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Author Message heathslaton New Username: heathslaton Post Number: 1 Registered: 7-2012 Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 8:09 am:    Me and my Epic 5. I will put this bass guitar up against any other bass on the planet. Have yet to find one that sounds better! thepaklive.com lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5199 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 8:34 am:    Danno, a Grateful Dead reference? Those non-black instruments must be getting to you! hehehehe Bill, tgo dannobasso Senior Member Username: dannobasso Post Number: 1450 Registered: 3-2004 Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 12:42 pm:    My home town was a mecca in Bergen County for Dead Heads. My brothers had all the lp's but it never really spoke to me. Heres one with a custom koa Spoiler 6 in the early 90's. nnek Member Username: nnek Post Number: 74 Registered: 8-2009 Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 6:43 pm:    No pics but i have a video.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWtDiB3UZaI&list=FL2_yoXyGtN-F4i3MAJUKtbw&index=5&feature=plpp_video kimberly Advanced Member Username: kimberly Post Number: 371 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 1:01 pm:    Cool! ajdover Senior Member Username: ajdover Post Number: 991 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 1:40 pm:    Here's my Series II. pierreyves Senior Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 1088 Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 1:43 pm:    @malthumb: when your band will need a new bass player please call me arrrffff!!! @edwin: nice your series I !!! for everybody: nice pictures, it's a pleasure to know you like that :-) rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 666 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 1:47 pm:    +1 "@malthumb: when your band will need a new bass player please call me arrrffff!!!" pierreyves Senior Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 1089 Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 1:48 pm:    @kimberly: woman, lefty & 6 strings !! congrats (for 3 cumulated item) :-) ajdover Senior Member Username: ajdover Post Number: 992 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 2:10 pm:    Pierre-Yves - where's that ebony beauty of yours? pierreyves Senior Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 1090 Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 2:30 pm:    you speak about my blackwood bass ? I have not yet done gigs, it will be this fall or in 2013 I hope. We have just completed the demo CD. Only this one: and this video soon posted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puF2rvi5KKU edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1233 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 2:55 pm:    Alan, that looks great! I'm usually not a fan of that shape, but this one somehow seems right. ajdover Senior Member Username: ajdover Post Number: 995 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 3:42 pm:    Thanks, Edwin! Pierre-Yves - yeah, that's the one! How about some color pictures? ;-) ajdover Senior Member Username: ajdover Post Number: 996 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 3:48 pm:    Pierre-Yves - that's some great playing. What tuning are you using on your bass? pierreyves Senior Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 1091 Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 3:56 pm:    ajdover (now Commodore ? LOL it's joke please dont kill me), all pictures and others are on my musical website: www.schooldays.ch you can see color picture on the instrument page My tunig is ADGC as Stanley. fahrwestbass Junior Username: fahrwestbass Post Number: 34 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Monday, July 30, 2012 - 1:00 pm:    here is the new one! This is from a gig in Oceanside, CA yesterday with Yovee (Message edited by davehouck on August 07, 2012) jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3070 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, July 30, 2012 - 2:00 pm:    Wow Coco bolo Elan with Europa electronics what a great bass. Jazzyvee fahrwestbass Junior Username: fahrwestbass Post Number: 35 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Monday, July 30, 2012 - 3:02 pm:    Thanks! A little hard to tell from this pic but it's macassar ebony. I've wanted one like this since I first saw the wood and this one came my way in May... jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3071 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, July 30, 2012 - 3:49 pm:    Yeah i should have looked a bit harder. It sure is a beauty. I have a weakness for élan basses. That dark top with the light edging of maple showing looks very spectacular. How are you finding the brightness of the tone? Jazzyvee fahrwestbass Junior Username: fahrwestbass Post Number: 36 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Monday, July 30, 2012 - 5:05 pm:    It is bright, but it's full. I just added a 15" extension cabinet to my amp set up for a little more low end punch. I've always played with a bit of a trebly edge so it works for me. The filter always seems to end up wide open with the bass boost on, treble boost off but not cut... I've found my sound. serialnumber12 Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 986 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Thursday, August 02, 2012 - 9:58 pm:    jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3074 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, August 02, 2012 - 10:44 pm:    Taken yesterday. Jazzyvee rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 671 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Friday, August 03, 2012 - 12:14 am:    Awesome shot Jazzyvee! pierreyves Senior Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 1094 Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Friday, August 03, 2012 - 12:51 am:    nice !! jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3227 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Friday, August 03, 2012 - 1:04 am:    Great pic V. Where was that taken? Graeme jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3075 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, August 03, 2012 - 4:47 am:    It was taken by my other half at the festival I played at last night. The colours were all strange so I changed it to monochrome and messed around with it in iphoto. jazzyvee serialnumber12 Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 987 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Friday, August 03, 2012 - 5:01 am:    i believe alembic should create a multi page collage in the brochures of lots of these wonderful pics we post here or write a Book which i believe is way over due. jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3077 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, August 03, 2012 - 5:07 am:    I recall offering to do that my self a few years back, I produced a book from my touring pictures using an on-line service which would be pretty easy to create one for members photo's. I'd still be happy to do it if there was any interest but obviously would need the best resolution pictures to make it good quality and a bit of info on the person and/or alembic instrument. lemme know. Jazzyvee serialnumber12 Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 988 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Friday, August 03, 2012 - 7:04 am:    Hell yeah go ahead wit it Jazzy! afrobeat_fool Senior Member Username: afrobeat_fool Post Number: 466 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Friday, August 03, 2012 - 8:26 am:    deanjohnson Junior Username: deanjohnson Post Number: 11 Registered: 8-2007 Posted on Sunday, August 05, 2012 - 2:20 pm:    Playing at RebelFest 2012. Opening for the Artimus Pyle Band (former drummer for Lynyrd Skynyrd). (Message edited by davehouck on August 07, 2012) deanjohnson Junior Username: deanjohnson Post Number: 12 Registered: 8-2007 Posted on Sunday, August 05, 2012 - 2:56 pm:    OK, can't type... Lynyrd Skynyrd slawie Senior Member Username: slawie Post Number: 429 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Sunday, August 05, 2012 - 4:43 pm:    Dean I love the sticker on you rig!!! Slawie 5a_quilt_top Junior Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 14 Registered: 6-2012 Posted on Monday, August 06, 2012 - 12:06 pm:    Dean - Thumbs up on the sticker +2! Great looking Spyder, BTW! What number is it? eligilam Advanced Member Username: eligilam Post Number: 385 Registered: 2-2006 Posted on Monday, August 06, 2012 - 2:22 pm:    sticker +1 gots to get me one jcdlc72 Intermediate Member Username: jcdlc72 Post Number: 181 Registered: 11-2009 Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - 5:17 am:    This is what happens when you subscribe threads on the email... no pics= little info. I haven't noticed, until I came to the page to check the sticker everyone's talking about (and of which I'd like me one as well), Kimberly's rig!!!!! I'm WAY more curious now! So, Kimberly... Left handed, 6 strings Epic (+1 for us Epic caretakers), strung upside-down a-la Haslip, AND a Roland GK system? Is this a solo gig, as it seems to me from one of the pics? What do you use off-board? Please do tell! cozmik_cowboy Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1259 Registered: 10-2006 Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - 6:21 am:    Go to YouTube & search "Kimberly Lynn", Juan Carlos - and be prepared to be blown away! Peter jcdlc72 Intermediate Member Username: jcdlc72 Post Number: 182 Registered: 11-2009 Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - 7:29 am:    Oh my, and so I did... and I'm still wiping my tears!. Blown away I was, indeed. She's great!!!!!!!! deanjohnson Junior Username: deanjohnson Post Number: 13 Registered: 8-2007 Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - 6:40 pm:    5a_quilt_top: Number 7 (I think). davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10841 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - 6:58 pm:    Welcome to the board Heath; nice picture! deanjohnson Junior Username: deanjohnson Post Number: 14 Registered: 8-2007 Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - 7:40 pm:    A lot of you like my sticker? Say no more! My wife found it. http://www.cafepress.com/funnystuffink.390199641 5a_quilt_top Junior Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 16 Registered: 6-2012 Posted on Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - 8:51 am:    Dean - Sticker rules! I've mentioned it to several people and it never fails to get a laugh! I have Spyder 44/50, BTW. Amazing instruments. Sustain for days. kimberly Advanced Member Username: kimberly Post Number: 376 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - 1:20 pm:    Hi Guys! Following up and touching base and so to not hijack the thread. http://alembic.com/club/messages/449/137291.html?1344457059 Best Regards, Kimberly dustdbass6 New Username: dustdbass6 Post Number: 9 Registered: 8-2008 Posted on Thursday, August 09, 2012 - 11:45 am:    Orion 5 at a music festival in Livermore, Ca. alembickoa Intermediate Member Username: alembickoa Post Number: 111 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Friday, August 24, 2012 - 10:24 pm:    The '81 Koa...will post the Orion as soon as I get a pic... tncaveman Intermediate Member Username: tncaveman Post Number: 118 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Monday, August 27, 2012 - 7:47 pm:    Hey Dusty - Sweet Orion!!! Good sounds too. Stephen dustdbass6 New Username: dustdbass6 Post Number: 10 Registered: 8-2008 Posted on Monday, August 27, 2012 - 9:14 pm:    Thanks Stephen! If you checked out our recording from my profile, it was actually a Ken Smith (shhh don't tell). The next album will have this baby on it though for sure! neyman Intermediate Member Username: neyman Post Number: 123 Registered: 7-2002 Posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - 11:29 am:    Another one from last Saturday. Orion 5er this time! bassmannen New Username: bassmannen Post Number: 5 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Thursday, August 30, 2012 - 6:32 am:    davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10878 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Saturday, September 01, 2012 - 5:21 pm:    I love that blue finish! that_sustain Junior Username: that_sustain Post Number: 28 Registered: 8-2012 Posted on Saturday, September 01, 2012 - 7:29 pm:    I can't get over how nice Kimberly's Epic 6 is. wylie_j New Username: wylie_j Post Number: 8 Registered: 8-2005 Posted on Tuesday, September 04, 2012 - 7:01 pm:    is that case with the yin & Yang for ur bass? that is very "KOOL" alembickoa Intermediate Member Username: alembickoa Post Number: 114 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Friday, September 07, 2012 - 11:22 pm:    Havin' fun... that_sustain Junior Username: that_sustain Post Number: 36 Registered: 8-2012 Posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 - 12:22 am:    You must be playing a bass fill in that picture. You look happy. Great photo. pas Advanced Member Username: pas Post Number: 281 Registered: 3-2003 Posted on Sunday, September 09, 2012 - 3:28 pm:    A pic of me onstage with Chicago bluesman Melvin Taylor...early 2011. I did a couple of gigs & several blues jams with him. Real nice guy & a great player. pas Advanced Member Username: pas Post Number: 282 Registered: 3-2003 Posted on Sunday, September 09, 2012 - 3:32 pm:    At JV's in Falls Church, VA last fall s_wood Advanced Member Username: s_wood Post Number: 359 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Saturday, September 22, 2012 - 7:29 am:    Yours truly with Dustin Mallory of Late April at Jitter's in West Chester PA last weekend. tncaveman Intermediate Member Username: tncaveman Post Number: 127 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Monday, October 01, 2012 - 5:03 am:    Here's a video of me at a rehearsal. We were getting the kids involved. This was shot by a 10 year old w/ his mom's I-Phone. I'm playing my fretless Elan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4XLN8GOZkk&feature=plcp Stephen davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10912 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Thursday, October 04, 2012 - 4:00 pm:    Club member Growlypants emailed a pic to me and asked that I upload here. This is him with a beautiful Signature. growlypants Junior Username: growlypants Post Number: 22 Registered: 3-2011 Posted on Friday, October 05, 2012 - 6:34 am:    Thanks, Dave! rcowart Junior Username: rcowart Post Number: 13 Registered: 6-2012 Posted on Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - 12:43 pm:    Playing my 77 Series 1 LS in 1979. And Another This is Ean Evans which originally joined the group for vocals and guitar playing the same bass after I left the group. Ean later Joined Lynyrd Skynyrd and later replaced Leon Wilkenson when Leon passed away. Ean was with Skynyrd for 8 years until he died of cancer in 2009. Ean was one of the nicest people on this earth that I have ever met. One More And me 30 plus years later with my 75 Series 1 LS With the others. llobsterbass Intermediate Member Username: llobsterbass Post Number: 115 Registered: 5-2004 Posted on Friday, October 12, 2012 - 2:17 pm:    Me playing 77-848, my 1977 short scale graphite neck Series 1 in our Jerry Garcia Band tribute, August First. