Club F-bass (Part VIII) - Page 11

George Furlanet · #**201** 04-25-2011, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by J.Wolf

Does anyone have handy George's pickup height specs for a BN5.. I know its floating around somewhere on the web, but I can't find it. thanks, and Happy Easter!

Get them as close as possible with an acceptable amount of weird
overtones for your taste. Slowly raise each screw about a 1/4 turn and play/listen to them at each increment.

jbo · #**202** 04-25-2011, 09:01 PM

Good news!! I just found out today that things will work out for me to place an order for an F-bass this August. I hope that one of the Alain Caron BN6's is still available!!

George Furlanet · #**203** 04-26-2011, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by jbo

Good news!! I just found out today that things will work out for me to place an order for an F-bass this August. I hope that one of the Alain Caron BN6's is still available!!

Currently, I have 6 orders left.

Tom7 · #**204** 04-26-2011, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by George Furlanet

Get them as close as possible with an acceptable amount of weird
overtones for your taste. Slowly raise each screw about a 1/4 turn and play/listen to them at each increment.

[Laughing!] I know just what George is talking about.

The overtones of the strings being too close to the pickups are heard more above the 13th fret, so don't just measure by open strings or fretting down around 5 and 7.

J.Wolf · #**205** 04-26-2011, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by George Furlanet

Get them as close as possible with an acceptable amount of weird
overtones for your taste. Slowly raise each screw about a 1/4 turn and play/listen to them at each increment.

Thanks George, I thought there was a numerical spec for this, maybe I'm thinking of string height. In my experiments with PU height, I am amazed how much influence this has the basses tone and output.

George Furlanet · #**206** 04-26-2011, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by J.Wolf

Thanks George, I thought there was a numerical spec for this, maybe I'm thinking of string height. In my experiments with PU height, I am amazed how much influence this has the basses tone and output.

Yes...the closer they are to the strings the better they sound...in my opinion, but it's a personal preference. The farther way they are the thinner the sound....BUT....clearer, AND more "acoustic" sounding.

RoboChrist · #**207** 04-26-2011, 02:04 PM

George,

I have 1/8" distance with the string depressed but I'd like to get them closer on the treble side, can some extra foam or rubber be stuck in the pickup cavities to give them more "push-up"?

George Furlanet · #**208** 04-26-2011, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by RoboChrist

George,

I have 1/8" distance with the string depressed but I'd like to get them closer on the treble side, can some extra foam or rubber be stuck in the pickup cavities to give them more "push-up"?

Yes you can add thick foam. I recommend thick weatherstripping, or taller surgical tubing.

RoboChrist · #**209** 04-26-2011, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by George Furlanet

Yes you can add thick foam. I recommend thick weatherstripping, or taller surgical tubing.

Awesome, thanks George.

Tom7 · #**210** 04-30-2011, 01:56 PM

Speaking of pickups, I have a dumb question, but one I have often wondered about.

BN pickups... they are described as "soap bar," but they sound like single coil and have a hum cancelling mode about them. Can anyone give me a layman's explanation?

narud · #**211** 04-30-2011, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom7

Speaking of pickups, I have a dumb question, but one I have often wondered about.

BN pickups... they are described as "soap bar," but they sound like single coil and have a hum cancelling mode about them. Can anyone give me a layman's explanation?

i think theyre stacked humbuckers with the default setting now being single coil mode. soap bar could be anything as its just a case shape.

Tom7 · #**212** 04-30-2011, 02:19 PM

BTW, if anyone wants to hear a killer fretless AC6 clip...
YouTube - Will Karling plays UZEB( Alain Caron ) Perrier Citron on AC 6 fretless Bass

bassmanjesse · #**213** 05-01-2011, 12:13 PM

Look at your bass collection. Now back at mine, Now back to yours, Now back to mine. Sadly, yours isn't mine. But if you got good and stopped using ****** basses yours could look like mine.

Look down, back up. Where are you? your on talkbass.com looking at basses that your bass could look like. Whats in your hands, back at me. I have it, it's a new Fbass with that badass bridge you like. Look again, I have another Fbass it's a BN6. I'm on a markbass..

ThumbyAche · #**214** 05-01-2011, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by bassmanjesse

Look at your bass collection. Now back at mine, Now back to yours, Now back to mine. Sadly, yours isn't mine. But if you got good and stopped using ****** basses yours could look like mine.

Look down, back up. Where are you? your on talkbass.com looking at basses that your bass could look like. Whats in your hands, back at me. I have it, it's a new Fbass with that badass bridge you like. Look again, I have another Fbass it's a BN6. I'm on a markbass..

Ice cream..OK.

MVPBASS · #**215** 05-01-2011, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by bassmanjesse

Look at your bass collection. Now back at mine, Now back to yours, Now back to mine. Sadly, yours isn't mine. But if you got good and stopped using ****** basses yours could look like mine.

Look down, back up. Where are you? your on talkbass.com looking at basses that your bass could look like. Whats in your hands, back at me. I have it, it's a new Fbass with that badass bridge you like. Look again, I have another Fbass it's a BN6. I'm on a markbass..

bassmanjesse · #**216** 05-01-2011, 03:17 PM

my brother wrote that for me the other day cause i got 2 new Fbasses i thought i'd share it with you guys.

firebass · #**217** 05-01-2011, 11:49 PM

LOL

Quote:

Originally Posted by bassmanjesse

Look at your bass collection. Now back at mine, Now back to yours, Now back to mine. Sadly, yours isn't mine. But if you got good and stopped using ****** basses yours could look like mine.

Look down, back up. Where are you? your on talkbass.com looking at basses that your bass could look like. Whats in your hands, back at me. I have it, it's a new Fbass with that badass bridge you like. Look again, I have another Fbass it's a BN6. I'm on a markbass..

Tom7 · #**218** 05-02-2011, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by narud

i think theyre stacked humbuckers with the default setting now being single coil mode. soap bar could be anything as its just a case shape.

Makes sense. Thanks, Joe.

Tom7 · #**219** 05-02-2011, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by bassmanjesse

Look at your bass collection. Now back at mine, Now back to yours, Now back to mine. Sadly, yours isn't mine. But if you got good and stopped using ****** basses yours could look like mine.

Look down, back up. Where are you? your on talkbass.com looking at basses that your bass could look like. Whats in your hands, back at me. I have it, it's a new Fbass with that badass bridge you like. Look again, I have another Fbass it's a BN6. I'm on a markbass..

Laughing! No wonder my wife accuses me of loving Fbasses more than her!

Tom7 · #**220** 05-02-2011, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by bassmanjesse

my brother wrote that for me the other day cause i got 2 new Fbasses i thought i'd share it with you guys.

Photos!!!