Club Fbass (Part 11!)

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by TolerancEJ

Hmm, just realized something while going through the Build A Bass feature on the F Bass website. Chrome is the standard hardware offered. Black or Gold hardware are $85 upgrades. Since I'm probably gonna be scraping by, with what is already included, I guess Chrome will be my hardware.

You know, I have another blue bass... it has a maple board and I love chrome on it. It's a great option, especially with a maple board.

[swedbass]

Hello fellow Fbassers! I wanted to share the news of my new bass with anyone interested.

It's a BN6 with medium weight ash body. The medium weight seems to balance the frequency spectrum nicely, and it's good for ergonomics!

Exotic tops are beautiful, but I've found that I get the sound I want without them. I think the ceruse finish looks so cool anyway.

The neck is five piece, aged 5 years, with figured maple and bubinga stringers. I travel quite a bit and and wanted maximum stability without resorting to graphite, which imho kills the organic sound and response. The nut width is 51 mm instead of 54. I could have gone even narrower, but it feels great. The neck has an extra slim profile. Best 6-string neck ever!

Flame maple fingerboard, one of the prettiest I've seen without giving up tone. I asked that they use a hard piece.

Standard Fbass preamp. Why mess with a good thing?!

Hipshot ultralite tuners, because i am allergic to neck heavy instruments. The BN series is already one of the best balanced basses, but any 6-string needs any help it can get. The Hipshots actually feel more solid and precise than the standard Gotoh.

It came with Fbass strings which sound good, but are a bit light and flexible for my taste. Every instrument is different and I will probably try Ken Smiths and R Coccos as well, except for the B string. LaBella Super Steps (which Fbass strings are based on) is the only B string I've found that you can slap and still get a 'piano' sound instead of the clank of a rod.

I'll post a YouTube review with some sound examples as soon as I get a moment.

Feast on the photo!

Cheers,

David Hughes
www.swedebass.com

[kbuschmann]

Lovely instrument. You might also want to try the Fodera Anthony Jackson strings. They've become my BN strings of choice - after having tried KS and R Coco, amongst others. Entirely subjective, of course.

[TolerancEJ]

@Swedbass - Congratulations! That is a beautiful instrument.

[bassam0222]

Originally Posted by swedbass

Hello fellow Fbassers! I wanted to share the news of my new bass with anyone interested.

It's a BN6 with medium weight ash body. The medium weight seems to balance the frequency spectrum nicely, and it's good for ergonomics!

Exotic tops are beautiful, but I've found that I get the sound I want without them. I think the ceruse finish looks so cool anyway.

The neck is five piece, aged 5 years, with figured maple and bubinga stringers. I travel quite a bit and and wanted maximum stability without resorting to graphite, which imho kills the organic sound and response. The nut width is 51 mm instead of 54. I could have gone even narrower, but it feels great. The neck has an extra slim profile. Best 6-string neck ever!

Flame maple fingerboard, one of the prettiest I've seen without giving up tone. I asked that they use a hard piece.

Standard Fbass preamp. Why mess with a good thing?!

Hipshot ultralite tuners, because i am allergic to neck heavy instruments. The BN series is already one of the best balanced basses, but any 6-string needs any help it can get. The Hipshots actually feel more solid and precise than the standard Gotoh.

It came with Fbass strings which sound good, but are a bit light and flexible for my taste. Every instrument is different and I will probably try Ken Smiths and R Coccos as well, except for the B string. LaBella Super Steps (which Fbass strings are based on) is the only B string I've found that you can slap and still get a 'piano' sound instead of the clank of a rod.

I'll post a YouTube review with some sound examples as soon as I get a moment.

Feast on the photo!

Cheers,

David Hughes
www.swedebass.com

WOW!!!! Looks so great....

[Randyt]

SwedBass...Killer F!!!!!!!

With the narrowing of the nut..did you go with a narrower bridge spacing too?

[Doner Designs]

Love this look!!

Originally Posted by swedbass

Hello fellow Fbassers! I wanted to share the news of my new bass with anyone interested.

It's a BN6 with medium weight ash body. The medium weight seems to balance the frequency spectrum nicely, and it's good for ergonomics!

