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Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: FC Bass on December 12, 2010, 07:20:28 AM: Here are some pics, More info (and better pics) later.
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/91414.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/91415.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/91416.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/91417.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/91418.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/91419.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/91420.jpg)
BTW: My Fretless is on consignment @ Edwin's store (Bass connection Holland) I might get an Excel fretless or get it back later If I decide not to sell
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: FC Bass on December 12, 2010, 08:14:37 AM: Forgot the inlay:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/91429.jpg)
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: David Houck on December 12, 2010, 08:37:23 AM: Great pics Flip! Nice to see the bass in your music room.
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Post by: tmoney61092 on December 12, 2010, 09:46:28 AM: she's beautiful!!! congrats man!

~Taylor
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: FC Bass on December 12, 2010, 02:19:31 PM: Thanx! Here are some pics of the road case:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/91469.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/91470.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/91471.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/91472.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/91473.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/91474.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/91475.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/91476.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/91477.jpg)
It's huge and well worth the extra $$$ and waiting time, recommended by me and my cats :-)
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: FC Bass on December 12, 2010, 02:25:56 PM: ...and o boy, I forgot the truss rods cover:

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/91480.jpg)
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: jazzyvee on December 12, 2010, 03:30:38 PM: I'm getting a severe case of Elan Bass Envy...!!!!

Jazzyvee
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Post by: David Houck on December 12, 2010, 05:32:12 PM: Serious case!
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Post by: adriaan on December 12, 2010, 11:51:09 PM: Some serious hardware! Mighty impressive!
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: FC Bass on January 03, 2011, 02:50:40 PM: Me made youtube thingy: Click here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w_68qOMRNc target=_blank) She can be heard! :-)
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: dannobasso on January 03, 2011, 07:06:11 PM: Nice demo Flip. I particularly loved the sustain. Nice clear clean tones. Congrats again! ( and no, I have no idea when mine is coming home)
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: tmoney61092 on January 03, 2011, 07:32:26 PM: awesome bass man! that beauty has sustain for days! i love the versatility that she has, that banging Newsted sound and for a second i feel like i was able to hear a Justin Chancellor type sound he gets out of his Wal when you used all 3 pickups. thanks for the demo and can't wait for more :D

~Taylor
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Post by: hieronymous on January 03, 2011, 08:38:53 PM: Looks and sounds great!!!
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Post by: alembicfan on January 04, 2011, 02:05:25 AM: Sounds awesome,man
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: jazzyvee on January 04, 2011, 06:56:15 AM: Sounds gorgeous FC, seriously gorgeous. I love the clean sounds. Seems like you have a keeper there. What a glorious Elan tone.

Elans are the business.

Hey Markus. I'm still loving your old bass. Have you bought any new ones lately?

Jazzyvee
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: jazzyvee on January 04, 2011, 07:18:48 AM: Sounds gorgeous FC, seriously gorgeous. I love the clean sounds. Seems like you have a keeper there. What a glorious Elan tone.

Elans are the business.

Hey Markus. I'm still loving your old bass. Have you bought any new ones lately?

Jazzyvee
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: jet_powers on January 04, 2011, 01:50:51 PM: Loved all the tones. What a sweet bass! Thanks for sharing...
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Post by: hieronymous on January 04, 2011, 07:47:03 PM: Love the cat-in-case pic, especially black-cat-in-black-padded-black-case-for-blackened-bass!!!
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: alembicfan on January 05, 2011, 02:28:57 AM: Hi Jazzy,
yes,i bought a Music Man Stingray 4, STEALTH BLACK of course, with a Rosewood Board and a 3bd eq. Great Bass,but my favourite is still my NYC Sadowsky(Black Swamp Ash Body,Maple Board,Black Hardware, Sadowsky PU's and electronics). A Buddy of mine is building a Bass for me too....
But I'm still looking for a Alembic bass for me,the Spoiler i owned was very close to the perfect one for me,but it did not had the low end i was looking for.....
Greetz,
Markus
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: David Houck on January 05, 2011, 03:42:13 PM: Cool video Flip!
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Post by: mikedm on January 06, 2011, 12:15:40 PM: (http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/93308.png)