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVLWRLrGie0 piers_williamson New Username: piers_williamson Post Number: 8 Registered: 3-2011 Posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 6:08 am:    In solidarity with all European lefties. 5 String fretless (lined) Zebrawood Epic 96W9879 playing LSO St Lukes London England. Anyone out there a previous owner of ths bass? smuprof Intermediate Member Username: smuprof Post Number: 147 Registered: 12-2003 Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2012 - 7:48 pm:    A few for fun . . . smuprof Intermediate Member Username: smuprof Post Number: 148 Registered: 12-2003 Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2012 - 7:50 pm:    Pre-gig . . . smuprof Intermediate Member Username: smuprof Post Number: 149 Registered: 12-2003 Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2012 - 7:52 pm:    Feelin' it . . . jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3266 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, December 31, 2012 - 9:52 am:    Hi Kimberley, a question if I may. Is it possible to slap and pop on bass if you play bass with the lowest string closest to the floor? I can't imagine that being an easy thing to do. Jazzyvee davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10985 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Friday, January 04, 2013 - 5:52 pm:    Jazzyvee; this video shows a bit of her technique. If you watch all the way through you'll see a variety of really cool "left hand" techniques. speicky Senior Member Username: speicky Post Number: 468 Registered: 3-2005 Posted on Sunday, January 06, 2013 - 2:46 pm:    Wow ! Thanks Dave for bringing this clip to our attention. It will never cease to amaze me how our forum member with the "highest smiley density in posts" can play the bass. Obviously, I shall convert my basses to upside-down, it looks sooo much easier now where to find a nut and a bridge ? cheers and all the best in 2013, Christian flpete1uw Intermediate Member Username: flpete1uw Post Number: 144 Registered: 11-2011 Posted on Sunday, January 06, 2013 - 4:10 pm:    I Love watching Kimberley play the upside down 6 string, she makes it look so effortless. I have a soft spot for watching and learning from amazing people who overcome come what some might think as a disability and create Magic! pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 911 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Sunday, January 06, 2013 - 4:54 pm:    OMG - Kimberley! That was some greasy, funky stank! (that's the good kind!) Marcus who? :-D I am sure it has been posted somewhere before - but - What does she use for looping? davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10989 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Monday, January 07, 2013 - 3:01 pm:    Paul; I imagine that she's still using her Boss RC-50's. That picture is from May, 2010; so her setup may be different now. moonliner Member Username: moonliner Post Number: 82 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Saturday, January 12, 2013 - 2:49 am:    Here are a couple of silly pictures from a New Years Eve gig I did with a great guitar player named Scott Law a couple of years back. Kooky! (hopefully I haven't posted them before) lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5314 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Saturday, January 12, 2013 - 9:05 am:    Two Alembics! Right on! (Scott's playing his custom Further "Owl" - COTM 2006). Bill, tgo pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 917 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Saturday, January 12, 2013 - 9:06 am:    Dave - thanks for the reply. Keith - it looks like Scott and yourself have far exceeded the fun factor! :-D jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3272 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Saturday, January 12, 2013 - 9:56 am:    That must be so rare to get more than one alembic on a gig! Jazzyvee edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1393 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Saturday, January 12, 2013 - 12:50 pm:    I love Scott! I've gotten to do a couple shows where our bands shared the bill and he sat in with us. Great player. The top on that shorty is just stunning! I miss my SI already, but I'm really glad it's in Pierre-Yves hands. I need to find my dream medium scale. rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 743 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Saturday, January 12, 2013 - 12:51 pm:    (Message edited by rustyg61 on January 12, 2013) rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 744 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Saturday, January 12, 2013 - 1:01 pm:    What a difference 30 years makes! jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3274 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 4:44 am:    Wow even the bass has aged gracefully too. :-) When I have owned an alembic for 30yrs I will post a now and then picture too. I've only got 20 years to go :-) Jazzyvee dadabass2001 Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1699 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 7:26 am:    Hey Rusty, I see your gigs are supervised by Gumby & Pokey. I always have my Dead Bear, Scarlet Begonias overseeing my musical endeavors... Mike jcdlc72 Advanced Member Username: jcdlc72 Post Number: 209 Registered: 11-2009 Posted on Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 8:44 am:    These two were taken last year at a Jazz/Blues festival: (Message edited by jcdlc72 on January 13, 2013) (Message edited by jcdlc72 on January 13, 2013) rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 745 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 6:04 pm:    Jazzyvee, Alembics get better with age, unfortunately, I do not! rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 746 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 6:09 pm:    Love the bear Mike! I saw the Gumby & Pokey in the checkout line at Fry's & had to have them! I used to love them when I was a kid! I put them on my amp to prove to my bandmates that I am, in fact, NOT playing too loud or Gumby would fall flat on his face! LOL! (Message edited by rustyg61 on January 13, 2013) dadabass2001 Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1703 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, January 14, 2013 - 8:25 am:    Excellent Rusty! slawie Senior Member Username: slawie Post Number: 465 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Sunday, January 27, 2013 - 6:14 pm:    Ouch that hurts! Here is my crazy bass face Just got ripped off by a shonky bar owner. Echoes of the Blues Brothers. Drank more than what we got paid. slawie jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3300 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, January 28, 2013 - 1:37 am:    Interesting straight bar bridge. I can't say I've noticed that on an alembic before. is it original? Jazzyvee jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3301 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, January 28, 2013 - 1:45 am:    Interesting straight bar bridge. I can't say I've noticed that on an alembic before. is it original? Jazzyvee slawie Senior Member Username: slawie Post Number: 466 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Monday, January 28, 2013 - 4:49 am:    The bar bridge is original. I recently replaced the tailpiece from a brass/timber to a solid brass. Long scale 34" no battery compartment. slawie lembic76450 Advanced Member Username: lembic76450 Post Number: 326 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Monday, January 28, 2013 - 5:43 am:    This is from "TheMet" yesterday. edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1408 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Monday, January 28, 2013 - 6:43 am:    Oooh, drinking while fretless! Living on the edge! kimberly Advanced Member Username: kimberly Post Number: 389 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Monday, February 04, 2013 - 11:58 am:    Hi Guys! Mild hijack under the guise of catching up. ;) Delano, long story over many years with my 'slap technique'. Honestly the simple mechanics of having the 'primary slap strings' being B,E,A on the bottom in itself requires reaching over the top of the D,G,C strings to reach them. At the same time from having my thumb on the top of my left hand (and missing half of it from the joint out) and my picking fingers on the bottom, (I hope that makes sense). This required me to develop a 'quasi' slap method that had me 'flailing around' for many years trying to emulate slap bass. And it's still a work in process, as is my music overall, but it's starting to work finally! True slap? Naaahhh...not even close. Effective for what I do? Works for me for now til I learn something else. Christian, Peter, Paul, glad you guys like! I appreciate the compliments! Dave, thanks for the 'tech support'! Yep, I'm still using my RC-50 looper. The pedal board has changed some. New format with road cases. Signal chain starts going into a splitter, which one line goes direct to the mixer, one goes to a ME-50B. Stereo out, going to an Eventide PitchFactor. Stereo out going to an Adrenalinn III. Stereo out going to the looper. Of course this signal path arrangement does have a tendency to change and I'll end up with cables going all over everywhere with way too many line signals running around. Then I'll start all over again. :D Guess that's it so, back to the regularly scheduled programming. ;) Thanks Guys! Best Regards, Kimberly alembic76407 Senior Member Username: alembic76407 Post Number: 710 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Monday, February 11, 2013 - 10:28 am:    Everytime I play my Series 1 I fall in love all over again volaju New Username: volaju Post Number: 1 Registered: 2-2013 Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 4:17 am:    Playing my Alembic Epic5 in ikea. November 2012. Samara city, Russia. (Message edited by davehouck on February 28, 2013) deanjohnson Junior Username: deanjohnson Post Number: 15 Registered: 8-2007 Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 8:05 pm:    Me and Spyder 7 of 50 playing in Sumter SC on 23 Feb 2013. Everyone here always comments on it. deanjohnson Junior Username: deanjohnson Post Number: 16 Registered: 8-2007 Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 8:11 pm:    And another one. jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3346 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 10:57 pm:    Now that is a cool pose with a super cool bass. I'm a closet Exploiter bass fan but i think it would have too much stage presence for the jazz funk type of gigs I do but I guess it would be kind of cool in a reggae band. :-) Anyone got a picture of a Dragon's wing bass in a gig situation? Jazzyvee mario_farufyno Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 885 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 9:28 am:    I can say the same, I find Exploiter bodyshape very captivating, but can't imagine myself getting into one of my samba gigs with one in hand since they still think bass just as Precisions only. P-Basses sounds great, but they are simply not me... neyman Intermediate Member Username: neyman Post Number: 128 Registered: 7-2002 Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 11:30 am:    Another pic of me and my Orion deanjohnson Junior Username: deanjohnson Post Number: 17 Registered: 8-2007 Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 3:07 pm:    Me again... Here's some more with a bit of color/colour! Should anyone wonder why I'm sitting down in some photos... I have a serious case of rheumatoid arthritis in my upper spine/neck (getting old is so much fun... not!) and have to sit once and awhile. Ol' number 7 is pretty heavy! Photos by my friend Jamie Compton edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1445 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 8:14 pm:    I hear you, Dean! I was just diagnosed with arthritis in my hips. A perfect complement to being a new parent. Still, it beats the alternative. I'm loving all these shots. Some basses I've never seen and some old friends. I'm also loving the fact that Alembic instruments travel from honky tonks to the most upscale of establishments. Slawie, what's the serial number on that straight bar bridged bass? It looks like it might have originally had caramel pickups. I'm wondering if it might have been the original home of the pickups in my Starfire. deanjohnson Junior Username: deanjohnson Post Number: 18 Registered: 8-2007 Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 8:55 pm:    Thanks Edwin! slawie Senior Member Username: slawie Post Number: 476 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 11:19 pm:    Hey Edwin, The serial number is 75-251S As far as I know the pick ups are original They are the single screw types with the round connectors slawie edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1446 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 1:21 am:    Ah, mine are older than that, I think. They are also single screw and are trapezoidal inside the rectangular shell. The connectors are RCA. slawie Senior Member Username: slawie Post Number: 481 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Saturday, March 09, 2013 - 1:32 pm:    Played on the worlds smallest stage on Saturday night. Two hour set, sat on a stool with my speaker box massaging my left kidney! slawie fc_spoiler Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1429 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Saturday, March 09, 2013 - 1:48 pm:    Awesome pics! 3 Alembics in the picture: (and a tower from Petaluma) jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3364 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Sunday, March 10, 2013 - 10:44 am:    FC, do you play specific alembics for particular songs or do you play whatever you feel like at the time? Jazzyvee fc_spoiler Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1432 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Sunday, March 10, 2013 - 12:38 pm:    The '88 Spoiler is tuned one step below the low strings of a five string (ADGC) I use it for two songs: Sad but true and Whiskey in the jar. The Elan 5 is used on songs I play with a pick ('88 and up Metallica songs) The '83 Spoiler on older 'tallica tunes songs played with the fingers (AXY = best thumbrest ever) and to keep the show going for some songs played with a pick. edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1457 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Sunday, March 10, 2013 - 1:15 pm:    I've got to reiterate once again that I think it's so awesome that Alembics can cover so much musical territory and sound so different doing it. BTW, I checked your site, fcbass and it gave me a Spinal Tap moment with a page none more black and none of the apparent promised info on effects and amps. jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3368 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, March 11, 2013 - 2:29 pm:    Taken at a gig with Elizabeth Fields Collective at the Jam House in Birmingham at the beginning of the month. The bass is my bocate Europa 5. Wearing a suit on a gig is not my style really but that was what the band wanted. :-) Jazzyvee edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1460 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Monday, March 11, 2013 - 2:52 pm:    You look good! I'd even hire you as my barrister! musashi Intermediate Member Username: musashi Post Number: 180 Registered: 5-2004 Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 11:07 am:    stoney Senior Member Username: stoney Post Number: 502 Registered: 7-2002 Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 11:38 am:    senmen Senior Member Username: senmen Post Number: 1086 Registered: 7-2003 Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 11:51 am:    Cool shot Stoney! mnewman Junior Username: mnewman Post Number: 27 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 9:12 pm:    jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3371 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 11:42 pm:    Thanks Edwin, you can hire me if you are 100% innocent or 100% guilty but nothing in between otherwise you could be in in trouble...... :-) Best to stick with Bill tgo edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1465 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Friday, March 15, 2013 - 12:19 am:    Well, Bill can be my solicitor, but I need a barrister with some boom! Matt, very nice bass! I love those early ones. lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5372 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Friday, March 15, 2013 - 12:29 am:    Does that mean I gotta wear one of them white curly wigs? hehehehe Bill, tgo edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1471 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Friday, March 15, 2013 - 2:18 am:    Nope, that's the barrister's job. Solicitors are behind the scenes. I figure the dreads got the wig function covered. I like the idea of someone with jazzy's hair representing me as it conveys a sense of my self-perception from back when I had serious hair. oddmetersam Advanced Member Username: oddmetersam Post Number: 261 Registered: 7-2008 Posted on Friday, March 15, 2013 - 3:15 am:    Inspired by some of the more evocative pics you guys have been posting... jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3378 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, March 15, 2013 - 7:02 am:    Bill, the speed my hair is greying up I will have my own white curly hair soon. Jazzyvee rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 804 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Friday, March 15, 2013 - 5:32 pm:    Here's some pictures of my friend Georgie Boy from Scotland with his Series I. I "might" have embellished them a bit with Photoshop! He IS actually wearing a shirt with my band The Nailers on it though! pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 942 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Saturday, March 16, 2013 - 4:00 am:    Matt! Do you have more pictures of your vintage series I in the Showcase section? Would love to see more of that one. mario_farufyno Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 891 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Saturday, March 16, 2013 - 5:06 am:    What are all those switches, mnewman? cozmik_cowboy Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1429 Registered: 10-2006 Posted on Saturday, March 16, 2013 - 8:51 am:    Going by the obvious age of Matt's bass, I'd guess he has p/up selector, vol X2, Filter X2, Q switch X2, and p/up trimpot X2, Mario; on the really early ones the trims were front-mounted instead of in the cavity. Peter mnewman Junior Username: mnewman Post Number: 28 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Saturday, March 16, 2013 - 11:34 am:    Pauldo: There are more pics in the showcase section. Two places actually, one from the previous owner, Michael Delacerda and myself. mnewman Junior Username: mnewman Post Number: 29 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Saturday, March 16, 2013 - 11:39 am:    Mario: Cozmik is right about the layout.Everything is on the face of this bass including the battery compartment between the two pick-ups. This bass is medium scale at 32''and weighs in around 9 pounds. smokin_dave Advanced Member Username: smokin_dave Post Number: 360 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Saturday, March 16, 2013 - 9:09 pm:    At a fallen friend/bandmates memorial jam.A jam in honor of the late,great Jerry "Blues" Booth. (Message edited by smokin dave on March 16, 2013) mario_farufyno Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 892 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Sunday, March 17, 2013 - 9:32 am:    Thanks, Peter cozmik_cowboy Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1432 Registered: 10-2006 Posted on Sunday, March 17, 2013 - 9:59 am:    You're welcome, Mario. Sorry about your friend, Dave. Peter pierreyves Senior Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 1159 Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Sunday, March 17, 2013 - 3:55 pm:    first gig until 1982 !! 3 Alembic on the same gig !! blackwood, Edwin and MK deluxe ! jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3379 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Sunday, March 17, 2013 - 5:00 pm:    Great pictures, it looks like a great time was had by all. Jazzyvee pierreyves Senior Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 1160 Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Monday, March 18, 2013 - 1:56 am:    mike1762 Senior Member Username: mike1762 Post Number: 984 Registered: 1-2008 Posted on Saturday, March 23, 2013 - 2:45 am:    mario_farufyno Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 898 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Monday, March 25, 2013 - 4:38 am:    Oh, Pierre this ebony alembic really stands out, such a beauty! mario_farufyno Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 900 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Monday, March 25, 2013 - 4:51 am:    Oh, Pierre this ebony alembic really stands out, such a beauty! pierreyves Senior Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 1161 Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Monday, March 25, 2013 - 8:22 am:    blackwood, not ebony ;-) jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3395 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, March 25, 2013 - 3:38 pm:    deanjohnson, in your first picture of the spider bass it looks like the spiders web is back lit. Is this just a trick of the stage lighting? Jazzyvee jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3396 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, March 25, 2013 - 4:03 pm:    deanjohnson, in your first picture of the spider bass it looks like the spiders web is back lit. Is this just a trick of the stage lighting? Jazzyvee deanjohnson Junior Username: deanjohnson Post Number: 19 Registered: 8-2007 Posted on Monday, March 25, 2013 - 5:25 pm:    It's from the lighting. Pretty cool! jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3398 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, March 25, 2013 - 11:56 pm:    On a striking looking bass like that, a backlit spiders web would be pretty neat. Jazzyvee jarlmos Junior Username: jarlmos Post Number: 11 Registered: 1-2013 Posted on Friday, April 05, 2013 - 1:36 pm:    My first gig with my amazing Europa. It has an amazing sound and it's really fun to play. We had a great time. fc_spoiler Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1440 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Saturday, April 06, 2013 - 5:58 pm:    Someone else playing my Alembic: We had some fun tonight :-) The singer/guitarplayer and I (Bass) switched places and did a Motorhead/Sepultura coversong (Orgasmatron) Symen played my '83 Spoiler and I played my Squier Strat with an Alembic 4 string Jazz pickup. The humbucker I had in there was pretty bad and microphonic, with the Alembic pickup through a Tubescreamer into a Mesa combo I had a great sound :-) The Strat with Alembic pickup: (I had no long/slim screws, so I used a kinda rude mounting system) :-) Sorry Bill (tgo) this one isn't for sale pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 956 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Sunday, April 07, 2013 - 5:56 am:    Flip- I dig that guitar, pain and grief radiate from it both literally and figuratively. It's a piece of art without even hearing it. jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3416 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Sunday, April 07, 2013 - 10:08 am:    Does that alembic pickup go straight to the output jack or is there a stratoblaster or any other electronics between? Jazzyvee fc_spoiler Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1441 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Sunday, April 07, 2013 - 10:46 am:    Thanx! The pickup goes straight to the output, I had to use the Tubescreamer (set at 11) to get enough signal for the Boogie to rumble :-) deanjohnson Junior Username: deanjohnson Post Number: 20 Registered: 8-2007 Posted on Sunday, April 07, 2013 - 12:04 pm:    Frankenstrat! mario_farufyno Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 922 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Monday, April 08, 2013 - 6:48 am:    Ouch, it is almost like I could feel guitar's pain... Flip, this long way to the pedal didn't built up the noise? (Message edited by mario farufyno on April 08, 2013) lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5403 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Monday, April 08, 2013 - 6:53 am:    Looking at that guitar is like watching someone get hit in the family jewels. It hurts to even think about it! Now if you could get Eddie Van Halen to play it, Fender would put out an exact copy for $25K! lol Bill, tgo jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3417 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, April 08, 2013 - 7:05 am:    Yep then he could hire you go make sure he gets his due royalties. Jazzyvee mario_farufyno Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 924 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - 4:19 am:    I loved the mounting system of this PU... Looks like it has a spring on a hinge at the upper side. The screws can add mass, do they increase sustain? lol... fc_spoiler Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1444 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 4:39 pm:    Lol all :-) Here's the vid (very poor sound) qlique I will upload a new version when I get a better quality recording (video camera from behind the foh desk) If the link is broken, search for "Damaged Justice NL Orgasmatron" Noise level was somewhat acceptable... I might try it with a preamp if we're going to do such a crazy thing again :-) Ooops... did I warn you to turn off sound before clicking on the vid link? mario_farufyno Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 928 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Friday, April 12, 2013 - 6:46 pm:    It is not fair, that guitar plays by itself! *(watch at the end... lol) lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5407 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Saturday, April 13, 2013 - 7:29 am:    And Charlie Watts is your drummer??!!!!! Bill, tgo fc_spoiler Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1446 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Saturday, April 13, 2013 - 7:37 pm:    Watts on steroids! :-) That's a Sepultura thingy, see here (also some Alembic action in vid, Paulo jr. played a Spoiler 4 and an Essence 5) mavnet Junior Username: mavnet Post Number: 19 Registered: 2-2003 Posted on Sunday, April 14, 2013 - 9:45 am:    A long long time ago, in a much skinnier and hairier galaxy... 