while building The Fun House here on orcas island, i had the pleasure of meeting and working with Jim Bredouw. He was a owner of a prominent recording studio in los angeles. He loaned me his Alembic 6 string,..(Which only had 4 strings on it at that time).. then, he gave it to me as a christmas bonus.
i found it to have a incredably deep tone, and that i had to change the way i plucked the strings, or more accurately, touched the strings. This Alembic has to be played with more control, not banged on like my Ibanez. It took some getting used to. but after some time, the instriment has changed the way i play.
Ive found that if i get my amp really pumped up, and just touch the strings, the punch is so much more responcive on all the basses i play.
He said he bought the bass for his studio years ago, so his studio bass player didnt have to always bring his bass with him when a job came up.
Ive had this bass for 10 years and never really researched it till now. as you can imagine i was quite taken back when i found out its value, and pedigree.
so my question is,. can you tell me more about it. what year was it made? what is its style called? or even what should i put as an insurance value on it?
the serial # are 86s420 5
Thank you
