Folks,
 
   Went to G-Cat Music here in Seoul today ... as well as the G-Cat store in the Nakwon Arcade yesterday.  Alembic is live and well in Korea, I can report.
 
   Took some pics ... it's like bass porn.
 
   I picked up a Stanley Clarke Deluxe, and it was like ... well .. coming home.  I can't describe it.  I plugged it into an Ampeg  B-15, and ... it was incredible.  It was just so .. like an old shoe .. comfortable, like going back to your hometown and seeing all the things you grew up with, familiar things.
 
   Anyway, enough gushing.  I'll post pics tomorrow.
 
Alan

I can visualize an old episode of M*A*S*H*, where Hawkeye might say to Trapper John would you just look at this Alembic I picked up on my 3 day pass? Where's Henry, he's gotta see this! Radar...........!
Thanks for your service and dedication and Alembic sightings (& acquisitions) in places far from here, Alan. Godspeed & get home soon......
Chris

Nice to here from you again AJ.
Happy holidays and thanks.
Nice find!
NLP

AJD, did you tell those GCat guys you were one of the 'Pros from Dover'?
 
J o e y

Alan wrote I picked up a Stanley Clarke Deluxe.  Is that like I picked it up off the guitar stand and tried it out or is it like I picked it up, paid for it, and walked out the door with it?

Joey,
 
    Nahh, no Pros from Dover remark.  However, I did say I had a brother named Ben (Dover).  Get it? :-)
 
Dave,
 
    I wish I could have picked it up for good.  I just tried it out.  At over $7K US, it was a bit rich for my blood.
 
Best regards,
 
Alan
 
P.S.  I have the pics, but I'm having trouble sizing them.  Anyone have any suggestions?

I use IrfanView to edit pictures.  On the menu I click on Edit and then Resize/Resample.  The Resize/Resample window gives various methods of resizing and resampling the pictures.  I have also found that often I can just open a picture up in IrfanView and then save without resizing, and as a result the file size will be smaller.  I think it has to do with IrfanView's default jpg resampling employed in the Save process, compressing the size of the original file.  I think other photo editing software packages are similar.  In IrfanView, when resizing a picture, you are given a choice of resizing or resampling.  Resampling is probably what you want to do.  I have mine set to resample at the slowest rate; I think that gives the best results.  However, I have no expertise in this area and I'm just guessing.  But there should be some similar functionality in your photo editing program, although sometimes they are hard to find.

Alan-  
Photoshop is a pretty pesky program to learn, but resizing for the web is a pretty easy task.
 
If you have photoshop: open the image, Select File--> Save for web.
 
Once there, photoshop will give you a selection of resized images to choose from.  You can also customise the image size to one of your choice if you like.
 
(Message edited by tbrannon on January 05, 2007)

I personally use a piece of software called ThumbsPlus.  You can download it from CERIOUS.COM.  It is pretty cool and you can use the free trial version to resize the photos!

Here's an attempt.
 
Alan

Wow!!! to walk into a room and see that much beauty. I'm just speechless. Where do you start?  
 Alan, where did you start? Damn I'm jealous.

Nice inventory!

In Korea, G-cat sell the left upper line MK deluxe-5 about $14000. It's quite expensive.

Here's a few more.
 
Alan

 
(Message edited by davehouck on January 22, 2007)

And the aforementioned Mark King ... Beautiful, but not cheap, particularly given import taxes, duties, etc.
 
Alan