Author Topic: Alembic/Fodera (Read 2224 times)

lbpesq · « **Reply #30 on:** December 01, 2012, 01:51:44 PM »

If I'm not mistaken, haven't these Starfires had their necks replaced by Alembic - more than just an electronics mod?

Bill, tgo

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #31 on:** December 01, 2012, 07:41:52 PM »

At least new headstocks (at a steeper angle, I think) - I don't know about necks. But would a new neck warrant a new logo more than major body surgery? I dunno. I do know I'd rather have an Alembicized Guild than a Foderadized Alembic! (Damn I love the tailpiece on Crosby's 12!!!)

Peter

jazzyvee · « **Reply #32 on:** December 02, 2012, 03:34:00 AM »

Ok I stand corrected. :-)
But those instruments were way back in the early days of active electronics. werent those instruments modified before alembic started being an instrument maker in their own right ?

if that is the case then the logo was maybe a branding thing to get the name known for their electronic upgrades. maybe someone can enlighten me. :-)

Jazzyvee

that_sustain · « **Reply #33 on:** June 13, 2013, 07:30:35 PM »

This crazy bass is still on ebay after all this time. Why would somebody do that to a triple omega?

jazzyvee · « **Reply #34 on:** June 13, 2013, 11:01:00 PM »

Hmm, If the white wood was removed and just left the shape where the dark wood is it would be a more interesting shape for the bass.
Whether it would sell, again who knows, it's been on sale a while but not excessively long... yet.
Jazzyvee

wookie · « **Reply #35 on:** June 14, 2013, 09:04:32 AM »

Who owned this bass? Have you heard if the old guy with the new sports car? Or the little guy with an attitude problem? Or the gay guy with a wife? Or the guy with a $40k dollar Alembic that puts Fodera pickups in it and puts the butterfly beneath the Alembic logo? ......compensation.

hifiguy · « **Reply #36 on:** June 14, 2013, 09:39:51 AM »

That is one odd bass. Is it signaling a touchdown?

that_sustain · « **Reply #37 on:** June 14, 2013, 11:49:15 AM »

...but they took away the best Alembic features...the angled neck at body(like a Les Paul), the pickups and electronics. I could see getting a Fodera and replacing the pickups and electronics with Alembic stuff...

811952 · « **Reply #38 on:** June 14, 2013, 11:56:45 AM »

I think probably any instrument that's got the blessing of either Fodera or Alembic is going to be better than I am.

John

gtrguy · « **Reply #39 on:** June 15, 2013, 04:48:59 PM »

Hey, what's wrong with an old guy with a sports car? I have been driving super fast cars since I was 18 and I am sure not about to stop just because I am nearer to sixty these days. My vintage Corvettes have been replaced with Porsches and Jags and you can bet your booty I know how to drive them, too.

You could easily do another stereotype about bass players who feel the need for a flashy Alembic to make up for something else, while you are at it. I am sure a lot of P bass players feel that way too.

wookie · « **Reply #40 on:** June 15, 2013, 05:48:31 PM »

@Dave,
I thought I might get a response like that.
There's nothing wrong with you having that stuff at all. I was referring to a guy that has a midlife crisis and goes out and buys his first sports car.
You are obviously not that guy, I'm sorry if you felt I was throwing you under the bus. I'd say you are a conisure of fine things, in this case automobiles that I will likely never be able to afford : )

hifiguy · « **Reply #41 on:** June 16, 2013, 01:13:39 AM »

Guys who play Precisions have to be so unutterably cool to be memorable that only Duck Dunn and James Jamerson have managed to clear the bar.

I love exotic cars as works of art that happen to also serve a utilitarian purpose. A few years ago David Wilson of Wilson Audio Specialties let me drive his Ferrari 550 Maranello when I visited the factory to write an article on the company. He egged me up to nearly 100 mph. I will remember that until the day I shuffle off this mortal coil. He's a very strait-laced Mormon but he does love his Ferraris, and ticked 140 in his 430 with me in the passenger seat. The sound - in a tunnel yet - was beyond magnificent. Not even an Alembic can do that one.

lbpesq · « **Reply #42 on:** June 16, 2013, 09:12:39 AM »

+ one for sports cars! Over the past 40 years I've driven an Austin Healy Bug-eye Sprite, an Opel GT (baby Corvette), Mazda RX-7, Nissan 300ZX, and a Mazda Miata. I'm currently driving a 1993 Porsche 968 and in the process of restoring a 1958 Triumph TR3A. Ain't nuthin' wrong with sports cars!

Bill, tgo

hifiguy · « **Reply #43 on:** June 16, 2013, 11:15:12 AM »

Opel GTs were sweet little cars. Very much wanted one when I was a teenager. Good taste, my man. Now how about those Wankel-powered Mercedes C-111s?

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #44 on:** June 16, 2013, 11:29:37 AM »

How about a build thread, Bill? I might call it a toss-up between the TR3 & the MGA for best looking car ever! And a classic British roadster with the top down is the next-best thing to a motorcycle.

Peter