How many Alembic basses are out there?

Started by tncaveman, March 21, 2011, 08:20:40 PM

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tncaveman

I was curious about how many instruments have been made by Alembic?  It would be cool to see a tally - especially the number of each model.  I have a Rogue and have never personally seen another one.  I have only seen a few other Alembic models over the years, other than in photos.  I have never seen an Alembic guitar in person.
 
Stephen
Prog Rock - Jazz Fusion fan living in the Heart of Country Music

FC Bass

They are heading for 14200, I think it's almost impossible to tell per model...
 
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'83 Spoiler
'88 Spoiler
'99 Orion 5 fretless
'10 Elan 5
'23 Series II Europa 5

jazzyvee

14,000 is a very small number when you consider the number made by the big boys over the same number of years.  
 
I've only ever seen my Alembic Guitars in person. They still seem to be rare in public.  In saying that, I've only seen an alembic bass live in the hands of Stanley Clarke.
 
Hopefully some of the UK owners will post some gigs nearer to where I live so I can get a chance to hear.
 
Jazzyvee
The sound of Alembic is medicine for the soul!
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rustyg61

I asked Mica that same question when I spoke to her on the phone right after I got my Alembic. My serial # is 14148, but she said there were maybe 600 - 800 additional Alembics that had duplicate serial numbers, so the total count could be around 15,000. Still a very elite owner's group when you consider that lots of people own more than one Alembic, so the total number of owners is much smaller than the total number of Alembics.
Rusty
2011 SCSD
2014 "Blue Orca" Series II Europa
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rustyg61

I just checked out your list FC, VERY impressive! Where did you get all the data?
Rusty
2011 SCSD
2014 "Blue Orca" Series II Europa
http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_blueorca.html

serialnumber12

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tncaveman

39 years and 14,200 -------> average of 364 per year - that's one a day!  But I would assume that the efficiency and number per year somewhat increased over the years.  
 
And, Barnes (ser#12) that is one heck of a photo - are they all yours or from a gathering?
Prog Rock - Jazz Fusion fan living in the Heart of Country Music

jacko

Jazzyvee..Hopefully some of the UK owners will post some gigs nearer to where I live so I can get a chance to hear
 
You'll need to move to Scotland ;-)
 
graeme

serialnumber12

they all belong to various members from the chicago gathering two yrs ago
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dadabass2001

tncaveman,
The group instrument shot is from the Chicago Alembic gathering in May 2009. It was a fabulous day at Bag End.
Mike
"The Secret of Life is enjoying the passage of Time"
- James Taylor

terryc

I love nostalgie and looking at the catalogues is really interesting.
Mine is proudly in the list

FC Bass

@ Rusty: Got most of the info (about 99%) right here from the club, so thanx Ya'll!
It gives a pretty good idea of production per year (see summary @ the bottom), huge peak in the 90s (Newsted influence?)
 
Extremely fun project, though in desperate need of an update...
 
Pretty close family, with +/-15000 Alembics and some of us that are actually insane enough to own more than one. :-)
Damaged Justice, Dutch 'tallica tribute: Facebook, Youtube

'83 Spoiler
'88 Spoiler
'99 Orion 5 fretless
'10 Elan 5
'23 Series II Europa 5

serialnumber12

keavin barnes @ facebook.com