Club F-Bass (Part III)

[brandonwong]

Tell us if it sounds like the onboard pre

[Vic]

F Bass "BIG F BOOST"

-Natural/Fat Sound True to the F Bass Tone
-Completely Hand-Wired Using Only Discrete Components
-Genuine F Bass Preamp
-Accepts 9-18V
-True Bypass Switching
-Circuit Protection
-Made in Canada

Drool.

[fusoid]

[puff father]

Originally Posted by fusoid

Wow! Those are some pretty sweet F'rs!

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by fusoid

This roster update welcomes fusoid, and his two very nice red six string Fbasses, an AC6 and a BN6. At least I think that is an AC6... nice!


CLUB FBASS ROSTER
(Updated 09 May 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. 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)
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 - 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. blen dem - BN6
57. Kevin Woods - BNF6
58. pierreganseman - BN5
59. DiDi G - BN6
60. Greggles - BN4
61. kotzman - AC5
62. Alphaman - BN6
63. remigioremigio - BN5
64. JensWest - BN5
65. eduardxtb - BN6
66. dveeus1 - BNF5, BN5
67. paulvienneau - BN6, AC6
68. bdgotoh - BN4
69. xav_paris - BNF5
70. rabster - VF5
71. funkygeos - BN5
72. fusoid - AC6, BN6
73. <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, black.rose1402,

[funkygeos]

Hey Guys, i owned a natural BN5, anyone know where can i get natural ash/wood knobs? I'm thinking of changing it to match the body. Do George customize knobs too?

Regards.

[Vic]

Originally Posted by funkygeos

Hey Guys, i owned a natural BN5, anyone know where can i get natural ash/wood knobs? I'm thinking of changing it to match the body. Do George customize knobs too?

Regards.

THG makes nice stuff...

http://www.thgknobs.com/

[funkygeos]

Originally Posted by Vic

THG makes nice stuff...

http://www.thgknobs.com/

Thanks Vic!

[George Furlanet]

Originally Posted by funkygeos

Hey Guys, i owned a natural BN5, anyone know where can i get natural ash/wood knobs? I'm thinking of changing it to match the body. Do George customize knobs too?

Regards.

Yes we do custom knobs. I just happen to have a set.

[Vic]

Originally Posted by George Furlanet

Yes we do custom knobs. I just happen to have a set.

This would, by FAR, be the best option.

[Tom7]

Okay, this evening I decided to experiment with string types again, so I did quick recordings of my basses so I have something solid to compare to.

And since I was making quick and dirty recordings of some basses anyway this evening anyway, I decided to string the recordings together (no pun intended) and let you guys take a listen too.

In fact, I'll let you guys guess which bass is which.

To make it as easy as possible, I chose a famous Marcus Miller slap lick so that y'all have a reference point -- I can't remember what the name of the song this riff comes from, but like I said, it will allow you to have in your ear what an ash & maple bass with the pickups in the 70s position sounds like so that should help you place each bass.

Also, there are 3 tracks for each bass: a rhythm, a slap track, and a finger style thing over the top of the slap. BTW, I basically did whatever came to me for the finger style track, so it varies with each bass. To help separate the two lines, I tilted the two tracks toward different speakers.

It's not a great recording, both in terms of sloppiness of playing and having it peak at points and get fuzzy, my apologies, but I wasn't about to redo anything; this is just for me to compare strings and what I did is good enough to allow me to do that.

So, here is the mp3.

And here are the basses on it (in no particular order):

Fodera Yin Yang - Alder body, maple fingerboard, Mike Pope preamp on with a touch of bass boost, VTC full on. Currently has old Ken Smith slap master strings on it.

Alleva Coppolo Custom - Alder body, rosewood fingerboard, preamp on with lows and highs boosted, VTC full on, both pickups full on. Although the bass is alder & rosewood, the pickups are in the 70s positions. Currently has an old set of coated roundwounds on her, I don't know what make.

Fbass BN6 - Ash body, Macassar ebony fingerboard, preamp on with lows and highs boosted about 30 percent, and mids boosted about 10 percent, VTC full on, both pickups full on. Currently has a VERY old set of Fbass exposed core strings on her.

Fbass BN5 - Ash body, maple fingerboard, preamp on with lows and highs boosted about 20 percent, VTC full on, both pickups full on. I have read that, although the BN5 is ash and maple, and a 34.5 inch scale, the pickups are relatively at the 60s position. Currently has an old set of Ken Smith slap masters on it.

Fbass VF5 - Alder body, rosewood fingerboard, preamp on with lows and highs boosted about 10 percent, VTC full on, both pickups full on. While this bass is alder and rosewood, and the pickups are in the 60s position, it has a BAV bridge. Currently has Fbass exposed core strings that are due for a change as well.

I'll give this a couple of days before I give up the answer so that everyone has a chance to make a guess that is interested in doing so.

Cheers!

[Bassconbeatz]

I'll take a stab:

1) Fbass VF5
2) Fbass BN5
3) AC Custom
4) Fodera YY
5) Fbass BN6

[thndrstk6]

I say it's:

1.) BN6
2.) VF5
3.) A-C
4.) BN5
5.) Fodera

2 and 3 were hard to pick out but 3 sounded drier so I'm thinking that's the A-C.
1 and 4 had a wider and more rounded, wet attack and tone so I'm thinking they are BNs.
5 had a very focused mid range with a twangy treble so it sounds like Vic to me.

[lespaulmarshall]

Look at the jazz body in the corner hanging off the wall!

Picture taken from the F Bass Factory Tour Gallery.

[funkygeos]

Originally Posted by George Furlanet

Yes we do custom knobs. I just happen to have a set.

Hi George, i very interested in matching ash knobs. How much does it cost and do u have any pics on the knobs? Please kindly PM or send a email to interwee@gmail.com.

Regards.
Kaywee

[thndrstk6]

Originally Posted by lespaulmarshall

Look at the jazz body in the corner hanging off the wall!

Picture taken from the F Bass Factory Tour Gallery.

Yeah when I was there he had a couple jazz basses that he was fixing
up. Those aren't part of his new line of basses. Good eye though.

[funkygeos]

Nice demo Tom,

I'll say its,
1)VF5
2)BN6
3)BN5
4)AC Custom
5)Fodera YY

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by lespaulmarshall

Look at the jazz body in the corner hanging off the wall!

Picture taken from the F Bass Factory Tour Gallery.

Whenever I see this photo, I think of my BN6 being built...

[Marcel Furlanet]

Hey guys,

It's been hectic on our end but I finally got a chance to seriously work on the website. I just revamped the model page as it was terribly out of date...here's the link:

http://www.fbass.com/html/models.html

Any feedback and constructive criticism is MUCH appreciated!

Thanks

P.S You may find a couple of thndrstk6's mock ups at the bottom of the AC & BN model pages.

[DonovanBankhead]

OMG! The VF5 is actually in the models section now? Is the world ending?!?!

Seriously - great job! I'm so glad to see the changes...