Exotic tops are beautiful, but I've found that I get the sound I want without them. I think the ceruse finish looks so cool anyway.

The neck is five piece, aged 5 years, with figured maple and bubinga stringers. I travel quite a bit and and wanted maximum stability without resorting to graphite, which imho kills the organic sound and response. The nut width is 51 mm instead of 54. I could have gone even narrower, but it feels great. The neck has an extra slim profile. Best 6-string neck ever!

Flame maple fingerboard, one of the prettiest I've seen without giving up tone. I asked that they use a hard piece.

Standard Fbass preamp. Why mess with a good thing?!

Hipshot ultralite tuners, because i am allergic to neck heavy instruments. The BN series is already one of the best balanced basses, but any 6-string needs any help it can get. The Hipshots actually feel more solid and precise than the standard Gotoh.

It came with Fbass strings which sound good, but are a bit light and flexible for my taste. Every instrument is different and I will probably try Ken Smiths and R Coccos as well, except for the B string. LaBella Super Steps (which Fbass strings are based on) is the only B string I've found that you can slap and still get a 'piano' sound instead of the clank of a rod.

I'll post a YouTube review with some sound examples as soon as I get a moment.

Feast on the photo!

Cheers,

David Hughes
www.swedebass.com

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by swedbass

Hello fellow Fbassers! I wanted to share the news of my new bass with anyone interested.

It's a BN6 with medium weight ash body. The medium weight seems to balance the frequency spectrum nicely, and it's good for ergonomics!

Exotic tops are beautiful, but I've found that I get the sound I want without them. I think the ceruse finish looks so cool anyway.

The neck is five piece, aged 5 years, with figured maple and bubinga stringers. I travel quite a bit and and wanted maximum stability without resorting to graphite, which imho kills the organic sound and response. The nut width is 51 mm instead of 54. I could have gone even narrower, but it feels great. The neck has an extra slim profile. Best 6-string neck ever!

Flame maple fingerboard, one of the prettiest I've seen without giving up tone. I asked that they use a hard piece.

Standard Fbass preamp. Why mess with a good thing?!

Hipshot ultralite tuners, because i am allergic to neck heavy instruments. The BN series is already one of the best balanced basses, but any 6-string needs any help it can get. The Hipshots actually feel more solid and precise than the standard Gotoh.

It came with Fbass strings which sound good, but are a bit light and flexible for my taste. Every instrument is different and I will probably try Ken Smiths and R Coccos as well, except for the B string. LaBella Super Steps (which Fbass strings are based on) is the only B string I've found that you can slap and still get a 'piano' sound instead of the clank of a rod.

I'll post a YouTube review with some sound examples as soon as I get a moment.

Feast on the photo!

Cheers,

David Hughes
www.swedebass.com

David has been playing Fbasses since before I heard of them I'm sure, so it is with some embarrassment that I welcome him to club Fbass.

CLUB FBASS ROSTER (Part 1 of 3)
(Updated 13 January 2013)

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-Standard, AC6-Classic, AC6-Fretted, BN6-Limited Edition AC Replica, 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. DonovanBankhead - BN5
14. Speyer - BN6 (b)
15. jmilky - BN5
16. edel - BN5, (2)
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, 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, VF5 pj
33. choad42 - BN5
34. donstrenz - Vintage 4 (stolen)
35. Gilsonite - Studio6
36. Tjluke - BN6, AC6
37. cabooke - BNF5
38. Brad Johnson - Studio5
39. MHemmber - BN4
40. Deevit / FortressOne - BN5, (2)
41. dreamwood - BN6, 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. ad9000 - BN6
55. Basses55 - BN5, AC5
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, BN5 with rosewood board!
77. pocketmonster - BN5
78. bassment bn5 - BN5, VF5, VF5, BN5
79. hairman - BN6, BNF5,
80. JOEP054 - AC5, BN5, VF5, BN6
81. p0k - VF5, 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, VF5
88. steve f - BN5
89. Fbassed - BN5, AC5
90. rick1906 - BN5
91. Romu - BN5, BNF5
92. Bajosintrastos - BNF5
93. jimc - BN5, VF5
94. cfequa - BN5
95. mrbassman_de - AC5, BN5, BN4 (2), BN5 #2
96. Graham Monette - BN5
97. Shelly - VF5
98. tonenazi - BN5
99. Abacobob - BN5

(Continued)

[Tom7]

I'm not sure if you guys are familiar with David Hughes (swedebass), but I have all 3 of his solo albums and LOVE them. I mean really love them; they are among my favorite albums by bass players. His playing is very good of course, but is also so tasty and with great tone. Another thing I like about these albums is they aren't just great bass music, but great music.


