Author Topic: Northern California Alembic Gathering - THE AFTERMATH (Read 1733 times)

kenbass4 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 18, 2008, 07:36:17 AM »

Re: Steve Fossen Bass

Well, it was, literally, a group effort rescue of that bass. I was sitting in the house of my drummer & singer as they were on their computer, and I directed them to the site and said You've gotta check this out. This is the 'Barracuda' bass!! Lori immediately said Let's buy it!! and Jim, the accountant (literally) said, That would be a great investment and agreed. Of course, since I'm the one that plays it, I had to do the maintenance on it (it needed a bit of TLC) and now, when we do Barracuda, it sounds authentic. :-)
Ken

hieronymous · « **Reply #16 on:** March 18, 2008, 11:03:41 AM »

I am really jonesing to see some more pictures! So, in an effort to inspire people to post, I will put up this really low quality one, of myself on drums and John mrbeezroom Braselton on the Series II (in the first pic above, it's 2nd row, 3rd from the right):

hieronymous · « **Reply #17 on:** March 18, 2008, 11:13:39 AM »

Darn, double post! And I can't put any pictures in when I edit. So instead I will thank everyone that made this year's gathering possible, including but not limited to: Bill for organizing, Will for letting us use the space, Ron and Mica just for being cool, Ken and Eric for offering me a ride when I still wasn't sure if the doubleneck would fit in my car, and the soundguy for bringing the PA and getting a great sound.

If anyone can add to this list, please do!

(Message edited by hieronymous on March 18, 2008)

hieronymous · « **Reply #18 on:** March 18, 2008, 11:14:43 AM »

Here's Matt on his Electrum:

hieronymous · « **Reply #19 on:** March 18, 2008, 11:24:48 AM »

Here's one I snapped of Ken:

kenbass4 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 18, 2008, 12:08:50 PM »

Thanks, Harry.

My pictures are currently on my wife's laptop, so when I get a chance to get control of it, I'll get mine up.

In the background of the shot of Matt is my singer/keyboardist Lori, co-owner of the Fossen bass.

John is a phenominal player, it's too bad we couldn't get him up there to help outnumber the guitarists when Matt, Bill, Harry, Will, Lori and I were playing.

palembic · « **Reply #21 on:** March 18, 2008, 01:49:49 PM »

I'll try to post some pictures later.
I am again overwhelmed with work.
Anyway, Bob will send my pictures to Mica so she can use them anytime.
They're acceptable indeed!
P

kenbass4 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 19, 2008, 12:15:55 PM »

So Paul,

How did the pictures of you jamming with Jim and Lori turn out? I tried to get good angles, but there was a lot of light coming through the windows. Check your email.

Ken

mica · « **Reply #23 on:** March 19, 2008, 12:58:09 PM »

Here's some of my shots. First, here's the stage area just before everyone arrived:

mica · « **Reply #24 on:** March 19, 2008, 12:59:22 PM »

Ken with the Barracuda bass:

mica · « **Reply #25 on:** March 19, 2008, 01:01:09 PM »

Ron explains the humbalancing procedure for his new-to-him Series I guitar to Scott:

mica · « **Reply #26 on:** March 19, 2008, 01:03:24 PM »

Harry and his ubiquitous double neck (which he can really play!):

mica · « **Reply #27 on:** March 19, 2008, 01:05:47 PM »

Proof that while Paul is the president of the ACC (Anti Conehead Club), it didn't stop him from having fun with Ken's bass:

mica · « **Reply #28 on:** March 19, 2008, 01:08:07 PM »

Ron and Bill discover the blinking LED cause on the 12-string guitar:

Bill's deciding if he'll have it fixed now or wait until the whole thing needs refretting.

We also found out that Bill is the vice president of the ACC (see above post for details).

mica · « **Reply #29 on:** March 19, 2008, 01:09:35 PM »

Paul falling in love: