had a good one!
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: serialnumber12 on August 09, 2009, 06:50:15 AM
http://www.stanleyclarke.com/interactive/showthread.php?tid=160&pid=1362#pid1362
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Post by: David Houck on August 09, 2009, 06:51:37 AM
I agree with Paul; you guys brought a lot of really nice Alembics!
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Post by: dadabass2001 on August 09, 2009, 08:34:16 AM
I love it! You guys look like you had a blast. Hats off to your organizers and contributors of hardware, time, and spirit...
Fabulous
Mike
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Post by: serialnumber12 on August 09, 2009, 09:15:30 AM
what's with the middle Pickup?....that mutha's awsome!(http://club.alembic.com/Images/65124/68474.jpg)
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: pace on August 09, 2009, 09:52:33 AM
Kev, that's just a thumb rest....  
 
That bass owns the low end, btw. 35scale and the neck is all ebony & maple. East meets West electronics.... When Otis plugged her in it was insane!!!!!
 
I had a great time yesterday guys! Sorry to be so brief, but I'm texting from my car, still in traffic on the upper deck of the GWB.
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Post by: flaxattack on August 09, 2009, 01:48:16 PM
wheres the flaxinator photo?
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Post by: kilowatt on August 09, 2009, 05:49:32 PM
What a great day!
I hope everyone had as good a time as I did. It felt like being with old friends. Where else can you go and meet people for the first time and they tell you to go ahead and play their prized instruments without a second thought.
Harold and Mike did a great job of setting things up and we all know what a thankless job that is. Harolds girlfriend was also nice enough to take all the photos and begin posting them as fast as she could get them to load. I think she was even posting on the ride home!
With all the post's that have come and gone recently, I feel like this is what our gathering of like minded musicians is all about. You could feel the care and admiration we all shared for the room full of beatiful basses and guitars. Mike even broke out his pedal steel (that thing sounds awesome).
All I can say to the rest of the club is, don't wait to do these gatherings. Set a date and let the rest happen. If someone can't make it this time,hopefully they can make the next one.
 
Thanks again to all in attendance,
Pete
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Post by: jacko on August 10, 2009, 03:45:14 AM
Great Pics. Looks like you had a fantastic time.
 
Graeme
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Post by: mario_farufyno on August 10, 2009, 04:42:57 AM
Great gathering! So many beautiful Alembics (have to mention all the Series and that amazing Mathew's full mahogany Distillate), but I was grabbed by the Fretless Europa and got curious about the Jazz laying down at middle of all basses pic. Can we have some more photos?
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Post by: marco555 on August 10, 2009, 05:46:15 AM
That Jazz is mine. Chambered Mahogany w/Flame Koa top. Anniversary Electronics w/Axy in neck position and Fatboy at bridge. My '77 Bird's Eye Maple S1 acccompanied us along the way. Many Thanks to those who made a special effort to compliment it's tone and clarity, especially within the mix.
Special Thanks to Harold and Deb, whose photos have been posted on the site. We have a disc coming which will be fun too. Harold made super human efforts to be a main organizer in this event
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Post by: bracheen on August 10, 2009, 06:34:03 AM
Looks like a great time was had by all!  Thanks for posting the photos.  Wow!  I should probably know what a flaxinator is but for the life of me can't remember.
 
Sam
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Post by: serialnumber12 on August 10, 2009, 06:37:56 AM
it's Great to see the Faces behind these basses!(http://club.alembic.com/Images/65124/68502.gif)
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Post by: otis on August 10, 2009, 06:25:22 PM
Yo, Another Huge Thanks to Everyone involved in the Gathering, most especially Harold, Debbie, and all the mysterious faces behind the whole works- you know who I'm talking about!  
 
My fondest regards to Harold, Debbie, Todd, Greg, Mike (Pace), Mike A. (Phil Jones), Mike K. (boy, there were alot of Mikes, there, lol), Barry, Matthew, Flax, Marc, and Pete.  If I missed anyone, my apologies- I was in that Nirvana like state you can only attain from touching so many Alembics and meeting and jamming with their even more awesome owners!!!
 
You guys were all awesome!  
 
Barry- it was killer trading licks with you and Mike A.  I've had very few chances to jam with one other 6 string player, let alone 2!!! And your Spoilers weren't too shabby, either!
 
Pete, your 5 string SII was sick- I liked what you were doing, when you picked up Marc's SI.
I hope you dug getting to hear your bass out in the audience, for once!
 
Mike P- Pace- it was great that you were able (and willing!) to sit in on drums- you did a fantastic job- I wish we would've gotten to hear more of your bass playing, but we had you so busy behind the drums, you hardly had a chance to rest!
 
