alembic model (s) ratings.

[dhutcheson]

Huh,
I find it strange that a person writing a review for a product starts the review with 2 stars and Just Kiddng and then makes the statement that he could never afford one of these instruments I am an instrument builder myself and find it ironic that a person can write a review after playing ONE of my instuments. Many details come into play when it comes to the tone of an instrument, Construction, Wood, Nut Material, Saddle Material, Setup, ect, In my case does Brazilian Rosewood sound better than Mahogany? Absolutly not! wood in my case determines the overall sound of the guitar therefore if I am looking for a bright sounding Bluegrass guitar I would go with Mahogany. If on the other hand I was looking to get a well balanced mellow sounding guitar I would go with Rosewood. EVERY Alembic I have ever played, heard, and now own, is first and foremost a top quality instrumnet in every way that I desire, Fit, Finish, Tone, I could have purchased a less costly instument for sure but the sacrifices I would have had to make with what is important to me were not worth the price difference. Just my rant and two cents

[petiteblonde]

It's too bad that such ignorance has an open forum to potentially affect others' opinions without any merit of its own.  We here know better.  Even if this guy has heard an Alembic in the right hands, I wouldn't trust his hearing or judgement.

[ajdover]

Like most restaurant reviews, instrument reviewers should play an instrument (or instrument model) more than once before rendering an informed judgement.  There is no way you can form anything other than a first impression if you only try something once.  If you do it twice or three times, and you experience the same thing, then the person/product/experience in question deserves what it/they get(s).
 
The first Fender I played sucked.  It had horrible strings, one tone, and cost too much (for me).  It was a Fender Precision.  To this day, I don't own one.  I tried others.  Many others.  In fact, I've only played one Precision that I thought was worth a :it in the 28 years I've played bass.  Unfortunately, someone else owned it.
 
Now, I own three Jazz basses.  Why?  Because, for the most part, everyone I've picked up has felt pretty good to me.  And it took more than one to convince me to buy one.
 
I submit that the reviewer in this case might have a bias against Alembics.  That's cool.  He doesn't have to play them, and no one's putting a gun to his head telling him he has to.  The way I see it, that's more for us.  He can have the mass produced, less than precision (no pun intended) made stuff out there if he wants.  Just leave the Alembics to us!
 
Alan