The words of Victor Wooten: “You know how to Funk That Bass!”

The amazing tone of an Alembic!!! Incredible playing and a great-looking bass!!!

I first saw Stanley Clarke playing an Alembic in the 70s. He also had these special cabinets with these round speakers. Just sounded amazing. The crispness and clarity of that Alembic is incredible. There is no other bass like it.

@Supernautiloid

3 жыл бұрын

Round speakers? No way.

You're tearing it up, my man! What's not to love...Alembic!

You are a sharp dressed man and a deadly bass player. Well done!

@LONGCASTLE777

3 жыл бұрын

Thank u

Love it! + always like seeing a vintage Alembic bass. I owned/played their '87 'Spoiler' model for over 25 years. You demonstrated the wide voicing options with the active electronics. Wonderfully played. Love your heart too. I'm still groovin' after the music stopped. ;-D

Beautiful Johnny , Beautiful bass Beautiful suit Beautiful sentiment Beautiful World .. we love you Johnny.. shadakaka

@LONGCASTLE777

3 жыл бұрын

Thank u

Thnx Johnny for presenting all types of basses and masterful playing

Thats a old one mid to early 70's.Hv a 77 and a 76.Nothing like them.

Awesome brother you have a humble heart praise God , Jesus is Lord blessings brother the master Luthier and killer bass player

10 minutes of pure jamming... THANK YOU!!!

Amen Johnny! You are absolutely right the power of prayer will mend, sad thing is that there is a lot of non believers out there, have a blessed day my friend 🙏

Now here's a cool cat who knows how to play AND how to dress well! 👍😎 Thanks for posting.

@LONGCASTLE777

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 4 watching

Love those Alembics. That's a family heirloom that many never get play.

Superb! Each tone sounded killer!

A most exceptional musical display! Thank you.

Thumbs up buddy. Right on, prayer. Thanks for a great performance.

That bass is a work of art and so is your beautiful setting there with the lovely bench, the reds of the flowers, the speaker cabinet and your bow tie setting the scene off, a sharp dressed visual and sonic treat. Just beautiful man, incredible artistry, you're the best! Love and best wishes from lockdown London UK

That bass is very nice and with you playing it makes it even better.

Mr. Long you did Stanley proud with your playing of that Alembic. God bless you and keep doing what you do for the Bass community.

Johnny love you man ! I got idea bro put down some pavers in that little spot bro and do a mini series right there when you can man ,maybe a few mini concerts with some of your fellow musicians put the pavers down keep that dust off ya stuff ! Awesome 👏 playing

"Every girl is crazy for a sharp dressed man..." Very fine bass work.

Wow she turned out amazing brother 👏 🙌!! U look super happy to be out of the house after 4 days sonds great and that neck looks very fun to play

Alembics are the steam punk of basses - they have that strange classy industrial/victorian era look.....I love how when the jam pauses, the legs are still a hopping :D Great jam!!

amen brother, the Almighty can change evrything, God bless you bro, luv ur funky tunes..shatakaka bro keep it up, sharp dresser 2

Yeah! ..the Alembic Bass IS THE ICONIC Bass of all time! Every Bassist alive wants a chance to at least play one if not the $$$$ to own one!1 (or two!!) 😆🎵👌🏾(I settled for an ‘81 Ibanez Musician 924!,..💰close as I could get!😒) On that note,..☝🏾There ARE Trillions of Bassists that CAN & DO play as well or better!..So,..don’t be discouraged or disappointed in yourselves‼️Keep Going!..Johnny is good people!,..I’m sure he’d say the same! Damn❗️🤣 if that Alembic Bass didn’t sound ✨🎸🎵🔊🔊✨the Sh#%*t‼️Huh🤘🏾💕🤨😒😏

My dear friend, the controls are Vol. Vol., Q switch for each pickup, low pass filters for each pickup, and a 4 position pickup selector. Thank you for the Alembic Concert! Peace to you and the Hobo Depot ❤️👍

Wow! Great playing and really nice bass!

Hey man, I love your aesthetic. Its very nice to see you being your authentic self being excited having so much fun. I too am anticipating a new guitar. A 6-string Gibson gold-top and I am just as excited as you're!!! I love bass as well though but i'm not ready to make a leap into a high-end instrument until im better at bass. My Sterling Ray4 will serve me until than. Thanks Johnny ~TJB

Bass bliss. You are the dapper dude.

Awesome! Glad someone else is still enjoying SWR! Best wishes- Brent

Great job! I like your studio!

Dang! I like the sound of that bass!

Jim C. must be ecstatic with the beautiful results of your work!!!

@LONGCASTLE777

3 жыл бұрын

He is

Go Head Brotha Man... Killer Stuff ☺☺😎👊💯💯 (And God... Do I Want an Alembic So Bad 😢😢 )

Beautiful bass skills, tight, and soulful.

