Author Topic: Greg lake's alembic bass(one of) (Read 2477 times)

moonliner · « **Reply #15 on:** May 01, 2013, 06:52:01 PM »

Here are a couple of pics from my ELP tour program from 1977. Not the best resolution, and odd that they flipped the one image, presumably for 'artistic' reasons for the mid-book layout.

This bass is one of the instruments that began my love affair with Alembic. :-)

andy3hal · « **Reply #16 on:** May 02, 2013, 10:32:50 PM »

Around six years ago I watched two ELP dvd's, this resulted in a complete obsession to own an Alembic Scorpion, will attach the pictures that I have of Greg and Alembic, may take a couple of posts.

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andy3hal · « **Reply #17 on:** May 02, 2013, 10:38:15 PM »

theres more !!!

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chuckc · « **Reply #18 on:** May 04, 2013, 02:48:22 PM »

Does anyone know how the Pirate Scorpion ended up in John Entwistle's collection at the Sotheby's auction?? I have heard various stories that Greg Lake may have given this to John at some point and ended up being auctioned off upon his death.

senmen · « **Reply #19 on:** May 05, 2013, 06:07:32 AM »

The Pirate Scorpion with serial 79 1300 was auctioned in the John Entwistle auction at Sothebys for GBP 10800.
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Oliver (Spyderman)

senmen · « **Reply #20 on:** May 05, 2013, 06:15:00 AM »

...and here the picture of the auction lot:

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Oliver (Spyderman)

senmen · « **Reply #21 on:** May 05, 2013, 06:17:37 AM »

...but as you can see, it is a different one than the one pictured above....
Oliver (Spyderman)

chuckc · « **Reply #22 on:** May 05, 2013, 06:52:35 AM »

Thanks Oliver, they are in fact 2 different basses, though similar in design except for, obviously, the top woods, the headstock, the hum cancelling p/u,the bridge and what appears to be a rotary selector near the lower horn. I wonder where the story came from that Greg had either given or sold this to John? And where is the original now??

that_sustain · « **Reply #23 on:** May 05, 2013, 07:41:35 AM »

The Omega bass, 2nd pic down....wow.

senmen · « **Reply #24 on:** May 05, 2013, 07:47:53 AM »

And this one, the ex Sothebys one , also has a graphite neck...
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Oliver (Spyderman)

moonliner · « **Reply #25 on:** May 05, 2013, 01:54:11 PM »

I read a story online where Greg was saying the headstock had a tendency to break (on the wood one) because of the tension and he finally sold it to JE as a collectors piece. Not sure if there's any truth in that. Isn't one of them in a Hardrock Cafe somewhere?