jazzyvee

I had some covers made by them a few years back for my Roland JC120 and also PJB Briefcase and they look exactly the same design and quality as the barefaced cabs. 

That said, who knows if the spec for BF ones is slightly different in some way. If they are it's pretty minor.

Night Nurse - Gregory Isaacs.

Everything I Own- Ken Boothe.

Wild World - Maxi Priest.

https://on.soundcloud.com/zzyGSjNx9zBS1KPFBl

I have an all maple elan with same electronics but has p style pickups and sounds a lot different. That bass has a stronger attack and more clarity and much crisper with the filters wide open.

This is not moving so I wonder if anyone has a different model of alembic that they would consider a trade for cash either way. Ideally i'd be interested in an older series bass but all alembic options considered. Actually, i might also consider a decent acoustic double bass too.

For pure double bass try ' The Griffith Park Collection' it's a superb album. 

Cimande at Brixton O2 Academy on Friday night. I'd heard of them before but didn't know their music so it was a nice to hear it live first.

OK, unfortunately i could not see the photos when i first read the listing, (something i experience a lot on this site for some reason), and was assuming that two channel meant two inputs and two outs. Now i can see the pictures and single jack input.  🫣

Are there separate outs for each channel?

Buy the 5 string and throw the B-string away.

Alembic measures between centres at the nut and edge to edge at the bridge.

On 27/09/2025 at 11:49, Geek99 said:

Theyre only for local people, so you’re okay there. The rest of us are however persona non grata 

How did you come to that conclusion?

About time I bumped this bass back to visibility.

On 04/10/2025 at 09:44, Soli said:

I’ve seen this and oh my gawwwwd!

 

1988 Alembic Persuader PMSB-5 5-string Bass signed by Stanley,Victor,Marcus,etc.

 

What kinda offer do you think guys?

 

Hes asking 6-7 k US dollars.

 

It’s in mint condition and signed by some serious legends .

 

Cheers

I guess that makes it a signature model then. 😉

Anyway, I'm selling a lovely 1995, 5 string Alembic 5 string Europa for a lot less. It doesn't have signatures on it though. It is listed on this site.

Ok, i couldn't see all the photos earlier. thanks. 

is it a shallow rack?

Me too, that's only a few miles from home.

Good choice with a decent car park and local shops close by.

This one is a lot cheaper than the JDI

 https://www.andertons.co.uk/radial-stagebug-sb-2-compact-passive-di/

A Schertler Unico acoustic amp would do. I've used mine for rehearsals and for gigs with my EUB on a few acoustic folk and jazz gigs. It has A few inputs for other instruments if required. They sound great and are pretty expensive new but i picked up mine dirt cheap from an auction. 

https://www.djangobooks.com/archives/Unico.pdf

On 28/03/2025 at 18:39, Dan Dare said:

You aren't really running a pre/power rig if you're expecting your bass to drive a power amp directly. I've not come across a bass that will do that. Onboard active pre's do not deliver enough poke to do the job, in my experience. 

My alembic series bass does. I did it a few years back on a wedding gig where the front end of the backline amp was really noisy. Probably helped by my bass being powered by an external 36vdc power supply.

On 16/09/2025 at 07:49, Cato said:

You can over think these things.

 

Some of the best songs tell a story, you don't have to have a connection or even empathy for that story in order to retell it. Indeed sharing stories is one of the ways that people learn about each other.

 

Having said that I'd feel pretty silly if I had to sing Redemption Song in front of an audience, so there's definitely a 'Partridge' line somewhere, but it's probably very much an individual decision rather than a blanket rule you can apply to all situations 

A few years back my band did a a couple of gigs where we played some jazzed up versions of reggae songs and reggae versions of jazzy tracks. I had a couple of superb white female singers from a local folk band, whom i'd depped with on bass, to cover a couple of Wailers tracks that we were including from the twist of marley album by Lee Ritenour. One was no woman no cry and also Exodus. First one they were completely happy singing, but Exodus, they both felt the could't authentically identify with the context and message of the song and deliver it with the passion it deserves because of who they were.  So they did all the other tracks and we had a black female singer to do Exodus.  I totally accepted their feeling, the gig went down a storm.

I would use one of those if i got to the stage where my currently heavy basses started to be a problem. Though I do wonder how stable they are as they would have a high centre of gravity with a bass on the top.

I had one of those gigs last night with a Tribute band and same thing, some different keys as the singer was also a dep, different arrangements,starts, endings etc.

Kept me on my toes trying to guess what and when the breaks would be and how the songs would end. The most uncomfortable was that many of the starts were different to the original records which you only discover when you start playing what you know and it turns out that they don't start like that anymore. Makes starting the next song an anxious moment. 🙂

But overall it was a nice gig. 

Here are a couple that came up on FB today. They are two promo videos for the band Elizabeth Fields Collective. I joined the band after the tracks were recorded so a not playing on the tracks. Sadly the band leader passed away during covid from non covid related illness.

Oh I see, it's for double bass.👍🏾

3 hours ago, chris_b said:

 

. . .  . or you could give it to me. I'm a lot younger than I look. . . .  really!

Hahaha good try. Joking aside, personally having a bass like that go free to someone who will appreciate what it is, is far preferable to selling it dirt cheap. Of course they could just sell it and make a killing but hopefully I will find a keen buyer.