jazzyvee

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1375802572' post='2165860'] You MUST watch this though: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBWY8oAnnww[/media] [/quote] what bass is Trevor Horn playing?

I played on the Hidden Stage at the Boomtown Festival yesterday with Musical Youth and had a fantastic gig. I gave a rare outing to my Alembic Series II 5 stringer. I got yet another dodgy Ampeg bass rig. I know they are great amps but I must have been given the duff ones. Every gig so far that has provided a backline that is ampeg, there has been something wrong with either the amp or the cabs. In future I'm gonna be taking my Mesa boogie head with me then at best, there is a decent cab and at worst, I can at least give the sound guy a DI from the back of the Boogie head with my sound. Jazzyvee

I had a crackling noise develop on my master volume for the East system that John installed in my bass around 2 years back and I contacted him about it he arranged a date for me to bring the bass over and he fixed it whilst I waited. Thoroughly nice chap and yes he was happy to share some information about his friendship with Stanley Clarke. The best thing to do is give him a call and have a chat I'm confident he will help you out. . The worst that could happen is that you end up having to use a soldering iron and attempt a repair. Jazzyvee

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1370785811' post='2105470'] It's also worth pointing out , how good a bass sounds depends a great deal on who is playing it ! I've heard fantastic players pick up a Squire and sound like Pino and I've heard poor players on basses that cost £3000 sound like poor players . You have to have reached a certain level of ability to make any bass sound good . [/quote] + 1 on that. Jazzyvee

Well I had heard years back that Norman Watt Roy was the bass player and his Alembic bass was recorded and then processed to get the sound that ended up on the record. The only reference to him on a quick search was this one. [url="http://thequietus.com/articles/04077-frankie-goes-to-hollywood-welcome-to-the-pleasuredome-20th-anniversary"]http://thequietus.com/articles/04077-frankie-goes-to-hollywood-welcome-to-the-pleasuredome-20th-anniversary[/url] Do a search for Norman Watt Roy and you will find an entry. I have no idea how true it is. Maybe someone else may know more. Jazzyvee

I've had this problem on my MB walkabout this year and tried giving it a "good seeing to " with the jacks in the send and return but the only thing that worked was the permanent short jack lead between the send and return sockets. That worked fine for a while but very recently that is not even working and the level keeps fluctuating as does the hum. Seems like it needs to go to a repair centre. Jazzyvee

Smart Car. I can get 2x10 and 1x15 mesa boogie Powerhouse cabs together or a 4x10 Powerhouse on its own in the back, the walkabout head in its gig bag on the front seat and the bass in it's case in the passenger footwell and held in place with the seatbelt. Not something I do often as it's a bit cramped driving but it works. Usually it's just one cab which is much better. Smaller gigs where I can just take the Phil Jones briefcase are even better. :-) Jazzyvee

[quote name='jacko' timestamp='1375137716' post='2157280'] 1. my alembic MK deluxe 5 2. my alembic rogue 5 fretless 3. an alembic series 2 5 4 an alembic series 2 5 fretless 5. an early 80's fretless aria sb1000 [/quote] Why am I not surprised at the alembic bias Jacko. Let me join you in that bias. 1) Alembic Series II 5 string 2) Alembic Series I 5 String 3) Alembic Series II 4 string short scale 4) Alembic Series I 4 string short scale tenor bass 5) Alembic Series II 5 string Dragon Wing Now should I go to Wonga or to the church for a loan for these. :-)

The Stanley Clarke Signature Alembic bass is not the same bass that Stanley actually plays. But if you wanted to you could buy a series I bass which is the model that Stanley is most known for playing. However because Alembic's at that level are generally customs you could choose to have the same options that Stanley has on one of his personal basses if you wanted to do that. In actual fact the primary difference between the signature and the series basses is in the electronics and pickups not the woodwork. For me the signature bass was an affordable way into the kinds of tones that I was enjoying from his music. I sound like me still unless I'm doing a Stanley Clarke track in which case I like the fact I can get a good representation of his sound to make the track sound authentic. jazzyvee

I'm playing at two Bestival Festivals this year. Camp Bestival http://www.campbestival.net/line-up/2013-line-up/musical-youth/ and the main Bestival on Isle of Wight. http://2013.bestival.net/line-up/artists/musical-youth Never heard of the festivals before so it should be interesting. Jazzyvee

