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  1. jazzyvee
    Thanks reggaebass. I use D'addario Pro steels 45 - 130 and use them for everything including reggae, funk and slap and can get what i need from them. I did really like the sound of the D'addario NYXL strings which again are great strings and have a more mellow tone but bright enough for slapping etc. My fingers don't seem to get on with nickel strings so i don't use them regularly. I have one bass that i use mainly for reggae and would love to try an even heavier gauge string set but as I have a brass nut and saddles i don't want to open them up and find they don't suit me so i stick with the pro steels as they can go deep and mellow, punchy and i still keep note clarity. if it's any help, i spoke with Aston Barrett and he uses Fender Flats.
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    Might be a good way to wind down after "Line of Duty" especially if we don't find out "Who are You"..... H.🤣
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    I still use an 18" bass cab as a stand alone cab for some of my reggae gigs but prefer it with my 1x12" cab as it gives me a bit more detail whilst not detracting from the low end. I have used it like this on a few gigs and mainly on gigs without the bass in the PA.
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    I watched some of that last night and I don't even play fretless electric bass as I thought it might give me some ideas that would translate to my learning double bass. I posted a link to the Slominsky's pdf book on the chat last night. I found it really informative and differing approaches to the instrument.
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    A great local bass player friend of mine whom I played many reggae gigs with used the 5 string version of that bass and it sounds great. All the best getting your sound with it.
  6. jazzyvee
    I can recommend this one for a double gig bag. http://www.harvest-guitar.com/en/Cow-Antique-oxid-3.html If you want something more solid then these are good. I have a single bass version and it's tough and light and I use it when my bass needs to go in the back of the van. https://www.scottdixoninc.com/webshop/cases/double-bass-guitar-case/
  7. jazzyvee
    I'm learning Slam the Clown by Alain Caron. and Surreptitious by Jeff Lorber. Both are styles of bass that I haven't attempted before.
  8. jazzyvee
    I bought a 1x18 Dubster II a couple of years or so ago and teamed up with Big Baby II and a super clean bass head and it is a superb reggae bass rig.
  9. jazzyvee
    I saw that a few weeks back on the Alembic Web site forum and my guess was that it was probably converted to a lefty at some point in it's life and then back. Sorry state but I guess if someone was really good at woodwork they could shave the top half of the bass down about 1/4" and replace it with another tasty piece of the same kind of wood, (looks like Bocate to me), then put battery in the space it was originally placed, give it a sand and respray. Probably still sounds great as it is regardless. Not a task I would take on for that price. £500 maybe if it was in the UK as it would probably cost me the same again to fix it up.
  10. jazzyvee
    Not bad at all, I have to confess my knowledge of basses is limited to alembic really, bass electronics bass rigs outboard gear like effects and cabs is really limited and one of the reasons I joined this forum and Talkbass was to gain a wider understanding of the business of bass. Just recently I have been rewiring my bass rig and got issues with gain staging so that's still a work in progress. 😁
  11. jazzyvee
    I am sold on the versatility of active low pass filter based bass tone controls. It took me a while to be able to make repeatable tone choices especially since mine have independent filters for each pickup. 👍🏾
  12. jazzyvee
    Hi itu, im no electronics expert so maybe you clarify my understanding. I use alembic basses that have onboard low impedance pickups and individual preamps using low pass filters for each pickup. I have been under the impression from their web forums that the tone is unaffected by the position of the volume controls. I certainly don’t hear any change in tone when alter the master volume control, but i know that ears can be misleading. Cheers
  13. jazzyvee
    My basses are active with no passive option some have a single volume and others have a volume for each pickup. The ones with single master volume have no change to the tone when changing it up or down. The ones with individual pickup volumes do not change the tone of the pickup output it controls either. However it does alter the ratio between both pickups in the output so in that respect you would expect that the tone at the output of the bass would be different even though you have not changed the tone of an individual pickup by changing it's level. As for my amp I tend to run a separate preamp and power amp ( this is usually on full), so if I need more or less volume on stage I change the preamp level and since i never get anywhere near the saturation points on it i doubt if there is much if any change in tone.
