{RUNS downstairs to move Mark King / SII back to music room and safety of the Bass Tree}
 
Wow!! This is getting scary.  Two neck snaps in less than a month.  Since they say bad luck travels in threes, I'm gonna be EXTRA careful from now on.
 
Peace,
 
James
 
btw - Keavin, sometimes you post as Keavin, sometimes you post as Serialnumber12.  Just curious as to why, unless it's just none of my business.

Good question james,I post as serialnumber12 so that all of the new & future alembic-club members can see that the VERY OLD alembics are still in action & are still musically active after all these years.(most are retired),also it's a history lesson for those who have never seen one of the first 'REAL ELECTRIC BASSES' ever created by this god named Ron wickersham.

James,
Thanks for asking that.I'd wondered about it many times before.
 
Keavin,
Thanks for solving that particular mystery,I've often thought of asking but didn't want to be nosey.By the way,I'm still enjoying the Alembic-ness of your Midnight Madness demo.I hope old #12 serves you well for another 25 years and beyond.
 
Best Wishes all,
Simon.

hey im glad you liked it, thanks for for that power cable!!!, now im back in the studio with my five string cause my E string (tuning peg) is busted on the alembic,anyone with a spare one let me know.  
 
(Message edited by keavin on January 26, 2006)
 
(Message edited by keavin on January 26, 2006)

also too what iv'e done is screwed my strap into the bass both-ends (stanley clarke does this also) so if you want to take your bass off it has to come off over your head,no more strap locks  

Cool!,Stanley also seems to have some sort of giant rubber washer holding it on at the bridge end.You can just make it out here:
 

 
Anyway Keavin,c'mon,step away from the socket buddy,I'm getting worried.LOL.
 
Cheers Mate,
Simon.

The washer looks more like the cord curling around the strap button to me and/or the tail of the strap sticking out with an extra hole (he's got the second hole in on the strap going over the strap button or, I guess in this case, the screw).
 
 
Keavin:  how'd you do the cool VU meter?
 
Bill, tgo

right click on the vu meter or any pic, then scroll down click on 'save as' then click on 'save' and it will be saved in your pics or your documents then you can post it with messages etc,,, also you can also click on any pic you come across anywhere and save it this way thats how i got it,,, heres a link to more www.avatars.com    

True, Keavin, but there's always the issue of copyright.  I would be careful to ensure that I had the right to reproduce an image before posting it anywhere.

I've read before that Stanley just screws the straps to his basses using wood screws and a washer.  No accidents that way.

That was what Valentino told me as well when I had the honor to play Stanley's Dragon's Breath bass at the factory.  They delivered it to him with no strap pegs or holes at all.

From the picture it seems to be that he used Heartwood Straps.
http://www.heartwoodes.com/
Anybody out there with experiences with that kind of straps?
 
Harald

No offense, but the Heartwood straps seem like a really dumb idea to me!  What's next, granite straps?  aluminum polish clothes?  carbon fibre cable?
 
Bill, tgo

I have a Heartwood strap and oddly enough it is very comfortable. Can't realy tell you why though. I've also seen a photo of Carlos Santana wearing one.

http://www.heartwoodes.com/famous.htm