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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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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

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

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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

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.

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...

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

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.

Mainz, Germany by way of Superior, Wisconsin.

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.

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.