1978 custom doubleneck, formerly at G-Guitars, CT

[beelee]

Speicky you lucky Basstard !!  ( joking ;o)
 
what an awesome instrument !!
 
I've seen that around for quite sometime, long before it was at G guitars.
 
I like the function Kris mentioned about the 8 string being able to be split.
 
enjoy and good luck with it !!
 
best wishes,
Bruce

[bassfingers]

Hi Christian,and Congratulations!!
 
               What a bass!.I first saw her in a Rotosound/Superwound ad in 'International Musician' magazine in 1978 or 79.The ad featured the very same John Judge mentioned by Kris.
               My brothers were both big Genesis fans so I knew what a doubleneck looked like but I saw her and thought What the hell is that?.The more I looked,the more I liked her.
           How wonderful to see her again,only this time in colour and looking way more beautiful than I remember.I feel 12 years old all over again.As is often said here,play her in good health,and feel free to post an insane amount of pictures.
                    Best wishes
                             Simon.

[mpisanek]

Speicky:
 
Its great to see such a beautiful bass get such a great home!!
 
I think a lot of people were scared off by the price asked by G Guitars for that instrument.  Hats off to you!  You were not afraid to chase it up and are now able to reap the rewards of doing so.
 
Best of luck with that beauty!!!

[bassfingers]

Hey Christian,
 
             I can't believe I found this after all these years!.It gives me great pleasure to be able to show you this.
 
            Peggy in her former life.
             
            I tried to resize the pic but I've obviously done something wrong.Also the pic quality is bad but I thought you might like to see it anyway.
           Best Wishes and Frohe Weihnachten,
                        Simon.  
 
 

[jlpicard]

A $6,000 double neck Alembic??! Wow! Those were the days! But then, I was probably making $5.00/hr. back then. What do you think Alembic would charge for something like that now? $30-40K ?

[speicky]

Simon !
 
This is great ! Thank you very much for digging your archieves, very impressive. Perhaps I should ask Rotosound to refresh the ads, that would keep me from selling Oliver's Who tribute gig on ebay to make tons of solid gold :-)
 
Also interesting that Peggy was sold originally to John Judge for $6,000. I did a google investigation on John Judge, but I did not manage to find anything about him yet. Can anyone bring light into the darkness of my personal HD drive (brain) who JJ is. Interesting also that I managed to get Peggy for $5,000...
 
Christian (the faker)

[speicky]

...of course, I had to bear a few additional costs: $50 for the strap, $450 for the power supply, and $4,500 for the flight case, LOL ! Luckily, the strap did not cost $4,500 ;-)
 
Christian (the faker)

[palembic]

Hoi Christian,
 
I remember someone did a searche already some years ago somewhere here in this playground of the lower frequencies oriented kind.
I guess when you do a search???
Remember you can always call our moder!
 
Paul the bad one

[effclef]

Christian, I almost bit the edge of my coffee cup off when I saw you paid $5000.... I think lots of other Forum folks had the same reacion!  
 
But now I see you did pay what GG was asking. Gosh...what an instrument. If the four string neck was fretted I would have been much more tempted. But as it was, I pointed out the link at GG to many folks I know who think they have beautiful (non-Alembic) guitars and basses and the reaction was unanimous. WOW
 
I hope Peggy serves you quite well! It is a one of a kind, as most Alembics are.
 
EffClef

[David Houck]

As Paul said, previous web searches did not turn up much.  In our forum, I'm assuming you've read this recent thread.  And then there's this older thread.  And one from earlier this year.  And there are a few more threads that mention his name; just run a club search on his name.  As far as I can tell, he never played on any albums.  I guess his notoriety came from owning this bass and appearing in the string ads.

[speicky]

Hi, Andy, hello, Dave,
 
I don't want to be held responsible for heart attacks of you fine club members, and I'm sure nobody really thought that Peggy would have left for just $5,000... I will post the whole travel report in a few days, it was really hard to get her.
 
Thank you for the links, Dave, I saw two out of the three earlier this year.
 
cheers to all of you,
 
Christian

[kmh364]

Could this be him...THE John Judge???
 
http://www.landscreek.com/studio/staff.htm

[kmh364]

Christian:
 
As referred to here:
 
http://club.alembic.com/Images/397/21993.html
 
What is keurosix referring to as inscribed inside the control cavity of the John Judge doubleneck? He doesn't explain and inquiring minds wanna know! LOL!
 
At any rate, that bass is spectacular! Good luck with it and congratulations on your acquisition.
 
Cheers,
 
Kevin

[kmh364]

Just for sh*ts and giggles, I emailed the John Judge in the link above to see for myself if it really was the mysterious double-neck bassist from Guitar Player Magazines of yore.  
 
Let's see if he responds...
 
To be Continued!

[kmh364]

My email got bounced due to no service available! The plot thickens, LOL!