Hello folks! Here is John again and is that Lindsey B on an Alembic guitar?!?!?!

wow!

The fretted bass has a similar shape to #12
 
Jazzyvee

The fretted bass has a similar shape to #12
 
Jazzyvee

This compilation was releasd in 1992 ...

Im gettin curious again, I wonder if Alembic has the build sheet or info on the Stainless steel fingerboard alembic?? Mica??

Does someone know one music recorded with this SS fingerboard? I would love to hear how it sounds like...
 
(Message edited by mario farufyno on September 25, 2013)

Mario; as mentioned further upthread, it's probably the bass in .

thanks, Dave

Hello again folks, seems like John's original graphite necked alembic thats been missing all this time has popped up on ebay!!! Could this be the very first graphite necked Alembic?? Check it out!  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Alembic-Series-one-bass-1973-John-McVie-Fleetwood-Mac-/171145471120?pt=Guitar&hash=item27d910a490#ht_253wt_1141

Thanks for posting; very cool bass!

Anybody else notice that the J McV pix posted by fretted4 and dluxe are nearly identical except for the outfit?  Very consistent posture.

Yes, I've noticed that. Fingers or picking, gaze down and to the right :-)

reports on the BBCthat fleetwood Mac have cancelled the rest of their tour as John is being treated for cancer. My thoughts are with him and his family
 
Graeme

I'm actually surprised there's that many pictures of John McVie... given his infamously camera-shy nature.  
 
I think maybe the quality I admire most about the guy, right after his inimitable playing style (which is another post altogether) is the quiet, supporting role he's played in Fleetwood-Mac all these years.  
 
I hear reliable reports he's made a recovery from cancer, laid down bass tracks with Mick this past Spring on the new Fleetwood Mac album, and is in rehearsal for another World Tour beginning next month, this time with Christine McVie back on board.  
 
Haven't seen him with any of the Alembics lately, but during the 2013 Tour, I got to meet his bass tech, who let me check out his road rack... there is one very interesting Turner Electroline in there that bears an uncanny resemblance to a quilted maple Alembic we used to see him play... I'm hesitant to post that here, but here's another I haven't seen on this thread: