Alembic style basses look ugly to me...

[kesslari]

 

[spideyjg]

This is a very useful thread. I am going to laminate it.

 

[JMDT]

Alembics are definately a different animal. The make a wide variety of styles, so to say they all look bad is a stretch. That would be like saying all Fenders look good. I've never heard anyone in the guitar community claim a Fender Coronado looked good, however most of their designs are considered standards by players of both big and small strings.

 

[abarson]

That's a description of the bass that I'll NEVER own!
Each to his own, I guess.

i just like a bass to be ALL gloss black.

 

[MTMTEX]

alembics arent basses. they are works of art. they are the bass all others are judged by. a few basses it has been rumored are nearly the same quality. none are better.

 

[Debased]

I don't know about many of you other people, but I find Alembic and Fodera basses and other basses of the sort kinda ugly. Just my taste I guess. Not a huge fan of basses with exotic woods.

Nah, it's not a matter of taste, it's the truth!

Wood is just so freakin' nasty looking. It's a shame they have to use it in bass construction at all, but at least they have the good taste to cover it up with spray paint and a big slab of plastic on the good stuff. Personally, I'm not happy unless my bass looks like something fresh off an assembly line in a Chinese sweatshop.

 

[Baryonyx]

alembics arent basses. they are works of art. they are the bass all others are judged by. a few basses it has been rumored are nearly the same quality. none are better.

They're good but lets not go nuts!

This is hot though.

 

[bassjigga]

YAY for fancy pants woods!

 

[MTMTEX]

They're good but lets not go nuts!

This is hot though.

damn you!! i got it all over my keyboard!

 

[hockey_head]

wood, steel and flesh, paint it or don't

 

[MTMTEX]

anyone that paints over a beautiful piece of wood whether it be a bass or an armchair should be shot. then they should be drawn and quartered. then their pieces should be shot. or maybe i just watch too much hgtv, i dont know.

 

[jsingles]

Agreed, they are most difficult on the eyes.

 

[Hamerguy]

Well, I don't like the looks of Alembic instruments. But I like the sound of them, though the (to me) most annoying sound recorded with a bass also comes from an Alembic, and that has to be when Greg Lake went with his plec over the strings on "Fanfare for the common man". But all in all, there are still uglier basses than Alembics around.

 

[noxweb]

it depends on which alembic, i'm not much of a fan of those alembic series 2 and such, however I love the look of Alembic Essence

 

[bassjigga]

I don't know how anyone can complain about the looks of an Alembic. They'll make it look however you want.

 

[ndrly]

I'd probably rent one for studio use, but I can't see myself ever owning one, let alone touring with one.

I'm pretty much used to plain woods. I like instruments with maple tops, though. I think even if I did order a bass from the Warwick shop, it'd be swamp ash with a maple top.

 

[Webtroll]

worst... advice... ever!

What gets to me is when someone shares an unsolicited opinion based on nothing better than a personal opinion and then tries to pass it off as something anyone else should give a damn about. You don't like figured woods? That's super! Don't care for Alembic shapes? Also super? Do more than 99.9% of the forum readers here care that you don't like them? I'd wager not in the least. You'd probably get more respect starting a boxers vs. briefs thread.

And folks, if you don't want to feed the troll that's fine, just make sure to give the Webtroll a cookie cuz I am HUNGRY!

 

[bassman10096]

You'd probably get more respect starting a boxers vs. briefs thread.

Ok then. Briefs.

 

[McSpunckle]

Ok then. Briefs.

No... dude.


Boxers.


How could you wear that stuff?

 

[Rickett Customs]

Commando!