What's the big deal about Alembics?? I bought two, but I'm real tired of them. None of my musician friends can even pronounce the name. Olympic they say, and I say yeah, Olympic. It's downright embarrassing. I played an Ibanez at GC yesterday, and for $299.00, it sounded pretty good...everyone can pronounce 'Ibanez'. All those knobs on an Alembic, they just drive you crazy...I only have two hands, ya know. The $299 bass has two knobs...perfect. And no silly toggle switches, either. I think I'll donate my fancy schmancy California basses to a good cause, who needs all those different kinds of wood on one guitar, anyway? Makes you dizzy just looking at it, all those different colors and swirls. Give me a good piece of balsa wood, and I'll make my own damn guitar, and for a lot less money. I'm sure it'll sound just as good, maybe better.
Yeah, I've had it with Alembic. I'm off to my local pawn shop via the Salvation Army to see if I can lighten my load (literally...that damn Signature series weighs almost 12lbs...I can barely lift the flippin' thing, no less attempt to sling it over my shoulder). Maybe someone who doesn't know much about guitars will be happy with them. After that, I'll yonder over to Guitar Center...they'll know the right bass for me. Later.................