  14. jazzyvee
    I use mainly D'addario pro-steels on my basses I tend to recycle them. There are basses that I prefer a warmer sound from (for example reggae or my p-style bass), and those where I want to use a brighter tone mostly. So The new strings go on those and once they mellow and need changing, they go on the basses that need a warmer tone.
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    Sounds like you need a bit of relief in the neck.
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    It's not too far from where I live , may be 1/2 hr drive. I have never had a bad experience there. If I was to say Mark has a fault, then it's the same one as I have, we like to talk, so sometimes when I go there we end up having long chats about the business of bass, gigs etc and that morphs into other stuff. Last year I went there before the official lockdown and we had ended up having a good chat about the impending Covid situation, and I didn't even buy anything. 😂
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    1, Fingers and/or thumbs 2, D' addario Pro-steels 45 - 130 (when i want a bright sound), or Alembic 45 - 128 nickel for a slightly more warmer and less brightness. 3, Alembic bass (active electronics) 4, (Alembic 5 pin instrument cable & Alembic DS-5 external power supply or Fender mono instrument cable) 5, Alembic F-1x pre-amp with (Alembic SF-2 in the send and return, not used always but subtly when it is) 6, Jack to Canon leads from pre-amp out to 7, Crown XLS 1502 stereo class D power amp 8, Speakon cables 9, Barefaced Big Twin II speaker cab 10, Air 11, Ears
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    I just had a look and would have thought that was an infringement of those companies and their product names.
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    Try Steve at Madhouse, he's repaired some stuff for me in the past and it's been a top job. Welcome to the Madhouse (madhouserehearsals.net)
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    This is one of the reasons I have backed out of having a custom instrument made for me. The fear is not so much that the bass wouldn't deliver the spec I want, more that I doubt if I could spec a perfect bass and finding that out after spending a fortune would be hard to stomach. That said, I have bought high end instruments that were close enough to the kind of spec I would like if I could afford them new. So far I have been fortunate that they all sound and play great and have enough variance in sound for me to make choices when deciding what to take on a gig. A worthwhile price for a bass or any instrument is a personal thing, but I do suspect some manufacturers are taking advantage of the romance of the vintage and classic tag when it comes to pricing basses and guitars.
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    Touch wood, I have never had any of my bass own amps fail on me, though I have had a backline rig fail at soundcheck a few times but fortunately in those instances I was able to just go DI and use had monitor. These days I mostly use a rack system and whilst that has never failed, I know that if the pre-amp fails my bass has a high enough output to drive the power amp directly. The power amp is a stereo one so hopefully one channel will still be ok if there is a fault and if the power amp fails I can still get the signal FOH from the pre-amp DI out. So it am pretty comfortable with that. Over the last year I have been looking for a small lightweight class D bass head for a compact EUB rig so if I find one, I may take that head as a backup on gigs.
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    I was interested in the internal spec too as my bass is a bit longer than standard cases. I will get measuring tonight.
  23. jazzyvee
    The Who at Bingley Hall Stafford.
  24. jazzyvee
    Can both channels be used simultaneously? The reason I ask is that my basses have individual pickup outputs and it would be great to be able to use a small amp in that way.
  25. jazzyvee
    There has been a lot of conversation about this issue on the alembic web site forum over the years and listings on Ebay etc that have been challenged and changed because they are incorrectly named models after a serial number check. The serial number is the best guide to the model of alembic bass. If it has a U it is a Europa, if it has H it is an elan regardless of the electronics inside it. I have an Elan 4 bass with H in the serial number, like yours it also has the same electronics package as the Europa models. Since there is an overlap when both models were produced and alembic being a custom shop someone could order an Elan with Europa electronics which is what my bass is classified as when I checked it with Alembic directly. 4wiw,I also have an Europa 5 string with an Elan style narrow neck and an Elan style headstock, all maple europa style body and signature electronics. This bass has the U in the serial number and this is classed as an Europa bass with Signature Electronics. Please don't mistake my comments for anything other than constructive. If someone is buying that bass it's best they understand what Alembic considers that bass to be since if you are listing also on ebay etc, incorrect/inaccurate listings are valid reasons for returning goods. I genuinely wish you all the best with the sale.👍 The Serial number scheme can be checked here. http://www.alembic.com/support/reference.html
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