89 Elan 4 Str

[edwardofhuncote]

Ohh, I'm liking this!

[jazzyvee]

Thanks, im looking forward to collecting it. I know things look different after the finish hits the wood but it i can’t see the same level of quilting on the unfinished bass as i could see when the purple was showing.

[jazzyvee]

I got a call earlier from Jaydee to say my bass is ready for collection. Not cheap but well worth it i think. Initially it was just gonna be a respray but then they called and told me it needed a lot of fret dressing so I decided to just have a refret done instead as the bass had been well played before I got hold of it so i'm not surprised. I most likely will pick it up tomorrow on my day off unless I can get out of work early (unlikely). Watch this space. :-)

[jazzyvee]

Toby Diggins just emailed these.
I think i need some new strap buttons.

[edwardofhuncote]

The respray looks great, Jazzy... very good call. I like the little splash of original color too.

[jazzyvee]

Thanks, it came out really well. It's been setup but a bit too high for my liking so i will tweak that when i get time.

[rv_bass]

That looks great

[jon_jackson]

Beautiful job on the bass, Jazzy. Your choices turned out great.

[jazzyvee]

Yeah, i am really happy with it and i play it more than before. I recently took it to a rehearsal with a new songwriting colaboration a friend of mine is putting together to develop and record some of his song ideas. It's based around the funky 70's sound so i thought the p-style pickups should give the right vibe.
It was fine though i'm still in a quandry over whether to put flats on it. I did once on my 5 string but to me they had the tone of dead roundwounds at the point i would change them, so they are now on my acoustic bass guitar which works better than the clattery bronze ones. The other thing is, they are far too expensive here to buy and then find them unsuitable. If anyone here has some recordings with an alembic using p-style pickups and flats i could listen to it might help me decide what to do.

[edwardofhuncote]

Lots of differences between the different flats out there, Jazzy.


I really liked the T-I Jazz Flats on my Persuader 5-string, (has a P/J setup) but I switched to the Jazz Rounds this past year and really liked the expanded range of bright tone. I still have these on my Custom fretless, modeled somewhat after the critical specs of the Persuader. A lot ot players hate the ultra-soft tension of the Thomastik strings, but it just feels right to me.


I hear good things about the LaBella low tension flats lately. Haven't tried them, personally.

[fivestringdan]

Absolutely fantastic looking! Very well done indeed!

[jazzyvee]

36 years old and still looking and sounding great. Sadly not gigged with since the refurb. Hopefully the future brings me some 4 string gigs where this bass can shine.