Club F-Bass (Part II)

[Tom7]

Today's refresh of the Club Fbass roster includes a hearty welcome back to Vic, for his G.A.S.-y VF5, and dreamwood, for his BN5.

I've also corrected some of the errors I promised would be in it when I posted the first draft of the roster, in today's case double numbers and the omission of Mitch (Basses55).

I'm sure I still have more correcting to do, but at least it is getting refined.

CLUB FBASS ROSTER
(Updated Fri 23 Jan 09)

#00 George_Furlanet

1. Quadzilla - BN4, BN5, ?
2. Tombowlus - BN4, BN5
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
8. Eric_Lamb - BNF5
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)
22. xav_paris - BN5
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
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. Jonno1707 - AC5
41. dreamwood - BN5
42. wolfbass1025 - BN5
43. funkydanbass - AC6
44. Phillp 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. <Your name could be here!>

Former Fbass owners:
GRoberts, AJ Brown, JRB, jmondick, ursus, Freddy-G, Adrian Garcia, Yvon, dean82, smperry, FortressOne, Ryan_L, rodneyat, 123eranoid, Gordon of Eden, choad42,

[Vic]

Originally Posted by Tom7

Wow, Tom. That's a very hefty compliment. My VF5 arrives early next week; I can't wait to hear what you are describing in person.

which one did you get?

[Vic]

Originally Posted by GRoberts

I have a feeling you and Vic are going to incite some serious VF5 love!

I'm sure we'll do our best without even trying too hard.

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by Vic

which one did you get?

[Vic]

Originally Posted by Tom7

Oh THAT one! Same as mine except with the BAV bridge. NICE!!!! Remember to report back with deets!!

[puff father]

Originally Posted by Tom7

I can't get the image of that bass out of my head now. Thanks bros for forcing me to "need" a VF. I want one just like Vic's!

[jonno1707]

Sweet bass Tom that is a real looker and I would love to tear up some grooves on it...Thanks for the props as well...

[Vic]

As promised... you VF GAS'ers might wanna' look away...















Now, just TRY and get some sleep tonight...

[Vic]

Oh, and the VF5 into the Mesa M6 Carbine and the Epifani UL2 410, oh my... tonal nirvana, dudes... tonal nirvana...

[XavidmanX]

^^^^

More...MORE! Tell us some of your thoughts...

[Vic]

Originally Posted by XavidmanX

^^^^

More...MORE! Tell us some of your thoughts...

Well, it's pretty much what you'd expect. A modern take on a classic J. The alder gives a nice big round sound to the bass with nice low mids and even mids/upper mids. Very sweet sounding, but not lacking any highs. That thick rosewood gives it a beautiful sizzly high end profile. This bass has NO "gank" to it at all. You get a "complete" high end profile with plenty of those roundwound rings and a surprisingly clear snap for something without a maple board. The B string is also typical F. Very clear and musical. A natural extension below the E.

The pickups are super focused. They have plenty of gain and a big sound. Even in passive mode I can solo the bridge pickup, drop the tone a tad, and I'm not really lacking any low end! In fact, IMHO, this bass is TOTALLY usable fully passive. The neck pickup kinda' has it's own thing going on. Some J's neck pickups sound almost P-like, but this one is a little more even through the mids. If I really want it to sound closer to a P, I have to bump the mids a bit.

The preamp is classic F bass. Super clean and musical. I don't really need it much on this bass, but when I do, none of the knobs become "suck" knobs... even if I turn them a good bit of the way up. Really compliments the instrument, and with the eq "flat", I can push/pull the passive bypass and the tone/gain is very similar. I don't know what the EQ centerpoints are, but I'm gonna' wild guess somewhere around 50Hz, 600Hz, and 6KHz.

The fingerstyle tone is warmly cutting and the slap tone is sweet full and sizzly, with a really percussive attack. Marcus would be impressed with this bass. I guarantee it.

BTW, I read about that Madagascar rosewood, and it's an exemplary type of rosewood often used as a replacement for, you guessed it, real Brazilian rosewood (dalbergia negra). Extremely stable, great tone and grain.

[Phillip Jordan]

I want one so bad. Good job Tom7.... I was wanting that one. I should of grabbed it.

[thndrstk6]

Tom7,
Here's your mockups request. Let me know what you think. I did a few variations on it.
Your AC is next.

*CLICK ON THEM TO SEE THEM IN THEIR FULL SIZE*

[Dave Hill]

Wow, v.nice paint on that burst...that thing is smokin!
Do you think you'll stay with Fbass strings?

[Phillip Jordan]

you are so good at that

[thndrstk6]

Originally Posted by Phillip Jordan

you are so good at that

Thanks. Let me know if you want a mockup of a dream F bass.
Just PM me the details.

[brandonwong]

How about a 20/21 fret VF6 with passive (3 knobs) configuration? plus a P/J variation on it.
Color 1: Sunburst with tort guard
Color 2: Olympic white with white pearl guard

[thndrstk6]

Nice! I like your thinking.

[puff father]

Beautiful burst on that VF5. Boy, for nice bursts it would be a tough call between Allevas and F's. They're my fav's, followed by a few Fenders I've seen.

[bassjam]

Originally Posted by Vic

Well, it's pretty much what you'd expect. A modern take on a classic J. The alder gives a nice big round sound to the bass with nice low mids and even mids/upper mids. Very sweet sounding, but not lacking any highs. That thick rosewood gives it a beautiful sizzly high end profile. This bass has NO "gank" to it at all. You get a "complete" high end profile with plenty of those roundwound rings and a surprisingly clear snap for something without a maple board. The B string is also typical F. Very clear and musical. A natural extension below the E.

The pickups are super focused. They have plenty of gain and a big sound. Even in passive mode I can solo the bridge pickup, drop the tone a tad, and I'm not really lacking any low end! In fact, IMHO, this bass is TOTALLY usable fully passive. The neck pickup kinda' has it's own thing going on. Some J's neck pickups sound almost P-like, but this one is a little more even through the mids. If I really want it to sound closer to a P, I have to bump the mids a bit.

The preamp is classic F bass. Super clean and musical. I don't really need it much on this bass, but when I do, none of the knobs become "suck" knobs... even if I turn them a good bit of the way up. Really compliments the instrument, and with the eq "flat", I can push/pull the passive bypass and the tone/gain is very similar. I don't know what the EQ centerpoints are, but I'm gonna' wild guess somewhere around 50Hz, 600Hz, and 6KHz.

The fingerstyle tone is warmly cutting and the slap tone is sweet full and sizzly, with a really percussive attack. Marcus would be impressed with this bass. I guarantee it.

BTW, I read about that Madagascar rosewood, and it's an exemplary type of rosewood often used as a replacement for, you guessed it, real Brazilian rosewood (dalbergia negra). Extremely stable, great tone and grain.

First off,that bass looks awesome.These look better to me everytime I see them.

Just wondering,did you(or anyone else)get to play the ash/maple for a comparison?I love the ash/maple combo the the clips of the alder/rosewood sound soooo good.Tha ash/maple clips sound almost thin to me,but thats on some crappy computer speakers.