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Quote from: Nova Constellatio on July 04, 2026, 03:49:56 PMWhat's life without a little extravagance?

Life with groceries. 

Sigh. Reality is no fun.

Reality is for people who can't handle drugs.

Peter

My .02...
Vic, if this is your first Alembic you will find there is more than just switches, filters and knobs.
Others have provided great electronic fundamentals for you to work with.

In addition:
Plucking hand position and attack will impact your tone - unlike any other bass you have played.

You are gonna have fun!

Quote from: jazzyvee on July 10, 2026, 11:40:23 AMJust for clarity I will mention that there is no passive mode for alembic basses, as soon as you plug a jack in, the battery is on and will drain.

Thanks. So far I'm mostly playing with the Q switch off, but I haven't played it live yet. We'll see what I settle on.

Quote from: tkotmk42 on July 10, 2026, 06:43:33 AMhttps://www.digimart.net/cat03/shop4858/DS10612556/

They got this bass at the Dallas vintage guitar show,

12.3k usd before shipping/tax/duty, etc....  not a crazy price considering today's market.
(you don't pay the sales tax if you are exporting)


as always, not affiliated with the shop, but they are one of the most reputable vintage guitar dealer in Japan, and probably in the world... look at their inventory....
https://www.guitartraders-tokyo.com/category/item/bass/


Takeo

AFAIK, there are no duties/tariffs collected when repatriating goods originally produced US. At least that's how it worked with the Demeter VTHF-300M I recently purchased on Reverb from a chap in the UK. Just need to make sure the seller declares it as such.

Too Late The Hero!

Just for clarity I will mention that there is no passive mode for alembic basses, as soon as you plug a jack in, the battery is on and will drain.

OK, dropping it to $4200. Also, a reminder that I'm open to reasonable offers trades.

Well, I'm obviously in the minority here, but I appreciated the way the (fake) documentary praised the ground breaking uniqueness and quality of Alembic instruments.  While we may be Alembic scholars, someone unfamiliar with the brand and the story would likely be appropriately impressed with Amebic basses after viewing this.  I did notice a significant lack of guitars, though.

As for AI, it has its uses.  I created this poster for an upcoming gig using AI.  I must admit I'm impressed.

Bill, tgo

Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on July 10, 2026, 07:03:56 AM

Quote from: edwardofhuncote on July 10, 2026, 04:45:09 AMI made it about 5 minutes and just couldn't go on. The thumbnail was the first clue... the fake human 'cofounder' Stanley Clarke looked more real than the AI generated Alembic bass.

It just irritates me seeing these things. There are some legitimate uses for the kind of technology that's coming down the line. To Jimmy's point, who gets paid? (see the article I crossposted from bluegrasstoday.com where one of the editors questions the same general thing...)

Is this information some half-ass bots helped themselves to while they dorked up the Club for a month? And if so, is this the best they can do? The least they could have done was straightened out the Artificial Idiot pronunciation glitches. 😡

First, no there aren't legitimate uses.
Second, AI is 100% artificial & 0% intelligent. 
Many of us are getting on in years - but I fear we may yet live to see the collapse of civilization.  I'm sure my grandkids will.

Peter

Thanks for the mild scolding, but I think you're wrong, at least about the first part. 

There are lots of legitimate uses for AI, rapidly becoming countless. Not among them are generating slop YouTube videos like this one. That is the equivalent of spam as far as I'm concerned. But you are deluding yourself if you don't think using cutting edge technology in any way you can to gain an advantage in whatever your field is won't be used. Whether it's writing a book, running a water plant, or building a guitar, or operating on a cancer patient. It's going to happen. Or it is already and we don't know it. Civilizational collapse (or not) because of AI has more to do with how we manage and oversee the processes it's involved with. Do good things with it, and good things will come from it. Do bad things with it, well... you know. So be good, for goodness sake. 

Personally, I think Vince was just having some ironic British fun with us all.

Whew.....I was afraid it would be a Cone headstock.  That's the one I've been looking for.  The last Spyder I saw for sale was $15K.