How old were you when you got your first Alembic ?

[kevin_k]

25 - Mark King Deluxe
26 - Series II

[kenbass4]

Thirtysomething...

[cdf]

36 and expecting my first shortly

[bassplaynmatt]

I was 18 when I got my Epic.  I am and will still be 24 next week when my new Elan Plus arrives!
 
Matt

[alembic76407]

now I know there's a story behind all these short come backs, lets have them!!!!

[unicorn_1725]

Hey all, I know it's been a long time since I've posted anything here but I have some much needed vacation time and I'm taking advantage of it.
 
I was 33 when I got my first bass an Alembic Stanley Clarke, what an exquisite bass. I couldn't ask for a better bass, it gives me all the tone and range I've ever needed and has never let me down.  
 
Now I just have to work on getting Little Stan a new custom baby brother so he'll have someone to play with!

[kungfusheriff]

At age 20, I bought a slightly modified '85 Spoiler from Bass Northwest. Ooooh boy what a bass, especially after years of thinking Fenders were all she wrote. That started The Disease...you know what I mean. Like an idiot, sold both Alembics I managed to obtain (the other was a maple '84 Spoiler Exploiter made for Mark Andes, then playing with Heart), but am holding out for a SSBS1 or similar.

[lothartu]

At the time I was the ripe old age of 19.  I had a year of college under my belt and I had just come to know who Stanley and Jaco were.
 
My music instructor was telling all his students that there was a guy who owned a music store in a nearby town that was selling his Alembic for next to nothing.  He was considering getting it himself but he was hooked on his ken smith 6 and he didn't want to buy a 4.
 
I called the guy up and went by that same day.  He had it at his store.  The guy pulls out a Series I that is in perfect condition and tells me that he got it a couple of years ago and that it's sat in his closet because he couldn't imagine taking it on the road with him.  He had an old bar used Series I that he used for gigs.
 
After I picked my jaw up off the floor I pulled every favor I had and managed to get up the cash for it.

[musikill]

I just got my first - its a '91 SC Deluxe and I am uh, well, er, uh, 48

[bracheen]

I was about 27 or 28 when I decided that I wanted to learn how to play bass.  My roommate was a bassist and the bass guy at a local music store so we headed down there to shop.  The first thing he put in my hands was an Alembic which I'd never heard of.  Looking back I think it must have been a series 1.  At that moment I had a near spiritual experience.  I coveted that bass, unfortunately my bank account didn't agree.  I ended up with a Guild B302 and a 15 Peavy combo.  I've thought about that bass all this time and would tell myself one day.  
This year that day came.  I'm 49 and the proud papa of a near mint Alembic Epic.  I feel as if a major life milestone has been reached.

[mint_bass]

i bought my first alembic 1 moth ago i am 19 now and iv been playing since i was 17 its an epic and i love her to bits
andrew

[rraymond]

Back in 1998, I was 42 when I bought a new 5-string Orion from Bass Northwest. Two weeks later they had used 5-string Epic for sale, so I snapped it up. The Jones bit deeper and two months later, I ordered a custom build 5-string Orion with a standard point body and Essence electronics. My addiction went into temporary remission, only to resurface a year-and-a-half ago. Since that time I've acquired an '80 Series 1, an '85 Distillate and a '95 5-string Elan. I have to confess, I've been searching the web for Alembics this morning. I can't make it stop! Is there a 12-Step program for this? Hi, my name's Reid and I'm an Alembic addict! Like most here, I'm a big Stanley fan, he was the first I heard play an Alembic. Another favorite Alembic player from the 70's was Andy West of The Dixie Dregs.

[bigbadbill]

I bought my SC when I was (I think)38. I was so proud; I remember getting home with it and just sitting there staring at it into the early hours. I couldn't believe I'd finally got one after 20 or so years. Upon reaching 40 last November I decided I owed it to myself to get the Triple Omega I'd always wanted (currently on order); unfortunately the SC had to go to help finance it.

[bucky]

Hey Guys:
 
I was 22 when I bought my first (and to date only Alembic) a Small Standard - or Brown Bass Serial Number 74 - 52. I purchased it April 4th 1974. I had wanted one since I saw Stanley Clarke play one with RTF the previous year. And when I walked into Gary Gonters Bandstand Music in south Tacoma there she was! I was blown away needless to say and just HAD to own it. The reciept I still have says I paid - get this - $1250.00 base price plus taxes and finance charges of  $138.15 bringing my Grand Total for this incredible heirloom to a whoppping $1388.15!!! Wow. How
times have changed, eh?
 
Jeff
 
 

[henri_lopes]

Hi everybody, I'm new to this board.
I bought my Epic 5 string in 97, I was 22.
I get alot of compliments on the craftmanship
and sound quality of the epic, but saddly most of them have never heard of Alembic.
I'll try to post some pics when I get a chance.