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02-02-2010, 10:50 AM
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02-02-2010, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Vic  | Sweet bass. Especially nice with the 'correct' bridge. I do not care for the Badass bridges at all on these basses. They may sound great and work great, but BA5 bridges look wrong on that bass. I'm with ya Vic.
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02-02-2010, 11:28 AM
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Owner - FretSpot.com; Vice President - Springfield Music | | Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Springfield, MO | | | I'm reposting my question since the last thread was closed. Vic - thanks for your thoughtful response - I was aware of that, but wasn't thinking about it yet. I'm glad you mentioned it!
So, I'm thinking of ordering some custom VF5's and I wanted to get my fellow Club members' input.
#1) VF5 in P/J configuration - this would likely feature a Nordstrand P pickup, and "single coil" at the bridge. I'm thinking ash/maple.
#2) VD5 with MM/J configuration - a music man style humbucker in the bridge, "single coil" in the neck. Ash/maple.
What do you guys think? And what colors should I order first? As observed, the single coils would need to be hum canceling...
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02-02-2010, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by dkb I'm reposting my question since the last thread was closed. Vic - thanks for your thoughtful response - I was aware of that, but wasn't thinking about it yet. I'm glad you mentioned it!
So, I'm thinking of ordering some custom VF5's and I wanted to get my fellow Club members' input.
#1) VF5 in P/J configuration - this would likely feature a Nordstrand P pickup in the bridge, and "single coil" in the neck. I'm thinking ash/maple.
#2) VD5 with MM/J configuration - a music man style humbucker in the bridge, "single coil" in the neck. Ash/maple.
What do you guys think? And what colors should I order first? As observed, the single coils would need to be hum canceling... | It's cool George is willing to mix it up like that. I'd LOVE to try them.
Please DO NOT order an ash/maple VF4 (and definately NOT with a tobacco-burst finsh and brown tort p/g). |
02-02-2010, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by RoboChrist My old two ovtave BN4, previously owned by a fellow tb'er and before that, Richard Bona as a piccollo bass.  | Love this bass!
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02-02-2010, 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave Hill It's cool George is willing to mix it up like that. I'd LOVE to try them.
Please DO NOT order an ash/maple VF4 (and definately NOT with a tobacco-burst finsh and brown tort p/g). | What's this VD5 all about?
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02-02-2010, 12:35 PM
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02-02-2010, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by jimc Don't think I've posted this before (or got myself a club #).  | Hey, that one looks familiar! Is that the bass I reviewed in Guitar World's Bass Guitar Magazine? |
02-02-2010, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by tombowlus Hey, that one looks familiar! Is that the bass I reviewed in Guitar World's Bass Guitar Magazine? | I'm pretty sure it is. I really don't go for the coffee table look but this bass plays and sounds so good I'm getting over it! |
02-02-2010, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by jimc I'm pretty sure it is. I really don't go for the coffee table look but this bass plays and sounds so good I'm getting over it! | I think I may have even played that one myself... trying to remember, but is it also on the lighter side for a BN5? If this is the bass I played at Tom's, I can tell you a funny story about it.  |
02-02-2010, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by dkb I'm reposting my question since the last thread was closed. Vic - thanks for your thoughtful response - I was aware of that, but wasn't thinking about it yet. I'm glad you mentioned it!
So, I'm thinking of ordering some custom VF5's and I wanted to get my fellow Club members' input.
#1) VF5 in P/J configuration - this would likely feature a Nordstrand P pickup in the bridge, and "single coil" in the neck. I'm thinking ash/maple.
What do you guys think? And what colors should I order first? | Personally, I would put the single coil at the bridge and the P at the neck.
I like just about any color, personally.
They all look great!
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02-02-2010, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by steve f Personally, I would put the single coil at the bridge and the P at the neck. | Man, what is wrong with me today??? You are of course correct! |
02-02-2010, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Vic I think I may have even played that one myself... trying to remember, but is it also on the lighter side for a BN5? If this is the bass I played at Tom's, I can tell you a funny story about it. | Hush, you!  |
02-02-2010, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by thndrstk6 What's this VD5 all about? | bump
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02-02-2010, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Vic I think I may have even played that one myself... trying to remember, but is it also on the lighter side for a BN5? If this is the bass I played at Tom's, I can tell you a funny story about it. | It's light, around 8lbs or so. Let's hear the story! PM me if Tom won't let you spread the word here! |
02-02-2010, 01:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Philadelphia | |  Is this 4 real? A real FBass club?
Hey, I got. How do I get in?  |
02-02-2010, 02:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Boston, MA (Somerville) | | | You have to own an Fbass and show us a picture of it. Then you get a number.
And yes this is a real club. It's 6 threads deep now.
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