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Alembic Inc. is an American manufacturer of high-end electric basses, guitars and preamps. Founded in 1969, the company began manufacturing pre-amps before building complete instruments. Founded in 1969, the company began manufacturing pre-amps before building complete instruments.
Turner co-founded Alembic Inc established in 1969, and was involved in the design and construction of the Alembic instruments. He founded Rick Turner Guitars in 1979 and joined Gibson in 1988 where he served as president of Gibson Labs West Coast R&D Division. [citation needed]
Doug Irwin is an American luthier who designed five custom guitars for Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. [1] The guitars he built for Garcia included Eagle , [2] Wolf, [3] Tiger, [4] Wolf Jr. (headless) and Rosebud. [5] Doug also built more than 50 other guitars and basses including a bass for Pete Sears and a bass for Phil Lesh. Two other ...
Tiger is a custom-built guitar owned by Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia. Garcia commissioned luthier Doug Irwin to design and build the guitar in 1973 following delivery of Wolf, his first major Irwin-built guitar. Upon commissioning the instrument, Garcia asked Irwin to "make it the way he thought was best, and don't hold back."
After retiring his Fender Jazz Bass (which he had been using since his days with The Shadows in the early 1960s) from touring in 1975, Jones switched to using custom-designed Alembic basses for touring. [21] However, he still preferred to use the Jazz Bass in the studio and in a 2010 interview mentioned that he still had that bass at the time. [22]
I would pace or I would sit on the computer or I would play guitar. I would occasionally, maybe, go out for a walk. It was definitely one of the first experiences of trying to avoid people. I lived there for a year, and I didn’t meet or talk to a single person in that building.
On Jan. 25, 2025, the first retail production 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, VIN 001, sold at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction for $3.7 million.
Bass guitar strings are composed of a core and winding. The core is a wire which runs through the center of the string and is generally made of steel, nickel, or an alloy. [9] The winding is an additional wire wrapped around the core. Bass guitar strings vary by the material and cross-sectional shape of the winding.
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