I have used a Phil Jones Bass Briefcase combo for years and it has an option to fit a rechargeable battery in it or run off a car battery. I've used it on many gigs and it's very good even on a 5 string bass. Plus point is it's also great on electric/acoustic guitars. http://www.philjonespuresound.com/products/?id=8 Jazyvee

Had a fantastic gig last night to close the lewisham people's festival playing bass with Musical Youth. The crowd were fantastic and it was great to see their faces as they recognised the old classic reggae tracks we played by Bob Marley, Dennis Brown, Sugar Minott and the musical youth charting singles fom their heyday. Jazzyvee

I did a 23 day Caribbean cruise as a session with a band a few years ago. We got a briefing by the entertainments manager on board and she gave us the practical view of the rules and regs. We were not permitted to be intoxicated on duty or at any time above deck. We were defined as a guest band so we were free to use all public areas but this may not be the same for your situation. I did the gig for the experience but its not something I'd want to do regularly. Jazzyvee

I have used a Roland JC120 a few times for bass at Jam sessions and it was great as long as I didn't push the volume too high. That said the bassist after me who owned the amp blew the speakers as soon as he started slapping. I think as long as you keep in mind what you are playing throughand levels it could work. Jazzyvee

Mesa boogie and alembic basses are a formidable combination. Jazzyvee

Bass for reggae band Musical Youth http://2013.bestival.net/line-up/artists/musical-youth Khaliq http://www.reverbnation.com/khaliq Elizabeth fields collective https://soundcloud.com/elizabeth-fields-music My own band, Delano Mills Notstrictlyjazz Quartet. Jazzyvee

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1372694282' post='2128698'] Is that a 'anker bass [/quote] No but this is http://www.harmonycentral.com/t5/Electric-Guitars/Weird-Guitar-Alert-Anchor-Guitar/td-p/11263659 Maybe they should be sold as a set. :-)

Can you recommend a cheap but useful double necked lightweight electric guitar/ bass that I could take on holidays. Jazzyvee

Acg filters are a great choice. I have some installed in one of my alembic Europa basses because I wanted separate filters for each pickup so this gives separate low and high pass filters for each pickup. It is very flexible and able to give the tonality of many other basses should you need it. I initially bought mine in the hope of getting an alembic series type sound on the cheap. It does have an alembic type sound but since buying a series alembic bass I can hear the difference. Fortunately that difference gives me a bass I can use for specific musical situations mainly reggae for the real sub bass and the fender jazz type sounds. Jazzyvee

I would be wary of trying to sell an alembic at the moment as there are a few on eBay that have not moved for a considerable time. So you probably won't get a respectable price at the moment if there was any interest. if you don't need the money I'd suggest holding on to it if you can. You could try contacting the uk alembic distributor, uk American guitar centre, for a guide price. The alembic site is littered with broken hearts who have sold their alembics and regretted it. Jazzyvee

My bass has a separate output for each pickup so I want to try sending each pickup to a separate cab and not use a crossover. I have an alembic SF-2 that I can use as a pre-amp into a QSC-PLX2402 and then out to my mesa boogie cabs but not sure if I should be using my 1x15 or 4x10 for the neck pickup, or even the 4x10 on the bridge and 1x15 on neck as I don't know which is supposed to have a better low end. I tried a simpler approach with the bass in mono using my F1-x pre-amp recently at a gig. I used the pre-amp crossover low and high outs at sound check but got a better sound by using the full range out from the pre-amp into the two cabs via the QSC. Yeah the powerhouse cabs have an attenuator for the horn only on my 1x15 but the 4x10 is newer and has the switchable crossover frequencies and the attenuator. I've had some pretty poor bass rigs at gigs for a while now and so I really want to start taking my own gear to gigs as much as I can so I have some consistency with my on stage sound.

I used the names to mean the same thing until about a about a year ago when I was looking for a distortion/overdrive pedal to use on guitar. I was told this by the guy who makes Twinstomp pedals. Overdrive pedal is designed to give you a high enough output that will "Over drive" your input channel to distort. A distortion pedal provides a distorted signal from the pedal to your amp input. So you would be more likely to use an overdrive on a valve amp and not a solid state amp because when you over drive a tube amp it distorts in a more musical manner. Hope that helps

Best bass sounds I've heard live is Stanley Clarke at the London IndigO2 at the 02Academy when he was there with Return To Forever in 2008. Jazzyvee

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