Jack Casady would've had an alembic signature bass but he f*cked that up by selling #1.

Where is #1 now?

Rumor is that someone here (the Club) has it.

According to Jack, #1 was dropped on a concrete floor & sent back to Alembic for repair of body cracks.  He said the bass never sounded the same after it had been dropped.
 
Good recorded examples of #1 include Thirty Seconds over Winterland, Baron Von Tollbooth and the Chrome Nun and The Phosphorescent Rat.
 
(Message edited by PAS on June 25, 2010)

Oh yes,_____ Those are all excellent examples ! Among some others .

P Rat is my favorite album. Period. Some of Jorma's best songwriting, great playing, great sound.

Listening to some of Phosphorescent Rat now.  Very cool!

the back of number one was carved with some amazing scrolls and artwork.

I had the honor of playing Jack's Alembic before he dropped it (he also played my Guild...misses his, told me what happened to it)...it was a very nice axe, the pickups slid on brass trammels, had red LED's in the neck.  Jack was a bit careless with his axes due to coke-a-rooskies excess....sad but true!!  I'd never treat my Guild with such disrespect!!!
 
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