rock on
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: FC Bass on January 09, 2011, 09:37:08 AM: (http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/93539.gif)
Thanx all Damn, I'm in love! The sustain is incredible indeed, you should hear it through the Wall of deaf -> Nothing short of amazing. Can't wait to take her onstage
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/93540.gif)
(first gig planned in May
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/93541.gif)
)
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: FC Bass on January 26, 2011, 02:17:13 PM: The youtube thingy can now be found here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjP-5sf0kAw target=_blank) (could not fix broken link)

Bass is still awesome! :-)

And allrighty then, some more pics:

(http://alembic.com/club/messages/411/95186.jpg)

(http://alembic.com/club/messages/411/95187.jpg)

(http://alembic.com/club/messages/411/95188.jpg)
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: jazzyvee on February 04, 2011, 02:44:39 AM: Hey FC, what is the current verdict on your Blackened Elan5?

Jazzyvee
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: FC Bass on February 06, 2011, 08:02:03 AM: It's awesome!

I had some worries about the neck profile compared to the classic taper on the Spoilers and Elan 4, but have had no troubles with it yet.
Plays very comfortable (hence comfort taper) :-) and no trouble whatsoever going back to the 32 inch classic taper Spoilers.

Funny thing: The Spoilers do feel like a toy after playing Blackened for a while, that is until you start playing though.

Blackened wins on:

*Sustain
*Versatility ? Electronics and the extra string
*Weight ? It?s heavy :-)
*Personalized looks

But they all hold their own, love 'em all!
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Post by: jazzyvee on February 06, 2011, 11:41:51 AM: ok thats good to hear that all is well. Is this your first 5 string bass then? I don't see one in your collection?

Jazzyvee
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: FC Bass on February 06, 2011, 11:55:13 AM: I've owned a Fender Jazz Bass V for about 8 years, traded it for my current '83 Spoiler.

It's on my site in the sold (http://painandgrief.com/aaa/fcbasssite/sold.htm target=_blank) section

(Message edited by fc_spoiler on February 06, 2011)
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: mario_farufyno on February 07, 2011, 03:37:21 AM: Just curious about PU configuration and possibilities
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: tmoney61092 on February 07, 2011, 07:06:37 AM: 2 jazz and a precision, master volume, 3 filters, 3 q switches, pan knob for the 2 jazz and a pickup selector that add's the precision if i do remember correctly(could be the other way around). so any combination of PU's is possible.

~Taylor
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: FC Bass on February 07, 2011, 07:50:40 AM: Spot on, thnx Taylor :-)

The only thing I can add is that the Q switches are three way, a great feature that I can recommend to everyone.

Tonal palette is extremely intimidating, this bass houses way too many sounds :-)

If Mica reads this: What are the Q dB settings? (I always forget to ask)
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: mario_farufyno on February 07, 2011, 09:35:16 AM: If I correctly recall, the 3-way Q switch is:

0dB (no boost)/6dB boost/9dB boost
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: FC Bass on February 07, 2011, 09:48:31 AM: Thanx! :-)

Here's the layout from the FTC:

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/96233.jpg)

1. P only
2. P with J (from the bridge/neck pan)
3. J only (from the bridge/neck pan)
4. Standby
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: jazzyvee on February 07, 2011, 12:50:45 PM: Getting used to doing speedy tone changes is gonna keep you busy for a while I'm sure. Those Rcocco strings you recommended sure give a bright but great meaty tone so with that setup you have there it's gonna cut through the music, like moses and the red sea, moving aside anything the guitars and drummer throw in your way....!!!!

I hope you get to gig in the UK so I can hear that bass in action. That said we may be taking a trip to Amsterdam sometime this summer so there may be a chance to catch you gigging then.

Jazzyvee
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: FC Bass on February 12, 2011, 01:40:52 AM: :-)

In the unlikely event of catching me gigging, be sure to bring earplugs :-)
For now our only gig is on May 28, no other gigs planned yet...

