Author Topic: Fender Alembic; Fenbic; Alemder (Read 1200 times)

terryc · « **Reply #45 on:** January 14, 2012, 09:02:40 AM »

I got my MK Signature at Rudy's in 1998, top place!!!

liptones · « **Reply #46 on:** January 14, 2012, 09:28:48 AM »

awesome, thanks tubeperson. Will be heading there soon.

I'm gonna remake the pickguard. Same shape as is there. Curious about materials to use....... Looks like a 3 piece laminate. Mahogany, Maple, Mahogany. Will this really effect tone or not? I wonder. It seems to me to be just an aesthetic. But one never knows. I may put the string through option back. But I am not sure yet if that will work........

serialnumber12 · « **Reply #47 on:** January 15, 2012, 07:32:29 AM »

Hows bout some Lembic brass..

liptones · « **Reply #48 on:** January 15, 2012, 10:45:59 AM »

When is that bass from? And how does it sound? Looks like an early prototype of sorts..

Brass for the pickguard....... Could be a possibility, not something I considered yet... But hmmm. How does it effect tone if it does at all? I was leaning towards laminating a piece of plastic with a special piece of veneer for the pickguard.

Hey I can always make a few different versions. Know you have me thinking.......

lbpesq · « **Reply #49 on:** January 15, 2012, 01:09:35 PM »

That's Keavin's Old #12, from 1972 - the 12th instrument Alembic ever made. I have Old #10, also from 1972, a guitar, that you can see here.

Bill, the guitar one

dela217 · « **Reply #50 on:** January 15, 2012, 02:31:11 PM »

For what it's worth, I have serial number 16 also from 1972. I had to remove my brass electrionics cover because it added noise to the electronics. I guess it was acting like an antenna. Once I removed the brass, it became dead quiet.

I used clear plastic for my cover. My cover is not on the face of the instrument, but on the rear. In the compartment is 2 hum cancelling coils, one for each pickup. The plastic cover over the compartment made a VERY big difference.

Keavin - do you notice any noise with your bass? Just curious, I know that they are all different.

Michael

liptones · « **Reply #51 on:** January 15, 2012, 02:47:44 PM »

Wow those are awesome!! these instruments have come along way yet the initial shapes and concepts remain more or less. How do they sound?

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #52 on:** January 15, 2012, 04:27:32 PM »

Kevin brought #12 to the Alembic gathering in Chicago in 2009. It sounded fantastic and played like a dream!
Mike

811952 · « **Reply #53 on:** January 15, 2012, 04:46:34 PM »

And the first thing Keavin did when we pulled it out of the case was pass it around. He let EVERYBODY play it. That was a day to remember!

John

pauldo · « **Reply #54 on:** January 15, 2012, 05:06:03 PM »

Right on!
#12 was quite, didn't notice any noise.

Paul TDO

pauldo · « **Reply #55 on:** January 15, 2012, 05:09:29 PM »

herbbone · « **Reply #56 on:** January 17, 2012, 04:50:17 PM »

love the old ones

count · « **Reply #57 on:** March 22, 2012, 12:03:38 PM »

I so regret not bidding on this when it was up for grabs on ebay....

bigredbass · « **Reply #58 on:** March 22, 2012, 10:14:40 PM »

So I've seen those pictures of that girl holding 'that' bass before, so while we're in History Class,

A) Who's the girl, and
B) Which bass is she holding?

And, BTW Liptones, brother, you're 'IN' this little fraternity. BIG time. What an axe ! If it could only tell us where it's been . . .

J o e y

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #59 on:** March 23, 2012, 04:46:21 AM »

A) Susan Frates Wickersham (I'm pretty sure)
B) Lesh's Mission Control (I know)

Did I get an A, Professor Joey?

Peter