Eduardo's "Spooky" Bass

[lalogarcia]

Oops I am sorry somebody told me I posted the wrong link on previous posting; try this one :
 
http://www.spectorbass.com/NewFiles/gall2.html
 
I'm the 8 th player starting from the bottom of the page under Lalo Garcia, and that is my birch bass,the inspiration of this new Alembic bass...

[gregduboc]

CHUCK BERRY?!?
Wow....
 
Greg

[garth4664]

For serious concerts, Lalo may just have a new favourite. (apologies to Stuart Spector and Ned Stienberger)
 
That is a beautiful bass Mr Gacia. Look forward to hearing sound clips when you get around to posting some.

[adriaan]

Also according to that page, Lalo owns the only Spector with a maple fingerboard ever made.

[lalogarcia]

I love mr. Spector and his crew, they are great people; this posting first appeared in 2002; since then 3 more basses with maple fingerboard have been built ( I own the 3 of them); as much as I love them ; I have always felt the electronics and the options were limited; that's why I ordered another Alembic. I am not new to Alembic I have used them for more than 20 years, and the only reason I dont have more is price!!
 I wonder if I also own the only Alembic bass with a maple fingerboard ? Mica : any others on record?

[adriaan]

The bassist for The Moody Blues had one in the 1970s, which was featured in one of the Alembic catalogues. The recent FC Love Giver had one too. Not too many others, I think.

[lalogarcia]

Wow thank u for that information , I would love to see a picture of those basses, if u find one on the Internet please share it!  
Thanks buddy!

[lalogarcia]

Hi!
My god u were right! As soon as I read your post I did a google search with the words: Alembic moody blues
 
Guess what I found? That bass is on sale at Gruhn guitars of Nashville for $20'000 bucks!!! Check it out on the bass section of www.gruhn.com
any others Mica???

[gregduboc]

Lalo,
Just in case you didn't find it, here is the Love Giver that Adriaan mentioned.
Also, I remembered Mica's first post on this FTC thread:
From time to time, someone compels us to make a Maple fingerboard
That must mean that there are others out there!
 
Greg

[lalogarcia]

Hi every one!
I finally got my bass last week...I am extremely happy....It's a killer! well worth the wait...
The construction, playability and tone are what I expected...
Now for the big question: Is this the best bass in the world?
It's hard to tell...I have 43 basses...all kinds and flavors....Three of them are very impressive too...I can say that this is one is second to none...just as good as the other 3....
Overall I am very happy!
Thanks for all your nice comments during this waiting period.
Bass Wishes
Lalo Garcia

[gregduboc]

Lalo, congratulations!
The next step is getting pictures. It is mandatory for everyone who gets their new basses!
 
Greg

[eligilam]

Hey Lalo, congrats on the Spooky Bass.  Do you have any pics of your entire collection?  I would love to see that 43-bass arsenal...probably looks somewhat like that famous Entwistle pic.

[lalogarcia]

I dont really know how to post pictures in the Internet, I use my phone I don't have a computer !! Somebody please give me an email adrdress and help me to post them!!
In terms of the collection: I can try to take one of the whole collection and again somebody help me...I  don't have one single picture with all of them...I have all kinds of flavors and configurations:
Or if u want a specific bass let me know; there are 5 status , 15 spectors, 2 vintage 80's Warwicks, 2 vintage ken smiths upgraded with Alembic pickups! One 88 Tobias, a 1999 mtd. 4 string, 3 curbow, 7 string surine, 2 hamer with 2tek bridges, a 1968 hofner, 1 Jerry jones , 1 dipinto , 1 acoustic Kelly ,1 upright, one custom moses, etc...of course 2 alembics.
That's what happens when u don't have kids...at least not officially!

[FC Bass]

......OMG!
 
I don't have kids :-)
I do have an email adress, click on my username ;-)

[gregduboc]

if I read that one more time, my mother will be mad at me, cause I wont give her a grandchild.  
What a collection!
And if somehow Flip's email doesn't work, I would be glad to help.
 
Greg