Be sure to contact me, we can always arrange for a meeting either in Amsterdam, Edwin's bass Connection, my place or anywhere you'd like. (do I smell Euro meeting?) :-)
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Post by: rustyg61 on March 26, 2011, 06:28:14 AM: Nice case! I'm having a Calzone made for my SC Signature Deluxe.
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Post by: rustyg61 on May 03, 2011, 12:51:50 PM: Hey Flip, Thanks so much for posting the pictures of your case. When I got my case from Calzone the liner looked like crap! They used a single piece of material to line the entire base of the case, so as you can imagine, there were wrinkles all over it & it looked like crap! Plus, all the wrinkles were hard & sharp from the dried glue, so it would have scratched my bass. I sent it back & sent them pictures of your case, & the lady I was dealing with forwarded them to Joe Calzone & because of my complaint & your pictures, Calzone has changed the way they line their cases! She sent me back an email from Joe to all the supervisors in charge of case lining stating that because of customer feedback they were changing their process! I just got my case back today & it looks great! So thanks again for giving me a referance to show them what I wanted!

(Message edited by adriaan on May 03, 2011)
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: FC Bass on May 03, 2011, 02:36:32 PM: Awesome, thanx!

I should thank Rami, I made the decision based on this FTC: Click here (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=7711)

Good decision it was, best way to protect yer Alembic! :-)
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Post by: rustyg61 on May 03, 2011, 03:15:00 PM: Did you have to send them your bass to get the case made, or just a tracing? I wish I would have seen your case before I ordered the Calzone, I wouldn't have had to send mine back!
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: seventhsunbass on May 04, 2011, 08:19:57 AM: Wow, I am in awe. Stunning does not even cover it. Thank you for posting her and filling our heads with ideas, your vision as our muse.

P.S. My 16 yr old black cat is mad I haven't posted her pic after seeing yours. Guess I'd better check my shoes before putting them on.......

(Message edited by seventhsunbass on May 04, 2011)
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: FC Bass on May 16, 2011, 10:01:21 AM: Cats are so cute, but sometimes... I always keep my shoes out of their reach :-)
Spijker (the cat?s name) is a youngster, just five years old.
She came to me when she was about six weeks old and lives here with her two sons Cliff and Rocky (3 years old) Those two are real rascals! :-)

Rusty: The case came with the bass, I have no idea if they send the bass or just detailed measurements? Maybe Mica can tell you, all I can say is that it fits perfectly and looks great. (as in stunning) :-)

...and now for something completely different:

Blackened on Local TV some weeks ago: Youtube link (audio only, and only the metal parts)
Unfortunately, no Mesa's and we were in a hurry, so sound is not optimal (POD for guitars, electronic drums etc...)
Funny nonetheless! (imho)
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: FC Bass on July 15, 2011, 11:08:06 AM: The Signature of the creator topic reminded me to post this pic:

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/109148.jpg)

That's: Eric (future creator) Mica, Susan (with smiley) :-) and Ron.
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Post by: rustyg61 on July 15, 2011, 11:16:14 AM: Cool! Looks like Eric writes in runes! Not surprised the Alembic heir would be advanced beyond his years!
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Post by: gtrguy on July 15, 2011, 03:54:35 PM: That's a big case!! What a beautiful bass too!!

Dave
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Post by: FC Bass on August 01, 2011, 01:52:27 PM: Thanx! :-) Since I've been doing some guts shots: Rare sight, 3 Filters in one cavity -talkin' 'bout a rats nest- :-)
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/110456.jpg)
and a reprise for the poor selector switch, totally obscured by wires and the battery in the first pic:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/110457.jpg)
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Post by: jazzboy621 on August 23, 2011, 06:38:47 PM: Im so exited!!!!!
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Post by: FC Bass on August 24, 2011, 02:04:29 PM: Hi Pat, welcome here!

