As much as i appear to be a fanatic about Alembics- i listened to the artists that play the Fender Jazz and Musicman Stingray bass over on basslobster.com. I really like the sound of a jazz very much, really liked the fretless Jaco was playing. Then i saw the Mark King video with that series bass (awesome). The jazz bass (and the others) in those videos are good for certain musical venues, and the Alembic to me stood out as a standard of excellence in fine sound, build quality, and looks. After looking at those videos and other basses i have played before, i suppose the ultimate combo of basses that i would play and own are (1) Alembic series, (2) Musicman stingray, (3) Fender Jazz, (4) Warwick thumb neck thru, (5) MTD with active emg's, (6) Fender Precision. A couple of these would be fretless. The Alembic would be my primary tool as it has the most amazing sonic abilities of the group. This is my dream gear.
