Club F-Bass (Part II)

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by George Furlanet

My daughter and I, backstage with Tom Hamilton and Joey (drummer)

Without a doubt one of the coolest photos I have ever seen posted on talkbass.com.

[Dave Hill]

Originally Posted by George Furlanet

He had his tech put flats on it. It sounded big, clear and thumpy!!! And he loved it!!!!
He must have played it all afternoon...I guess.

Flats!? Interesting, wouldn't have guessed that. I've never tried flats on an F (or anything else besides upright in the last 25 years).

[puff father]

So, so far it seems that I may NEED:

An AC5, a VF5 and a BN4. Is that about it?

More like I NEED a much higher paying job!

Edit: And a BNF5

That it?

[Dave Hill]

Al, you forgot one:



Still playing great after her visit to New York.

[puff father]

Originally Posted by Dave Hill

Al, you forgot one:



Still playing great after her visit to New York.

Stealth bass.

That is just too gorgeous!

[Quadzilla]

Originally Posted by Dave Hill

Al, you forgot one:



Still playing great after her visit to New York.

and clean your house....it's filthy!!!

[choad42]

Here are some beautiful VFs that were sent to Japan. Photos are courtesy of F Bass dealer Sleek Elite.




Cheers,
Paul Theriault
Bassjones
http://www.myspace.com/paultheriaultmusic

[Ostinato]

Originally Posted by choad42

want.

[tyjacks]

Originally Posted by choad42

Here are some beautiful VFs that were sent to Japan. Photos are courtesy of F Bass dealer Sleek Elite.




Cheers,
Paul Theriault
Bassjones
http://www.myspace.com/paultheriaultmusic

MAN this cat is the SH$T, thanks for putting the link to Paul Theriault's mySpace.... not to much bass, and not to little bass .... Bassjones tracks are a great joy to listen to... That FBass is a mother....Deep in the pocket...

[Jerry J]

Here is my latest addition to my little F Bass family. She is about as sweet as they come.





...and yes Tom it is missing a string. But I do seem to manage ok.

[Dave Hill]

Nice AC! Did you get that new?

[Tom7]

This morning's roster update congratulates JerryJ on the acquisition of a poster pretty AC5.

I wonder which string it is missing... the C or the B?

Seriously, NICE bass!

CLUB FBASS ROSTER
(Updated Wed 11 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, VN5
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, 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. Jonno1707 - AC5
41. dreamwood - BN5
42. wolfbass1025 - BN5
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. blen dem - BN6
57. Kevin Woods - BNF6
58. pierreganseman - BN5
59. DiDi G - BN6
60. Greggles - BN4
61. <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]

Originally Posted by choad42

Here are some beautiful VFs that were sent to Japan. Photos are courtesy of F Bass dealer Sleek Elite.

Cheers,
Paul Theriault
Bassjones
http://www.myspace.com/paultheriaultmusic

I had not seen a Lake Placid Blue VF5 before and was hoping to get the first. Rats.

I guess I'll have to settle for being the first to have a Lake Placid Blue with an Alaska shaped scratch plate!

BTW Paul, you are VERY bad for those fighting GAS addictions!

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by puff father

Stealth bass.

Where? Oh! There it is!

[barteroo2002]

Now that is one lovely bass...
I will have an AC5 EADGC someday. I really will.

Originally Posted by Jerry J

Here is my latest addition to my little F Bass family. She is about as sweet as they come.





...and yes Tom it is missing a string. But I do seem to manage ok.

[Jerry J]

Originally Posted by Dave Hill

Nice AC! Did you get that new?

George's representation of the violin finish is just beautiful. Oddly enough the color matches very close to my Englehardt M1.

My AC was pre-owned.

Thank you for the compliments but they all should go to George and F Bass for conceiving such an incredible bass.

[Jerry J]

I have a question for the AC owners out there, please.

I'm confused on the controls next to the strings. The first one on the neck side, is a master volume control? I've found that the middle knob, when pulled up turns on the piezo and that rolling it back and forth blends the mag pickup and the piezo.

My question is what the middle knob is suppose to do when it's in the down position?

Oh and I know that the control furthest away from the neck is to turn off the active EQ and serve as a passive volume. And of course I'm quite familiar with the lower three controls.

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by Jerry J

I have a question for the AC owners out there, please.

I'm confused on the controls next to the strings. The first one on the neck side, is a master volume control? I've found that the middle knob, when pulled up turns on the piezo and that rolling it back and forth blends the mag pickup and the piezo.

My question is what the middle knob is suppose to do when it's in the down position?

Oh and I know that the control furthest away from the neck is to turn off the active EQ and serve as a passive volume. And of course I'm quite familiar with the lower three controls.

Below is a photo of my Fbass AC6 with numbers on the controls just to facilitate discussion:


1 - Tone (VTC) (rolls back treble)
Pushed down = preamp on: bass, mid and treble boost controls on bottom row work
Pulled up = preamp off (passive mode): bass, mid and treble boost controls disengaged

2 - Volume for piezo
Pushed down = piezo off (so turning knob does nothing)
Pulled up = piezo on (so turning knob controls piezo volume)

3 - Volume for magnetic pickup
Pushed down = single coil
Pulled up = hum canceling

4 - Boost highs

5 - Boost mids

6 - Boost lows

The controls make the most sense when you think of a vintage Fender Jazz bass: volume - volume - tone.

With the AC6, it is volume (magnetic pickup), volume (piezo pickup) and tone.

Piezo pick ups tend to sound very brittle, so I keep its volume at about 60 percent, and pull it up when I want that Alain Caron edge to my sound, and down when I want to be more Jaco in tone.

When I want a sound closer to that of an acoustic upright in tone, I roll the magnetic pickup completely off and the piezo pickup completely up, roll the VTC back all the way or close to it, and then use the bass, mid, treble controls to bring me the rest of the way. Of course, my right hand also moves over the fingerboard to help the tone sound more uprighty.

[puff father]

I really like the sound of the piezos in your clip. Wow. Very acoustic/organic sounding.

[thndrstk6]

Very cool clips Tom7.