Author Topic: Just got my first alembic (Read 266 times)

bobs_your_uncle · « **on:** April 02, 2006, 08:44:12 AM »

hi,
i'm new here, just got my first alembic and wow, it's amazing! the way it sounds and the looks... first i thought almbic was like the king of all basses, something i could admire... i was right, and now i onw one! i used te think i could never buy one because of the prices (i'm the only one of my age (15)i know, who owns an alembic). so i bought it second-hand and it was worth every euro...
it's an alembic essence with the tone control of a europe...

(i'll upload some more pics later)

jacko · « **Reply #1 on:** April 02, 2006, 10:03:13 AM »

Hi Bob and welcome to the group. You've made a great choice for a first Alembic and I can't help feeling very jealous that one as young as you has entered Alembic ownership. (Most of us on this group had to wait a long time before we joined the club).

Graeme

richbass939 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 02, 2006, 10:37:30 AM »

Bob, welcome. I agree with Graeme. It is great that you got one of the best instruments at a young age. Congrats.
Rich

7string_thing · « **Reply #3 on:** April 02, 2006, 11:42:16 AM »

Welcome to the club, im only 18, but whos counting. sweet looking top on that bass.

hb3 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 02, 2006, 12:32:24 PM »

When I was 15 I owned a WESTONE THUNDER 1

bucky · « **Reply #5 on:** April 02, 2006, 12:45:10 PM »

Bob:

Welcome to the club! Geez. . if I can remember back that far when I was 15 I owned a cheap Hofner knock-off! The cool thing about you getting this so young is that it WILL help you advance your playing skills much faster than if you had to work through 5 or 6 crappy sub-standard instruments (as so many of us Old Farts had to!) - your future looks bright My Son! You've shown great Wisdom!

Jeff

olieoliver · « **Reply #6 on:** April 02, 2006, 12:56:34 PM »

Welcome BOB. Very nice bass. I bought my first new Bass on my 15th B-day. It was a 77 Fender Jazz. I was on top of the world I can imagine how you fell. I have a MK with the Eurpoa controls. It took me a while to tweak the sound but once I got it, BOOM bata BOOm, THumpITY Thump THumP. It smokes! You'll love this bass.

olieoliver · « **Reply #7 on:** April 02, 2006, 12:59:12 PM »

Hugh my first 5 string bass was a Westone. I didn't want to spend a lot of money on a 5 string just in case I didn't like it. HUGE MISTAKE. Turned me off on 5 string basses for years.

tom_z · « **Reply #8 on:** April 02, 2006, 01:41:56 PM »

Welcome Bob, and congratulations! An Alembic at 15 - nice. =) I played an Alembic guitar for the first time when I was around 19. I never forgot how it played and a little over twenty years later I ordered a Skylark. I wish I hadn't waited so long.

Best of luck with your Essence.

Tom

lbpesq · « **Reply #9 on:** April 02, 2006, 01:45:01 PM »

Bob:

Welcome to the club! You've got a heckuva bass. I'm jealous. I didn't get my first Alembic guitar until I was 49. When I was 15 I had a $30 japanese electric guitar from Sam Goody and a Heathkit amp I built myself that I had bought with my Bar Mitzva money. Play it in good health.

Bill, the guitar one

hb3 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 02, 2006, 01:45:21 PM »

Westone should be barred by law from making 5 strings.

Actually, my FIRST bass was made by a friend of mine to practice on -- a 2X4 with frets drawn on it and nylon string tied into slots in each end. I actually took this to the guy I wanted to take guitar lessons from. Come back when you get a guitar, he said. But, but, I can use this! I insisted.

hb3 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 02, 2006, 01:46:07 PM »

And the Westone was played through a MARLBORO combo amp.

(Message edited by hb3 on April 02, 2006)

palmann · « **Reply #12 on:** April 02, 2006, 04:23:43 PM »

Good taste for a 15 year old! With 15 I got a 76' Fender Precision, which is a great rock'n'roll bass and I still use it very often.

Gruesse, Pablo

David Houck · « **Reply #13 on:** April 02, 2006, 05:31:17 PM »

Welcome and congrats!

j_gary · « **Reply #14 on:** April 02, 2006, 07:20:13 PM »

Welcome aboard Bob. 15 and an Alembic, sigh.

I suppose your girlfriend is Jessica Simpson?

Lucky young man. Well done!