alembic mania

[kungfusheriff]

Good memory you have, Dave. The Spoiler Exploiter I bought and sold in 1998 came from Mark Andes. Been a while since I've heard that name.

[Dave W]

He's still around Austin, playing with Ian McLagan & the Bump Band and probably doing other projects.

[kungfusheriff]

Good to hear that he's still active. I can't say I know much about him, but he struck me as a very nice guy.

[Chris P.]

Ian McLagan is a hero!

[Dave W]

on MySpace:
Mark Andes
Ian McLagan

[hieronymous]

I recorded a short piece with my Stanley Clarke bass - actually, the idea began with a sruti box program for the iPhone called, simply enough, SrutiBox. Then I recorded what ended up being four tracks of the Stanley Clarke bass, then finished it off with another iPhone synth program called miniSynth. Here it is:

[mgod]

One of a kind custom attached. How do you get the image into the post?

DS

[mgod]

Oh, it just shows up.

DS

[Dave W]

Hi Dan, I remember you.

Is that short scale?

[mgod]

No , long. Sam Field called it continuously fretted. AFAIK, one of 3 made. McVie, me and a guitar.

DS

[kungfusheriff]

Oh, it just shows up.
DS

Very glad it did. I remember you mentioning that bass on the DP ages ago and wanting to see it since then.

Good to hear from you, by the way. FYI, you came up in conversation on Alembic's site recently. Look here:
http://alembic.com/club/messages/393/58599.html?1227032759

[Dave W]

Great story about the Guild fretless. 

[hieronymous]

Is the fingerboard metal or something?

[mgod]

Something metal - stainless steel.

DS

[kungfusheriff]

From Susan Wickersham's history of the company:

"1976: We developed with Geoff Gould, founder of Modulous Graphite Instruments, the first graphite neck through body necks. The first two basses made in this fashion were sold to Stanley Clarke and John McVie of Fleetwood Mac in June of 1976. This is the same year that we made a custom bass for John McVie that had a stainless steel fingerboard with no frets. Rather than call it a fretless bass, I preferred the term 'continuously fretted' bass."