You should be, what's cooking? (please elaborate)
If yours also will be black: prepare for a long wait, but most of all: prepare for a ultimate looking/playing/sounding beast of a bass! :-)

Have we seen your '92 Elan here? Love to see a new addition to the Elan section, if you have problems uploading pics, shoot me a mail (address can be found in my profile)

@ Alan: Thanx!
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Post by: wishbass on August 27, 2011, 10:10:41 AM: Beautiful.Elans rock!
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Post by: FC Bass on December 21, 2011, 02:16:00 PM: A little over a year later, only tear and wear:

(http://alembic.com/club/messages/411/119072.jpg)

Almost uniform look for the pickups! :-)

Jan 20 she will debut on stage, can't wait...
We only had one gig last year and it was in a tiny crowded pub, next will be on a larger stage (we might also make a vid, see Damaged Justice site (http://damagedjustice.nl target=_blank))
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Post by: jazzboy621 on December 21, 2011, 02:28:32 PM: AWESOME!!!! Break A Leg!!!!
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Post by: jazzyvee on December 21, 2011, 11:33:28 PM: How are you getting on with the hex screws holding the pickups down?
They use a different method of holding the pickups down to my other basses as these don't have a screw underneath to control the height but just use springs instead.

My Elan 4 has them and they are always coming loose and causing the pickups to move up towards the strings. During a practice session I have to screw them down regularly. I do tend to rest my thumb on them at times and wonder if that is adding to the movement but I think maybe that its the vibrations that's loosening them as all of them come loose not just the one I'm resting on.

Jazzyvee
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Post by: FC Bass on December 22, 2011, 02:25:29 AM: Lots of Jazz in this topic :-)

@Jazzboy: Thanks!

@ Jazzyvee: I never really had problems with that, but I play mainly with a pick on the Elans.
I don't like the small surface of the p and J pickups as thumbrest, the AXY pickups on the Spoilers are perfect for that.
You could try some Loctite, should work and is easy to remove (ask about it at the hardwarestore, there are different types of Loctite available)

(Message edited by fc_spoiler on December 22, 2011)
Title: Blackened, Elan 5 Custom 10H14105
Post by: FC Bass on January 23, 2012, 09:03:54 AM: Blackened has been on stage for the first time
(http://alembic.com/club/messages/411/121680.gif)

Proof: Youtube link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT-CfjzU17Q target=_blank) Poor quality vid, but there's some low B action at the end of the song. They had to rebuild the stage after our set
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Post by: wishbass on January 23, 2012, 02:39:38 PM: Well played Flip, you took me down Memory Lane.I still remember hearing Metalica for the first time in highschool.It must have been around 83 or so.I was a big Iron Maiden fan,but also had a hardcore punk streak in me.They appealed to me immediatly.My heavy metal friends (at that time)thought they were too heavy.I loved them.
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Post by: FC Bass on January 24, 2012, 02:55:48 PM: thanx! You gotta love metal :-) Some pix from the first (with this Elan) gig:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/121743.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/121744.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/121745.jpg)
(thanx to Rob Meijer)
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/121746.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/121747.jpg)
Blackened will be onstage again next saturday, through a 3x15 and 8x10 rig
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/121748.gif)
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Post by: rustyg61 on January 24, 2012, 02:59:34 PM: Awesome shots Flip!
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Post by: jazzboy621 on January 24, 2012, 03:20:51 PM: Great shots, Flip!!! Rock out!!!!
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Post by: FC Bass on May 17, 2012, 06:11:20 PM: Thanx! Made sure to put Alembic in front of the stage last night:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/131346.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/131347.jpg)
Tomorrow (actually tonight, its tomorrow already here) we will be on a huge stage, I'll try to get Blackened it the spotlights again then :-)
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Post by: FC Bass on May 19, 2012, 09:55:13 AM: Two vids of last nights gig: Hit the lights/Creeping Death (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN6sLd4NsHY target=_blank) Enter Sandman

Can you hear the bass? :-)
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Post by: rustyg61 on May 20, 2012, 08:30:50 AM: Great video Flip! The bass sounds awesome!
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Post by: dannobasso on May 20, 2012, 09:37:48 AM: nicely done dude! They put more into production over there for sure.
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Post by: tbrannon on May 20, 2012, 10:19:08 AM: I've seen Metallica live a couple times and I gotta say- you guys did them justice (Damaged justice? ;) ). The crowd sure seemed to be enjoying the show.