Nice love the riff love the suit man you can play that bass One Love thank you. 🌝👍🏻🎶

Bootiful man, and that foot metronome!

Well played and sharply dressed!!!

love seeing you dapper dan it up ! you and hootie been doing good spreading the good vibes!(wait hootie aint photo bombing) god bless ty keep the antics coming.amen wowsa ``

JOHNNY LONG that looks like HOOTY from the back!! At 10:46. Its Hooty. You need that Bass in your life!!!

"Thank you for lettin me touch your bass" How often do you hear that from another man?? LOL! "Alembic bass: "BLUSH"!! We all (meaning us bass players who are in the know) wish we could own one of these, I especially like the ones made for John Entwistle,... his matching Explorer shaped with the spider webs!! Brilliant! I am looking forward to the Vintage guitar shows coming back to Calif!!

totally badass sounding and looking. thanks Johnny Long.

Love the shoes man... talk about ole school 😎👍

Only a 'bic sounds like that! Love the tone! Nice playing too! Bet every girl's crazy for a sharp dressed man! Lookin' good!

That is a sharp suit and a Beautiful Bass.

Good stuff :-) superb

This is awesome!

Oh and loving that alembic tone, crazy good

Vintage Series 1 Alembic Bass,...This Bass is Priceless,...Mel from San Francisco.

Just got me one, I love it!!!

Class, style, and distinction...oh yes!

Beautiful Bass

You’re easily one of my favorite bass players of all time

@LONGCASTLE777

3 жыл бұрын

U my fav

That tone is M I N T Y

Outstanding

I'm in agreement that we have to pray in order for this plague to clear up!. Great Alembic restoration!

@yellowcat1310

3 жыл бұрын

plague? it's a cold.

Great player, and a great example of why I prefer a clean, non-distorted bass tone. I'm a guitarist and I used to play in hard rock/metal bands in the 80 and early 90s in L.A., and a trend I could not stand was distorted bass. This seemed to start in thrash and move to metal/hard rock. While I think it's okay as a sound effect now and then, as a standard tone it drowns out so much of what the bass offers, its natural harmonic overtones. I love this sort of playing, and how just switching pickups or a roll of a tone knob can change a bass tone so radically. This player sure knows how to work the bass. Brilliant.

Best video you ever made .

Ahh you got yourself a series alembic my dream bass

Thanks for sharing 🤘

Man you got some skills

Fantastic

That suit looks as good as you sound.🖤

@LONGCASTLE777

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Incredible well done 👏😁😁😁😁😁

@LONGCASTLE777

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Serious funky bassin'

Damn! dude do be Funky, ON DA ONE.. ☝1love

Strange design beautiful sound real lovely brown beast jhon jhon enjoy her as more as you can thats better

Love it

Very Very Nice!!!

Super et bonjour de France.

That outfit! You did that today!

Perfeito, infinidade de timbre

do the new ones they build sound just like this one?cause i bn wanting to get one for so long

This man is a Bass Genius, Bass Guru. Whatever, ya know what I mean 🤣👍😎🎵🎶

Man you are killing

Dapper Dan ain’t got squat of you my brother, slap, pluck, slide and funk. You got it

The standard by which all high end basses are judged. A leading voice.

That cabinet got my attention.....

Memories. My 1st bass was a Alembic Spoiler 5 string.

I love you man even if I play black metal, I pray for you.

Greetings Mr Long Sir. I have a question. I'm curious about those Big Boom Bass cabs. Bully Tha Kid says they are no joke. I'm running a 2000 watt Carvin head, and I want a powerful yet lightweight cab. Would you recommend them?? Thanks. PS love your channel. I'm always in a good mood after I watch your vids

You go man!!!!

Brown pickups. That's an oldy for sure!

Wow. Great

SIR. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU 🙏

No question the Wickershams, Alembic Guitars, are the First Family of bass-crafting!

that bass is worth more than my truck

💙...love the sound, setting, sharp dressing, an the 🔥skillset, only 2 things missing, a drum track an sexy female companion👊

@LONGCASTLE777

3 жыл бұрын

Only a gold star would know...awesome

Alembic, best basses. SWR, best amps, and you sir are not bad yourself.

That sound could cut logs.

Nice shoes

Cool

How do i make contact to possibly get some work done on one of mine?

Nobody works on my rigs...but I'd beg this guy to set up any of my basses. What a quality person. Thank you for sharing this video, your talents and the planet with the rest of us!

I freakin' love that tone. That bass looks was cool. Is the action low on that? SWR = Oh heck yeah! I don't even think they make SWR anymore. I used to have a Goliath speaker cab. So punchy. I got an Eden rig to emulate the SWR sound.

supercool!!

Sharply Dressed and Jamming ..SHADAKAKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice alembic series 1 bass!

Enjoy all your videos. Which BBC cabinet did you use for this video? Regards, Tom.