1979. closeup of the bass - http://alembic.com/club/messages/394/155503.jpg edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1506 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Sunday, April 14, 2013 - 11:46 am:    Nice shot! What are the extra switches on the bass? mavnet Junior Username: mavnet Post Number: 20 Registered: 2-2003 Posted on Sunday, April 14, 2013 - 8:31 pm:    Electronics on this (and its fretless sibling) are one superfilter channel, one series filter w/cvq, with a bunch of switches that let me switch high/band/low for the SF, filter in/out for the series filter, and let me put the two filters in series, plus mono/stereo switch. jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3352 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Monday, April 15, 2013 - 1:46 am:    Nice bass Mark. reminds me of Joe Bouchard's (of BOC fame). Always liked those batwing inlays. Graeme mario_farufyno Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 934 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Monday, April 15, 2013 - 6:06 am:    this Bass has some serious guts, indeed... jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3442 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Saturday, April 27, 2013 - 7:02 am:    Unfortunately it's particularly sharp but, here is a picture of me with lead singer Dennis Seaton from last night's Musical Youth gig. Jazzyvee (Message edited by jazzyvee on April 27, 2013) rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 830 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Saturday, April 27, 2013 - 7:26 am:    Great shot Jazzyvee! jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3453 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - 2:02 pm:    A guitar based photo to even things up a bit. This is the Dragon Magic, former custom of the month. I used it for a documentary film about Musical Youth in a rehearsal studio. Seemed a pretty good idea. It hasn't seen much action recently as I've been concentrating on the bass side of my playing. That's gonna switch again soon I can feel it. Jazzyvee fc_spoiler Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1449 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Sunday, May 05, 2013 - 11:18 am:    New family picture, lots of stuff from California :-) (Alembic, Fender, Mesa, SWR, Morley, Alesis and Voodoo lab) fc_spoiler Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1450 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Sunday, May 05, 2013 - 11:47 am:    And another one: sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 2897 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Sunday, May 05, 2013 - 1:30 pm:    More from California ! The" Sonicus Project " Live At The Omni ; in Oakland ,California (Message edited by davehouck on May 06, 2013) georgie_boy Senior Member Username: georgie_boy Post Number: 1072 Registered: 8-2005 Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2013 - 12:17 pm:    Wow!!! Nice one S! G mario_farufyno Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 953 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2013 - 1:54 pm:    Flip, is this Wha a Bass Wha or Guitar model? I'm increasingly unsatisfied with my Dunlop Cry-Baby Bass Wha since it chops off my Rogue's highs and I'm considering substitute it with a Guitar Wha... Sorry for hijack, guys, but does anybody has any advice? edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1533 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2013 - 2:22 pm:    My favorite bass wah is the old Morley Chrome Power Wah. It had the widest sweep I've ever heard. I've got one that goes between wh and volume and works great. jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3460 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2013 - 2:36 pm:    For some reason the picture thief got the last one i posted earlier, So here it is again. A guitar based photo to even things up a bit. This is the Dragon Magic, former custom of the month. I used it for a documentary film about Musical Youth in a rehearsal studio. Jazzyvee (Message edited by jazzyvee on May 09, 2013) fc_spoiler Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1452 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2013 - 2:46 pm:    Wolf: Alembic & Mesa, always a good choice! :-) Mario: It's an old Morley Power wah fuzz (from 1975) Original for guitar I think, but with an extreme wide sweep. I only use it for wah/fuzz sounds (with a Big Muff), see here I never tried it with "normal" bass sounds though... I'll see if I can try it in the next couple of days, I'm sure you won't miss highs with this pedal :-) If you want one of these old ones and don't need the fuzz, best would be to get the Power Wah (PWO) They are a lot cheaper, have the same Wah sound and you can switch between Wah/volume pedal mode. 5a_quilt_top Intermediate Member Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 115 Registered: 6-2012 Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2013 - 3:44 pm:    I have one of those: You are correct - the sweep is very wide and smooth and the fuzz is vicious. Sounds WAAYYYYY better for bass than guitar, IMO. I'd use it more, but it sucks tone when in bypass mode - any suggestions? Sorry for hijack. sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 2899 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2013 - 3:57 pm:    George , Thanks ! That's my bubinga series I medium scale 81-1940 . Flip, Yes ! I have the old Mesa " Road Ready " cabs with 10" EV's . I have one more 2x10 that's not in the picture. lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5442 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2013 - 4:16 pm:    I use an RMC wah by Geoffrey Teese. Love it. You can see all of his wahs here. Bill, tgo jcdlc72 Advanced Member Username: jcdlc72 Post Number: 249 Registered: 11-2009 Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2013 - 6:17 pm:    I have the exact same Mesa 2x10 as Sonicus Also have a 2x15" EV Diesel. What I have not... is a couple guys to help me move it around As I heard Diana Ross once say... " This mother 's heavyyyyyyy". rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 835 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Friday, May 10, 2013 - 12:09 am:    Jazzyvee, that is a gorgeous guitar! The wood looks like it is on fire! Rusty jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3462 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, May 10, 2013 - 10:40 am:    I never noticed that effect before but I can see what you mean. Maybe it represents the dragon emerging from the fire. :-) Certainly no fire coming from my fingertips :-) Jazzyvee keith_h Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 1866 Registered: 2-2005 Posted on Friday, May 10, 2013 - 12:20 pm:    I used to own a Morley Power Wah. Not only did it have a good fuzz but it was a good volume pedal. I regret selling it to a lead guitarist I used to play with. Keith rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 836 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Friday, May 10, 2013 - 12:46 pm:    It does look like the dragon is coming out of the fire! Maybe it's Smaug coming out of The Lonely Mountain! mario_farufyno Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 956 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Friday, May 10, 2013 - 6:05 pm:    Wild! Thanks, Flip, it is always great to know fuzzes that work good with active electronics, too. Have to check those Morley, probably the Power Wha, and the McCoy Bill is using (RMC3 looks really interesting). Flip, I also have this tonekilling issue on the Dunlop, so I pass it trough a Boss LS-2 line selector as a "main bypass". (Message edited by mario farufyno on May 10, 2013) jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3464 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Saturday, May 11, 2013 - 1:41 pm:    Series I Europa on it's first full gig. Jazzyvee rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 842 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Saturday, May 11, 2013 - 3:37 pm:    Great shot Jazzyvee! edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1538 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Saturday, May 11, 2013 - 6:51 pm:    So, how's the Series working out for you on stage? Sure looks good! jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3465 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Sunday, May 12, 2013 - 3:33 am:    I've only done one full 2 hour gig with it so far so it's still a work in progress as I still need to be able to move the controls instinctively from one type of sound to another and know it's there before starting to play as it's not easy to tweak between notes on a busy bass line. It really does look great, I love it. I actually play it more at home than I do my SII bass. We are doing some big festivals this year, Camp Bestival and, The Isle of Wight Bestival so I may take one of the series basses there. 10's of thousands turn up at the Bestival I'm told..... Cool Jazzyvee alembickoa Intermediate Member Username: alembickoa Post Number: 141 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 12:36 pm:    With John Garcia and Kevin Coggins... davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11071 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 4:15 pm:    Cool picture! Is the mailbox a tip jar? pas Advanced Member Username: pas Post Number: 286 Registered: 3-2003 Posted on Sunday, May 26, 2013 - 4:28 pm:    ivartshiva Member Username: ivartshiva Post Number: 58 Registered: 10-2007 Posted on Monday, May 27, 2013 - 8:01 pm:    In the pit band for Rocky Horror Show 2009, Higher Ground, South Burlington, Vermont - I'll try to get a more recent shot (150K limit? really?) mario_farufyno Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 968 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 5:50 am:    Best photo of all! mario_farufyno Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 969 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 6:21 am:    Best photo of all! alembickoa Intermediate Member Username: alembickoa Post Number: 142 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 2:31 pm:    Yup, Dave...a mailbox. Even has a sign that says all tips go to the band. mario_farufyno Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 970 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Friday, May 31, 2013 - 5:37 pm:    (Message edited by mario farufyno on May 31, 2013) jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3533 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Saturday, July 20, 2013 - 12:51 pm:    Couple of gigs from this afternoon. The first time I've done a gig in a graveyard. The bass sounded fantastic though and the band loved it. Mesa boogie 1x15, F1-x and QSC PLX 2402. Jazzyvee sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 2985 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Saturday, July 20, 2013 - 1:51 pm:    Double Post (removed) (Message edited by sonicus on July 20, 2013) sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 2986 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Saturday, July 20, 2013 - 1:53 pm:    Jazzy . A fine treat for the Spirits who's last physical incarnation are at rest there . Nice images in the fresh air ! lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5493 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Saturday, July 20, 2013 - 2:18 pm:    When there is a written pause in the song, you really get to "rest" in peace! Must have been your most popular gig ever - people were just dying to get in! (sorry, couldn't resist) Bill, tgo jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3534 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Sunday, July 21, 2013 - 4:08 am:    Well Bill, were playing to "Dead heads". :-) Jazzyvee lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5494 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Sunday, July 21, 2013 - 10:35 am:    Touche! ROTFLMAO tmimichael Junior Username: tmimichael Post Number: 42 Registered: 3-2010 Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2013 - 9:56 am:    My Series II this past summer... pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1076 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Sunday, November 10, 2013 - 4:37 pm:    From the gig I had November 9th at the Pabst Theater playing with America's Oldest Police Band (Milwaukee Police Band). Really grainy - time for a new camera. . . rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1031 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Sunday, November 10, 2013 - 5:33 pm:    Halloween 2013 mavnet Junior Username: mavnet Post Number: 23 Registered: 2-2003 Posted on Monday, November 18, 2013 - 5:55 pm:    Going through my computer last night, found this from the late 70s... my best bass face. alembic76407 Senior Member Username: alembic76407 Post Number: 743 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Saturday, January 25, 2014 - 7:28 am:    perfecting the BASS WIZ, Me back in the 70s bassman8416 Member Username: bassman8416 Post Number: 73 Registered: 5-2012 Posted on Saturday, January 25, 2014 - 8:00 am:    I Love Alembic basses, I finally own one and find I have a strong desire to have one built for me. coop New Username: coop Post Number: 9 Registered: 1-2014 Posted on Monday, February 17, 2014 - 2:17 pm:    Here is the first pic of me with my new SCSD playing the blues at a charity event for a local free health and dental clinic. Perhaps by the next event, I'll have my currently-under-construction Rogue in hand! jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3491 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 12:46 am:    looking good Bradley :-) Graeme jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3891 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, March 03, 2014 - 1:35 pm:    Here is another video of my playing my Series I Europa bass at the Bestival Festival 2013 on the Isle of Wight. http://youtu.be/l-I1F5Kaar8 Jazzyvee jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3895 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - 2:16 am:    Yesterday I uploaded onto youtube a video of a gig in 2003 which was the