Club F-Bass (Part 6)

[Vic]

Originally Posted by tombowlus

You've got it! And yes, it really does deliver. I went with this particular combination on George's recommendation, and I am quite pleased with the results.

Yeah, too bad you got the wrong bridge on it tho... then again... I believe you're in the process of remedying that...

(yes, I'm a pot stirrer...)

[tombowlus]

Originally Posted by Vic

Yeah, too bad you got the wrong bridge on it tho... then again... I believe you're in the process of remedying that...

(yes, I'm a pot stirrer...)

Actually, I will most likely be sticking with that Bad A$$ bridge.

[BassBoss]

Originally Posted by Tom7

I must say that I am FLOORED that bassboss would part with this, given that his videos showing it off are only a week old or so.

But I am VERY happy for you. This is the nicest AC5 I know of. I love the wood combination and the two pickups.

CLUB FBASS ROSTER
(Updated 07 February 2010)

1. George_Furlanet (Number assigned by club vote)
2. Tombowlus - BN4, BN5, VF5
3. Puff_father - BN5
4. Debassed - BNF5
5. ThumbyAche - BN5, GFC
6. brandonwong - BN6, BN6 custom, AC6, BNF5, BNF5(2), BN5 custom
7. Tom7 - AC6, BN5, BN6, VF5, fretted AC6
8. Erick Lam - Vintage Fretless 5
9. knarleybass - BN5, BN6
10. Reefer - BN5, BN4?
11. VinceLovesF - BN5, AC5
12. T._Brookins - BN5
13. DKB - BN5
14. Speyer - BN6 (b)
15. jmilky - BN5
16. edel - BN5
17. administrator - BN5
18. Dave Hill - BN5, (b)
19. FbassDave - BN5, BNF5
20. Vic - VF5
21. Georges_Abitbol - BN5 (b) (c)
22. xav_paris - BN5, (b)
23. Munjibunga - BN5
24. Toolmybass - ?
25. Modny - Studio5, Prototype
26. mikoespanol - AC5
27. Ron_Plichta - BN5
28. Gbarchus - BNF5
29. nuwavedc - BN5
30. JerryJ - BN5, BN6, AC5
31. yansdgr - BNF5
32. firebass - AC5, AC6
33. <reserved for the return of choad42>
34. donstrenz - Vintage 4 (stolen)
35. Gilsonite - Studio6
36. Tjluke - BN6, AC6
37. cabooke - BNF5
38. Brad Johnson - Studio5
39. MHemmber - BN4
40. FortressOne - BN5
41. dreamwood - BN6
42. wolfbass1025 - BN6, AC5, 2
43. funkydanbass - AC6
44. Phillip Jordan - BN5
45. Halftooth - BN5
46. thndrstk6 - BN6
47. funkifiedsoul - Vintage4
48. Trapeze Fan - BN5
49. Poppsyche - BN6
50. Groovy Bastard - BN6
51. Kemet09 - Vintage4
52. ModulusAcacia - AC5
53. bassjam - BN5
54. Bassconbeatz - BN6
55. Basses55 -
56. Kevin Woods - BNF6
57. pierreganseman - BN5
58. DiDi G - BN6
59. Greggles - BN4
60. kotzman - AC5
61. Alphaman - BN6
62. remigioremigio - BN5
63. JensWest - BN5
64. eduardxtb - BN6
65. dveeus1 - BNF5, BN5
66. paulvienneau - BN6, AC6
67. bdgotoh - BN4
68. rabster - VF5, AC5
69. funkygeos - BN5
70. fusoid - AC6, BN6
71. WovenGraphite - BN6 (b), AC6 (b)
72. rnlytton - AC6, AC6-LW, BN5 (piccolo), 3 BN6s!
73. bardlute - AC5
74. chrisloe - BN6
75. Iposavad - BNF5
76. yinghock - BN5
77. pocketmonster - BN5
78. bassment bn5 - BN5
79. hairman - BN6, BNF5,
80. JOEP054 - AC5, BN5
81. p0k - VF5
82. jmilkey - BN5
83. Bass Junkie - AC4, (with a VF4 being built!)
84. narud - VF5, VF5
85. BIg O - Studio 5, Passive 6, BN5, more photos
86. felicidade - BNF5
87. Drone80 - BN5
88. steve f - BN5
89. Fbassed - BN5, AC5
90. rick1906 - BN5
91. KJung - VF5
92. Romu - BN5
93. Bajosintrastos - BNF5
94. jimc - BN5
95. cfequa - BN5
96. mrbassman_de - AC5
97. <Your name could be here!>

