Author Topic: A Gathering of Alembic Proportions in Dallas (Read 1121 times)

smuprof · « **Reply #15 on:** February 17, 2007, 06:55:23 AM »

One last jammin' picture for the day! (Two 20th Anniversary Basses!)

olieoliver · « **Reply #16 on:** February 17, 2007, 06:56:10 AM »

AAF is why I didn't play more of them. I did play Waynes fretless, and that alone has me jonesing for a fretless.

jags · « **Reply #17 on:** February 17, 2007, 07:53:52 AM »

wow that must have been sooo much fun. thats just sweet. and to have two 20th anniversary basses there. thats just about as good as it gets. i wonder where those 11 25th anniversary basses that were built are at. i'm quite certain you guys had a great time. how long did you guys hang out?

smuprof · « **Reply #18 on:** February 17, 2007, 01:27:07 PM »

All in I think we were there about 6 hours.

mikedm · « **Reply #19 on:** February 17, 2007, 03:29:00 PM »

That was a fantastic day. AAF, uh ayuh that's a possibility, the spirit is willing but the wallet is weak.

The Distillate and the Exploiter were fun to play. Loved them both. Never noticed that they are medium scale basses. David's Epic is a real player, too. I had to keep away from Wayne's fretless, too tempting. Well, I kept my distance from all the Series basses. Hope I don't regret that decission.

I'll go through the few photos I took and forward. Time has been a precious commodity this week and little of it has been for personal time.

HA! I had forgotten about the fire alarm...

Thanks for getting some pics up, John.

keavin · « **Reply #20 on:** February 19, 2007, 05:10:29 AM »

Now that looks like an official lembic-Jam session!....i did see one beer bottle & one 7-11 slurpy cup & three baloons!,,,,,,,, did you guys really have a good time???

mikedm · « **Reply #21 on:** February 19, 2007, 05:32:04 AM »

Sorry Keavin, not just a beer bottle, an IBC root beer bottle. The balloons were a happy coincidence.

David Houck · « **Reply #22 on:** February 19, 2007, 12:26:55 PM »

Nice windows.

olieoliver · « **Reply #23 on:** February 19, 2007, 12:38:42 PM »

With all the multi-bassing goin' on I'm surprised we didn't have one of those windows crash.....

....ba,dup-dah!

smokin_dave · « **Reply #24 on:** February 19, 2007, 01:07:16 PM »

WOW.
I'm jealous.That looked like so much fun.
I would love to play so many different Alembic basses at one sitting.
Can one of the lucky attendee's please elaborate
on what bass rigs were used,aside the usual SF-2 and F-1X?
Talk about tweak heaven.

olieoliver · « **Reply #25 on:** February 19, 2007, 01:21:47 PM »

I had my SWR-750 head ran thru 2 2x10 and 1x15 SWR cab. Which is always a thumper.

I did plug Davids Mesa head though my cabs and it sounded great too. His MEsa head had a warmer sound than my SWR, would be great for some blues gigs.

I also took my Eden Metro but didn't play anything thru it. I think Mike and Jorge did.

Wayne had his rig, which kick some major butt. I don't remember what all he had in it but I do remember a pair F1X preamps I believe and a Bagend cab. I played his Fretless S-2 (which I fell in love with) thru his rig and thats what got me looking to upgrade mine. Wayne can shed more light on the details of his rig though.

Both my amps are old and well played thru so I am looking.

mikedm · « **Reply #26 on:** February 19, 2007, 01:44:11 PM »

nothing special about my rig: poor man's set up F-1X>SWR 350 Head>SWR Goliath III(4x10). I's more than enough for the small stuff, but after hearing the 15 cabs in Olie's and Wayne's set up I left wanting one. I think it's called cabinet envy.
Wayne's set up is inventive and kicks. I was busy with Jorge's Distillate when he was breifing Olie, John and others. He'll need to provide the run-down for you.

olieoliver · « **Reply #27 on:** February 19, 2007, 02:00:10 PM »

I never thought I'd see F-1X and poor man in the same sentence.

mikedm · « **Reply #28 on:** February 19, 2007, 02:07:04 PM »

After you buy one, you iz one.

olieoliver · « **Reply #29 on:** February 19, 2007, 02:10:07 PM »

I hear ya', I paid more for my F-1X than I did my first car. (1972 Buick Lesabre, $400 and that was in 77).