My '87 Distillate - Ex-Mark King

[bigbadbill]

Marcus
 
I've had a couple of Jaydees; the first one (an early Supernatural with Saturn inlays, tailpiece etc) wasn't so successful; someone had shaved the neck down to nothing and it was very unstable. Also it was very heavy, and when I sent it to John Diggins for a setup he changed the pickups (which he said had lost a lot of power); unfortunately when it came back I didn't like the tone!
 
My second one was a white Mark King with dot inlays and the funk groove; that was a great, great bass. Unfortunately it was again too heavy and had to go back to the shop. When I bought it I played it back to back with an 1980 Series 1 Alembic and it was certainly comparable.

[marcus43]

cool, that was a good story to know...
 
i love my roadie and my dads series 1, i also play a squier jazz bass which is great, got to get sum new pots tho  
 
thanks again
 
m

[zaandammer]

The Distillate is a great bass and like all Alembics it takes little effort to play and to get the sound you want.
 
The weight of the Distillate is 5.2kg, making it a little heavier than your average bass but it has a good balance. A good bass to gig with as long as you don't play too long. (a Status headless is 1.5kg lighter!!)
 
The Jaydee's are great basses too but I wish the necks were not so sensitive to environmental changes... I have one and rarely play it because of this issue.
 
take care  
 
Dave

[white_cloud]

Jaydee basses? They look great but thats where it ends for me!  
 
I had a supernatural for a time and wouldnt want to go back there again. The neck would bend like a banana and the electrics/pickups were particularly weak.
 
A wooden bass neck that is unreliable is as much use as an ashtray on a motorcycle in my book
 
John.

[marcus43]

well maybe you just sampled a bad one...
 
both of mine/my dads are perfect and rearely need setting  up, the action is so low you pobably couldnt get a piece of paper between the strings and the frets lol

[funkyjazzjunky]

What type of wood is the top?

[zaandammer]

It's a walnut top. It looks different depending on the lighting... the photos above were took in direct sunlight which shows the wood as quite light in appearance. In reality it is as dark as cocobolo

[zaandammer]