year I started doing gigs on bass. This was the first session I did with a singer called Gregory Peck. I was using a Mesa boogie walkabout head and a Mesa boogie 2x10 powerhouse cab. Sound isn't great and you can hear the compressor in the video camera working hard. http://youtu.be/kH3tUO5e-5k Jazzyvee rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1141 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - 9:03 am:    Great seeing you with the SCSD Jazzyvee! pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1114 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Saturday, March 08, 2014 - 1:34 pm:    Swing of Pearls last summer at the Rhodee Memorial Band Shell artswork99 Moderator Username: artswork99 Post Number: 1965 Registered: 7-2007 Posted on Monday, March 10, 2014 - 8:01 am:    2012 gig with WorldLine 2013 gig with WorldLine's Live Art Project! lembic76450 Advanced Member Username: lembic76450 Post Number: 363 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Monday, March 10, 2014 - 9:57 am:    This is the most recent shot, taken by Mojo Photography. The band is Violin River, all Dead, all night jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3495 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 1:52 am:    Nice backdrop kenn. I have the same T'shirt too :-). Graeme dead_head Junior Username: dead_head Post Number: 33 Registered: 12-2013 Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 8:32 pm:    Kenn, did you guys enter the Dead Covers Project this year? You guys are good! Rob lembic76450 Advanced Member Username: lembic76450 Post Number: 366 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 9:08 pm:    Rob, no we never did. I am guessing you listened to the myspace page. It is all quite old and the best things there, IMHO, are Cassidy and Dire Wolf. I'll have to post something newer in the future. I thank you for taking the time to listen... Rob, I just looked at your profile, we can't be more then a mile apart, likely closer. I thought I was the only Alembic player it town. dead_head Junior Username: dead_head Post Number: 34 Registered: 12-2013 Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - 8:55 pm:    Yeah, Kenn. We probably are less than a mile apart. I'm sure we have many mutual musical acquaintances, too. My daughter used to work at Perry's in Narragansett when she was in college. She turned me on to Violin River, and gave me your business card. I guess she was friendly with the singer and her husband. It's a small world. Anyway, I've been a big fan ever since! Rob dlbydgtl Intermediate Member Username: dlbydgtl Post Number: 150 Registered: 7-2008 Posted on Saturday, March 15, 2014 - 8:39 pm:    Playing my series one earlier this week rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1162 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Saturday, March 15, 2014 - 10:59 pm:    Here's me playing the "Unfinished Sweet" with my unborn Europa! More to come......!! jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3907 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Sunday, March 16, 2014 - 5:07 am:    Dlbydgtl, your bass is one that has stayed in my mind as particularly outstanding. I've been seriously impressed by the look of this bass since it appeared in the custom of the month. :-) I do have a preference for darker wood alembics and madagascar ebony among with coco bolo is one of my favourites. Jazzyvee pierreyves Senior Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 1177 Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Sunday, March 16, 2014 - 5:22 am:    bigyouth at the bass and I at the tenor !! http://youtu.be/XuT-3HKRa0Q pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1118 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Sunday, March 16, 2014 - 6:37 am:    Real nice cover of Pork Pie Hat. jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3910 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Sunday, March 16, 2014 - 5:15 pm:    Absolutely, I hope one day to be able to get to one of the School Days band gigs. :-) Jazzyvee pierreyves Senior Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 1178 Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Monday, March 17, 2014 - 8:54 am:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT8AlU-hrHM&feature=share&list=UULd0fV7rhhfGbh6y7J34IQg pierreyves Senior Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 1179 Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Monday, March 17, 2014 - 9:04 am:    with my new Series I 5str and my (ex) metal band ! bigyouth Advanced Member Username: bigyouth Post Number: 224 Registered: 7-2006 Posted on Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 9:45 am:    tres joli photos Pierre-Yves nice pics neyman Intermediate Member Username: neyman Post Number: 134 Registered: 7-2002 Posted on Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 12:21 pm:    Making sure the keyboardist doesn't invoke that left hand! flpete1uw Advanced Member Username: flpete1uw Post Number: 283 Registered: 11-2011 Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2014 - 6:42 am:    First 2 are from a 60's themed Birthday Party the 3rd was at a local Convention center Healing Mass. Funny how little pics I have of myself. (Message edited by davehouck on April 02, 2014) lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5701 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2014 - 7:02 am:    Is that a Mackie 808S I spot in the background? Bill, tgo sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3312 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2014 - 9:01 am:    Very Cool____Pete flpete1uw Advanced Member Username: flpete1uw Post Number: 284 Registered: 11-2011 Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2014 - 2:34 pm:    Bill, The sound system belongs to the guitarist and I didn't get a good look at it. No time this was a surprise party and we barely had time to get a song list together. Both gigs were completely different 1 with long sustained notes and tones and the other freewheeling fun. Each rewarding in themselves. Peace, Pete jzstephan Advanced Member Username: jzstephan Post Number: 254 Registered: 1-2012 Posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 1:13 pm:    davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11340 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 2:17 pm:    That's just a wonderful guitar. rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1242 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 6:36 pm:    I enjoyed watching that one come together in the FTC! Gorgeous!!! rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1243 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 6:36 pm:    I enjoyed watching that one come together in the FTC! Gorgeous!!! jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4053 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, June 05, 2014 - 2:12 pm:    Series II just had to make an appearance at a rare home city gig. Jazzyvee davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11350 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Thursday, June 05, 2014 - 3:26 pm:    Nice pic of a very nice bass Jazzyvee! wfmandmusic Member Username: wfmandmusic Post Number: 64 Registered: 1-2012 Posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 6:25 pm:    Bass face! pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1193 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 3:03 am:    Nice looking Distillate. What's the top wood on that? wfmandmusic Member Username: wfmandmusic Post Number: 65 Registered: 1-2012 Posted on Friday, June 27, 2014 - 11:17 am:    Koa manticore New Username: manticore Post Number: 1 Registered: 7-2014 Posted on Sunday, July 13, 2014 - 3:04 pm:    With my '92 Elan 6. A veteran of literally thousands of gigs, this has been my primary ax for the last 22 years. jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4148 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 1:53 pm:    Here are two pictures taken at my gig last night. alembickoa Intermediate Member Username: alembickoa Post Number: 154 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 2:36 pm:    Magnificent... alembickoa Intermediate Member Username: alembickoa Post Number: 155 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 2:36 pm:    Magnificent... rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1278 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 3:06 am:    Cool shirt Jazzyvee! Even cooler Europa! jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4150 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 4:49 am:    Here is a link to the Facebook photo album from this gig. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152327486004107.1073741830.21358399106&type=1&l=035d6c5bbe jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4157 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, July 21, 2014 - 4:59 am:    Here are some video's shot with phone's and small digital camera's from that gig last week. We fumbled a few changes from lack of rehearsal but overall the band sounded great and the audience loved it. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL83iJEMd_7jxDfZIlNzlUQdhS1XkxFDK3 terryc Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 2229 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Monday, July 21, 2014 - 6:20 am:    Close up of my MK Signature with LED's on at a gig last year. eastcoastepic Advanced Member Username: eastcoastepic Post Number: 264 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - 10:02 pm:    eastcoastepic Advanced Member Username: eastcoastepic Post Number: 265 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - 10:19 pm:    Ha, dunno what happened to the text in the last post, but this is my girl at the Wonder Bar, Asbury Park, NJ, earlier this year. She is locally famous; me, not so much.... :-) dadabass2001 Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1805 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 10:23 am:    Here's me playing at Rock N Roll Rewind in Dubuque IA 2 weeks ago Mike pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1238 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 8:11 pm:    Mike, good to see you out rockin' the Distillate! Cool horn section. :-D sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3561 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 8:18 pm:    Very Kool ! kenbass4 Senior Member Username: kenbass4 Post Number: 427 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 9:32 am:    Okay, I need to add 1 This was from our Relay For Life on June 21st. This is the reason I couldn't make the Mothership Gathering (which I would have LOVED to attend) keurosix Senior Member Username: keurosix Post Number: 449 Registered: 10-2005 Posted on Friday, August 29, 2014 - 8:02 pm:    Here's a few pics from our gig in Clinton, CT on the Green. One with Bianca my Europa 6 and one with Zorro my Epic 5 fretless. Playing through my SWR SM900 amp into an AccuGroove El Whappo. I also played through my SWR SM400 through a Goliath 4x10 as a back up. SM900 starting to show years of wear. mtjam Intermediate Member Username: mtjam Post Number: 194 Registered: 11-2011 Posted on Saturday, September 06, 2014 - 5:56 am:    Not the best picture of me, but my EVH looks great! mtjam Intermediate Member Username: mtjam Post Number: 195 Registered: 11-2011 Posted on Saturday, September 06, 2014 - 6:05 am:    Here's a shot of my first Alembic shining in the sun. Here comes sunshine! slawie Senior Member Username: slawie Post Number: 667 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Sunday, October 05, 2014 - 4:57 am:    Well it's a little more than a photo. It's a video back from when Moses was a boy http://www.yourepeat.com/watch/?v=BxzDseN9LbM&start_at=0&end_at=262# stout71 Advanced Member Username: stout71 Post Number: 223 Registered: 7-2011 Posted on Sunday, October 19, 2014 - 10:54 am:    First gig with Shamrock. Better late than never! rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1362 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Sunday, October 19, 2014 - 11:38 am:    Great shot Jerry! lembic76450 Advanced Member Username: lembic76450 Post Number: 389 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Monday, November 10, 2014 - 1:37 pm:    From yesterday, 11.9.14 at TheMet photo credit: John Wardyga jsharp67 New Username: jsharp67 Post Number: 1 Registered: 11-2014 Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 8:24 am:    jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4295 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 11:16 am:    Nice guitar. jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3606 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 1:08 am:    Wow! Great way to introduce yourself Jeff. Let's have some more pics - why not start an introduction thread? Graeme jsharp67 New Username: jsharp67 Post Number: 2 Registered: 11-2014 Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 5:00 am:    Thanks Graeme! And thanks Jazzyvee. It is truly a fantastic instrument. It takes quite a bit of time to grasp what it is capable of but once you do, nothing else comes close. jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3612 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Sunday, November 23, 2014 - 3:27 pm:    Played to around 50 deadheads at the UK SoL winter party last night so I thought a little tie-dye was in order... jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3613 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Sunday, November 23, 2014 - 3:28 pm:    Played to around 50 deadheads at the UK SoL winter party last night so I thought a little tie-dye was in order... jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4326 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Sunday, December 07, 2014 - 8:51 am:    Here is a static picture taken today by my other half after shooting my part in the video I'm doing for my Grover Washington 15th year commemoration concert. It kind of shows my connection with the bass. pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1359 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Tuesday, December 09, 2014 - 10:23 am:    Love the top