Marc, you had a killer tone, with that beautiful Series I of yours- and yes, it did remind me of Jack Casady, for sure.  And I loved your Jazz/Alembic, it was so cool, it was ridiculous!
 
Greg, your SCSD and SII were both beautiful beyond description, and your playing was just as good!
 
Matt, and Mike K.- Loved the Distillate and Killer axe (guitar)!  Matt, I hope our bands hook up, soon!!!
 
Flax- you're larger than life, and twice as nice (oh, shit, I don't think you wanted people to know that!).  I dug jamming with you- and you're absolutely right- F*#k the pocket!  
 
Todd- your vocals were the awesome ones- I can't sing for shit, I'm just good at faking it!  I hope OTiS can play with the Bayside Bandits, sometime soon!  And the tone of that Series I, forget about it.  It was hard not to just stare at it and drool!
 
Harold, you're the Man!  I loved that Series II of yours and especially how you played it- you rocked!  
 
And Debbie- your pictures (and the snacks you brought...) were awesome!  You were definitely a huge help to Harold and his madness and scheming up this Gathering!  How's that saying go?  Behind every good bass player, there's an awesome woman?
 
Boys, she made a mean Vodka and Tonic- I drank 2 at the Hotel, the night before... sorry you missed that!
 
Peace;)
 
Frank/OTiS
 
www.myspace.com/otiserie (http://www.myspace.com/otiserie)
Title: New Jersey Live
Post by: njlive on August 12, 2009, 10:58:28 AM
Thank you all for the kind words.  
 
As was said earlier, where else can you walk into a room of strangers and someone hand you their most prized possession awaiting your opinion? While the instruments were great, meeting our members was even better. It was a great day and time flew. I hope that we do it again, and those that couldn't come this time will be able to join us next time. I think that all of us who participated would gladly do it again.
 
I hope that we all stay in touch, on and off the board!
 
Harold  -  hg30904  - njlive-out!
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Post by: otis on August 13, 2009, 05:20:11 PM
Hey, Does anyone know how to get ahold of Matthew90046?  I didn't see an e-mail address for him...  
 
If anyone can help, that would be great!
 
Thanks;)
 
Frank
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Post by: matthew90046 on August 13, 2009, 09:42:17 PM
You got mail. I sent an email to your profile address.
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Post by: keurosix on August 15, 2009, 04:35:45 PM
Wow,
I am sorry I missed it!
Can anyone post a link to the recorded music?
That would be awesome!
I will try my best to make it next time!
Kris
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Post by: chalie_holmes on August 17, 2009, 10:30:23 AM
I'm glad everything worked out!
But I'm pissed that I couldn't get there due to booking a gig. (I just used my Double bass for the entire gig though and my band members really enjoyed that!)I hope that I can get to the next Jersey Gathering because it is so close to where I now live.
GREAT PHOTOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: otis on September 22, 2009, 03:54:16 PM
Hey, Matthew!
 
For some reason, that e-mail didn't work out.  Shoot me an e-mail, here:
 
otisduo@yahoo.com (mailto:otisduo@yahoo.com)
 
Peace;)
 
Frank
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Post by: toddharris on April 05, 2011, 07:35:04 PM
Let's do it again...
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Post by: lbpesq on April 06, 2011, 07:50:29 AM
I'll be in NY the 3rd weekend in May.  If this happened then, I'd love to stop by with Woody, my custom Further.
 
Bill, tgo
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Post by: toddharris on April 06, 2011, 08:27:32 AM
If it were desirable and a better location could not be found, I would offer my house in Norhtport Long Island for the meet - I have a 20x12 living room which is empty except for a PA, drum kit, 2 bass amps and 2 guitar amps - it's an hour out of Manhattan and just east of Huntington.  Todd
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Post by: marco555 on April 06, 2011, 12:59:27 PM
I'm available to go in either direction--let's try to put some dates down to see how everyones schedules work.
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Post by: charles_holmes on April 06, 2011, 04:13:18 PM
I'm game if I don't have any gigs. I live in Williamsport. About 2hrs travel...I'd have to bring my rig so you guys could check it out, tweak it. (See Chalie's Distillate)
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Post by: otis on April 13, 2011, 07:15:01 PM
I'd love to come... Hmm... If only OTiS had a show, that weekend, in NYC...
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Post by: marco555 on April 14, 2011, 07:38:46 AM
Todd,
I suggest that a post be put up say, for June. Post some available weekends before the summer hits and see what we get. What do you think?
Marc
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Post by: toddharris on April 14, 2011, 07:43:35 PM
Will do - thanks for the suggestion