Talk:Alembic Inc

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While not mentioned in the history section of Alembic Inc, I think that it should be noted that Alembic pioneered the 24-fret, two-octave fingerboard on their bass guitars. I believe that Jack Casady and Phil Lesh's Guild Starfire II bass guitars that were modified by Alembic had the first two-octave fingerboards. Fender jazz basses, for example, had at that time 20 frets, so this innovation extended the range of a traditional four-string bass by four notes, from a high note of E-flat to a G.

In Emerson, Lake & Palmer's "Beyond the Beginning" double DVD, I saw Greg Lake use what looked like a solidbody electric guitar made by Alembic to play "Watching Over You" during the "Works" tour. It sound uncannily similar to an amplified electroacoustic guitar, without the horrid tone of the piezo elements, although I must say there was some harshness to its sound. Perhaps the selection of woods, I guess. What was it? Elp gr 09:18, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article needs point of view-neutralizing

This article still has a lot of POV and uncited assertions. I cleaned out the worst of it, but there's still a bit more to be done by someone more knowledgeable about Alembic than I am. Bumm13 07:05, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

I beleive you are wrong in the assertion that Alembic was first to make 24 fret, two octave bass necks. Dan Electro Long Horn basses in the 1950's had 2 octave necks69.125.181.168 (talk) 14:56, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Seconding that Alembic was definitely not the first to use the 24-fret neck on a guitar, as Rickenbacker was also offering this feature well before Alembic's inception.Bobcat187 (talk) 04:03, 19 February 2008 (UTC)