Hal:
 
Have a good life ... and don't ever ask to borrow any of my Alembics.
 
Bill, tgo

LOL!!!
 
I'll loan you mine anytime bro, come and get... It is here to be played and enjoyed even if the thing is 34 years old or more!
 
I mean it too.
 
I live in the Bay Area (I see you with the Oakland A's gear...)

I would never intentionally break even the cheapest instrument.  
I once had straplock release on me causing my Epic to hit the floor. Luckily, the only thing that happened was one of the tuning keys bent. I had another Epic that I used as a back up so I swapped the tuner and eventually sold the back up Epic
 
(Message edited by rockbassist on July 15, 2008)

I hope people been around long enough know what a sacrifice is?
 
something you do after several hits of Purple Owsley right before you go onstage!
 
don't get mad...noooooooo, don't get mad....

The only time i ever saw my dad cry was when my brother ran through the house, tripped over the PSU cable for the DS1 and made it hit the body of his S1 and put a ding in it.  I'm sure that if the bass had actually fallen over, I would have one less brother.

Yeah I had crappy gig bag, that had a bad strap on one side. I was carrying it around and it fell the floor straight on its butt end. I could feel the strings vibrating through the bag. I have been trying to get it to do that again ever since. Its just a bass.

http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/uk_national_entertainment/3648117.Hendrix_s_guitar_sells_for___280_000/
 
A BBQ'ed Hendrix Strat worth 1/2 million. WOW!
 
If Jimi did this to an Alembic, it would be priceless.