on that one Jazzy. What size is that B string? It looks massive. jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4331 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Tuesday, December 09, 2014 - 5:43 pm:    The B-string as .130 though the bass had .128 when I got it from Alembic so it's not that big. :-) speicky Senior Member Username: speicky Post Number: 482 Registered: 3-2005 Posted on Monday, January 05, 2015 - 2:20 pm:    My first thought was... WOW ! That top MUST be 3D ! And second, after reading Paul's post: finally, I have seen a bass strung B-A-D-G-C cheers, Christian rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1479 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Monday, January 05, 2015 - 3:59 pm:    My first gig with my new Europa which I was inspired to build after seeing Jazzyvee's Europa in the picture above, & Steve Wood's gorgeous "Bluemoon" Europa. pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1385 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Monday, January 05, 2015 - 5:03 pm:    Rusty, she looks great in action! How did the show go with your new baby? bassfingers Advanced Member Username: bassfingers Post Number: 354 Registered: 11-2005 Posted on Monday, January 05, 2015 - 5:53 pm:    Now there is the face of a contented man.Great shot Rusty. jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3631 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2015 - 1:12 am:    looking good Rusty. It's cool that you got the cable to match :-) Graeme rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1480 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2015 - 5:03 pm:    My first gig with my Europa was great! This bass is incredible! It is full & punchy & has great attack. You can hear & feel every note! It plays like a dream too. My fingers were not nearly as sore at the end of the night as they usually are on my SCSD. Simon, I am definitely contented with this bass! I've waited all my life to have a bass like this! Graeme, I made the cable myself because I wanted a short cable for small venues. Where this picture was taken I'm never more than 5 feet away from my amp so the 20 foot cable that it came with is overkill. So I got some great advice from Jimmy Johnson & Keith Humphrey on what connectors & cable to use. Keith suggested this Canare L-4E6S cable which comes in many colors & is smaller in diameter than the Alembic cable so it is very flexible. moonliner Advanced Member Username: moonliner Post Number: 305 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Monday, January 12, 2015 - 10:08 pm:    Here's my Alembicized Guild Starfire at it's first gig, the day after I got home from picking it up. JOY!! mtjam Advanced Member Username: mtjam Post Number: 243 Registered: 11-2011 Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 2:32 am:    Awesome! Congratulations! rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1500 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 3:50 am:    Great to see your baby taking her first steps Keith! Congratulations! rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1648 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 10:40 pm:    My first gig with my new Accugroove Wedgie speaker. These cabinets are AMAZING! sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4195 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 1:41 am:    Cool . One can hear the picture ! moongerm Advanced Member Username: moongerm Post Number: 205 Registered: 8-2013 Posted on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 7:51 am:    Yeah Rusty, get down brother! That's the photo of one happy cat! rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1652 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Friday, May 22, 2015 - 6:30 am:    I am definitely happy! Since getting the F-2B & Accugroove cabinets I have finally found the sound I've been looking for my entire life! Perfect bass + perfect amp + perfect speakers = MAGIC!!! edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 2025 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Friday, May 22, 2015 - 12:10 pm:    Congrats! Now you can move on from gear obsessing and get back to practicing! :-) JK, that never ends. rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1655 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Saturday, May 23, 2015 - 5:31 pm:    Thanks Edwin, & you are so right! Fortunately, great sound inspires me to practice! edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 2027 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Saturday, May 23, 2015 - 10:16 pm:    :-) alembic76407 Senior Member Username: alembic76407 Post Number: 786 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Saturday, May 30, 2015 - 9:54 am:    this is more than likely the first photo of me playing my Alembic jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4560 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, July 10, 2015 - 2:36 am:    This is my last gig with my S2 at a jazz club earlier this spring. edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 2063 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Friday, July 10, 2015 - 11:27 am:    Last gig? Does that mean you no longer have it? I love that bass. jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4561 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, July 10, 2015 - 4:52 pm:    Edwin, I can see how that reads now.... I meant it was the last time I took it out on a gig. I probably should have said it was the most recent gig I did with the bass. She's a keeper. If you ever see it up for sale you know it's been stolen so call the cops. :-) jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4562 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, July 10, 2015 - 4:59 pm:    Edwin, I can see how that reads now.... I meant it was the last time I took it out on a gig. I probably should have said it was the most recent gig I did with the bass. I love it and it's a keeper so If you ever see it up for sale assume it's been stolen & call the cops. :-) wyrtti New Username: wyrtti Post Number: 5 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Saturday, July 11, 2015 - 2:21 am:    Hi, Here is a picture of me playing my beloved Europa. Cheers, Topi 811952 Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 2377 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 12:31 pm:    dadabass2001 Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1831 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 1:56 pm:    Here's some shots from this year: Studio work in January with my 81 Distilate: and three shots from Rock & Roll Rewind this past weekend in Dubuque, IA: I had a wonderful musical weekend! jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3691 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Monday, August 17, 2015 - 3:38 am:    lookin' good Mike. graeme jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4641 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, August 31, 2015 - 12:02 pm:    My first public gig with my Series I guitar. sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4446 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Monday, August 31, 2015 - 4:12 pm:    A recent rehearsal . zomnius Member Username: zomnius Post Number: 69 Registered: 9-2013 Posted on Monday, August 31, 2015 - 10:44 pm:    series fun sonofa_lembic Member Username: sonofa_lembic Post Number: 93 Registered: 5-2014 Posted on Tuesday, September 01, 2015 - 1:34 pm:    Just last week with my new hat! Balanced K 5 Deluxe in cocobolo. sonofa_lembic Member Username: sonofa_lembic Post Number: 94 Registered: 5-2014 Posted on Tuesday, September 01, 2015 - 1:40 pm:    Photo from '79 with my first Alembic. Getting old sucks! davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11923 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Sunday, September 06, 2015 - 1:28 pm:    Hats must be required gear in that group! sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4506 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Saturday, September 26, 2015 - 8:45 pm:    <H3>Formatting Error</H3>The formatting code mail requires 2 argument(s); you provided only 1 argument(s). (Message edited by sonicus on September 26, 2015) sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4507 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Saturday, September 26, 2015 - 9:01 pm:    73-32 At a Gig alembickoa Intermediate Member Username: alembickoa Post Number: 158 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Sunday, September 27, 2015 - 12:20 am:    Old days theme? 8^) stout71 Advanced Member Username: stout71 Post Number: 270 Registered: 7-2011 Posted on Sunday, September 27, 2015 - 9:53 am:    Last night with Moby Dick. sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4512 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Monday, September 28, 2015 - 9:32 am:    81-1940 Sounding Swell at 9/27/15 Gig elwoodblue Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 1714 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, September 28, 2015 - 2:26 pm:    That's a cool pic Wolf , with the rays and all. Lookin' pretty kicked back dabis New Username: dabis Post Number: 5 Registered: 8-2003 Posted on Monday, September 28, 2015 - 2:48 pm:    My Alembic Essence has been my main (and only) bass during 15 years. More than 100 gigs, demos, recordings sessions and everything. Since 2009 the Essence is sharing the stage with an Stingray. Here are some pics of past good shows: Opening for Lordi 2007 Ripollet Rock 2009 Opening for Negative 2010 (Message edited by dabis on September 28, 2015) sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4513 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Monday, September 28, 2015 - 4:10 pm:    Thanks Elwoodblue! bigredbass Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 2468 Registered: 9-2002 Posted on Thursday, October 01, 2015 - 10:51 pm:    Welcome David, you look like you're working that Essence, looks like fun. I was just watching MotoGP from Aragon last week. Rock On ! Joey dabis New Username: dabis Post Number: 6 Registered: 8-2003 Posted on Saturday, October 03, 2015 - 7:47 am:    Hi bidredbass! Yeah, my essence worked hard during this time. Nice race with Dani and Valentino fighting like never seen.This season seems to be more thrillering than the last 10! serialnumber12 Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 1117 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Monday, October 12, 2015 - 6:28 am:    serialnumber12 Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 1118 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Monday, October 12, 2015 - 6:39 am:    davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11967 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Monday, October 12, 2015 - 2:43 pm:    I see that there's a jar there for folks to leave tips for the bass player. serialnumber12 Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 1119 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Monday, October 12, 2015 - 2:55 pm:    weed money. jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3702 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - 12:34 am:    "like" :-) serialnumber12 Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 1120 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - 10:45 am:    lembic76450 Senior Member Username: lembic76450 Post Number: 407 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - 1:26 pm:    From the 40th anniversary of Lupo's here in R.I. Shortly after opening we were his first non blues band. jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4710 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - 3:07 pm:    Good picture, co-incidentally it looks like you have plugged your bass into the microphone.... :-0 jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4741 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, October 23, 2015 - 4:21 pm:    This bass has come a long way to do a gig tonight. Monday it was in Australia, Friday it's on a gig in the UK. The sound of this bass is nothing short of incredible. I can hear why Stanley loves them. it has a certain sweetness of tone that the 34 inch scales don't have. Incidentally how cool is it to do your first straight ahead jazz gig on an alembic...!!!! jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4742 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, October 23, 2015 - 4:21 pm:    This bass has come a long way to do a gig tonight. Monday it was in Australia, Friday it's on a gig in the UK depping on bass for a band called 'From Scratch" who play calypso infused Jazz. I have to say though, sound of this bass is nothing short of incredible. I can hear why Stanley & Pierre-Yves love them. A series shortie has a certain sweetness of tone that the 34 inch scales don't have. Incidentally this was my first ever full straight ahead jazz gig and how cool do it on a series alembic. It's earned it's place on next weeks jazz funk gig. I have a couple of clarkee tracks in the set list so that will be perfect. (Message edited by jazzyvee on October 23, 2015) rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1747 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Friday, October 23, 2015 - 4:28 pm:    So glad you finally got the SI shorty you have been wanting! Please tell me there will be video from tonight! mtjam Advanced Member Username: mtjam Post Number: 345 Registered: 11-2011 Posted on Friday, October 23, 2015 - 4:42 pm:    Congrats on your Series 1 short scale! Have fun with it tonight! jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4743 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Saturday, October 24, 2015 - 2:16 am:    There is a video but that won't be hitting the internet anytime. I'm doing a gig next week with my own NotStrictlyJazz Quartet which will be within my comfort zone so it will be a better recording. serialnumber12 Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 1121 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Saturday, October 24, 2015 - 6:56 am:    me as a kid with my alembic. stout71 Advanced Member Username: stout71 Post Number: 271 Registered: 7-2011 Posted on