The bass cuts through nicely in the mix.
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Post by: FC Bass on May 20, 2012, 10:44:45 AM: Thanx!

We did a gig last Thursday, open air +/-800 audience. So I brought my Bass 400 and Strategy with a 2x10 and 2x15 combi.
Worked very well (obviously) but I had to crank up the Strategy (feeding the 1x15's)
Friday we had a huge (for our standards) gig, about 1500 audience. (the gig from the vids) So I brought the whole stack, same as above with a second 2x10. (aka Wall of deaf mkI)
I forgot to turn the Strategy down (feeding two 2x10 cabs now) As you can hear in the vid, it was kinda loud :-)
There was little drums on the monitors in the beginning + all Mesa's (Mesa MkIII and MkIV for guitars) were relocating a fair amount of air, so there are some timing issues in the beginning...
We did changeover in about 10 minutes (tight schedule, 25 min gig) The band before us used our drumkit, so that bought us some time :-)
No line check, no soundcheck...
But I couldn't get myself to turn it down, sounded too awesome! :-) (though I did back up the treble a bit about half way)
To my surprise, I got lots of compliments from the foh guys and stage manager.

Production was awesome indeed, the lights guy must have been a bit familiar with 'tallica :-)

Edit: Merged the two vids into one: Youtube link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XViqDXwytsc&feature=plcp target=_blank)
and here's another vid from last thursday: yep, another youtube link :-) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MktCco7VeAE target=_blank)

(Message edited by fc_spoiler on May 20, 2012)
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Post by: FC Bass on June 09, 2014, 06:43:32 PM: Here's a nice picture from last weeks gig, on the large version (click picture) you can read the serial # (sharp shot from that distance!)
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Post by: jazzyvee on June 10, 2014, 03:12:37 AM: Great action shot FC, If that were my picture I would photoshop out the flowery looking lights on the left it kind draws your eye away from the action.

Do you have the bass on a fixed setting or are you a tweaker?
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Post by: FC Bass on June 11, 2014, 09:34:10 AM: Thanx Jazzy! :-)

I'm still in the experimentation phase with these controls, though I don't change too much during a gig. Live I always have all 3 pickups on, the P adds lot of midrange and make it cut through the mix easier. The filter setting of the P is the most dominant in the overall tone (seems regardless of the P pickup gain setting)

For this gig I had the P Pickup and neck pickup with the filter about halfway and the Q-switch on 2, the bridge pickup filter is about 3/4 open with the Q-switch on 3.
The real experimenting will come in the studio, I can see myself using other pickupcombi's (J/J-J/P-P-P/J-J/P/J) the sky is the limit :-)

I think I will sit down with this bass and the fretless (signature electronics) and explore the tonal possibilities with these multi filter setups in a vid, I will play them through my SWR Basic black combo. (the difference in the settings seem to come out a bit more clear through the SWR compared to the full tube Mesa rig) Stay tuned!
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Post by: tbrannon on June 11, 2014, 02:22:40 PM: Flip,

Great photo- looking forward to that video!!

Have you gotten used to the 'springy pickups' with the J/P/J setup? I had gotten so used to the locked down traditional Alembic mounting system that it took me awhile to get used to the P/J setup on the custom Elan I had built.
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Post by: FC Bass on July 12, 2014, 11:59:49 AM: Sorry Toby, somehow missed yer comment....

Thanx!

