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Have not seen many helpful replies on your question. I own several Alembics, and what can be said for them is that they indeed get their own sound. Several of my bass player friends have tried to get the Alembic sound, but not pay for it. Each person will give you a different view, and you should research them all. However the only way to get the Alembic ( Wickersham ) sound is either own one or install the Alembic made pickups in your bass. There are many great basses in the world and I do feel that they all get their “own ” sound.
Good luck with your search for ” A ” tone !!!! 8)
I depend on a bit of a over wind. I play really LOUD Blues and Blues-Rock. There are a zillion cool picups, and everyone will tell you something different. Take the advise of a old Blues dog like me and either pickup a Duncan 1/4 Pounder or a vintage sounding Dimazio or Schaller Dimarzio copy. They all get very good old school tone. Keep your eyes peeled on Ebay or send me a personal email. 1Bass may have something laying around also.
For Blues and Roots related bass tone, stay away from the ” fancy” newer stuff. They are most all wound for the “finger popping” dudes. And Brother, that does not cut it in Blues !!!!
Play that Bass !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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1bass is absolutely right on the mark with the tube info. If your amp is all tube and older or had a lot of use it is always a wise idea to have your tone caps checked, and if needed replaced. DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS YOURSELF !! These things can be dangerous even after taken out of your amp !!!!
By the time I got this and clicked onto the link it had either been sold or pulled off of the auction. If it was high priced I bet I have a story you would like. A guy in Texas has a mint shape original 1952 Fender P-Bass. Somebody had replaced the original pickup with a Duncan 1/4 Pounder. He advertised for a verified 1952 pickup. He found one and paid $3950.00 for it. Lots of money in the vintage stuff !!!!
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Mine has no truss rod but it is certainly not a problem. The action on mine was just a bit low. However, after a fret dresssing it seems to be OK. It is a great sounding old bass !! Even with a very low action it sounds very good. I am certainly glad I got it !!!!
8) Yes 1bass, we are talking about the same bass. Mine had the rubber piece you speak of, but the previous owner took it off. I’m in the process of fixing it right now.
A friend of mine works at Basses Only and tells me that I have a very early version. He has seen several of them and has only seen one other one with a pickguard like mine. He says most all of them said ” WEM” on the lower right hand side of the pickguard. Mine does not and never did.
It is a good sounding bass and I am having fun with it !! 8)
8) Have to disagree a lttle 1bass. The Musicman is indeed a great bass. Built well, plays well, and sounds great. What he is looking for is a solid and driving Rock and Roll, hold the bottom end down bass sound. The Gibson he is looking at has the typical “big wind” pickups. Gibson solid bodies sound bigger and thicker than the typical ” Fender” sihgle coil. The Musicman, due to pickup placement. is geared more towards the “Mid” type tone.That is why I mentioned the overwound Dimarzio and Schaller. Bigger, Fatter and Meaner.
We all have our ideas about tone 1bass .Coming from the REALLY LOUD Blues-Rock state of mind I am always in, I just feel the bigger wind pickups would keep the Grease in his Groove !!!! 8)
8) Thanks man. I did some investigation of my own and you are exactly correct, The oickguard on mine is a little different, but that is the bass. I have a couple of old Baldwin’s that look very much the same, except they have Burns pickups and the hip and groovy ” Wild Dog” setting on the pickup selector rotor switch. Very cool.
Thanks for the reply !!!! 8)
Hope all is well with the new job.
Any P-Bass with a Jazz bass pickup near the bridge IS NOT WHAT YOU WAMT !! A Gibson may be what you need my man. Or for a cheaper fix you might try a older Dimarzio or Schaller P Bass pickup. Not the newer ones——- the OLDER ones. They both would give you a bigger, fuller,meaner tone. Most younger players these days are not after the tone you want, but instead the TREBLE tone that I, and apparently you, do not want. To hold down the bottom end in Blues and Drivin’ Rock and Roll, you have to THUNDER and not pop and whack !!
Not enough room here to really tell you what I think you would like. Send me a email. I really think I can help you.
ROAR on that bass !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 👿
8) Well, first things first. What kind of music do you like ? There have been a couple of Gibson basses that helped shaped bass in Rock and Roll over the years. The big hollow body stuff was a real British thing in the mid to late 60’s. The Epiphone Rivoli ( when Epiphone was Epiphone and not some Asian knockoff ) and the big bodied Gibson’s were essentially the same bass, check out old Cas Chandler lines with The Animals, and many, many other 60’s British bands—– cool tone.
But by far the best known and greatest sounding Gibson’s were the early Thunderbirds. The RD you speak of is a great Bass, but put more in the same class as the Ripper Bass. Great basses, but do not have their own sound.
Everyone that plays bass will tell you something different, Let me put it this way to you. I have owned many Gibson basses, but never a RD. 8)
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Until the past few years, I was a “odd duck” for collecting all the Fender “Tele” shaped Precision Basses. Now they have been re-issued more than once and a lot of people are playing them.
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