Saturday, October 31, 2015 - 10:08 am:    Happy Halloween!! sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4570 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Sunday, November 01, 2015 - 9:34 am:    Here is one from my 10/30/15 Central Stage gig. Taken from a friends cell phone _____ willie Advanced Member Username: willie Post Number: 272 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Friday, November 20, 2015 - 6:35 am:    Custom 5 String Europa Live at Lodge Near Near Raystown Lake PA [edited for picture alignment] (Message edited by adriaan on November 20, 2015) willie Advanced Member Username: willie Post Number: 273 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Friday, November 20, 2015 - 6:36 am:    Custom 5 String Europa Live at Lodge Near Near Raystown Lake PA willie Advanced Member Username: willie Post Number: 274 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Friday, November 20, 2015 - 6:42 am:    4 String Europa Live at Lodge Near Raystown Lake PA with 12000 Watt Bass Rig [edited for picture alignment] (Message edited by adriaan on November 20, 2015) rv_bass Junior Username: rv_bass Post Number: 14 Registered: 8-2014 Posted on Friday, November 20, 2015 - 2:18 pm:    Nice basses, that's quite the wall of sound you have there! willie Advanced Member Username: willie Post Number: 275 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Monday, November 23, 2015 - 5:39 am:    Thank You. The Basses are the Best there are. Obviously! The Wall of sound can actually be bigger. Didn't need anymore for this event. But the sound is incredible!!! I designed and built the 1X15 cabinets and replaced all the drivers in the Eden 4X10 cabinets. Used all Beyma Drivers. Best sounding Rig I ever heard!!! Took me a while to build one capable of reproducing the full range of an Alembic Bass. This system does it great. Full 20-20KHZ response. And with all that power it is incredibly clear. Can be expanded with more cabinets and up to 15000 Watts! Haven't needed to do that yet though. This set up does the Job!!! jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3719 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Monday, November 23, 2015 - 5:45 am:    The guitarist in my new band looked a bit shocked when I told him my fender pre / QSC power set up could run at 2400 watts. I reckon his head would explode if I turned up with your rig Willie. :-) Graeme willie Advanced Member Username: willie Post Number: 276 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Wednesday, December 09, 2015 - 8:56 am:    Grameme This system scares everybody when they first see it. They think it's all about volume and that I'll overpower everyone. They don't understand that it is about TONE! And they don't understand why a Bass needs a Rig with such a wide frequency response. But they don't understand the capabilities of an Alembic Bass and what it takes to faithfully reproduce it's sound until they hear it. But Yes, of course I can get that tone at a very high volume level and still be crystal clear. The 10" Mid Bass drivers and Super Tweeters Really helped with the mid's and highs being so clear. The 15G40 15" Absolutely Thunders down to the lowest notes of my 5 string! And all of that POWER Makes Really Helps Too willie Advanced Member Username: willie Post Number: 277 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Wednesday, December 09, 2015 - 9:08 am:    Grameme This system scares everybody when they first see it. They think it's all about volume and that I'll overpower everyone. They don't understand that it is about TONE! And they don't understand why a Bass needs a Rig with such a wide frequency response. But they don't understand the capabilities of an Alembic Bass and what it takes to faithfully reproduce it's sound until they hear it. But Yes, of course I can get that tone at a very high volume level and still be crystal clear. The 10" Mid Bass drivers and Super Tweeters Really helped with the mid's and highs being so clear. The 15G40 15" Absolutely Thunders down to the lowest notes of my 5 string! And all of that POWER Makes Really Helps Too willie Advanced Member Username: willie Post Number: 278 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Wednesday, December 09, 2015 - 9:10 am:    Grameme This system scares everybody when they first see it. They think it's all about volume and that I'll overpower everyone. They don't understand that it is about TONE! And they don't understand why a Bass needs a Rig with such a wide frequency response. But they don't understand the capabilities of an Alembic Bass and what it takes to faithfully reproduce it's sound until they hear it. But Yes, of course I can get that tone at a very high volume level and still be crystal clear. The 10" Mid Bass drivers and Super Tweeters Really helped with the mid's and highs being so clear. The 15G40 15" Absolutely Thunders down to the lowest notes of my 5 string! And all of that POWER Really Helps Too!!!!! sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4635 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Wednesday, December 09, 2015 - 9:18 am:    Triple Post Jack Pot ! ( like a slot machine ! ) alembickoa Intermediate Member Username: alembickoa Post Number: 160 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Wednesday, December 09, 2015 - 9:25 am:    Wow...I show up at a gig with 1 AccuGroove El Whappo and everyone panics. ed_zeppelin Intermediate Member Username: ed_zeppelin Post Number: 200 Registered: 2-2010 Posted on Wednesday, December 09, 2015 - 11:02 am:    I take a different approach to bass than most. I use Sony MDR-7506 headphones for everything, and you should too. But you won't know why - I mean really have the lightbulb appear above your head - until you do it yourself. No amount of my yammering can possibly convey what listening to your own rig through flat-response headphones can teach you in thirty seconds. And that's just the first part. The second - and most important - part is to listen to your rig with drums, at full roar from across the room! Again, you won't really get it until you do it yourself. The reason is because drums do all sorts of weird *trump to your bass tone and unless you're hip to it you won't even know about it until you're halfway through the first song. Drums soak up all kinds of lows and mids, and I'll make a flat-out prediction here that your drummer doesn't own a tuner (if they do, buy them gifts. Talk nicely to them. That's a "unicorn drummer," and they're far and few between). If the floor tom and bass drum(s) are out of tune with each other by even a few cents (much less, tuned to whatever tuning your drummer thought sounded spiffy in his basement) there goes your carefully-crafted 250-500 "punch." You can throw as much wattage as you want at it, but it'll still sound flabby, like someone beating a headboard against the wall in the next room at a cheap hotel (I've actually experienced this way too many times on tour). Buy your drummer a $15 tuner and have him pick a key (G is popular) and your life will improve immeasurably. The reason you want to hear your rig from across the room (don't you love wireless?) with a drummer bashing away is simply because we don't have ears in our knees. Standing in front of a bass amp (or worse, beside it) is the absolute worst place in the room to hear your bass. Sound waves from low notes are fifty feet long. Low frequencies are omnidirectional (which is why you can hide the woofer from your home entertainment setup behind the couch) and denote power, and higher frequencies are directional, and denote definition. I used a minimoog for decades (mostly for "Dreamweaver," ha ha) and discovered that calling up a saw toothed wave and lopping the top off gives you a colorless bassoon-like tone, but adding high frequencies back gives you everything from a piercing solo violin screech to a mellow oboe sound, and everything in between. The more you fiddle with those upper harmonics and partials, the more it defines the characteristics of vastly different instruments. It's the same thing with digital modeling, because that's what they sampled in the first place! (All synthesis comes down to basically four waveforms.) It's the same balancing act with electric bass with drums, whether you're aware of it or not. (They don't call you a "rhythm section" for nothin', stud.) Its all about the sound of the ensemble, and the nice thing is that when you get your "power" dialed in with the drums, your sound is defined by what you do with the upper harmonics. *my new word for the same old ... well, you know. rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1756 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Wednesday, December 09, 2015 - 12:55 pm:    Steve, I'm with you! I'll take my 58 pound El Whappo over any rig on the planet! I can't imagine anything sounding better! willie Advanced Member Username: willie Post Number: 279 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Wednesday, December 09, 2015 - 1:25 pm:    I actually use very expensive flat response headphones most of the time when I play at home. I don't even turn on any power amps. Can't. I live in an apartment. So I know the sound through headphones. And although for noise and interference problems I prefer to use a cord when playing live I have used my wireless system to stand next to the soundman while he set my sound because I didn't want him trying to make my Alembic sound like a Fender Precision Bass. Which is all a lot of them know. With all that said. There is nothing like feeling the power of that Rig hitting you in the back and feeling the stage shake and your pant legs moving from the air moving. Headphones can't do that! To each his own. Most concert stages are clear of Backline amplification anyway nowadays with everyone using in ear monitors. But I like to Feel the Bass as well as hear it! I have seen some other people say that a good tube pre amp with a high powered PA style amp is a different sound compared to any combo or Hybrid setup. I totally agree. And I have certainly had enough people ,(Guitar Players), complain when they see a large Bass Rig. Tried explaining about sound reproduction. I'm tired of that argument! alembickoa Intermediate Member Username: alembickoa Post Number: 161 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Wednesday, December 09, 2015 - 3:24 pm:    Rustyg61...I play an Orion 6,an Epic 5, and a cool Mexi-Jazz through an original SWR 750 through originally an AccuGroove Tri210XL, and now an El Whappo. The amp is set dead flat and that's it. Pure tonal madness. Mark Wright is a bloody genius. alembickoa Intermediate Member Username: alembickoa Post Number: 162 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Wednesday, December 09, 2015 - 3:28 pm:    Rustyg61...we need to let Alembic players know about AccuGroove, especially the El Whappo. Mark Wright has solved the bass cabinet issue. Apologies for the double post. (Message edited by Alembickoa on December 09, 2015) willie Advanced Member Username: willie Post Number: 280 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 6:13 am:    Playing Custom Mark King Deluxe rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1757 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 9:28 am:    Steve, I totally agree with you about the El Whappos! Mark Wright is to speakers cabinets as Ron Wickersham is to basses & guitars! I often tell people that AccuGroove is the "Alembic" of speaker cabinets! I also have a Wedgie & use it for most gigs. It is more than adequate to keep up with the 2 guitars & acoustic drums in my classic rock band. I use the El Whappo for large venues or outdoors, but at only 58 pounds I could easily use it at every gig. I take every opportunity to sing the praises of both Alembic & AccuGroove, they are truly a match made in Heaven! willie Advanced Member Username: willie Post Number: 281 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 1:00 pm:    I thought this thread was about pictures of people playing their Basses. Seems to have gone off into Bass cabinet preferences. I know about the El Whappo. I didn't build my system blind. I've been studying speaker cabinet design and sound reproduction for years. I have another cabinet that is a 3 way isolated cabinet. Although because of the magnets it is heavier than the El Whappo and is 3 way. Not 4 way. I don't use compression horns. I don't use 10" woofers. My system may weigh more. But I'll put it up against anything out there. It is a 3 way system. With the different frequency ranges separately compressed, amplified and then reproduced by the correct driver for that frequency range. I'm sure I would love the sound of the El Whappo. It is the sound I was trying to create. I just did it on a large scale. And I prefer conventional magnets to Neo's. They may weigh less. But I wasn't going for light weight. I was going for TONE!!! I'll post a picture of my 3 way isolated cabinet that I designed and built with my brother. He is a master carpenter. Anyone have any pictures of themselves playing their Basses? jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4806 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, December 11, 2015 - 12:12 am:    Yeah things have gone astray a little but still interesting to read. Anyway, here is a thread re-alighment picture... :-) This was taken at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham at the annual ArtsFest in 2010. That bass hasn't seen much stage action in recent years, and hopefully next year that will change. goodbyeporkpiehat New Username: goodbyeporkpiehat Post Number: 1 Registered: 12-2015 Posted on Friday, December 11, 2015 - 1:54 am:    ed_zep wrote: "I take a different approach to bass than most." N00b here, sorta wandered in by accident. I remember ed_zep from another forum. He gave me some good advice - just wanted to say "Hi". rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1758 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Friday, December 11, 2015 - 2:48 am:    Willie, AccuGroove uses 2 soft dome tweeters, not compression horns. The highs are much smoother than my Eden cabinets. Jazzyvee, great to see you playing the Stanley! I'm used to seeing you with one of your Europas, so this is a nice