Alembic Jazz Bass.

[jazzyvee]

 
 
(Message edited by jazzyvee on October 15, 2009)

[jazzyvee]

Just seen this on the UK American Guitar web site. (UK Alembic Distributor)
 
http://www.americanguitarsuk.com/bassshop/alembicB.php
 


 


 


 


 
 
 
A lovely Jazz bass.....!!!
I'm guessing it's based on the Elan, ( Vol, Pan, Filter & Q-switch and maple body), but with an Orion headstock.
 
Now wouldn't it be good to hear Marcus play one of those.
 
Jazzyvee

[88persuader]

Beautiful bass, I'd love to have it! I'd also love to hear Marcus on it but let's face it, Marcus gets an amazing tone out of his Fender. A true master!

[sonicus]

I really like this !

[jacko]

Graham gets some nice instruments in ( I ordered my Rogue through him). It would be interesting to know who's buying them and why they're not members of this forum. I notice the dragon wing he's had for years has gone.
 
Graeme

[jazzyvee]

It is a really stunning version of a jazz bass. I don't know what the top wood is but its swirl pattern is amazing.
I bet the fender custom shop would look at that with envy. :-)
 
jazzyvee

[jazzyvee]

It is a really stunning version of a jazz bass. I don't know what the top wood is but its swirl pattern is amazing.
I bet the fender custom shop would look at that with envy. :-)
 
Maybe I should be devious and join a fender bass forum and paste it in there......  
 
jazzyvee

[Enzo]

Jazzyvee, don't be mean haha !
 
Really gorgeous bass !

[chrisalembic]

i would really love to try this one!! i love jazz basses just like alembics. i am really curius how this one sounds and how much jazz bass there is to it. anyone here ever played something like this?

[toma_hawk01]

Wow!
 
Imagine Jaco playing one of those in a fret-less version...?
 
The world will never know.
 
(Message edited by toma_hawk01 on October 16, 2009)

[jazzyvee]

In the absence of Jaco, maybe Victor Bailey or Richard Bona would be good guys to give it a whirl.  
 
But, I think Stanley Clarke should buy it and give it to Marcus as a gift on the next SMV tour.
 
Imagine an alembicised Miller tone......!!!
 
Jazzyvee

[toma_hawk01]

I could see it... sure, I see this one going to Markus Miller definitely.
 
But Stanley would have to do it, because if Markus thinks Alembic would present him with a bass of this nature, it would take about 30 years of using an Alembic professionally, and by that time, Markus would probably be in his 80's driving a Ferrari around the backdrops of the French Rivera or Monaco looking to better days. (Well, perhaps I reveal too much of my own fantasies...)    

[Enzo]

I've read an interview long time ago where Marcus said basically this: the man, not the bass. In other words he was ( proudly ) stating that you don't need an expensive bass to be a great player. So I don't see him willing to switch to Alembic any soon...

[chrisalembic]

I think Marcus Miller would still play and be recognized as Macrus Miller, if he played Alembic. But as the same time I am very certain that the sound would be different. I too believe its about the player, the hands, the touch etc. that create a unique voice. But I dont think anyone can deny that the instrument also plays a certain role in the tone. Otherwise Anthony Jackson, Jimmy Johnson, Marcus Miller could all just buy a cheap squier p-bass and let their hands create all the tone ;-) I mean if its not about the bass at all, we wouldnt even be on this forum, right?

[jazzyvee]

I agree Chris, Marcus would still sound like Marcus whatever he plays and I would still sound like me on his bass.  
 
I think also along with the bass that a player uses, it is also the note choices and how they are articulated them that makes a players style  recognisable so it's more than just the sound an instrument brings with it.
 
True, you don't need an expensive bass to be a great player. I would confidently assert that most of us learnt our craft on pretty dodgy, cheap basic instruments and only when we got to a competent level, and finance allowed, chose to purchase an expensive or quality instrument.
 
It would be an interesting test to get a band of some top musicians to record/perform on stage completely using beginners starter instruments and back line, everything from brass, to drums, guitars, amps, mics, cables cabs, keyboards, the works,  taken right from a shop without any modifications adjustments or anything.  Just tune up and go. I wonder how much different the overall sound of the band would be?
 
Jazzyvee