Club F-bass (Part VII)

[ManuBerdin]

Hi guys ,

Here's my second F Bass i bought a couple of months after my Studio Bass 5 ...

This Bass have a rich history ...

One of The previous owners was Julian Crampton ( Bass player for The britt acid jazz band Incognito ) . At this moment it was passive & with a fretted Maple fingerboard .

The next owner changed The pups for single coils (made by F ) & added The F preamp ...

Then happened the worse : the neck has been broken ...

After that it has been repaired & the fingerboard changed for
an Ebony one with line markers .

Excuse me for the poor quality carpet pic ....

[thumpbass]

hey guys,

can anyone (probably thndrstk6) make a mock-up of the following:

60's VF-5 Lake placid blue/tort/chrome hardware
60's VF-5 Lake placid blue/tort/black hardware

60's VF-5 Olympic white/tort/chrome hardware
60's VF-5 Olympic white/tort/black hardware

60's VF-5 Metalic orange/tort/chrome hardware
60's vf-5 Metalic orange/tort/black hardware

EDIT: maching headstocks!

thanks!

[TapyTap]

Wow...what a sweet bass!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=logDpizacV0

[jbay]

Old bass new pics

[t0t0m]

Sweet bass jbay.
love the gold contrast on blue, very pretty

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by thndrstk6

Nutty

http://fbass.com/images/Available/Av...20ref%20lg.jpg

Basses without heads remind me of the 90s for some reason. The look never tempted me, but I do think it looks kind of cool, and this bass looks even cooler to me from the back.

I do think tuning this bass is more practical than our conventional basses. Rather than reach with our plucking hand up to the tuning pegs on the head, it would be an easy reach to tune near the bridge.

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by chrisloe

Wow Tom, that is truly awesome, you are really blessed.

The only thing more beautiful than all of your Fbasses is your family.

Cheers!

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by TapyTap

Wow...what a sweet bass!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=logDpizacV0

You have NO idea!

I bought this bass from Donovan, the world's best Fbass dealer, with help from Mitch, who tried it out and wrote me about it to help me make a decision, and the honeymoon with this bass is still going strong.

Because it is neck through, the action can be set even lower than my BN6. For my light touch, it makes it a very easy bass to play.

And while the chambers are mostly for tone, an added advantage is my fretted AC6 is lighter than my BN6 as well, making it the first bass I've ever owned that gets played as much or more than my BN6.

And having two magnetic pickups and the piezos, this bass has a lot of sonic range. I'll include two audio clips to show you what I mean.

The first clip is a slap clip played by a friend with monster chops, Edmond Gilmore.

The second clip is me, and it shows some of the sonic range I was talking about. The strumming is done with the piezos, the first part of the solo line was with the 2 magnetic pickups, and the last part of the solo line was with the bridge pickup soloed. I would easily listen to this and believe 3 different basses were played in the clip.

Fretted AC6 audio clips:

(1) Fretted AC6 Slap Clip

(2) Fretted AC6 chords and finger style clip.

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by DirtPoorRobins

Quick thread derail: What is the difference between a BN5 Studio and just a BN5? I couldn't find info anywhere. Thanks Fbass club.

In my opinion, a "thread derail" would be starting a debate between "Team Jacob" and "Team Edward." Otherwise...

Any conversation about Fbasses, gear for them, players, etc. is all on topic here!

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by ManuBerdin

Hi guys ,

Here's my second F Bass i bought a couple of months after my Studio Bass 5 ...

This Bass have a rich history ...

One of The previous owners was Julian Crampton ( Bass player for The britt acid jazz band Incognito ) . At this moment it was passive & with a fretted Maple fingerboard .

The next owner changed The pups for single coils (made by F ) & added The F preamp ...

Then happened the worse : the neck has been broken ...

After that it has been repaired & the fingerboard changed for
an Ebony one with line markers .

Excuse me for the poor quality carpet pic ....

Félicitations pour l'achat de nouveaux. Je parie que c'est merveilleux sons.

Today's roster update adds a storied, fretless BN5 to ManuBerdin's ownership list.

