Mr. Lake

[alembickoa]

Was wondering how many Alembics Greg Lake has? Anyone know? Believe I have seen him with this one and something else Alembic...

[alembickoa]

Okay...the search engine works...*slaps forehead*...found this post.
 
Posted on Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 5:14 pm:      
Mica told me that Alembic built about 6 instruments for Greg Lake. One was a series guitar, small standard, which I've had the pleasure to play here at Alembic, with cool inlays; it does not belong to Mr.Lake anymore.  
 
Checking some records I came up with the numbers for 3 basses (all series, of course).  
 
First one I found was 77-687. Long scale 4 string  
Zebrawood top & back  
cherry core  
maple/purpleheart neck  
purplehart fretboard  
Mother of pearl oval inlays  
 
Second one: 78-984  
 
No file on this one, the original work board lists it as 'special custom' & that's all I have other than it was a long scale.  
 
The third is the one Entwistle ended up with:  
79-1300  
Long scale 8 string bass  
Scorpion body shape  
Zebrawood top & back  
mahogany core  
graphite neck  
pirate inlays  
completed 7/24/79  
 
That's all I could find  
 
Valentino

[s_wood]

Greg Lake passed away yesterday.  He will be missed...
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38251936

[gearhed289]

Very sad. I'm a big prog rock guy, and ELP were very important to me as I was learning how to really play in my teens.

I'm wondering if 78-984 is another 8 string? I've seen pictures of 2 different Alembic 8 strings with pirate-themed inlays.

[JuancarlinBass]

Another sad loss for an already dreadful 2016... How I want this year to be over already!

[tmimichael]

I'm so very sad that Greg has passed. Chris Squire and Greg were the 2 players to influence my sound and playing style the most in the late 60's and 70's (Paul McCartney being my earliest and most profound influence). I had a Rickenbacker for some time to emulate Chris' sound, and in '73 I bought a Jazz bass because I had seen Greg with one. I guess you can figure that I've always been partial to using a pick  . A couple of years ago, I decided that I wanted to start a solo act, and so I set out to find a great acoustic guitar...and yep, I found the beautiful acoustic sound on ELP's "From the Beginning" was Greg on a Gibson J-200. Guess what I bought.
Later in the 70's I was introduced to Stanley's sound through some guys I was playing with who were jazz fanatics, and the rest is history.


Still play with a pick most of the time.
Still have (and play) my Hofner 500/1.
Love my J-200


Michael

[mica]

I don't know where or when this photo was taken, or even who the photographer is, but I thought you guys would like to see it.

[mtjam]

That looks like a shot from when ELP played at Olympic Stadium. Great video of that is on YouTube.

Another huge loss to the world. RIP

[matbard]

My hero is gone... :-(

[hammer]

I never really got that much in to ELP, but King Crimson's "In the Court of the Crimson King" was a late 60s early 70s masterpiece that opened my mind to all sorts of alternative approaches to music.  Another legend who will be sorely missed and difficult if not impossible to replace.

[epicowner]

I used to work at my college radio station back in the mid-70's. Our favorite thing to do was to put on a side of Welcome Back My Friends, go out to my car to burn one while listening to the record on the FM radio, then run back up the stairs to the studio as the record ended!

Never missed a lick!

[pauldo]

I used to work at my college radio station back in the mid-70's. Our favorite thing to do was to put on a side of Welcome Back My Friends, go out to my car to burn one while listening to the record on the FM radio, then run back up the stairs to the studio as the record ended!

Never missed a lick!

^^^ nice!  :-D