Alembic catalogues

[senmen]

Dear All, plse find attached to alternative pages of the 90?catalog, as there were at least two different versions of the catalog available. The Europa page was published instead of the Signature Series page; the Essence instead of the Persuader.  Oliver (Spyderman)

[FC Bass]

Thanx!  
Haven't seen these ever, could that be Jason Newsted's 10 string Europa?
Very cool!

[funkyjazzjunky]

I wish I had those.  Thank you for sharing

[bassman10096]

You know, another cool thing about the really old catalogues is seeing basses that today, would look like old soldiers, looking bright and shiny new.

[tkotmk42]

Great thread!!!  Thank you for all the scans!
 
As a young college student, I drooled over the 90's catalogue for a long time before I finally got my first Alembic (sold my '89 240SX for it).
 
Since catalogue came up... how about posters?
Nice people at Alembic sent me a poster of Mark King when I was in college, you can see it on background on picture I posted below.
http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/37599.html?1174095411
(in the back, very fuzzy... can you see?)
 
I know there are 2 versions of posters for both Mark and Stanley.  I've seen one with black background/frame, and one with white.  Each had different pose by Mark/Stanley, but I only had the black version.
 
Does anyone have any picture of them??
 
I would gladly pay money for re-issue of these posters...  Unfortunately the copy I had was lost when I was moving back and from Japan.
 
Man... I'm Alembic-less right now, and it's starting to get a toll on me....
 
 
Takeo

[lbpesq]

Takeo:
 
Is that you and your twin sister?  The resemblance is uncanny!   hehehehe
 
Bill, tgo

[edmouk]

I've recently found again some catalaogues of the followings :
- Epic
- Classico
- F-2B, F-1X & SF-2 rackmount systems
 
I'll do the scans and attach them here very soon.

[apdavis]

I am under the impression that the 10 string custom series II on the Europa page was/is Jason Newstead's

[the_8_string_king]

It's true.  Mica herself told me so -along with the interesting trivia that he had/has extremely acidic sweat which wreaked havoc with electronics!  It was almost comical when she said it... she almost couldn't phrase it as a complete sentence... it was some thing like you can't believe what his sweat does to the electronics... or some such thing!

[terryc]

Looking at the 83 & 84 catalogues, did the variable Q control appear on Alembics in 84 as it is absent on the 83 catalogue.
And from a historical point, why was the variable Q developed, was it requested by someone or was it a evolutionary development by Ron W?

[FC Bass]

On the History page of the main Alembic site it says the series I & II were first produced in '71.
Keavin's number 12 also has the series II package I think...
 
(Message edited by fc_spoiler on October 08, 2007)

[serialnumber12]

Actually the CVQ appeard in the very beginning of alembic, mine's (#12) has CVQ's on it as well as many of the early 70's old alembics, i beleive ron developed the 3 position Q as an option to the CVQ thus creating a seriesI/II & adding more tonal flexability & adding custom additions such as 5 peice neck & LED's standard.

[terryc]

But the vari-Q isn't on the old PF-5 circuit boards, it must have been a developmental addition in the 80's..can Mica or others can clarify this?
Maybe the difference in Series I & II was the construction??

[terryc]

oops..serialnumber12..you got there before me

[the_mule]

I'm 99% sure that the birdseye maple Series I shortscale in the 1983 catalogue is my bass: http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/10532.html?1193334745
 
Wilfred