Seems like about once a month someone comments hey Im from Portland too. So I think we should have Portland thread going. If you have a connection to Alembics and Portland in any way then drop a post here. Perhaps after a little while we can get together in person and congradulate each other on our impeccable tastes in musical equipment.
Tom 5 Essence.

I'm in. Dave from Portland.

If you have a connection to Alembics and Portland in any way then drop a post here.
 
Well, it ain't much, but here goes.  The New Riders of the Purple Sage, (one of my favorite bands from *#@%^!$#! years ago), played Alembics.  IIRC Marmaduke (John Dawson) played a series guitar and Dave Torbert played a series bass.  One of my favorite songs of theirs was Portland Woman.  
 
I had a couple of cases up in Portland a few years ago.  I really liked the town.  I forget the name, but you guys have a heckuva bookstore up there.
 
Bill, tgo

Funny, I was just in Oakland 3 weeks ago. Bought a bass in Blue Note music in Berkeley. Toured Alembic then also.
 
Powell's is the bookstore here.
Dave

Dave:
 
Blue Note is a cool little store, sort of a safe harbor away from the GCs of this world.  
 
Bill, tgo

I'm in Portland too...my bass has been referred to as the weird looking bass.

Cool, what is it?

It's a set neck balance K with Europa controls and a crown peghead.  There's a picture of it somewhere in one of these forum folders...oddly enough I lost a lot of the pictures I had of it due to reformatting my hard drive...