Big Al Preview

[EdFriedland]

I would say that TB thread was a waste of time except it pointed me to Ed's Palm Muting preview. Thats some greasy funk. Damn!

Is the full lesson available yet?

Never heard one bass that had all those tones. Might the Big Al tempt me away from my Bongo when the 5 string is released?

The full lesson was put together as an "audition" for me to do lesson videos for GuitarInstructor.com. We have struck a tentative agreement, but I don't know if they are going to take this lesson or if I'll just put it up on YT. I'll know more about that soon.

 

[mrpackerguy]

Not to be too critical, but I don't slap and I don't play with a pick, so the video above focusing on those two styles doesn't to me, show me how a Big Al would be desirable to me. But then again, if I understand correctly, the full review will have more finger style playing.

 

[HeavyDuty]

I'm putting my desired Precision V on hold until I've had a chance to check out the upcoming Big Al fiver. I love the sound of that soloed middle pickup fingerstyle in passive!

 

[EdFriedland]

Is that because I won't sell you mine?

 

[koogie2k]

Ed...I just want to simply say Thank you for taking time out of your schedule to do the video. I really appreciate it.

 

[HeavyDuty]

Is that because I won't sell you mine?

A little.

But seriously, there's something about the Big Al that I find appealing that is missing in the PV. For me, the PV would fill a slot (passive fiver) - the Big Al looks like it would fill the same slot and more.

 

[MrMusashi]

big al.. 25th hss.. dd2.. waaaahh.. too many choices

ed, for what its worth, i truely enjoy your demos!
they are always neutral, you let people listen and think for themselves. heck i even enjoyed the g&l demo you made
the fact you use the same amp and same style of playing is a positive in my ears. that makes it easier for me to compare the different basses with eachother. and we do love everything that makes our lives easier, dont we?

im also amazed at the comments people make over at tb... digging up old posts to prove someone made a booboo too??
jeebus.. if people spent as much time rehearsing as they did nitpicking.....

MrM

 

[EdFriedland]

Ed...I just want to simply say Thank you for taking time out of your schedule to do the video. I really appreciate it.

Well, you're welcome - but let's not get carried away... I DO get paid to do this!

 

[phatduckk]

Ed's slowly convincing me that the Big AL would be a perfect punk rock bass.

Dargin told me I'd love it when I bought my 25th but I didn't play one cuz i knew leaving GC with 2 new MMs in a single day would do the wallet bad

 

[GreyDad]

... I DO get paid to do this!

My, what a job

 

[oli@bass]

Ed, thank you so much for that "oh so boring, always playing the same line" preview ... now that I've heard the sound (and can compare it to your previews of other basses), I know I have to have one.

I just love the Big Al. The shape. The pickup config. The sound.


Just not sure whether I'll be comfortable with the Sterling neck...

 

[slow roasted]

Ed It comes with the territory....I got just killed on you tube with Petrucci....They dont think more than a half inch deep....Like If I didn't organize it and pay for it and go to the trouble they would not have the vids.....

I hope all understand that we are just trying to make better basses. It isnt world peace and if someone doesnt like it there is someone that is over the top happy that another choice has hit the market instead of a same ol with a new retro color

If I focused on the negative I would be done.....I love the research and development too much to listen

Man, after reading MANY threads on the net about this bass, and then having the good luck to be able to play one last week I feel I just need to throw my two cents in FWIW..

The Big Al is nothing short of amazing.
Big,beefy,detailed tones from these neo's. Many different tonal options. I know it isn't going to be everyone's cup o' joe, and I know the pickups are entirely different than many basses that have come before it, including EBMM's. But they are solid, and satisfying. And after you add a 4 band EQ that has a well thought out design, things can get out of control ( in a GOOD way..) real fast. Anyone here old enough to remember what three switchable p/u's did for artists when it became available from the big "F"? I won't go out on a limb and say that this is a groundbreaker, but I've been wrong about these things before.

Bottom line is, I will be buying one in the near future, and I DO NOT BUY NEW BASSES!

I've been doing this for over 30 years, and I have played just about everything out there at one time or another. For real. The fact that there is a company like EBMM making an instrument that can get a jaded 47 year old ass like me excited is the real story here.

Just like they did with the Bongo, some creative Americans out west are rolling up their sleeves and getting to work trying to push the envelope and bring some new tools to the table.

Because that's what real Americans do best.

Getting to be a lost art in many of our industries, but I'm glad you folks haven't lost sight of what makes it all worthwhile. It is simply one of the most important ingredients to the formula that made this country great, and it's my hope that the naysayers would take note. Thanks BP and EBMM, for all that you do...

 

[bovinehost]

To which I can only add, "Amen."

 

[Big Poppa]

Thanks so much. In this internet age we take shots all the time...Sometimes more than praise and you have to just keep plugging away. We are just trying to make good instruments and push the envelope along the way

 

[liverbird]

Just like they did with the Bongo, some creative Americans out west are rolling up their sleeves and getting to work trying to push the envelope and bring some new tools to the table.

Because that's what real Americans do best.

Hang on - wasn't the Bongo designed by real Germans?

 

[Big Poppa]

It was conceived and initiated by me and I worked the intitial design work with BMW/Designworks in California before completing the concept in house in San Luis Obispo