Holy grail bass - help me pick!

[Zooberwerx]

I voted Elrick as they are historically lighter than their Alembic counterparts.

Riis

 

[Rdore2000]

Ended up choosing neither. Update soon haha.

 

[Rdore2000]

 

[eottjake]

I think we can all say that is not what anyone expected you to pick

 

[Rdore2000]

I think we can all say that is not what anyone expected you to pick

Saw a deal on Reverb I couldn't resist. Really happy with the bass at the moment haha.

 

[eweise2]

I have a Alembic Orion which is similar to the Epic. Its a lifer bass for me. One thing I really like is that it has a filter control for each pickup instead of typical bass/treble controls. This is much more useful because I usually want to brighten/darken my sound when playing live. Bass/Treble is set (and forget) on the amp. At home, bass/treble on the bass is completely useless since I can just tweak my amp settings.

 

[Up the dose]

So, my two favorite basses are my Elrick NJS and a used Alembic Epic. I want to go all out and with my savings, pick up a high end boutique bass, first hand, built exclusively for me. Both of my current basses speak equally to me. My two options are an Alembic Essence with side LEDs or an Elrick Evolution with glow in the dark side dots.

I love the lower cost (comparatively) of the Elrick and the significantly lighter weight. At the same time, I'm a big fan of Alembic's electronics, and honestly, all my heroes played an Alembic. This will likely be my final high end bass purchase, so I want to make the right choice. I know I can't go wrong with either.

Which one would you go for? Thanks in advance.

If you buy the Alembic and don't like it you can sell it and buy 2 or 3 Elrick basses.

 

[chris_b]

After looking t your list. . . . I'd pick a Sadowsky.

 

[Rdore2000]

After looking t your list. . . . I'd pick a Sadowsky.

I have a German Metroline. Great bass but it's the one I connect with the least among my high end basses.

 

[Bass Butcher]

You might want to look into this company's basses. I'd lean towards an 80's - 90's Furlanetto instead but
they will do one off custom builds and their off the shelf models begin at "boutique", then go through Ferrari and Lamboghini, to 'out of this world'

https://fbass.com