crazycloud

3 hours ago, Oopsdabassist said:

how awesome is that??

This awesome...

On 20/05/2025 at 20:12, AJC08 said:

I'm curious to know what is the brightest bass you've owned/played with the most sizzle on the top end? While still retaining good low end.

Alembic Series II had the widest HF bandwidth, but unless the Q has set really high, there was no 'sizzle', which I take to mean excessive brightness / hardness at the top, ie a negative quality.

2 hours ago, Chienmortbb said:

I asked Thomann and they said that the power section was the same on the current  version.

I should have followed up with a post back then as they told me it was the same IcePower 700AS module too.

1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said:

The Lowthers came up as what seem to be 'state of the art' for hifi horns

Lowthers weren't remotely SOTA hifi 50ya let alone what you can do with horns these days.

21 minutes ago, HeadlessBassist said:

 

Have you had a TalkBass-based personality transplant, or something? 🤪

Och aye, ya dinnae ken.

No true bass man, would ever play anything but a P.

A 6x2 string arrangement. Sweet.

I still have a pair of Yamaha PB1 pres, one of which was my main pre, used with a matching Yamaha P series power amp in a true biamp configuration crossed at 300Hz, and so looks a bit second hand now.

Mine are in storage awaiting time to do full cosmetic and technical restorations. So here's a pic I found via goolag.

6 hours ago, Dood said:

Nordstrand for example offer EMG and Bart BC sizing

The Bart sizes Nord offer are BC/P2/P4.

I didn't ask EMG about 4 string sizes as all my main players are 5s and 6s but might add it to the question list when I email them back.

45 minutes ago, Dood said:

no idea if a 5 or 6 is in the offing.

The 5 string is the 108mm long version (magnet is 77.5mm wide) and the 6 string is 117mm with a longer 87.6mm magnet, info I got from Alex at EMG. I suspect, as I didn't ask, that these are actually P2 and P4 sizes (108/117x32mm).

This means that they won't fit in my Ibanez SR or Cort A6 6 strings with the 108x34mm MK1 pickups without routing. The later BH2s in my BTB846 are the same size. Looks like I need to get out the router for at least the SR so that'll get DCXs or maybe TWXs.

When I email back, I'll also ask if this new PU internal structure will also be available in the 35/40/45 sizes too - it would make no commercial sense if they weren't, assuming they fit.

On 10/05/2025 at 22:31, crazycloud said:

As all the MK housings are 108x34mm, I hope the sensing width is wide enough for 6 strings. 

According to Alex at EMG, nope as the magnet is 77.5mm long.

Some of these might then suit the SR375, providing the early reviews online are good, which I'm not really worried about as I've yet to use an EMG I didn't like.

I have a Hercules I got on special on Amazon ages ago. Seems very well made.

https://herculesstands.com/international/products/fretted-and-bowed-instrument/accessories/ha206/

22 hours ago, RhythmJunky said:

which I know I'll never buy as I'll never be good enough to deserve it.

If you find one you love at a price you can afford, just buy it. If the idea you're not good enough so you shouldn't buy it was based in reality, only a handful of real high performance cars would have ever been sold.

If I won the Powerball, I'd get another Alembic S2, this time a custom 6.

1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said:

I'm not a small speaker sceptic

Neither am I, and I understand well how speakers actually work, but...

1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said:

have a PJB C4 which has loads of bottom end, it just isn't very efficient.

... but that isn't a tiny phone, laptop etc speaker which will have nothing below 200Hz, if not higher.

I've had a couple of these, especially in the 90s when I was importing direct from Japan, mainly lawsuit era basses and the Bass Collection basses were really very good. I think they're why I like Ibanez SRs so much nowadays.

One thing I have noted though, is the PUs seemed moved bridgeward compared to classic F positions. This is most noticeable on the P. 

I think I'll get a set of the Dunlop 30-125 for the Cort.

On 08/05/2025 at 01:52, Dood said:

EMG are releasing a Bart’ sized “fat sounding, wide aperture single coil” called the E4W.

As all the MK housings are 108x34mm, I hope the sensing width is wide enough for 6 strings. 

I don't like Spectors because ergonomically, they hang uncomfortably on me. A Thumb is much worse so I'd suggest try before you buy. I really loved the old Thumb NT5 I tried otherwise.

13 minutes ago, BTops said:

450m round trip

They lived min the same street?

21 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

No love for 18" cabs?

Yup. I have a Faital unit ready for a completely OTT 3 way.

I wouldn't use one (any 18) on it's own, they need at least a 10 on top.

Dunlop SS?

11 hours ago, Chris2112 said:

Does it get better?

No.

14 minutes ago, jazzyvee said:

Had to be done for a bass like that. 
👍🏾

Especially for the price.

This was about '02 when Alembic prices here were very low. Sold it later for a big return, not because I didn't love it, but I wasn't playing 4s much, and I used it as part of the deposit for a house.

Aesthetically I prefer the one Pino is holding.

5 hours ago, HeadlessBassist said:

So, anyone done more than 500 miles in a day for a Bass..?

Pfft. 500 miles is a short trip in Aus. Near Brisbane to Melbourne to pick up a bass, and a pair of speakers, the latter of which I sold for enough to pay for the entire trip. 1700km e/w, driven pretty much directly, except for a couple of hours napping. It was about 50 something hours round trip.

Bass was an Alembic S2.