The 5-String club Part 2

[TolerancEJ]

@laneline - Ray35's are great instruments.
#559 8liter - Sweet finger ramp. Is that a Willis model?
#560 Chatdawg - That's a great BTB. I've been intrigued with the BTB7 per the last NAMM show.
#561 blacklariat09 - Rocking the Schecter!

[kevbethphx]

5-String Ibanez 405QM and love it!

[TolerancEJ]

#562 kevbethphx - Post a pic if you have one. TB'ers love pictures!

[kevbethphx]

Originally Posted by TolerancEJ

#562 kevbethphx - Post a pic if you have one. TB'ers love pictures!

I will tomorrow or tonight after work, thanks for letting me be part of the club!

[qervo]

Here is my Steinberger 5

And my Stingray 5
I've got a Carvin SB5000 on order and will post pics later.

[Jason Wilson]

Here is a pic of my Ken Smith and one of me playing my Tobias
Still like 4 four string Kubicki ex factor, but loving the Smith at the moment.

Can I also please get a number?

Cheers

[TolerancEJ]

#563 qervo - Great!

[TolerancEJ]

#564 Jason Wilson - Excellent.

[mglinski]

My Ibanez SRA555


Lovin' everything about this bass - looks, tone, and action

[kirkdickinson]

I would like to join the 5 String Club.

I have 3 of them right now.

Michael Kelly Dragonfly Fretless


Lightwave Saber-SL-5
and a Squier Precision 5

[phatbass30]

here's mine:

TRB JP2 and Fender AMD 5

[8liter]

Originally Posted by bass4worship

That a bad machine! So cool!

Thanks! Yeah it really is something. I'm going to put some black strings on it soon, too!

Originally Posted by TolerancEJ

#559 8liter - Sweet finger ramp. Is that a Willis model?

Thanks! Yes, it's a GWB35. It's not the monster that the 1005 is, but it uses a lot of the same hardware and construction features. The big difference is the pickup, but I honestly like the stock Ibanez pickup. I am going to do a preamp swap, though, for sure.

[TolerancEJ]

phatbass30 (Already member #494)
#565 mglinski
#566 kirkdickinson

[kevbethphx]

Picture as promised.

[TolerancEJ]

Originally Posted by kevbethphx

Picture as promised.

Looks great!

[HomesickBob]

[1bassleft]

Almost exclusively a 5er. My fave is the Jim Reed BE5:


soon to have passive clones of a 40DC and 40P5 made by Aaron (Kent's son) Armstrong hooked up to the pasta of the 2-band eq.

Also, a TBC/The Bass Company that's also getting Armstronged and the 3-band replaced:



A Cort Action V (like this stock photo, but lefty and butterscotchy)


and a fretless acoustic with dud truss rod for confusing me

[TolerancEJ]

#567 HomesickBob - Great! I eventually want to own a Steinberger 5-string at some point.
#568 1bassleft - I have to admit, I'm not familiar with Jim Reed's instruments. The pictures look beautiful. Which companies would you say the quality most closely resembles?

[1bassleft]

Jim Reed are Italian and hardly have a presence in Europe/Britain, never mind US and their website has now vanished.* While searching for stock pics of the Cort, I saw a 4-string pic so similar I thought it had to be their BE4. Turns out it was a Tobias. I wouldn't be surprised if they modeled on it.

The BE5 spec (btw, I wanted their £299 MM5 copy but the English agent was sent this by mistake and he told me I was far better off having it for the price. A used one on Italy's version of CL is €500 so he was right)

5-ply maple/walnut through neck with rosewood f/board and abalone markers
Mahogany core wings with 10mm bird's eye koa top and back
JR badged but Kramer-sourced soaps. They sound good but both are too samey so I'm trying the KA 40DC and 40P5 combo.
V, Bl and B+T boost/cut
satin chrome bridge, tuners and knobs that work and look great but if anything snaps I have no idea where to source more.

I'm very fond of my first 'decent' 5er; the construction is very good the pup routs so tight a plec won't lodge there, so thanks for enquiring.
EDIT: The website still exists - http://www.jimreed.it/eng/index.php

[TolerancEJ]

@1bassleft - Thanks for replying with your information.