'03 SC Signature Standard 5-string

[hieronymous]

Yeah, the Mastotron is pretty cool! I've used a Woolly Mammoth for a long time, but it just doesn't play nicely with the Alembic. It's definitely not exactly the same - the Woolly has a kind of noise gate feature (called pinch) that makes a cool stuttering sound, but that's just icing - the Mastotron definitely gives a nice range of fuzz tones.

[hydrargyrum]

I believe I've read that the wooly fuzz and the mastotron circuit are nearly identical, except for the fact that the mastotron is not input impedance sensitive.  Your jam sounds great, very crunchy.

[hieronymous]

Finally got the pictures off my nice camera - some of these are old! Here's one from earlier this year with my new cats (had 'em about a year), Sapphire & Luna with the Stanley:
 

[hieronymous]

Figured I would archive my Stanley Clarke encounters here - here is my original post about meeting him at Yoshi's.
 
Here's another shot of the signature:
 

[hieronymous]

And here are a couple I haven't shown here - when I took it in to the mothership to have it worked on, Stanley's bass was sitting on the couch! This is the bass in my Yoshi's post - Alembic are putting in a new nut & bridge saddles for the tenor tuning. Fortunately I had the presence of mind to ask Mica if I could snap a few pictures of my bass with his:  

 

[mario_farufyno]

Ops, thanks for the advice, Harry. I missed your answer to me way back and it is exactly what I wanted to know because I really dig the gated sound on Mammoth and wasn't aware about its absence in the Mastotron. Best regards!

[malthumb]

Was gonna ask why is your bass so much wider than Stanley's?  Is there a difference in the body template? Is Alembic working on a..... Then I counted the strings.....then I went and got another cup of coffee and all was right with the world.
 
What makes this even funnier is that I have a 4-string Series bass and a 5-string Series bass and the body widths are of course a little different.
 
Today's duh moment was brought to you be the letter C and the number  5

[hieronymous]

Put different strings on - first had DR Sunbeams but they were a little too low-tension - I was hoping that DR Lo-Riders would be just high enough tension that they would pull the neck closer to where it needed to be - and I was right! It's nice to have rounds back on (if you will remember I had it strung up with D'Addario Chromes before) - hoping to use it with my new band Stanley Lighthead!

[pauldo]

Groovy group Harry!

[hieronymous]

Haven't posted in here in over a year - had some issues with the bass but finally have them sorted out and even have a new group to use it with! We will play together in a couple of weeks so in preparation I oiled the fingerboard, will play it a bit at home, then put on fresh strings, tweak the neck and action (we finally seem to be transitioning into fall/winter here in the SF Bay Area), and play play play!
 
I want to post some of the things I've been learning about working with this bass, but in the meantime here is the most recent recording of it:
 
https://soundcloud.com/hieronymous-seven/gotta-travel-on

[hieronymous]

Been slacking off on posting here - here's another track, just the neck pickup, played with fingers:
 
https://soundcloud.com/hieronymous-seven/engine-room
 
And here's a recent pic, fooling around with a filter on Instagram:
 


 
 
Now that I've got the neck dialed in, gotta remember to put the truss rod cover back on!

[hieronymous]

Here's another shot that I've never posted of when my bass met the master's:
 

[moongerm]

Drool .......

[jazzyvee]

Are those markers on Stanley's bass around the controls knobs inlaid or stickers?

[hieronymous]

Hmm, let's see: