Bass Gear Review

Reviewer	Roy van Eijsden
Experience	32 (guitar) 24 (bass)
Review date	October 24 2002
Manufacturer	Alembic
Model	Epic 4
Price	2300
Item owned for	1-6 months

Bass type	4 string fretted
Neck join	Set Neck
Neck construction	3 maple w/2 walnut veneers
Fingerboard	Ebony, Scale length:34.00
Body	Mahogany,
Finish	Satin polyurethane
Pickups	2 MXY4 pickups
Hardware	Alembic
Electronics	Electr.: Active, Contr.: Vol, Bass, Treble, Pan

This is the best bass I’ve ever owned in 24 years. The control has got a wide usable range of sounds, usable for stage and studio. I play all kind of styles and this bass can do it all. The combination with my Trace Elliot (300 watt combo 2x10" + cabinet 1x15") is perfect. Especially when you play funky. First I had to get used to the honesty of the guitar. You can really hear everything you play, so you also hear every smallest mistake, you can't disguise it. But now I can use this characteristic in my own advantage and in a short time I made a huge progress in my technique. With my previous basses (Kramer, Fernandez, Ibanez musician, Fender Precision etc.) it was difficult to compete with the volume of the always too loud playing guitar players. But somehow the Epic cuts easily through the guitar soundwall without playing louder. If I ever consider to buy an other bass, it will be another (maybe more advanced) Alembic.

Construction	98%
(Every part is attached in a well considered way)
Appearance	95%
(I had to get used to the shape)
Playability	98%
Sound	100%
(A typical Alembic sound, I love it.)
Customer Service	98%
Value	98%
Overall	98%
(Nothing is perfect.)