Author Topic: Bay Area/Northern California gathering 3/31/07 (Read 2207 times)

olieoliver · « **Reply #30 on:** April 04, 2007, 08:29:39 AM »

Best eye's money can buy. LOL

I agree, Daion is a very nice instrument indeed. Definately Matsumoko's best work. I played Daions all through the 80's until I switched to Kubicki's. I love the Gazelle I have, great player and impressive sound.

Really wished I could have made the gathering, with all those toys there.... sigh...maybe next time.

bkbass · « **Reply #31 on:** April 04, 2007, 08:35:00 AM »

Sorry people,I was referring to the East Coast as in New York. I thought most members would have drawn from EAST MEETS WEST. My bad. So again I ask, does anyone have an expression of interest to have a gathering here on the aforementioned East Coast as in NY,NJ and Conn.area?

lbpesq · « **Reply #32 on:** April 04, 2007, 09:30:05 AM »

Barry:

You might want to post this on a new thread in the Alembic Basses & Guitars section. That's how the North Cali gathering came to be. More members may notice it there.

Bill, tgo

hieronymous · « **Reply #33 on:** April 04, 2007, 09:42:08 AM »

Might be a good idea to be more specific than East Coast - there's more to the east coast than NY/NJ/CT...

dannobasso · « **Reply #34 on:** April 04, 2007, 12:32:06 PM »

Thats true. Plus its hard to get fried green tomatoes and ocre at a diner here in Joisey.

pace · « **Reply #35 on:** April 04, 2007, 12:50:23 PM »

Im up for an EC gathering...... I can think of at least a half dozen club members within the MA/RI/CT/NY/NJ/PA corridor.... we should make a go of it!!!!!

hieronymous · « **Reply #36 on:** April 04, 2007, 06:00:44 PM »

One thing I noticed at the end of the day was that there were no 8-string basses. When I said this to Mica, she pointed out that there were no 5-strings either!

David Houck · « **Reply #37 on:** April 04, 2007, 07:57:42 PM »

Cool !!!!!!!!

57basstra · « **Reply #38 on:** April 04, 2007, 09:13:53 PM »

Didn't Yamaki produce Daion, not Matsumoku?

lbpesq · « **Reply #39 on:** April 04, 2007, 11:20:41 PM »

I've heard it both ways.

Bill, tgo

olieoliver · « **Reply #40 on:** April 05, 2007, 06:30:20 AM »

Same here, I've heard both ways. Either way they are great instruments especially for the price.

57basstra · « **Reply #41 on:** April 05, 2007, 08:11:19 AM »

First, I have really enjoyed seeing the pics and hearing about the Alembic gatherings. Reading and seeing is the NEXT best thing to being there. (I guess unless you are next door or down the block listening, lol).

I had not heard about Daions until I read you guys' posts in recent months (now years). They look great and I'm sure sound great.

I know a bit about Matsumoku and I'm always on the lookout for a nice one (I have studied up on Uncle Matt a bit and have never heard or read Daion as a brand from Matsumoku.

I have a (Matsumoku) Vantage Artist series 6 string guitar, neck through, string through body, brass nut, coil tap, that is one very nice guitar. Also, my main bass in my Rock and Metal heyday of the 1980s early '90s was an Aria Pro II SB 900. (I bought it because I was told it was an Alembic clone and back then I sure couldn't afford an Alembic. You reallycouldn't find one around my part of the world back then. I still have that bass.) I'm also working on a Mat Westone Pantera that is a really nice ax.

Anyway, I like the idea that other brands of instruments are welcome at the gathering and are put into the sound mix as well.

Thank you all for posting the pics and info. I am hoping that an Alembic Gathering can be worked out in this region so I can possibly attend.

Thanks All.

lbpesq · « **Reply #42 on:** April 05, 2007, 09:50:51 AM »

David:

I was the lone non-alembic interloper, bringing 5 non-Alembics. Three of them have Alembic guts:

1. Highly modified Fernandes Masterhand (3 Alembic PUs, low pass filer, 3-way Q, RMC bridge piezos, 13 pin synth access, leaf & joint inlays by Larry Robinson);

2. Fender Strat 12 (3 Alembic PUs filter and 3-way Q);

3. Optek Fretlight Tele (Alembic telecaster PUs)

I also brought:

1. An Aria Pro II Rev Sound 850 - other than body shape as clear an Alembic copy as you're going to find. (18v system with humcanceller, filters and Qs) It's sweet, but it's no Alembic.

2. The Daion Power Mark XX - Alembic inspired hippie sandwich construction with 9 piece maple and rosewood assymetrical thru neck, rosewood core, ash top and back with wood (not continuous) backplates, passive elecronics with two humbuckers with coil taps (the most usuable coil taps I've encountered).

Bill, tgo

hieronymous · « **Reply #43 on:** April 05, 2007, 11:17:11 AM »

Bill's non-Alembic-but-Alembic-equipped guitars were cool!

I've been toying with the idea of putting Alembic pickups in my black Rickenbacker 8-string - I would love to have been able to bring the lone 8-string to this past gathering! Maybe next time. (Hmm, wonder when the next Bay Area/NC gathering will be. Maybe I can get the Ric together by then...)

smuprof · « **Reply #44 on:** April 08, 2007, 09:18:27 AM »

Looks like you guys had an awesome time - as someone said, being near the mothership must be incredible!

Really, really wish I could have been there . . . although I feel a bit better that I see 14 Alembic basses (and 6 guitars) and we gathered 14 Alembic basses in Dallas (no guitars -in fact, no guitarists)!

We want to do it again in the fall - maybe we can get a few of ringers from the west coast to join us and push the total over 20 . . .