jazzyvee

I'm just curious if any alembic basses where there and what anyone trying one out for the FIRST time thought about them? I really wanted to come along and bring mine but I was gigging friday, didn't have time after travelling back on saturday. I hope it went well. Maybe I can get to a meetbup in the Midlands if there is another one. Jazzyvee

i did a gig last night and was able to use my own rig as the venue did not have a back line, So much better than any supplied rig I've had. Jazzyvee

[quote name='jazzyvee' timestamp='1279839700' post='902601'] Here are some Photo's of my new Alembic Europa/Elan The build Record/Spec is as follows. ------------------------- Model Name: Europa Model Number: ULB5 Completed: 23/01/2009 Scale Length: 34 inches Fingerboard: Ebony Inlays: Mother of Pearl Ovals Machine Heads: Gold Alembic-Gotohs Top Laminate: Flame Maple Accent Woods: None Body Wood: Maple Back Laminate: None Neck Woods: Maple & Purpleheart Finsh: Polyester Gloss with Satin Neck Feel Electronics: Signature - Master Volume, Pan, Filters x2, Q-Switch x2, Mono Output. Custom Options: Side LED's in Red with on off toggle switch Custom Black/Clear Finish Toggle switch for on/standby Elan in-line Neck 100% made in the USA [attachment=54853:EuropaFive_2.jpg] [attachment=54854:EuropaFive_3.jpg] [attachment=54855:EuropaFive_4.jpg] [attachment=54856:EuropaFive_5.jpg] [attachment=54857:EuropaFive_6.jpg] [attachment=54858:EuropaFive_7.jpg] [attachment=54859:EuropaFive_8.jpg] [attachment=54860:EuropaFive_9.jpg] With it's wide tonal palette it is going to take a while to find my sound on it. Fun fun fun. Jazzyvee [/quote] Yesterday I upgraded this bass with new Q-switches so like the series and anniversary basses the Q switches have 3 positions of [font="arial, helvetica"][size="2"][color="#000000"]0/6/9db instead of the standard 0/8db which gives me the option of a more subtle resonance peak at the cut of frequency of the low pass filter plus a slightly higher full on effect. Sounds great at home and [/color][/size][/font][color=#000000][font=arial, helvetica][size=1]I have two gigs over the weekend to try them out.[/size][/font][/color] [font="arial, helvetica"][size="2"][color="#000000"]Jazzyvee[/color][/size][/font]

Just out of curiosity, can you bi-amp that cab?

I had an excellent gig in Lightwoods Park May Day Festival 2014 with Musical Youth in front of an estimated couple of thousand revellers.

Surround sound style bass rig. Jazzyvee

I'm gigging with Musical Youth at the Lightwoods Park May Day Festival 2014 in Bearwood Birmingham on Monday 5th May. We are on stage at 17:15. https://www.facebook.com/events/580224455417742/ Jazzyvee

[quote name='tayste_2000' timestamp='1391774217' post='2361107'] Ok, to give everyone an update on this I spoke to Janek recently and basically he's been absolutely overwhelmed by the response as have we to be honest. So if people want to continue sending the strings that's fine I'll be updating the facebook just to update everyone else. [/quote] I'm just off to post some now. Jazzyvee

Check out the Yardbird in Paradise place in Birmingham city centre. They have a jazz jam session every couple of weeks. I think the last one was last weeks so one should be coming up soon. I get a text from the organiser and will post it here for you when i know the next date. Jazzyvee

Are all the Loop switches mentioned above silent switching? I had a ART Pro Audio Cool switch and it made a click that comes through the speakers whenever the foot switches were pressed so It had to go. Jazzyvee

Yes when a rapper gets up to do their free-styling.

Well it was as they told me today a slightly open mouth impression. Jazzyvee

I had some custom IEM/ACS earplugs made from a mould made at the Custom IEM stand on the London Bass Show. They arrived a few weeks back and I've tried them on two gigs so far and in the main they seem to be fairly flat in terms of their attenuation. However I have identified an issue which to be fair both IEM and Acs are going to look into for me. Firstly when I move my mouth on stage i.e. laughing or smiling with the band members or punters, there is leakage of sound round the sides of the insert. The second point is of more concern and I wonder if anyone here has had the same issue. When slapping and popping the popped note sounds about a semitone flat which I found very confusing. Fortunately I was playing a fixed part so I could ignore it as I knew I could see I was hitting the correct notes. But I could see if being a problem if I was doing an improvised solo. Has anyone else noticed that. Jazzyvee

In the early 80's I was in a soul, blues & funk band and the bass player had a fender Jazz bass and a Columbus jazz bass which he used to play for different songs. However whenever we were in the studio, the engineer always preferred the sound of the columbus bass to the Fender. Cheap does not always mean nasty. Jazzyvee

Cool.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1397815576' post='2427596'] Macka B's new video, Medical Marajuana Card, is great, guaranteed to put a smile on your face. We'll be playing at the same festival as him in August, I can't wait to check him out: [media]http://youtube.com/watch?v=J9kSRBprPdE&feature=youtu.be[/media] [/quote] To of my mates play in that band. Guitarist Cho Cho and the bass player who is usually Cornelius Wynter or a guy called Polo. jazzyvee

I had a completely different experience at bass gear yesterday. I called the shop in the morning to say I was coming down to check out some basses fodera, Ritter, FBass and they could not be more helpful. They even offered to stay open later if I got there late in the day. When I arrived they were setup ready for me with a bass rig, all the details for each bass printed out in colour with a sheet informing about how all the controls work on all the basses. Even offered to restring the fodera's when I felt they sounded dull. When I got home I'd got an email thanking me for my visit and offering to respond to any queries I had about the basses. Now that is what I call looking after a customer. Jazzyvee

I found the Eggle team to be very good and helpful to me. Funny you mention Rob Williams, I have one of his custom strats which he made when his company was woodworm guitars. I bought it from one of his former endorsees. Jazzyvee

Wow you don't see many Millennia TD-1's in someone's bass rig. When I was in the states a couple of years back I spoke to a pro bass player who spoke very highly of them. How do you feel about it? Jazzyvee

Hi Pete, great meeting you after the gig last night all of us really loved the band. I love Steely dan and know most of their music extremely well from a listening perspective and so I have to give you guys some respect for how much attention to detail you put in to authentically recreate the rich harmonic content and quirky rhythms that steely dan is is known for and still find the space to add your own personalisations to the mix. Superb. I was wondering what the bass was you were using and so now I know. I think this is gonna be a regular gig for us to be attending. Thanks again Jazzyvee

Yes I think these are pretty attractive.

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[quote name='bassman344' timestamp='1397166819' post='2421514'] Probably, and why I'm having a bass built to my own spec. [/quote] I wish i knew enough about all things bass to specify a personal custom build and be confident that it's exactly what I want in a bass.