Why does this Alembic sound so bad?

[tbrannon]

Not that I know of. I do tend to listen to clips on that site through headphones, but I figured that was a condition of my POS laptop.

Peace,

James

hmmm- I'll figure it out at some point.
Thanks for the link- looking forward to hearing it~

 

[lowphatbass]

Alembics have incredibly versatile electronics that can be used to dial in almost any tone imaginable. That's the good news. The bad news is that versatility means you can dial in some weird tones, too. Think of it this way: it's easier to kill yourself in a Ferrari than on a tricycle.

+1.
Alembic mid controls are very different and complex, in the way they sound and in how they operate. Without being able to see it, it's quite possible that the house is taking a DI strait off the bass or something earlier in the signal chain than a highly tweaked EQ.
(this is yet another good reason to dial in the best sound possible with you're bass, then adjust the EQ on the amp!)

 

[Munjibunga]

He's running it through some type of distortion to make it sound that way intentionally.

 

[Kink Rimson]

As the UK's Alembic dealer is just down the road from me hyper, I am going to make a point of visiting them and putting several of them through their paces. Hopefully it won't affect the GAS too bad...
If they sound like that Spoiler I will be devastated.

Reports to come soon.

 

[funkymonk77]

alex websters tone and technique defies your statement good sir!!

 

[funkymonk77]

1. It's an Alembic, and they're designed to be bright. And they are probably, as mentioned above, the cheap electronics.

2. Metal bassists, for some reason, cannot resist arranging their EQ to look like a smiley face. All you end up with is bottom no one can hear and clangy treble no one wants to hear. One of the reasons I haven't listened to metal in so long is that I haven't heard a metal bassist in decades who had a good tone. Hopefully one day someone will prove me wrong.

there...yea, cannibal corpses bassist has excellent live sound...and im new to this quote business

 

[Would'e?]

Metal bassists, for some reason, cannot resist arranging their EQ to look like a smiley face. All you end up with is bottom no one can hear and clangy treble no one wants to hear. One of the reasons I haven't listened to metal in so long is that I haven't heard a metal bassist in decades who had a good tone. Hopefully one day someone will prove me wrong.

 

[Human Bass]

That is a cover, the song is from a big brazilian rock band called Titãs, that is obviously not well known outside Brazil since their lyrics are in portuguese.

 

[Captain Chaos]

IMO that tone does fit the music they are playing.

 

[sunbeast]

I agree with the person who mentioned his hard playing- using a pick requires some finesse to get a "full" tone. I don't think hes really concerned with finesse though!

 

[Rezdog]

Greetings from the North,

Dude looked like he was enjoying himself, so that leads me to think that he was happy with his sound. After all he prolly was on a lifelong quest to reach it.

Rezdog

 

[tbrannon]

That is a cover, the song is from a big brazilian rock band called Titãs, that is obviously not well known outside Brazil since their lyrics are in portuguese.

Those were lyrics?

 

[Ampeg SVT]

Those were lyrics?

Sounded like yodeling

 

[trb6pJM2]

Do you blame the bass player or the sound guy?

Look at Dream Theater, at least you can hear the bass as bad as it sounds.

.... you obviously have never listened to images and words or awake... JM's tone was never bad, even on the new album, i'd call it agressive if anything, it's also nowhere near the same as this. Bark less.

 

[DrMWP]

I know its not a spoiler but I love this alembic sound.

 

[bassjigga]

What an alembic should sound like...

 

[alembicbones]

It really does my heart good to hear Alembics sound so cool in so many settings. Whether it be Trip Wamsley, Mark King, Andy West, Stanley Clarke, John Enstwistle, etc. etc. etc., they are truly amazing basses. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go dial in some tones of my own.

Bones

 

[Altitude]

What an alembic should sound like...

alembic clip.

 

[abngourmet]

They should have done us all a favor and knocked over the drums and amps at the beginning of the clip. Would have saved us all from having to listen to that, ahem, "music."

 

[Slapped]

^^ you're a goddamned elitist.