Author Topic: Bay Area/Northern California gathering 3/31/07 (Read 2155 times)

hieronymous · « **on:** April 01, 2007, 07:41:23 PM »

The results of the OK, Enough!! Time to get a Bay Area/Northern Ca. Alembic Gathering thread.

hieronymous · « **Reply #1 on:** April 01, 2007, 07:59:57 PM »

Some ALEMBICS!!!

eligilam · « **Reply #2 on:** April 02, 2007, 07:03:28 AM »

Those pictures have induced a bout of tenesmus...please excuse me.

WD

hieronymous · « **Reply #3 on:** April 02, 2007, 11:55:01 AM »

A couple more:

I also have some pictures from one of the jams that I'll post in a bit...

mica · « **Reply #4 on:** April 02, 2007, 01:43:20 PM »

I've got a bunch of photos to share. I tried to get at least one of everybody that got up and played. Here's the stage area, l-r it's Matt, Ken, Bill (in front of Will) and John on harmonica:

Our gracious host Will on drums:

Matt playing the Electrum that I think he's getting from Bill:

Organizer Bill with his Series I:

Ken with his Excel:

mica · « **Reply #5 on:** April 02, 2007, 01:48:50 PM »

Before anyone started playing, the instruments started lining up. Here's Bill's collection:

Erik and Harry's joined soon after:

Ken's basses next to Bill's guitars:

olieoliver · « **Reply #6 on:** April 02, 2007, 01:57:21 PM »

Gee Bill, you look sleepy!

mica · « **Reply #7 on:** April 02, 2007, 01:58:10 PM »

My dad talking electronics:

My husband, Bill, doing most of the video taping:

mica · « **Reply #8 on:** April 02, 2007, 02:05:47 PM »

Harry showed us how to play a doubleneck:

Ken brought out his Rogue bass:

Bill belting it out on some Dead tunes with his less-than-one-day-old-to-him 12-string:

Harry, Doc and Ken:

John:

Matt taking a lead and Ken with his Series II:

Eric and his Orion:

Bradley trying out the fretless I brought fromt eh Showroom:

mica · « **Reply #9 on:** April 02, 2007, 03:00:42 PM »

Before the instruments migrated over to the sofas for the big shot:

And after the migration, the big group:

Bill and Will did an awful lot to get the gathering together, and it was great to meet folks in person and their families too! Everyone had a great time.

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 02, 2007, 04:56:09 PM »

Incredible! You guys are so lucky to be that close to the mothership. Kudos to Bill & Will, and I'm not worthy....

Mike

Bradley Young · « **Reply #11 on:** April 02, 2007, 06:07:07 PM »

That rogue was a seriously sweet bass.

Black hardware, fretless, killer neck (mahogany, purpleheart, ebony). Sounded like butter.

In 5 strings, and with a knobby headstock, my wife and I would have been having marital difficulties. Definitely sick.

James showed me some examples of his work with the new engraving tool, and it looked very nice. Anyone up for metal inlays?

Bradley

hieronymous · « **Reply #12 on:** April 02, 2007, 09:34:01 PM »

Wow, Mica, those pictures are great! It was awesome to meet you and your dad and everybody else! Also, the chance to play with a bunch of people was really fun too. Here are a few shots (again, taken by my wife Mika) of one of the jams. It started with me and my friend Greg DeGuglielmo on drums, who was visiting me from Boston for the week:

Matt and Ken joined in, while Doc set up his gear:

Doc disappeared, but there's Bill!

Greg and I have recorded a lot of duo stuff over the past few years, so it was nice to play like that in front of people, and then to get to play with a bunch of other people was great too! I have to say, I had a really great time - thanks Bill for coordinating!

57basstra · « **Reply #13 on:** April 02, 2007, 10:54:05 PM »

Awesome!

jacko · « **Reply #14 on:** April 03, 2007, 02:39:53 AM »

Awesome indeed! Boy do I wish I'd been there.

Mica, you say your husband Bill did some videotaping. Is this going to be a production we'll see on the forum sometime?

Graeme.