I prefer the traditional mounting system because of the solid anchor function, I only play with a pick on this bass so it doesn't bother me too much.
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Post by: FC Bass on April 14, 2015, 06:13:44 AM: Here's the Elan in our promo: Youtube link (https://youtu.be/ctA9T1cHymQ target=_blank)

This will also be deleted when the final version is done.
I will post a new link below.
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Post by: FC Bass on April 26, 2015, 10:54:20 AM: Hey, hey... Who's that with my bass??
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/208859.jpg)
It's Jazzy! Second Eurolympic meeting this month :-)
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/208860.jpg)
Report + more pics of the meetings will be in the meetings section later this week. Must rest now and prepare for the incoming Series I now (will pick it up Wednesday) :-)
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Post by: jazzyvee on April 26, 2015, 02:41:46 PM: Hey Flip it was good to meet you after all these years of communicating on the forum. Your bass is great and maybe next time i can try your bass at your soundcheck. Just a pity the time was so short. My girlfriend thinks we should come to one of your Metallica tribute gigs. So hope one day to do that.
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Post by: Enzo on April 26, 2015, 02:56:32 PM: Now that's officially an Alembic friendly coffee shop!
So nice when you get to meet people in person after being in contact online. Still remember the Alembic gathering in Chicago like a dream, so many nice people all together, did it really happened?
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Post by: mtjam on April 26, 2015, 05:18:31 PM: Great to see you guys having fun across the pond! I hope to gather one day with more people from the Club!
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Post by: FC Bass on May 21, 2015, 03:12:33 PM: Here are some pics from my birthday gig last week (was also the drummers birthday (!)) :-)
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/209601.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/209602.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/209603.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/209604.jpg)
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Post by: FC Bass on July 19, 2015, 07:29:08 AM: Last week in Dordrecht:

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/211193.jpg)
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Post by: sonicus on July 19, 2015, 07:44:31 AM: Great Pic ! Alembic Thunder________!
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Post by: jazzyvee on July 19, 2015, 02:30:49 PM: Looking cool Flip, that's a great picture. It would make a great advertising poster.
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Post by: Enzo on July 19, 2015, 04:35:13 PM: Whoa!! That's an awesome picture and the black and white just makes it even cooler!
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Post by: FC Bass on July 19, 2015, 06:39:08 PM: Thanx!

Some picture magicians seem to have that little extra and can come up with pictures like this.

Jazzy:

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/211206.jpg)
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Post by: bigredbass on July 19, 2015, 10:07:33 PM: Some sure do: To pull that flame maple grain thru that black tint in this photo DEFINITELY qualifies this guy that he is hitting on all eight. Terrific pic.

But you know, I realize big time players are pretty fickle when it comes to axes and endorsements and all, but all I can think of when I look at this pic is 'and Newstedt passed on THAT for Sadowskys?'

Rock On, FC !

Joey
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Post by: jazzyvee on July 20, 2015, 01:43:46 AM: Oh look what I saw when I popped into town this morning... :-)
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Post by: JuancarlinBass on July 20, 2015, 12:47:33 PM: Oh you find all sorts of crazy stuff on street ads nowadays... hehehehe!!!!
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Post by: sonicus on July 20, 2015, 12:59:38 PM: Das ist KOOL !
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Post by: FC Bass on April 16, 2020, 01:48:40 PM: Thanx :-)

New vid with this beast:
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Post by: edwardofhuncote on April 16, 2020, 03:51:21 PM: Rock. On. 8)
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Post by: FC Bass on August 20, 2024, 05:07:09 AM: Comparison between two very similar, yet also very different basses. :-)
Also with those insane Newsted style downstrokes, hard work for the musical notes!
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Post by: jazzyvee on August 20, 2024, 10:30:49 AM: Excellent playing Flip and the sound is great.
Perfect timing in another way as I just finished adding a bass shaker to my surround sound system at home and was able to use. your video to test my system out. I could hear and feel the power. Nice one Flip!
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Post by: FC Bass on August 22, 2024, 03:39:15 PM: Thanx!
Did the tableware survive? :-)
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Post by: jazzyvee on August 22, 2024, 04:52:03 PM: Thankfully yes.
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Post by: FC Bass on August 19, 2025, 09:16:35 AM: Sorry to spam this four times, but I wanted it on the page for all 4 basses :-)

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