It sounds surprisingly close to a jazz bass.

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Really cool bass, and let me just say Donovan you look great. Keep it up!

Ken smith bass humbucker tone bass, F bass fender jazz bass tone.

Hi. Is the Ken Smith available?

Again a beautiful bass, Donovan!👌👋

This must have sold I'm not seeing it on your website, beautiful bass, purpleheart RULES!!!!

Wow, sure a beautiful & cool sounding 6-stringer!👌..besides the price, it has just one string too much for me😉

Is Pallen Music in your network?

Bought my first Alembic 36 years ago and since then the amount has steadily grown over the years, all of being different in their own way to play and the way they sound. A testament to their craftsmanship in wood and the creative electronic engineers which all are unique in their field.

That KS sounds sick! Clear winner

So many options on the preamp, the pickup selectors, it's often hard to track. I have one of the first 5-String recurves, and it's a monster. Not really for jazz or fusion, or meant to be slapped, but for modern aggressive tones, omg. Can go from Dub, like really, really unhealthy amount of bass and low mids with the 18V preamp, to a very modern metal tone. Not Dingwall territory, which is almost piano-sharp and frankly too much, more towards a Warwick/Spector. Basically, with the pre and the pickup placement, the woods even (maple/ash to wenge/walnut), it can be anything. And if you go to some Dub / Electro, it's not just bass for the sake of it, like turning on the bass boost, it's got texture, and you can dial it in with the parametric eq on each pickup. The bass is way above my competency levels, but it's a blast, and gorgeous.

How come most people that demo Alembics never play a groove? They just mindlessly noodle

What an amazing bass!

My main bass is a 33" scale Roscoe LG-3005 and it's amazing! Has a better low B than some 35" scale basses I've owned!

Gah! That headless in your intro is drop-dead gorgeous!

30 years ago I sold my cocobolo 5 String to print the first color cover of Bass Frontiers magazine. Just two weeks ago I came full circle to own a Stanley Clarke model, and to be fortunate enough to play in on a 12 hour day in the studio with A team players the next day. I am told I'm the only one it town using an Alembic in the studio here in Nashville.

Nice bourbon collection :D

I'm willing to accept one of these fine basses as a gift in exchange for sending you positive vibrations 5 time a day for the next 25 years.

I didn't realize Roscoe ever made a 33" scale. Pretty wild.

That's a stunning bass. Sounds great, and it's quite easy on the eyes.

Greetings. I pray all is well. would you consider donating a six string bass to me as i may never be able to buy one? I can only listen, look & dream.

Impressive video, FretSpot. Looking forward to seeing your next upload. I smashed that thumbs up button on your content. Keep up the awesome work! The combination of alder and ash in this bass really piques my interest. Have you noticed any significant tonal differences when using different woods for the tone block?

Oh yeah! What an incredible instrument!?

It’s Grainger not Trainer

Nice but lol

What's the weight?

what is the prise of this beauty?

Sounds more rock and roll than the higher end Alembics that you have demoed on this channel.

When Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane got the first Alembic referred to as "Alembic 1", the band referred to it as "mission control." Setting up the intonation on an Alembic is a bit of a pain because the saddles have be be moved back and forth with the tools that come with the bass and you give your best guess and then tighten the string and check the intonation. It usually takes a few tries a few tries to get the sting intonated. The neck has two metal truss rods that are accessible after the brass cover plate is removed. There are wrenches that come with the bass for that. Making changes on the fly is more than difficult. That bass is in great condition probably because taking a $30,000 bass guitar into a smokey club to play is something that I wouldn't do. It is better to grab a Fender or Music Man or whatever to do that. When was the last time you saw someone using an Alembic in a performance?

Where's the low end? Is that optional?

This bass can sound super hifi (reference: Mark King), but I guess it depends on your whole setup.

Beautiful bass!

That's work of art. So beautiful. ❤

How big that dog is? 🤣

Will MTD build a 32" scale? A 532

Standard BN5 for me.

Hi Donovan..oh yes, really a gorgeous headless job by MTD😳..seems quite comfortable too?..nice demo playing as well!👌🙏👋

We want to hear those lows

God damn it with the double thumbing. SMACK THAT THANG! Double thumbing was in the mentioned in the original Hebrew Old Testament and the Septuagint as one of the Signs of the Apocalypse ("And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat upon him was Death, and Hell followed with him as he double thumbed his bass. It it came to pass that a threshold of Double thumbing amongst the throngs of the players had reached a threshold apex and outpopulated the true Original Thumb Slappers, and calling for the end of days."). It was removed by the Illuminati and their Satanic secret cult.

Looks like a chocolate desert. 😜

I like it Could you tell me how much of this bass

Love the headless look

Very Nice! What a cool finish...

Very well played dear brother!🎸 cool sound and riffs, Like 1

Nice

Top of the food chain bass. More top flight and gigging bassist play Sadowsky than the other two I believe. Maybe you have some non bias facts showing one way or another? Thanks

Beautiful Fingerboard. Ever seen an Ambrosia Maple Fingerboard? really nice too. My second favourite after Pale Moon Ebony.

Sick groove! Definitely great tone from a headless

GODDAMN😳😳😳😳😳