Club F-Bass (Part II)

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by Bassflute

Beautiful job on both the design AND the execution. I just wish the headstocks were small like that...

and the pickups....

weren't....



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noisy


Cheers,
Cameron

[Laughing!] Quick! GET HIM! (Now where did I set my pitch fork anyway?)

[puff father]

Originally Posted by pierreganseman

Today i joined the familly.

Bought a used F bn5 that used to belong to paul turner!! just sounds sick!!

http://thebassgallery.com/fbassbn5usd.html

Please have a look!!

It is as new, a 34 inch.. and has block inlays... wich makes it a retail price of 6000 USD!!

cheers

Whoa! Sweet! Welcome to the club!

[Ostinato]

Originally Posted by tombowlus

George does offer a brown tort pickguard.

Thank you

Originally Posted by pierreganseman

Today i joined the familly.

Bought a used F bn5 that used to belong to paul turner!! just sounds sick!!

http://thebassgallery.com/fbassbn5usd.html

Please have a look!!

It is as new, a 34 inch.. and has block inlays... wich makes it a retail price of 6000 USD!!

cheers

Oh my God

[puff father]

Originally Posted by tyjacks

Dumb question, are BN5's available in 24 fret?

Not a dumb question.

The answer is yes as a special order and will cost you a few bucks.

Ont the bright side, I see that a BN4 is no longer more expensive than a BN5! Special order but the price is the same.

[Tom7]

pierreganseman, normally we require YOU to submit a photo for membership, but I'll be out of town this weekend and I don't want to hold you up. Go ahead and post your photo in this forum when your bass arrives, and I'll update the link in the club roster.

Okay, back to business.

Club Fbass would like to officially welcome pierreganseman to the family with his killer BN5.

This roster also updates photos of my latest acquisition, an Fbass VF5, as well.

CLUB FBASS ROSTER
(Updated Wed 04 Feb 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, VF5
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. blen dem - BN6
57. Kevin Woods - BNF6
58. pierreganseman - BN5
59. <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,

[Tom7]

Here are the mandatory photos of my new bass.

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by puff father

Whoa! Sweet! Welcome to the club!

+1. And how many former basses of Paul Turner are there? I'd hate to be his wife...

Seriously, GREAT looking bass!

Come to think of it, doesn't Phillip Jordan have a bass similar to this on order with Donovan and George?

[DonovanBankhead]

Originally Posted by Tom7

Donovan, Thndrstk is doing another version of this... when it's done I'll be in touch with you about.

Awesome! I'll order two - one for me and one for you.

Originally Posted by pierreganseman

Today i joined the familly.

Bought a used F bn5 that used to belong to paul turner!! just sounds sick!!

Yea! Welcome to the club! Get this man a number!

[narud]

Originally Posted by Tom7

+1. And how many former basses of Paul Turner are there? I'd hate to be his wife...

Seriously, GREAT looking bass!

Come to think of it, doesn't Phillip Jordan have a bass similar to this on order with Donovan and George?

man, paul turner goes through more 5 string jazz basses than some of us! get that fellow gear whore a talkbass membership already

[pierreganseman]

Thx guys, i'm indeed really happy with the bass!!

Yep, i know lol, i've seen some "ex paul turner bass" before, he's been through quite a few..

[Jerry J]

Originally Posted by narud

man, paul turner goes through more 5 string jazz basses than some of us! get that fellow gear whore a talkbass membership already

At least let him know that he could sell all of his excess gear here on TB.

[thndrstk6]

Phillip Jordan,
Here's your CS BN5 your asked for. Let me know if they're right.

[Vic]

Originally Posted by thndrstk6

Phillip Jordan,
Here's your CS BN5 your asked for. Let me know if they're right.

Man, I can not believe how good you are at this. Amazing!

[pierreganseman]

First impression on my new bn5.

That bass is sick. It sounds so good. It seems, that what ever you do with it... how ever you set the amp.. it will still sound good. F bass pre amp is very good.

the shape of the body... is still a bit werid... but it's just so easy to play... etc...

i'm just amazed...

cheers

[Dave Hill]

Originally Posted by KJung

I've been going back and forth between 21 and 24 fret basses with my slapping for years. If there is a difference, it would be so subtle that you'd never notice it (MAYBE in a very pure studio situation). It's pretty easy on most 24 fret instruments to still get within an inch or so of the 21 fret slap location. Once you get that far away from the bridge, that little bit of distance has very little impact IME. And, the little bit of difference there might be is not a 'better or worse' situation, but a subtle difference at most.

I would never eliminate a 24 fret instrument for this reason, even if slapping was a large part of my playing style. The only issue I've found is there isn't enough room between the neck pickup and the end of the board on some bass designs. Even this is relatively rare.

George actually had the Studio model that had 20 frets vs. the BN5's 22, so he must have heard some difference to justify it, if only for awhile. It seems that over the years he has made, and understands, incremental changes to his design.

[Dave Hill]

Originally Posted by pierreganseman

Today i joined the familly.

Bought a used F bn5 that used to belong to paul turner!! just sounds sick!!

http://thebassgallery.com/fbassbn5usd.html

Please have a look!!

It is as new, a 34 inch.. and has block inlays... wich makes it a retail price of 6000 USD!!

cheers

Wow. Nice. I've heard Paul play that with Jamiroquai, and it KILLED.

[thndrstk6]

Originally Posted by Vic

Man, I can not believe how good you are at this. Amazing!

Thanks. If anyone else has some dream F bass, PM me and I'll do a
mockup of it for you.

[Dave Hill]

Tom, that VF5 is a knock out. I REALLY like the burst, and the look of the pu cover, although I can see it getting in the way.

[basses55]

Originally Posted by Dave Hill

George actually had the Studio model that had 20 frets vs. the BN5's 22, so he must have heard some difference to justify it, if only for awhile. It seems that over the years he has made, and understands, incremental changes to his design.

Hey Dave, there were several differences between the BN5 and the Studio. I did feel a difference in the feel of the string when slapping in my sweet spot- less or no board underneath- but also heard a difference overall in the frequency response . The extra 2 frets did change the tonality pretty consistantly, not better or worse , just different IMO. They did not sound like different basses at all, but different versions of the same platform- like they were. Again, it was pretty consistant too when I A/B'd them. There were also slight cosmetic differences . The model was discontinued because there were so many more orders for the BN5 and I guess it was easier to make the one model.

Its not easy to extrapolate if there would or would not be any difference between a 20 and 22 fret FBass based on what happened with other brands and basses....the only real way to know is to have played them, and even then its just one guy's opinion

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by Dave Hill

Tom, that VF5 is a knock out. I REALLY like the burst, and the look of the pu cover, although I can see it getting in the way.

Thanks, I REALLY like that burst too, and you are spot on about the cover. In one way, I like the leverage of resting my palm on it, but I never realized how much I mute the B string especially with the heel of my hand while slapping, which I cannot do at all with that plate in the way. I'll probably take it off next week so it can be shiny for years to come.