alembic mania

kungfusheriff · October 24, 2008, 10:55:53 PM

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 · October 25, 2008, 10:04:56 AM

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

kungfusheriff · October 25, 2008, 12:36:24 PM

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. · October 26, 2008, 07:44:25 AM

Ian McLagan is a hero!

Dave W · October 26, 2008, 11:31:27 AM

on MySpace:
Mark Andes
Ian McLagan

hieronymous · November 07, 2008, 12:53:07 AM

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 · December 02, 2008, 09:54:05 PM

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

DS

mgod · December 02, 2008, 09:54:55 PM

Oh, it just shows up.

DS

Dave W · December 02, 2008, 10:37:29 PM

Hi Dan, I remember you.

Is that short scale?

mgod · December 03, 2008, 08:55:57 AM

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

DS

kungfusheriff · December 03, 2008, 04:04:26 PM

Quote from: mgod on December 02, 2008, 09:54:55 PM
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 · December 03, 2008, 05:31:06 PM

Great story about the Guild fretless.

hieronymous · December 03, 2008, 08:40:43 PM

Is the fingerboard metal or something?

mgod · December 03, 2008, 11:18:34 PM

Something metal - stainless steel.

DS

kungfusheriff · December 04, 2008, 07:49:57 AM

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."