Former Fbass owners:
GRoberts, AJ Brown, JRB, jmondick, ursus, Freddy-G, Adrian Garcia, Yvon, dean82, smperry, Ryan_L, rodneyat, 123eranoid, Gordon of Eden, choad42, black.rose1402, blen dem, Jonno1707 - AC5, Quadzilla - BN4, BN5, ?, RoboChrist - BN4, blen dem - BN5, BassBoss - AC5,

Best luck to Mr Bassman with the AC5!

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by BassBoss

Best luck to Mr Bassman with the AC5!

+1, but I'm sad to see you go too. I was enjoying the youtubes you were posting with it.

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by Vic

Yeah, too bad you got the wrong bridge on it tho... then again... I believe you're in the process of remedying that...

(yes, I'm a pot stirrer...)

Yep, looks like it's been remedied!

(I can stir a pot or two myself on a good day!)

[Vic]

Originally Posted by Tom7

Yep, looks like it's been remedied!

(I can stir a pot or two myself on a good day!)

Dangitt.

[Tom7]

Here's a great photo pulled from Facebook...

[Wally Malone]

Originally posted this on 2/3 but with all the nice photos of collections and new basses it must have been overlooked. I am an owner of a BN5 for a couple of years now and do admit it has one of the greatest B strings but am still curious if any of you string yours E-C?

Wally

Originally Posted by Wally Malone

Curious if any of you string your BN5 E-C? If so, please discuss your experience.

Thanks,

Wally

[Graham Monette]

^ I will be next time I re-string mine. I love the tone of the B with this bass, but I think I'd be best off tuning it E-C for my personal playing style.....


Anyway,
Could I join this club?

Here is my BN5 lefty, and my Conklin GT7 lefty.

[Wally Malone]

Thanks Graham, when you make that move please post your feelings.

Wally

[swedbass]

Originally Posted by Tom7

I was just thinking about this bass this morning.

If memory serves, it is ash bodied, with a rosewood board and pickups in the 60s positions... is that right?

I was listening to Marcus, and to David Hughes (short clip of his BN5) and thinking about what I love about the tones of their respective basses, and for some reason I arrived at the conclusion that sonically speaking, ash + rosewood + jazz pickups in the 60s positions must be one great sounding bass.

I hate to tell you guys...but that was not my F Bass BN5 although that's the bass in the photo on the back of the album. On that track I used my '69 Fender Jazz Bass which has an alder body and maple neck.

However, the reason I got an F Bass BN5 with maple neck is that is sounds so much like a Jazz Bass, but with 5 strings and improved ergonomics. I use it as my main gigging and all-round session bass.

All other fretted tracks on that album I played with my '96 F Bass BN6, which has the older split coil pickups (albeit in soapbar covers) and the simple buffer preamp. It has a swamp ash body and maple neck.

Hard to go wrong with an F Bass in any configuration though!

[swedbass]

Originally Posted by Tom7

Here's a great photo pulled from Facebook...

Hey! That's my wife! She was playing in Toronto and George was kind enough to stop by to show her one of the Vintage series F Basses. She normally plays a BN4 with swamp ash body and ebony fingerboard.

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by Wally Malone

Originally posted this on 2/3 but with all the nice photos of collections and new basses it must have been overlooked. I am an owner of a BN5 for a couple of years now and do admit it has one of the greatest B strings but am still curious if any of you string yours E-C?

Wally

Sorry for not responding when I saw it the first time, Wally.

I've often thought about stringing my BN5 E-C, but for a reason others may think is kind of dumb. I worry about wearing the finish on the body of the bass south of the G string due to slapping... since I don't pluck my C string as much (on my BN6), I've thought about stringing my BN5 EADGC so that I don't scrape the body of the bass when I pluck the G string (because of the C string).

The 3 reasons I haven't tried the string change are:

(1) Love the B string on my BN5

(2) EADGC string sets are rarer to come by, although I read that George will package and sell his strings in this configuration upon request.