picture indeed! rv_bass Junior Username: rv_bass Post Number: 34 Registered: 8-2014 Posted on Friday, December 11, 2015 - 5:44 am:    Very nice bass Jazzy, definitely get that in the mix! Cool photo! willie Advanced Member Username: willie Post Number: 282 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Friday, December 11, 2015 - 6:29 am:    That's why I took the compression horns out of my Eden cabinets. The Beyma super tweeters I use have much smoother highs. And better frequency response. The horns only went to 14Khz. The tweeters I use go all the way to 20Khz. I also replaced the 10" Eminence Woofers with Beyma 10" Mid Bass Drivers. The Mids are so much clearer now. I designed The 15" cabinets internal volume and venting size to match the resonant frequency of the drivers. The Beyma 15G40 Drivers blow away the JBL E140 and E145 Drivers I used before. Pure Clear Thunder! And I love JBL. End result. A very HiFi sounding Bass Rig capable of extreme SPL! I was going for the same result as they were when they designed the El Whappo. A clear sounding system that could accurately reproduce he full dynamic and frequency range of my Alembic Basses. It is so nice to be able to hear them so clear. And Powerful! System response is 25-20Khz! SPL level? Never got to push it that hard to find out. But it's definitely up there. Nice picture Jazzyvee. Good to get thread back to pictures. Beautiful Bass. Definitely start using that Bass more. Although you do have some other ones that are incredible! You seem to like the Europa Body shape like I do. Love your Quilted Maple 5 String. My 5 String Custom Europa is the best sounding 5 string I ever heard. Especially through my Rig! OMG!!!! jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4808 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, December 11, 2015 - 6:54 am:    Yeah Willie the Europa's are my fave for 5 string basses. For 4 strings I prefer short scale then the Elan for a 34". Like you my 5 string SII europa is an amazing sounding 5 string bass, something I've been told after virtually every gig I've done with it. If these El Whappo's appear this side of the pond I will check them out. jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4809 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, December 11, 2015 - 8:29 am:    Yeah Willie the Europa's are my fave for 5 string basses. For 4 strings I prefer short scale then the Elan for a 34". Like you my 5 string SII europa is an amazing sounding 5 string bass, something I've been told after virtually every gig I've done with it. If these El Whappo's appear this side of the pond I will check them out. rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1760 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Friday, December 11, 2015 - 8:39 am:    Willie, here is my Europa. This was right after I got it & before I got my AccuGrooves. I was experimenting with playing in stereo with my Series II electronics using a couple of small combo amps. ed_zeppelin Advanced Member Username: ed_zeppelin Post Number: 201 Registered: 2-2010 Posted on Sunday, December 13, 2015 - 8:14 am:    Rusty, my favorite thing about that picture is that you dressed to match your bass. And you did it to perfection. I'm such a nut about Monet that I have piles of books about his garden and I try to recreate his themes in our garden and then paint 'em (I call my style "Depressionist"). You are a monochromatic masterpiece. Every time I look at your Alembic, it looks like it was just lifted out of Monet's Japanese water garden: Hell, I don't care if you can play a note. I'd hire you just to stand there with that bass. Give the act a much-needed touch of class. davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 12004 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Sunday, December 13, 2015 - 3:51 pm:    Hi Tom (Goodbyeporkpiehat) Welcome to the board. rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1761 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Sunday, December 13, 2015 - 6:11 pm:    Thanks Ed! I think this was my second gig with my Europa & the 1st with my blue shoes. I've worn red Converse Hi Tops since 1985, but when I got my Europa I had to get some blue ones! I can definitely see my bass in the garden painting! rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1762 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Sunday, December 13, 2015 - 6:28 pm:    Here you go Ed - alembickoa Intermediate Member Username: alembickoa Post Number: 164 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Friday, December 18, 2015 - 1:07 am:    Alembic and AccuGroove. Great combination. Rusty61...enjoy!!! rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1765 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Friday, December 18, 2015 - 1:43 am:    The best in the business! alembickoa Intermediate Member Username: alembickoa Post Number: 165 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Friday, December 18, 2015 - 1:59 am:    Is it me or does just about everyone on this forum have a bass lust crush on Jazzy's Europa? I know I certainly do... rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1766 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Friday, December 18, 2015 - 2:55 am:    Jazzyvee's Europa was the one that inspired me to get mine! jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4821 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, December 18, 2015 - 4:27 am:    Thanks alembikoa, I had a big lust crush on that bass for a number of years and the previous owner, poor_nigel, knew this and thankfully decided I should be the next owner. He is understandably very particular about where his superb instruments go to when they leave him so I was particularly honoured to be chosen to be the next (and hopefully the last) owner of this bass. I'm not sure if the previous owners gigged with it at all but I doubt it was used much as it was spotless when I got it and it still is and I use it to practice with all the time. Here is a picture of it in California accompanied by some of it's siblings. alembickoa Intermediate Member Username: alembickoa Post Number: 166 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Friday, December 18, 2015 - 10:09 am:    Magnificent. Sure love the Europa. jon_jackson Advanced Member Username: jon_jackson Post Number: 235 Registered: 12-2008 Posted on Saturday, December 19, 2015 - 5:55 am:    The original owner of the "Almost Twins" Europa series II basses never played them, according to his son. I, and I am sure Thomas, was able to register my Twin with Alembic as a new bass. Here's the 4-string, for those who prefer an even number of strings. Jon hgregs Member Username: hgregs Post Number: 66 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2015 - 7:13 am:    with my favorite bass, the 1994 europa benson_murrensun Senior Member Username: benson_murrensun Post Number: 659 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2016 - 3:11 pm:    The Blue Steel out for an evening recently. davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 12047 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 7:40 pm:    Nice to see that guitar again. jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4904 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 4:18 am:    A couple of shots from last night's gig with Musical Youth. dlbydgtl Intermediate Member Username: dlbydgtl Post Number: 170 Registered: 7-2008 Posted on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 5:06 pm:    On the whorehouse front porch with my Europa. dtothec Intermediate Member Username: dtothec Post Number: 105 Registered: 3-2015 Posted on Monday, February 22, 2016 - 8:26 am:    My walnut Rogue dtothec Intermediate Member Username: dtothec Post Number: 106 Registered: 3-2015 Posted on Monday, February 22, 2016 - 8:30 am:    My Buckeye Burl jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3733 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 12:36 am:    looking good Darrell. Nice rig too :-) Graeme dtothec Intermediate Member Username: dtothec Post Number: 107 Registered: 3-2015 Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 8:32 pm:    Thanks Graeme! Just having fun! That's actually my light rig Ampeg SVT 7pro. My big rig is a SVT 4pro that I use at bigger venues if they don't have a good PA. I bi-amp it and run 2x18" Subs on the bottom and two 4x10 neo's for mids and highs. The best and worst decision I ever made in music was buying my first Alembic bass. The best because they are the best sounding and looking basses that I have ever seen or heard. I have yet to hear a sound system that can make them sound bad. Now for the bad, once you buy your first one, you get hooked and want/need another and another and well you get the picture! jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4920 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 12:54 am:    Your big rig sounds like something I would love to try. I'm sure I've seen Stanley Clarke with something similar on a concert over here. Two SWR Big Ben cabs, two 4x10 cabs and a guitar amp. It must sound incredible even when not up loud. dtothec Intermediate Member Username: dtothec Post Number: 108 Registered: 3-2015 Posted on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 12:50 pm:    Jazzy you are correct, it is probably even better not loud, because bass being omni-directional gets lost the farther you get away from the speakers especially the real low notes. That's because it's hard to move the air in the back of a room. That's why a bass has to have three or 4 times the power, and much more speaker surface than a guitar, which is directional and cuts through without having to move the air. When you go to a concert at a very large venue, they always have literally a wall of woofers and thousands of watts driving them to the point that the building shakes so that the bass is heard and felt (you can feel bass that you can't hear) throughout the venue. With that said that's where the 18's come in, they move air at high or low volume and at low volume if you don't have enough speaker surface the low notes will fall off pretty quickly. I had a chance to see Stanley last year at a venue with a real high ceiling that seats 1600, and he had a rig similar to what you described. He was able to fill that venue with bass without playing loud. He does use two different amps for bass guitar and acoustic. He uses an Ampeg SVT 4pro (bi-amp) for splitting his high and low pickups on his guitars, and a SVT 2pro for his acoustic bass. The little fender amp covers the high frequencies on his tenor and piccolo basses. I've rambled enough, but in my opinion for what it’s worth an 18" or 15” with 4x10 is a great combination to cover the full spectrum of frequencies that you can get with an Alembic bass. BTW my SVT 4pro is in a rolling rack case because they are pretty heavy. tomhug Advanced Member Username: tomhug Post Number: 214 Registered: 7-2008 Posted on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 6:33 pm:    Recent outing with Memphis Bluesman Darren Jay, with my recently upgraded and shielded 1977 Series I (.5) rv_bass Junior Username: rv_bass Post Number: 22 Registered: 8-2014 Posted on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 7:07 pm:    Nice, Tom. What was the upgrade you had done? Rob tomhug Advanced Member Username: tomhug Post Number: 215 Registered: 7-2008 Posted on Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 5:07 am:    Hi Rob, When I had the shielding upgrade done, as long as Ron was under the hood, I had the Q switches swapped out for continuously variable Q potentiometers. Between the new pickups, the variable Qs, and the fact that I don't have to think about electronic noise based on which venue I am playing, it's really a completely different and revitalized bass. While it sounded excellent before, it had a much more limited (or maybe "targeted" is a better term) tone palette. Now it covers all that ground and much more. rv_bass Junior Username: rv_bass Post Number: 23 Registered: 8-2014 Posted on Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 7:05 pm:    Hi Tom, Thanks for the feedback and congrats on the new configuration. I've been thinking of doing a similar thing to one of my basses, I just keep hearing good things about the tonal flexibility with the CVQ switches. I might just end up making the change. Enjoy! toddharris Senior Member Username: toddharris Post Number: 429 Registered: 7-2008 Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2016 - 11:56 am:    Here are two of the three best Short Scaled early Series I basses I've had geepee Junior Username: geepee Post Number: 26 Registered: 7-2015 Posted on Sunday, April 03, 2016 - 2:20 am:    A couple of recent gigs in London lidon2001 Senior Member Username: lidon2001 Post Number: 572 Registered: 4-2005 Posted on Monday, April 11, 2016 - 9:39 pm:    It only took about 10 years, but the Amboyna Essence finally made it on stage alembickoa Intermediate Member Username: alembickoa Post Number: 169 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2016 - 5:15 pm:    Getting ready. alembickoa Intermediate Member Username: alembickoa Post Number: 170 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2016 - 5:15 pm:    Getting ready. rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1829 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2016 - 5:36 pm:    Loving the El Whappo Steve! edwardofhuncote Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 955 Registered: 6-2014 Posted on Monday, April 25, 2016 - 8:04 am:    Me and the Persuader 5-string, at the stage door steps of the Patrick Henry Hotel's Grand Ballroom, all tuned up, dressed up, and ready to play! rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1830 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Monday, April 25, 2016 - 2:56 pm:    Beautiful bass Gregory! edwardofhuncote Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 957 Registered: 6-2014 Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 3:28 am:    Thanks Rusty... yeah, I love the looks of that bass almost as much as I enjoy playing it. Just wait 'til you see the next one though... I'm told it's quite fetching. Shouldn't be too much longer. =)