Really neat Big Al pics included

[T Alan]

Great photos!

 

[Spanky(Andy)]

Love the photos Paul! I also really like the way the lighting makes the maple board look like it has an amber tint to it like old F3nd3rs.

Do you still have both Big Als? I'm itching to try a fretted maple board version with flats.

Cheers

Andy

 

[smallequestrian]

Thanks for all the complements guys.

Right now I only have one Big Al, in fact I essentially only have one bass at the moment. At some point I'll get another Big Al. I'm not sure if I'd go for a single H or another SSS. Another SSS would be tempting as the new basses are mahogany and will sound different than my original. I also, may do something silly and get the next one in the same colour scheme.

 

[Kirby]

Loved the shots, as mentioned earlier the lighting was really cool.

 

[MadMatt]

Wow! Awesome looking bass. Yet more proof for my theory... The Big Al was designed to look incredible when worn, as opposed to when hanging on the wall like other non EBMM basses

 

[danny-79]

Great shots!

 

[A.J.]

Great shots, great bass.

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

Just curious: what setting(s) do you use most often n your Big Al?

 

[tiffles]

GOREGEOUS BASS!!! go paul!

 

[cellkirk74]

just curious: What setting(s) do you use most often n your big al?

+1!!!

 

[smallequestrian]

Just curious: what setting(s) do you use most often n your Big Al?

Songs I play with a pick are usually middle pickup solo'd.
Fingerstyle songs are usually the bridge and middle in series.
Mellower fingerstyle is either middle solo'd or middle and neck together.

All passive and tone wide open except for one song where I solo the bridge pickup active with some bass boost.

 

[adouglas]

Songs I play with a pick are usually middle pickup solo'd.
Fingerstyle songs are usually the bridge and middle in series.
Mellower fingerstyle is either middle solo'd or middle and neck together.

All passive and tone wide open except for one song where I solo the bridge pickup active with some bass boost.

Hmmm... very interesting

So you never use active? One of the things that really interests me about the Big Al preamp is the ability to set up two very different tones and just punch a button to get from one to the other. I play standard soul/funk/motown/old-school R&B, and need either a modern, aggressive sound or a very motown-y muffled thump. Presumably the former could be accomplished with the active EQ and the latter with the passive.

 

[smallequestrian]

Hmmm... very interesting

So you never use active? One of the things that really interests me about the Big Al preamp is the ability to set up two very different tones and just punch a button to get from one to the other. I play standard soul/funk/motown/old-school R&B, and need either a modern, aggressive sound or a very motown-y muffled thump. Presumably the former could be accomplished with the active EQ and the latter with the passive.

I'm sure that would be neat, but I don't really have the need to switch EQ's on the fly, if I need to do some tone switching, I'll do it with effects.

Maybe I'll try rehearsing today with it only in active. I like my baseline tone so much, I don't ever feel the need to do so normally.

 

[cellkirk74]

Same here. I find the middle Pickup alone in passive to be my most favorite sound with the Band, while alone at home I like neck and bridge active or the serial passive setting the best.

One thing with the passive tone control is that it won't cut the highs as much as you might know it from the traditional motown axe. That would be the only thing I would change with the Big Al, a more vintage behavior of the tone roll off.

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

That's one of the things that's so appealing about the Big Al SSS; it looks like the Swiss Army knife of basses. The ability to have various modern sounds and also have that passive middle pickup soloed (a la P) is a good combination. I am looking forward to it!

 

[Aussie Mark]

I find that the middle and neck pickups together in active mode are smokin for Motown and 70's disco tunes in a gig situation.

 

[MadMatt]

One thing with the passive tone control is that it won't cut the highs as much as you might know it from the traditional motown axe. That would be the only thing I would change with the Big Al, a more vintage behavior of the tone roll off.

I've noticed the same on my 25th. It is really only useful for fine tuning once you have the amp dialed in.

 

[Movielife]

Guys...I had no more EB GAS....I have TWO on order.

Now, I want a Big Al 5 SSS. ARGHHHH

 

[oddjob]

Great shots

 

[drTStingray]

Nice pics. Love the bass.