That looks like a smart buy to me, and having a 5 string Fbass Studio, and a fretless 5 string BN5 will be a nice set of basses to gig with.

Well done!




CLUB FBASS ROSTER
(Updated 31 October 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. DonovanBankhead - BN5
14. Speyer - BN6 (b)
15. jmilky - BN5
16. edel - BN5
17. administrator - BN5
18. Dave Hill - BN5, (b), VF4
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. ad9000 - BN6
55. Basses55 - BN5
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, b
75. Iposavad - BNF5
76. yinghock - BN5
77. pocketmonster - BN5
78. bassment bn5 - BN5
79. hairman - BN6, BNF5,
80. JOEP054 - AC5, BN5, VF5
81. p0k - VF5
82. jmilkey - BN5
83. Bass Junkie - AC4, (with a VF4 being built!)
84. narud - 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. Romu - BN5
92. Bajosintrastos - BNF5
93. jimc - BN5, VF5
94. cfequa - BN5
95. mrbassman_de - AC5, BN5
96. Graham Monette - BN5
97. Shelly - VF5
98. tonenazi - BN5
99. Abacobob - BN5
100. jogi68 - BN5 (studio), BN5 (defretted), VF5, AC5, BN6, NY5, VF5
101. ManuBerdin - Studio, BNF5
102. rvf42 - BN5
103. kuma9 - BN5 (wide nut)
104. jbay - BN6
105. INGALL'S - BN6
106. BIGGUY78 - VF5
107. KERMITNT-BN5
108. Ewo - BN5
109. frizzle - BN5
110. t0t0m - BN5
111. blen dem - BN5
112. francoprof - BNF6
113. bassistck - BNF5
114. Sirmike75 - BN5
115. Stereo Joe - Vintage BN5
116. starKey - VF5
117. eaflyaway - AC5
118. <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, KJung - VF5, Bassconbeatz - BN6,

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by jbay

Old bass new pics

Wow. I LOVE these photos, but probably mostly because I love this bass. Blue is my favorite color, and you and ChrisLoe have basses that really make me drool.

[Drone80]

Hi all, I've gotten my VF-5 recently but I've messed up big time on the pickup setup. Tried to "reset" to the original setup.

After some tweaking, I managed to get back a nice slap tone (both pickup full), but I found the bridge pu vol is lower than the neck pu.
So I tried to rectify the problem by raising the bridge pu height to balance both pu vol, but ended up the slap tone (both pu full) became very thin & clanky..

Really appreciate some help and detailed instructions to re-setup the pickup height properly. Thks..

Hope to share with u guys my VF5 pic soon

[jbay]

Originally Posted by Tom7

Wow. I LOVE these photos, but probably mostly because I love this bass. Blue is my favorite color, and you and ChrisLoe have basses that really make me drool.

I'll trade it for ur redwood AC6 anytime lol

[ManuBerdin]

Originally Posted by Tom7

Félicitations pour l'achat de nouveaux. Je parie que c'est merveilleux sons.

Today's roster update adds a storied, fretless BN5 to ManuBerdin's ownership list.

That looks like a smart buy to me, and having a 5 string Fbass Studio, and a fretless 5 string BN5 will be a nice set of basses to gig with.

Well done!




