Genesis performing their Hit Misunderstanding live during the ABACAP tour in the early eighties. And Mike Rutherford appears to be laying down the bottom on an Alembic. The crown shaped headstock and the oval inlays are give aways. So what's the story behind Mike's Alembic?

All these camera-men will end in the hell because they never focalize the bass player in such films!
Argh!
 
Harald

It's not the camera-people nearly as much as it is the producers calling the shots. You can hear a bass player going to town on a lick and see video of a guitar player hacking away at chords or a drummer pounding his toms.

I have some concert footage that was shown on the tv and Mike is using an Alembic Series. Looks (and sounds)great. I noticed that he'd moved the strap button to the lower horn though; I guess he wasn't happy with the balance. I know that after this he started using the Steinbergers; he described the huge tone range of the Alembic as almost too confusing.

It takes time to get used to the world of sounds of a series bass & alot of bassists cant handle the variations & therefore they switch basses.......that's a result from years of playing P-bass (the two knob syndrome).
 
(Message edited by keavin on June 11, 2007)

The tone knob on my old P-bass didn't change anything that I could tell.  I figured it was there for symmetry.

Michael Rutherford is HOW I discovered Alembic!!
 
After drooling over his One-off Shergold doubleneck, I saw his equipment list and photos that showed an Omega Series bass, and I began hunting for an Alembic to try out...which then got me hooked!!

The last video of Fleetwood Mac Live in Boston shows some very good shots of John Mcvie (my hero) doing his thing,of course Stevie is much better on the eye's.

I didn't know Rutherford played Alembic either.

Nor had I.  Not a big surprise though, now that I know!  

Daryl Stuermer can be seen playing one of these neck through Suntech Strats in the video:
 

THANK YOU!
 
I always wondered who made that Guitar that Daryl played in the first couple of tours he did with Genesis.

Can someone tell me what that is hanging at the end of the headstock??
Nice wood though

Looks like a wall-mount hanger to me. The picture is turned to the right.