The one stick I would love to get beaten across my hands with

[john_judge]

THis is a six string made by Brown's guitar factory, somehow Dave they elevate the Fretless part
 to the fretted height to keep the intonation right
selling price on this model is $6900.00 the body is Bubinga and they also have it available in reverse with the first half fretless and the upper part fretted comes in 4,5, or 6
 
(Message edited by john judge on October 13, 2009)

[elwoodblue]

Terry,
 It's an '81 Ibanez AJ-10, I sold it last year.
It played well, although it might have been even better with the upper fretboard raised a little as is being discussed.
 The electronics must be similar to the Ibanez tri-sound set-up.

[hammer]

Here's a YouTube link to Johnny Brown playing a Brown Fretted/Less Bass http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en-GB&v=W-9wY57AZIs
 
Brown uses what he refers to as phenolic material to raise the fingerboard on the fretless area. Having played a few of his productions (in the store only) the transition from the fretted to fretless section of the bass is incredibly smooth. Brown has a variety of wood options for the neck and body including many of the same woods used by Alembic. On the Brown basses I've seen and had the opportunity to play around with in the shop, however, the woods are no where near as special as those used by Alembic.  While his basses sound great they also don't offer anywhere near the tonal offerings as an Alembic.

[pauldo]

That was an absolutely delicious bass solo.
He showed the versatility of the instrument very nicely.  
 
 
Thanks for the link!