CLUB FBASS ROSTER
(Updated 31 October 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. DonovanBankhead - BN5
14. Speyer - BN6 (b)
15. jmilky - BN5
16. edel - BN5
17. administrator - BN5
18. Dave Hill - BN5, (b), VF4
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. ad9000 - BN6
55. Basses55 - BN5
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, b
75. Iposavad - BNF5
76. yinghock - BN5
77. pocketmonster - BN5
78. bassment bn5 - BN5
79. hairman - BN6, BNF5,
80. JOEP054 - AC5, BN5, VF5
81. p0k - VF5
82. jmilkey - BN5
83. Bass Junkie - AC4, (with a VF4 being built!)
84. narud - 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. Romu - BN5
92. Bajosintrastos - BNF5
93. jimc - BN5, VF5
94. cfequa - BN5
95. mrbassman_de - AC5, BN5
96. Graham Monette - BN5
97. Shelly - VF5
98. tonenazi - BN5
99. Abacobob - BN5
100. jogi68 - BN5 (studio), BN5 (defretted), VF5, AC5, BN6, NY5, VF5
101. ManuBerdin - Studio, BNF5
102. rvf42 - BN5
103. kuma9 - BN5 (wide nut)
104. jbay - BN6
105. INGALL'S - BN6
106. BIGGUY78 - VF5
107. KERMITNT-BN5
108. Ewo - BN5
109. frizzle - BN5
110. t0t0m - BN5
111. blen dem - BN5
112. francoprof - BNF6
113. bassistck - BNF5
114. Sirmike75 - BN5
115. Stereo Joe - Vintage BN5
116. starKey - VF5
117. eaflyaway - AC5
118. <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, KJung - VF5, Bassconbeatz - BN6,

Thanks Tom .

Manu

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by Drone80

Hi all, I've gotten my VF-5 recently but I've messed up big time on the pickup setup. Tried to "reset" to the original setup.

After some tweaking, I managed to get back a nice slap tone (both pickup full), but I found the bridge pu vol is lower than the neck pu.
So I tried to rectify the problem by raising the bridge pu height to balance both pu vol, but ended up the slap tone (both pu full) became very thin & clanky..

Really appreciate some help and detailed instructions to re-setup the pickup height properly. Thks..

Hope to share with u guys my VF5 pic soon

I can take photos and measurments on my VF5 if that will help, but...

(1) I didn't get my VF5 straight from George, and I don't know if Donovan adjusted its setup before it came to me.

(2) My VF5 is alder and rosewood with pickups in the 60s positions, and I don't know what woods or pickup placement your VF5 is, or if the pickup heights vary between 60s and 70s basses, so maybe my measurements wouldn't be helpful anyway.

The best bet would be to find some factory setup documentation somewhere.

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by jbay

I'll trade it for ur redwood AC6 anytime lol

[Chuckle]. Well, I'll keep that under advisement.

[Stereo Joe]

Pics from my Halloween gig this weekend. I'm using my new (to me) F Bass!

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by basses55

I've known about this model since I played the prototype a while back....you are in for a huge treat I think. Tom, congrats in advance.

For everyone out there...keep your eye on this one , the prototype was one of the top fretlesses I've ever played.

Cheers,
Mitch

[Chuckle] Yes, I heard you've been involved with this for awhile. In fact...

On May 14, 2009, George told me (in emails) about the R&D he was doing on an acoustic AC6. In one of the emails on that day, he wrote that it "looks like a regular AC but sounds like an upright…not close…exactly. Alain and Mitch both flipped out when they tried the prototype."

As I've posted here before, I've wanted two fretless AC6s ever since I got my first one: one with flat wounds, the other with Fbass round wounds.

But when I learned about this prototype, I decided to hold off and see how the project goes.

As Mitch says, this really is a bass to keep your eye on.

George will be bringing 3 with him to NAMM:

o An AC6-acoustic
o An AC5-acoustic with a magnetic pickup option
o An AC4-acoustic

By the way guys, George has made two AC5-acoustics that, to my knowledge, hasn't yet been spoken for.

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by Stereo Joe

Pics from my Halloween gig this weekend. I'm using my new (to me) F Bass!

Cool photos -- and love the costume. It matches your bass!

[Drone80]

Originally Posted by Tom7

I can take photos and measurments on my VF5 if that will help, but...

(1) I didn't get my VF5 straight from George, and I don't know if Donovan adjusted its setup before it came to me.

(2) My VF5 is alder and rosewood with pickups in the 60s positions, and I don't know what woods or pickup placement your VF5 is, or if the pickup heights vary between 60s and 70s basses, so maybe my measurements wouldn't be helpful anyway.

The best bet would be to find some factory setup documentation somewhere.

Hi Tom, my VF5 is ash / maple with 70s position with extremely low action setup. Thks