Chicago area Alembic Gathering.

[David Houck]

Thanks for the initial pics and early reports!  Looks and sounds like it was a successful event!  Looking forward to more pics and posts!

[serialnumber12]

it was a homecoming event seeing the Faces behind those Basses everybody was very nice we  all went out for cheese burgers & Beers afterwards.

[dadabass2001]

Yeah, this was truly a wonderful and memorable day and evening. I second the huge thanks to John and all the BagEnd personnel, Mica and Bill (and Erik ) and all my new friends in person (rather than just online). I'll be starting my audio editing fun this morning.
Hope everyone has a safe and comfortable journey home.
 
Mike

[gare]

I'd like to third the thanks to everyone involved putting on the event..had a great time. The whole day was fun and very informative. Of course it was great to meet and talk to everyone.
I'll bet Mica and the BagEnd peoples heads are about to explode from all the questions etc.  
Did anyone get a good picture of the rig BagEnd had set up for us ? After hearing it and talking to them I'm seeing one of their powered cabinets in my furure.
Oh..and thank you Jonathan for the pizzas.
Kev..were those plain cheese burgers or bacon cheese burgers ?
So is it too early to plan next years gathering ? I'm open from Jan 1st on  
 
Thanks again to all
Gary

[serialnumber12]

the burgers (Huge!!!)were Plain cheese Olie had the american cheese burger ,i had jalapeno cheese.............Boy after that burger Plus those three Beers I was sleepy as Hell!

[speicky]

hey, everyone...
 
it was a wonderful time I had there yesterday, thanks to Jim, Debbie and Heather from BagEnd (plus of course other staff whom I did not chatted with), and thanks to Mica, Bill and Erik. You all were fantastic, folks...
 
it was also great to see that everyone put up his best behaviour, even in the abscence of the Master of all Moderators  it was great to talk to all of you folks in person who I just knew through this gorgeous online community before...
 
greetings to you all,
your Christian

[lbpesq]

I'm back in California.  WOW, what a blast!  A huge thanks to all involved in organizing.  As amazing as the collection of Alembics (and some very cool non-Alembics - even a Travis Bean!) were, the best part, for me, was meeting so many of the friends I've made over that last several years in Alembic cyberspace.  You're all invited out to the Bay Area next month for the 3rd annual Northern California gathering.  I know we have our work cut out for us to match the hospitality, camaraderie, and general good vibes provided by our mid-west brethren.  
 
Bill, tgo
 
(Message edited by lbpesq on May 31, 2009)

[LMiwa]

A HUGE HUGE thanks to everyone involved in organizing and hosting this event! I believe it was Tracy that said she had never seen so many grown men with such stupid-happy faces! I know I've still got mine.
 
Getting to play some really nice basses, and hearing others absolutely killing in the jam session was a real treat. But meeting Mica, her family (Erik is WAY too cute), and all the club members, and finally putting faces to names was certainly the best part. Not surprisingly, Alembic owners are some REALLY cool people!
 
Dave, your untimely illness was mourned by all present. But we were all moderate in your honor!
 
And yes Toby, you were missed but represented!  
 
Thanks to all,
Loch

[811952]

I had a miserable time.  Terrible.  Hope I never, ever, EVER have to go through this much misery ever again.  Simply awful.  The entertainment at Durty Nellie's was pretty good though..
 
Tracy and I plan to start sorting pics this evening..  
 
John

[mikedm]

I had a great time. Thank you to everyone that brought their instruments and their friendship. Truly a remarkable day.
 
The entertainment at Durty Nellie's was pretty good though..   I should have ordered what you did.
 
Mike

[811952]

Tracy and I left before they started...  

[olieoliver]

Just got home flying in from Chicgo, (and boy are my arms tired),and want to take a moment and thank everyone at BagEnd, Alembic and all the Chicago folk that made us Texans feel very welcome. I had a great time.
It was great to a face to the names.  
 
I feel honored that I've now had the chance to play two of the first 20 Alembics. Keavins #12 and Michaels #16. (Only 18 more to go)
 
Jonathan I regret not getting a chance to hook up your Line 6 after you brought it for me but there was just so much going on I didn't have the heart to pause the action. And the Pizza was the bomb!
 
Thanks again for a great time,
OO
PS. I thought it great that John Judge lead us in a toast as we raised our glasses at Durty Nellies in Honor of Brother Paul.

[811952]

I can't tell you folks how much I enjoyed meeting everybody.  It's great to be part of the family!
 
We've started uploading pics to smugmug and they probably won't all be uploaded until sometime late tonight or early tomorrow.  There are a couple of versions of a few of them, and if there are any that you would like to have good copies of, whether to print or just for whatever, let me know and Tracy will tweak them and clean them up a bit for you.  Oh, and the one's I took aren't very good.  
 
The pics are here:
 
http://scarysharkface.smugmug.com/gallery/8398143_6Vkbj#551268367_7Qtt3
 
John's toast to Paul was very appropriate, as I'm pretty sure Paul was in all of our thoughts throughout the day.
 
John

[southpaw]

Thanks to all for a great time.  The kindness and generosity of Mica, Bill (Eric too!) and the Bag End family - Jim, Larry, Debbie & Heather was unmatched. Everyone was so generous to share their instruments (and trust me, there were some very expensive customs available!!)thanks again.
Please support Bag End products along with your Alembics when possible,  their cabinets are amazing and the people are the best.  I look forward to seeing everyone again.  
Paul

[dadabass2001]

+1 to Dr. L for the pizza (Thanks a bunch), and +1 to the fine honor John Judge gave to Brother Paul's memory and spirit.
I'm just starting to sort out my recording, but it looks like I'll have some audio to share in a day or two.  
 
Mike