Author Topic: 31 Years and counting (Read 231 times)

alembic76407 · « **on:** July 02, 2007, 01:56:46 PM »

Who in this club has owned their Alembic for longer than 31 years, I got mine
7-2-76

David T

wayne · « **Reply #1 on:** July 02, 2007, 08:41:16 PM »

Happy Birthday!!!!

:-D

C-Ya.....wayne

rraymond · « **Reply #2 on:** July 02, 2007, 08:56:04 PM »

Absolutely, Happy Birthday, Anniversary or whatever is appropriate!

FWIW, I've only been an Alembic owner since June of 1998, but I do still have the Rickenbacker 4001 I bought brand spanking new on March 23, 1974. I've been in band situations with guys younger than my bass! LOL!

Congrats again on the bass!

mikedm · « **Reply #3 on:** July 03, 2007, 06:04:56 AM »

Of course David, you couldn't have been more than four or five years of age?

alembic_doctor · « **Reply #4 on:** July 03, 2007, 09:27:31 AM »

I think my dad got his around the same time. I was 3 or 4 when he got it. BTW. Today is his birthday. Happy Birthday Dad.

alembic76407 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 03, 2007, 09:46:15 AM »

happy birthday to your Dad, Doc.

mele_aloha · « **Reply #6 on:** July 03, 2007, 09:57:22 AM »

That is a bicentennial Alembic. That was the bicentinnial year of our great nation. I found six gold coins in an old house that I was living in on New Years morning of that year. I was sound proofing the old garage so we could have our band practice there and as I was stuffing insulation in between the studs behind the old toilet, there was a old limberger cheese jar and inside of it was a little jewelers box with sealing wax around it that was kind of worn away. I brushed the albino spiders off the jar and opened it up low and behold in the box were two 20 dollar gold pieces, 2 ten dollar gold pieces, a 5 dollar gold buffalo head and a ten Russian rupel gold piece. I have them right here and looking at them now as I took them out of storage in consideration of maybe having Alembics jeweler carve one piece into the Alembic logo and inlaying it in the headstock of my Mele_Aloha Series II on order right now.

Sorry I got a little off track but I wanted to share that with you since I had found those coins on the bicentennial year. My band members were all blown away to say the least as they had all been helping me the day before to sound proof the room.

I hope your Alembic has been as lucky a find for you that year as the year was for me.

Anyway, congradulations/happy b-day.

Paul

(Message edited by mele_aloha on July 03, 2007)

olieoliver · « **Reply #7 on:** July 03, 2007, 09:58:01 AM »

WOW David! You got your first Alembic at age 4? LOL

I saw my first Alembic in 1977 but it took almost 30 years to actually get my first Alembic.

I do still have my 76 Jazz and 78 Musicman, both of which I bought new in October of their respective years.

alembic76407 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 03, 2007, 10:22:42 AM »

Well Olie, you sure have made up for lost time

and to set the record stright, I was 20 years old when I got My Series 1, I drove a $200 Karman Ghia and had a $2000 Bass, what was I thinking?

David T

alembic_doctor · « **Reply #9 on:** July 03, 2007, 10:29:26 AM »

Sounds like you had your priorities straight to me.

alembic76407 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 03, 2007, 01:17:37 PM »

Here's an idea just for fun

after 15 years of Alembic Ownership you should be known as (your name Esquier)
after 30 years, Knighthood

please run this by Queen Mother Susan

I should be
Sir David T

along with other deserving Alembic owners

olieoliver · « **Reply #11 on:** July 03, 2007, 01:23:51 PM »

I guess I'm still in the peasant mode!

alembic76407 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 03, 2007, 01:42:28 PM »

Olie, not all of us can be Knight of the Alembic Table LOL

maybe after 2 or 3 custom orders exceptions could be made

Sir David T

olieoliver · « **Reply #13 on:** July 03, 2007, 01:47:16 PM »

When I order custom number 3 you've given me and idea of what to name it, Exaliber.

Spare 2 pence for the poor Sire? LOL
Olie

olieoliver · « **Reply #14 on:** July 03, 2007, 01:52:15 PM »

OOPS, make that Excaliber.

A lowly peasant whom can not sppell.
Olie