Sounds gorgeous FC, seriously gorgeous. I love the clean sounds. Seems like you have a keeper there. What a glorious Elan tone.
 
Elans are the business.
 
Hey Markus. I'm still loving your old bass. Have you bought any new ones lately?
 
Jazzyvee

Loved all the tones. What a sweet bass! Thanks for sharing...

Love the cat-in-case pic, especially black-cat-in-black-padded-black-case-for-blackened-bass!!!

Hi Jazzy,
yes,i bought a Music Man Stingray 4, STEALTH BLACK of course, with a Rosewood Board and a 3bd eq. Great Bass,but my favourite is still my NYC Sadowsky(Black Swamp Ash Body,Maple Board,Black Hardware, Sadowsky PU's and electronics). A Buddy of mine is building a Bass for me too....
But I'm still looking for a Alembic bass for me,the Spoiler i owned was very close to the perfect one for me,but it did not had the low end i was looking for.....
Greetz,
Markus

Cool video Flip!

 
rock on

  Thanx all   Damn, I'm in love! The sustain is incredible indeed, you should hear it through the Wall of deaf -> Nothing short of amazing.  Can't wait to take her onstage

 (first gig planned in May

)

The youtube thingy can now be found   here (could not fix broken link)
 
Bass is still awesome! :-)
 
And allrighty then, some more pics:
 


 
 


 
 

Hey FC, what is the current verdict on your Blackened Elan5?
 
Jazzyvee

It's awesome!
 
I had some worries about the neck profile compared to the classic taper on the Spoilers and Elan 4, but have had no troubles with it yet.
Plays very comfortable (hence comfort taper) :-) and no trouble whatsoever going back to the 32 inch classic taper Spoilers.
 
Funny thing: The Spoilers do feel like a toy after playing Blackened for a while, that is until you start playing though.
 
Blackened wins on:  
 
*Sustain
*Versatility ? Electronics and the extra string
*Weight ? It?s heavy :-)  
*Personalized looks
 
But they all hold their own, love 'em all!

ok thats good to hear that all is well. Is this your first 5 string bass then? I don't see one in your collection?  
 
Jazzyvee

I've owned a Fender Jazz Bass V for about 8 years, traded it for my current '83 Spoiler.
 
It's on my site in the sold section
 
(Message edited by fc_spoiler on February 06, 2011)

Just curious about PU configuration and possibilities

2 jazz and a precision, master volume, 3 filters, 3 q switches, pan knob for the 2 jazz and a pickup selector that add's the precision if i do remember correctly(could be the other way around). so any combination of PU's is possible.
 
~Taylor

Spot on, thnx Taylor :-)
 
The only thing I can add is that the Q switches are three way, a great feature that I can recommend to everyone.
 
Tonal palette is extremely intimidating, this bass houses way too many sounds :-)
 
If Mica reads this: What are the Q dB settings? (I always forget to ask)