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That bass has been on sale for a good number of years and the price seems be creeping upwards. At that price it seems the seller really doesn't want to seell it. Someone who knows about alembic would know the price is unrealistic and someone who knows nothing about the brand is unlikely to splash that cash on an unknown bass. I admire the optimism but feel it's misguided.

hard to put any pecking order on these but 10 albums i would choose today would be. Romantic warrior - return to forever Burnin - the wailers natty dread - bob marley and the wailers Blackheart Man - Bunny Wailer Equal Rights - Peter Tosh Edge - Lenny White Don't be afraid of the Dark - Robert Cray Moving Pictures - Rush Kismet - Martha Szebestian Moonflower - Santana

I would suggest you do a search on the Alembic Web site forum as someone there must have resolved that issue at some point. www.alembic.com

This Friday night I got an Ampeg SVT and an 8x10 cab on my backline for a 80's weekender reggae gig I was less than a year old. Now I get what the deal is with them. That said I still prefer the sound and weight of my barefaced cab. But I was just pleased to hear for myself what all the fuss was with them.

I've had mine for about a couple of years and it does seem to work better in gigs where the volume isn't too loud. I used mine on some open mic gigs and as long as it's mostly on the opposite side of your head to your cab it seems fine..

I went to one of JackPlug's gigs and hear this played live. It sounded incredible, it is indeed a powerful and sweet sounding bass and blended tonally superbly with the character of the tracks the band played. When the filter was opened up later in the gig that crispness in the mids and upper frequencies was classic alembic. On a personal level it was great to be able to hear someone playing an alembic bass on a gig so at least I have some idea of what the sound of my own bass is like to the audience. Also Jack Plug is a great player.

I got one from a member here and wondered where is the best place in my signal chain. I use a separate preamp and power amp rig and no effects. I have a walkabout head as a spare so that needs considering too. In my separates rig, should I have it before the input so that i filter out the bad stuff before any thing gets to the input of my preamp, should I have it in the send/return loop or on the output of the preamp before connecting to the power amp.? For the walkabout should it be before the input or in the send/return loop?

Is it played with a b*t plug or a p***s?

I got my Gig Skinz bag for my walkabout head from Bass Direct.

I got my DB last year and had about 4 lessons earlier this year and that has helped me get started with the right stance and fingering. The Simamdl book was recommended to me by another db pro player and im working through that though it is quite boring. I also use the Ireal book app, take the bass line put if the tracks and play along so i get to play along with the score. Im not a strong reader but it helps to play along.

Is that a "P" bass?

A guitarist friend of mine contacted me yesterday for advice. Her studio landlord has a Black Fender Precision Lyte bass and a Fender Rumble combo that he wants to sell to raise money for charity and wants an idea of how much it's worth. From what i can see on the photo is that is is made in Japan and the serial number starts with T and comes with a Fender case. This isn't a for sale posting as it will be sold at a charity event not on here. Any advice on pricing will be most welcome. Thanks

All my basses get used regularly for practice, rehearsals and gig action.

The hardest tracks I have tried to learn to play are, Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy, Beyond the seventh galaxy by return to forever and Slam the Clown by Alain Caron. I'm sure there are a array of bass lines beyond my scope but these are the hardest ones I've actually tried to learn.

Hard to pick an ultimate moment but one right up there of my proudest bass moments was when I recorded my band's version of "I shot the Sheriff" for our album. It was a one take live recording at a concert we did and only my take on the bass ended up on the finished album, everyone else re-dubbed their parts in the studio. Then the icing came on the cake when the producer showed me a letter from Marley's publishers stating how they loved the bass on the track! As this was my first ever reggae track playing bass on a commercial album and Aston Barrett was my inspiration for taking up music it meant a heck of a lot to me.

I did my first gig with my DB (EUB) a few months back and decided to stand as it was only two tracks I was doing. I didn't find any problems with doing that however I did find that two tracks was probably my limit since I haven't got enough stamina in my hands yet to do a whole gig on DB but I'm working towards that. Maybe once I get a better grip of my intonation from standing I will try sitting.

mine too for 5 stringer as you can probably tell

i do depending on the venue. it also helps to keep the songs we play being played by the venue's DJ

since the thread is starting to re-awaken, here are my basses Series I & II europas. Quilted maple, burl maple and burl redwood.

Yep, i paid about £130 for mine. Unfortunately i lost mine and had to buy some new ones. Typically, within weeks of getting the new ones, i found my original pair. Expensive yep but i got some additional 20db filters for the new ones and use them when attending gigs or at loud events. They are great and you do realise how much they work if you pop one out for a sort while.

This is an interesting thread. That said, I am long time alembic playing bassist and have a had a few over my time. I've read the alembic pages, basschat and talkbass threads for many years and this idea of "does wood make a noticeable difference to the sound/tone of an electric bass or guitar?" comes up quite often. I was never in a position to buy a new custom alembic bass so the idea of choosing woods for a particular claimed benefit to tone or sustain, attack etc etc has never been a consideration for regardless of the scientific facts or the opinions that surrounds it. I have chosen mine based on the fact that: a) I have confidence in them as bass builders to be assured of getting a bass that will have the ability to give me the sounds I want regardless of what the wood it is made of, and it will be a easy to play and be ergonomically sound too. b) Because of "a" I can choose a bass for the aesthetic appearance of the wood it's made from without compromising anything else and I've never owned one I have disliked the sound of. There are so many variables that work either for or against a note developing once you pluck a string that it's hard to isolate those that may have marginal effects on what you hear because they may be swamped by the things that make the biggest impact making them negligible. We read similar discussions regarding the tonal difference of rosewood compared to maple fretboards. I don't know what the difference is practically but the only reason I don't buy instruments with rosewood fingerboards is purely aesthetic. I prefer the look of maple or ebony.

Most of my gigs are big stages with PA support, but the dep gigs I do are much smaller venues and at soundcheck i often get more bottom end out of my barefaced cabs than through their own pa sub so in those cases they choose to leave me out of the PA. I would for once like to plug into a big ampeg that sounds clean. i cant ever recall plugging into one provided at a venue and getting anything other than a distorted bass sound.

Rather than hijack the reggae bass thread, i decided to pose my question here. I'm just curious about what cabs you use specifically for playing reggae. Up until about 18 months ago i was using a selection of mesa boogie powerhouse cabs. i had a 4x10, 2x10 and 1x15 that i used in various combinations depending on the gig and if I was going through the Pa or not. Mostly I used the 4x10. I found them to be great all round cabs but for reggae i found that i couldn't feel the bass well off axis and jt didn't do clean and deep at higher volumes effectively and with the band wanting that depth of sound on stage i felt it was struggling to do that without distorting and farting out especially on the low B string and if the volume was up. These days I'm using a selection of three Barefaced cabs which deliver lots of good clean and powerful bottom end that i can get whether the volume is low or high on stage and regardless of me bass being in the PA or not. i have a bb2, bt2 and dubster2 and the only one i would hesitate to use on it's own on a non PA reggae gig is the BB2. what are you guys using?