So Where Are You From?

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 6:44 pm

Paul,
also LSD was not legal in 1969, I think they outlawed it around 1965 when most of the stuff also took place in the book, not 69. Although I don't know when Alembic started it may have been 1969, but the acid tests and all that was far earlier than 69.

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 8:34 pm

Ahh, thanks Dave and Bob.
Now I know I can't fully believe all things written in books.

Bob,
Thanks for the "history lesson". I'm too young and "inexperienced" to know about LSD, haha. Man, I was not even born until Dec. 1965! And I was born and raised in a remote (from the US) island called Taiwan. My only "illegal" experiences have only been with Mary Jane....

Dave,
I checked out the Bear's art works following the link you posted, and I like some of them very much. The acid thing is still quite obvious in his arts.

Rick Turner used to work in Alembic's early years too, according to that book....that, I can believe.

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 8:49 pm

Ok, here's the bits about Mr. Turner in the same page:
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Alembic Sound Wizards

Alembic quickly branched out into 3 main areas, becoming a recording studio, a developer of PA systems, and a guitar repair/modification workshop. The combination of the woodworking talent of Rick Turner, a one-time Massachusetts folk guitarist and guitar repairer, and the electronics knowledge of Ron Wickersham, who came to Alembic from the Ampex recording equipment company, soon turned the workshop into a full-fledged guitar making operation. Alembic became a corporation in 1970 with 3 equal shareholders: Rick Turner, Ron Wickersham and recording engineer Bob Matthews.
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Would you guys point out the errors in this paragraph if there's any?

lshaia · Post by **lshaia** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 3:27 am

Springfield, Illinois, population 110,000. Salute!

Born here 1959, graduated (barely) with degree in architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 1981, moved to Ventura CA 1985 (quote: "This is the last winter I'm gonna spend in this f***ing climate! I'm outa here!"), moved back to Springfield 1992 (quote:"Two hundred and forty thousand dollars for that house? I'm outa here!"). Lesson learned: Be careful what you wish for.

dave4004 · Post by **dave4004** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 1:29 pm

Paul, I don't know if that's accurate or not. Wickersham claims (on the Alembic website) to be the sole founder of the actual corporation. Rick Turner did have an ownership stake.

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 11:53 am

Hi. John Simmons from Winchester!! Do you work for Noland Company?? I'm from Hagerstown Maryland, just 45 minutes north of Winchester.

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 12:13 pm

Chris: Nope, but I used to know some guys that worked for Noland(when it was Raub Supply)...

E-mail me if you wish--

[email protected]

ricnbacker · Post by **ricnbacker** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 9:14 am

born and raised in astoria queens NY.

i moved upstate NY near kingston 4 years ago.

John O`carrol......where in astoria are you?

i lived across the street from astoria general till i got married, our 1st place was 21st ave and 33rd

23rd and 20th

then 41st strett and 34th ave before we moved

ric480 · Post by **ric480** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 3:41 am

Chris: I lived in the same place on 35th St between Broadway & 31st Av for almost 25 years. I grew up on the Upper East side of Manhattan (not in the "rich" section mind you).
I just moved to my place in N.E. PA this past December, but go back to NYC regularly for rehearsals and gigs.

ricnbacker · Post by **ricnbacker** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 4:40 am

john, we were practically neighbors...

i went to the lutheran elementary school on 37th st between bway and 31st.

i miss the souvlaki guys at the corner of steinway and 31st..

do you remeber the rehersal studio`s on steinway and the one down at 39th ave by LIC HS?

who did you play with ?

who do you play with now?

do you remeber or know the neighborhood bands named silent return or sweet jane. thaats going back aways to the late 70`s to mid 80`s but the guys were neighborhood guys...

mortivan · Post by **mortivan** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 11:24 am

I remember reading that Mrs. Wickersham designed all the body shapes.

jps · Post by **jps** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 12:48 pm

Probably after the departure of Rick Turner, as I thought he did a lot of that. I think their daughter Mica was also involved with the body shapes and designed some of the inlays.

rickde · Post by **rickde** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 8:46 pm

Mainz, Germany by way of Superior, Wisconsin.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:28 am

Rick,
Did you ever hear of Dieter Dierks? I did some stuff in his studio in 1981, it was in a little town about an hour away from Cologne called Stomeln, he was The scorpions producer and was also a member of some famous 60's German rock band, he was a bass player. I forgot the name of the studio, but it was a pretty nice place and advanced for 1981. I met Barry Palmer there from Triumvirat.

ric480 · Post by **ric480** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 3:17 am

Chris: yeah, I miss the souvlaki guys too. Never used the rehearsal places there, I mostly went to W30 St in Manhattan in the 70's / 80's, then Roxy Studios over in LIC under the LIE viaduct. Never heard of those local bands, though I did hear a pretty good local band once in some small bar on Steinway near 28th Av. Can't remember the names, though.
I'm in a classic rock cover band that mostly plays in Manhattan once or twice a month.