(3) I have a BN6, so when I want the C string, I just use that bass.

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by Graham Monette

^ I will be next time I re-string mine. I love the tone of the B with this bass, but I think I'd be best off tuning it E-C for my personal playing style.....


Anyway,
Could I join this club?

Here is my BN5 lefty, and my Conklin GT7 lefty.

But of course!

This roster update welcomes Graham Monette and his good looking natural BN5 to the family.

What about you Wally? Do you have a photo to post so you can get a number and an official welcome to the club?

CLUB FBASS ROSTER
(Updated 15 February 2010)

1. George_Furlanet (Number assigned by club vote)
2. Tombowlus - BN4, BN5, VF5
3. Puff_father - BN5
4. Debassed - BNF5
5. ThumbyAche - BN5, GFC
6. brandonwong - BN6, BN6 custom, AC6, BNF5, BNF5(2), BN5 custom
7. Tom7 - AC6, BN5, BN6, VF5, fretted AC6
8. Erick Lam - Vintage Fretless 5
9. knarleybass - BN5, BN6
10. Reefer - BN5, BN4?
11. VinceLovesF - BN5, AC5
12. T._Brookins - BN5
13. DKB - BN5
14. Speyer - BN6 (b)
15. jmilky - BN5
16. edel - BN5
17. administrator - BN5
18. Dave Hill - BN5, (b)
19. FbassDave - BN5, BNF5
20. Vic - VF5
21. Georges_Abitbol - BN5 (b) (c)
22. xav_paris - BN5, (b)
23. Munjibunga - BN5
24. Toolmybass - ?
25. Modny - Studio5, Prototype
26. mikoespanol - AC5
27. Ron_Plichta - BN5
28. Gbarchus - BNF5
29. nuwavedc - BN5
30. JerryJ - BN5, BN6, AC5
31. yansdgr - BNF5
32. firebass - AC5, AC6
33. <reserved for the return of choad42>
34. donstrenz - Vintage 4 (stolen)
35. Gilsonite - Studio6
36. Tjluke - BN6, AC6
37. cabooke - BNF5
38. Brad Johnson - Studio5
39. MHemmber - BN4
40. FortressOne - BN5
41. dreamwood - BN6
42. wolfbass1025 - BN6, AC5, 2
43. funkydanbass - AC6
44. Phillip Jordan - BN5
45. Halftooth - BN5
46. thndrstk6 - BN6
47. funkifiedsoul - Vintage4
48. Trapeze Fan - BN5
49. Poppsyche - BN6
50. Groovy Bastard - BN6
51. Kemet09 - Vintage4
52. ModulusAcacia - AC5
53. bassjam - BN5
54. Bassconbeatz - BN6
55. Basses55 -
56. Kevin Woods - BNF6
57. pierreganseman - BN5
58. DiDi G - BN6
59. Greggles - BN4
60. kotzman - AC5
61. Alphaman - BN6
62. remigioremigio - BN5
63. JensWest - BN5
64. eduardxtb - BN6
65. dveeus1 - BNF5, BN5
66. paulvienneau - BN6, AC6
67. bdgotoh - BN4
68. rabster - VF5, AC5
69. funkygeos - BN5
70. fusoid - AC6, BN6
71. WovenGraphite - BN6 (b), AC6 (b)
72. rnlytton - AC6, AC6-LW, BN5 (piccolo), 3 BN6s!
73. bardlute - AC5
74. chrisloe - BN6
75. Iposavad - BNF5
76. yinghock - BN5
77. pocketmonster - BN5
78. bassment bn5 - BN5
79. hairman - BN6, BNF5,
80. JOEP054 - AC5, BN5
81. p0k - VF5
82. jmilkey - BN5
83. Bass Junkie - AC4, (with a VF4 being built!)
84. narud - VF5, VF5
85. BIg O - Studio 5, Passive 6, BN5, more photos
86. felicidade - BNF5
87. Drone80 - BN5
88. steve f - BN5
89. Fbassed - BN5, AC5
90. rick1906 - BN5
91. KJung - VF5
92. Romu - BN5
93. Bajosintrastos - BNF5
94. jimc - BN5
95. cfequa - BN5
96. mrbassman_de - AC5
97. Graham Monette - BN5
98. <Your name could be here!>

