Alembic Guitars & Basses

The People at Alembic are extremely nice people!   When I used to carry them they would go so far as to send real homemade cookies at Christmas, they were very easy to work with and very patient with questions etc etc. However the Alembic pricing system creates a real problem, Any company that wants to try to intelligently calculate their cost and margin simply cannot operate under their parameters.

Problem 1.  Alembic guitars take so long to come in that the chances of a price increase are quite good.  Granted they will give you price protection but you never are really sure what it's gonna cost when it arrives.  (Alembic Price increases are usually huge).

Problem 2.  Alembic offers this insane monthly special.  For example. One month it's a free logo or free LED lights or free fancy wood top etc etc. So when you place your order you get this credit applied.  By the time the item arrives you can't remember what was on special that month. 

One Of The Best

If you own an Alembic Bass you already know it's one of the best bass instrument you can buy. The Classic Northern California Hippie Sandwich Bass is an excellent excellent instrument. For those who also want a different type of sound. The sound that only comes from a bolt on instrument. Ed Roman recommends The Dingwall Bass, The Lowrider Bass and the Quicksilver Guitar.

Truly Hand Built Craftsmanship

I have always been an admirer of the hand built, old world craftsmanship style guitars.
I have personally been less intrigued by the mass produced machine made guitars that get most of the attention among the older baby boomers and "Vintage" collectors.  If you spend any time surfing my website that will become apparent pretty quickly.

Alembic is probably the very first company that I can remember that was known as a quality hand built type company. They built instruments for John Paul Jones of  Led Zeppelin and most of the members of the Grateful Dead, and they really struck gold when Stanley Clark adopted their Bass.