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What can I say but agree, they sound great. A bass player whom I depped for a few times, whilst she zig-zagged around the world backpacking, has decided she is not playing bass anymore and contacted me to see if I wanted her bass rig. YEAH!!!!! Now have her Reidmar 250 and another BBII cab which are in as new condition. 
I remember using that amp at her band's rehearsal room and was really impressed with the quality of the sound, so I'm really glad to have it.

Yikes, a close up with my EUB.

Yep fuse is fine as are the connections in the 240v plug. 

11 hours ago, walshy said:

I know they are in the process of moving workshops so this may be part of the issue. I only have brilliant things to say about the guys at Barefaced and never had any issues, they can sometimes take a little time to reply via email but they always do. Try an instagram DM too as they are super active on there always and if not another email wouldn't hurt. 
 

In the past I too have had great service from Barefaced so i expect this is a minor blip. I don’t use Instagram.  However it would be good to get a resolution from them before i resort to opening it up to see if i can find something obvious. If I don’t hear from BF by the end of the year, i will have to take it to a tech. Such a great cab to not have working. 
 

Zombie thread revival.

I bought an LF800 sub from a member here, ( not attributing any criticism at him). This summer I took it on a few gigs with a bbii to deal with the highs and the LF800 From the low frequency output of my preamp.  Then on one gig it was fine at soundcheck but come showtime, nothing out of it at all. Brought it home the audio and mains cables are fine. however when plugged into the mains no light comes on. I hace contacted Bareface by email, got one response to confirm it was the 12" sub not the 18." but nothing else. Emailed today again with no response and the phone number is not working. I'm hoping someone from BF reads this and gets in touch. Basically if the plate amp is shot, i would like to be able to get hold of another, failing that, remove it, seal the hole and convert it to a 12" non powered sub that i can drive from my power amp. Anyone have the ear of Alex?

Sure is a lovely looking bass. I hope you find a buyer. My first alembic was a SC signature and in recent years I got a new loom from alembic to convert it to anniversary electronics. Truly great basses.

On 30/08/2025 at 15:20, chris_b said:

 

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

How young is young? 🙂

I have an original old G&G bass case that came with a 1980 bass and that has a pong to it but not that bad. I wonder if these old cases use fish glue in their construction which makes the smell bad over the years.

Yes i use my Alembic 30.75" short scale bass, but not often as in recent years as for most of my gigging i use a 5 string..

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.