Former Fbass owners:
GRoberts, AJ Brown, JRB, jmondick, ursus, Freddy-G, Adrian Garcia, Yvon, dean82, smperry, Ryan_L, rodneyat, 123eranoid, Gordon of Eden, choad42, black.rose1402, blen dem, Jonno1707 - AC5, Quadzilla - BN4, BN5, ?, RoboChrist - BN4, blen dem - BN5, BassBoss - AC5,

[funkydanbass]

Hi Tom,

I have one of my Fodera's strung E-C and I actually find that the C string can be a little rough on the knuckles if I'm not slapping alot (and building up a kind of callus there too)... That said, my slap technique incorporates a double pluck position that rests or 'table-tops' the neck pickup... So this may not affect you, but definately something to consider...

Originally Posted by Tom7

Sorry for not responding when I saw it the first time, Wally.

I've often thought about stringing my BN5 E-C, but for a reason others may think is kind of dumb. I worry about wearing the finish on the body of the bass south of the G string due to slapping... since I don't pluck my C string as much (on my BN6), I've thought about stringing my BN5 EADGC so that I don't scrape the body of the bass when I pluck the G string (because of the C string).

The 3 reasons I haven't tried the string change are:

(1) Love the B string on my BN5

(2) EADGC string sets are rarer to come by, although I read that George will package and sell his strings in this configuration upon request.

(3) I have a BN6, so when I want the C string, I just use that bass.

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by swedbass

I hate to tell you guys...but that was not my F Bass BN5 although that's the bass in the photo on the back of the album. On that track I used my '69 Fender Jazz Bass which has an alder body and maple neck.

However, the reason I got an F Bass BN5 with maple neck is that is sounds so much like a Jazz Bass, but with 5 strings and improved ergonomics. I use it as my main gigging and all-round session bass.

All other fretted tracks on that album I played with my '96 F Bass BN6, which has the older split coil pickups (albeit in soapbar covers) and the simple buffer preamp. It has a swamp ash body and maple neck.

Hard to go wrong with an F Bass in any configuration though!

David, thanks for clearing that up.

I have both Swoosh and Foreign Shores, and LOVE those discs! In fact, I am a big fan of your playing. I first heard you with David Benoit, and had to know who that bass player was... found your web site then your discs. I hope you've got another one coming out soon.

Also, I love the live clips of you playing on youtube. I think I've recommended dozens of times guys considering BN6s check out Freedom after Midnight. You and Benoit are very tasty compliments for each other.


By the way, which bass did you use on Kathmandu?

BTW #2, would you like to post a photo of an F so we can welcome you to the club as an official, numbered member?

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by swedbass

Hey! That's my wife! She was playing in Toronto and George was kind enough to stop by to show her one of the Vintage series F Basses. She normally plays a BN4 with swamp ash body and ebony fingerboard.

I should have recognized her.



By the way, have YOU had a chance to check out the vintage line of Fbasses?

I bet you'd find an alder & rosewood VF5 like the one George brought Shirley would sound an awful lot like the Fender you used on Snowflakes, only it would play with better ergonomics.

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by funkydanbass

Hi Tom,

I have one of my Fodera's strung E-C and I actually find that the C string can be a little rough on the knuckles if I'm not slapping alot (and building up a kind of callus there too)... That said, my slap technique incorporates a double pluck position that rests or 'table-tops' the neck pickup... So this may not affect you, but definately something to consider...

Thanks for the heads up, Dan.

I slap my BN6 and fretted AC6 all the time, so I'm used to the C string being there now. I don't pluck over the neck pickup on the BN6, but yes, I do find it hard on the knuckles and cuticles if I'm not keeping my hands up, so that's a good point. Thanks.

[Tom7]

By the way, Swedbass, in addition to wondering which bass you used on Kathmandu, I've also wondered what bass you used on "Waiting for the Crowd."

As I've done a few times at least in this forum, I really recommend y'all check out David's website, the sound clips and the CDs. Really good stuff there!

[narud]

and the 60's f bass is gone. sold to buddy of mine and he's very, very happy. he'll now be selling his fodera. ive got something pretty cool in the works. something so personalized that it wont do much for other, but im gonna dig the hell out of it.

im now off to la in a little while. first gig with my fusion group.got some great guys on board. check out deets here-
LA area fusion/bass fans....help!