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Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: jazzyvee on April 08, 2024, 03:48:56 PM

Title: Is this bass an Alembic?
Post by: jazzyvee on April 08, 2024, 03:48:56 PM

Not sure if you will be able to see it outside facebook but i just spotted this clip of the wailers and Familyman's bass sure looks like it could be an alembic. The fretboard inlays certainly look the part but i can't see the bass close enough to know for sure.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2575061649322377


I do recall Mica saying at some point that he did have an alembic, i think Elan?
What say you?

Title: Re: Is this bass an Alembic?
Post by: StephenR on April 08, 2024, 06:47:29 PM

Went by pretty quickly and the headstock was only partially visible in one frame but it didn't look like an Alembic to me. From what I could see of the headstock it looked "Fenderish" despite not being a Fender either. There must be more footage from that event that isn't cut together, maybe on Youtube?

Title: Re: Is this bass an Alembic?
Post by: adriaan on April 08, 2024, 09:57:58 PM

Looks a lot like a Yamaha BB. Neck-through, reverse-P, elongated position markers, it all adds up.

Title: Re: Is this bass an Alembic?
Post by: hieronymous on April 10, 2024, 07:42:23 PM

Yamaha BB sounds good to me - as do the video segments!

Title: Re: Is this bass an Alembic?
Post by: jazzyvee on April 11, 2024, 12:22:03 AM

OK, you guys have better eyes than me. I was truly hoping it was a sighting of his Elan bass.