CLUB FBASS ROSTER (Part 2 of 3)
100. jogi68 - BN5 (studio), BN5 (defretted), VF5, AC5, BN6, NY5, VF5
101. ManuBerdin - Studio, BNF5, BN5, BN6, VF5
102. rvf42 - BN5
103. kuma9 - BN5 (wide nut)
104. jbay - BN6, lined AC6
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, BN6
113. bassistck - BNF5
114. Sirmike75 - BN5
115. Stereo Joe - Vintage BN5
116. starKee - VF5, (b)
117. eaflyaway - AC5
118. hyperba55 - AC4, BN6, AC6
119. penny0072001 - BN5
120. TheSiberian - BN6 + piezo, AC5
121. PhillM47 - BN5
122. zortation - BN5, Studio5, BN4
123. tcydennis - BN5
124. wellso74 - BN6, BN6
125. boomski - BN6
126. nemo - Studio5
127. maritimer - BN5, VF5
128. olegsulimov - BN5 NYC, AC6
129. Slammyapple - BN5
130. jephil - BNF5, BN6
131. MVPBASS - BN4, BN4, BN4
132. lindseyp - BN5
133. J.Wolf - BN5, AC6
134. Karelbass - VF4, BN4 32.5", VF5
135. uilleann13 - BN6
136. GRoberts
137. AJ Brown
138. JRB
139. jmondick
140. ursus
141. Freddy-G - BN5
142. Adrian Garcia
143. Yvon
144. dean82
145. smperry
146. Ryan_L
147. rodneyat
148. 123eranoid
149. Gordon of Eden
150. choad42
151. black.rose1402
152. Jonno1707 - AC5
153. Quadzilla - BN4, BN5
154. pEJi - BNF5
155. blen dem - BN5
156. BassBoss - AC5 (now belongs to mrbassman_de)
157. KJung - VF5
158. Bassconbeatz - BN6
159. Dennis Kong - BN6, vintage fretless 6
160. copasetic - BN6
161. brooklynbassguy - BN6
162. thomasjbass - BN5
163. Maurizo Rolli - BN5
164. widjajar - BN5
165. Tomkiss - BN5, VF5
166. midijab - VF5
167. taylor - VF6
168. rodsnhawgs - BN6
169. TheBasicBassist - Studio 5
170. Aram - Fretted BNF5
171 Ramon Levy - BN5
172. PazzoBasso - VF5, BN5
173. thenothing - BN5
174. curt basner - BN5
175. magichand - BN5
176. dbalatero - BNF5
177. ElMon - BN6
178. MrKool - BN5
179. Richard_P_Harve - BN5, AC5, BN6
180. davecheng - BN5 (b)
181. bass4worship - Studio 5
182. w0x0f - BN5
183. kbuschmann - BNF5, BN5
184. mVC - AC6, VF5
185. dirtbird - BN5
186. jaws - BN5
187. Gr8tbass - VF5
188. pbrand - BN4
189. jbo - BN6LE
190. kulasterol - BN5
191. kantonart - BN5
192. metalstorm - VF5
193. fzbassman - BN6, AC5-Classic
194. scubaduba - BN5
195. Jraewood - BN5
196. dslapster64 - BN6
197. Morfman6 - Studio 5
198. YCBass - Custom sized BN6
199. skb5string - BN6

(continued)

[Tom7]

I first noticed David as he played for David Benoit -- such great music. Then as I got to know more about him, I realized I had heard his bass playing elsewhere.

From his about page:

David received his first important break when Wayne Henderson of the legendary Jazz Crusaders asked him to join the band. Other credits include Chaka Khan, Melissa Etheridge, Burt Bacharach and Connie Stevens and Ray Manzarek of the Doors. He has played on countless sessions for TV shows such as Baywatch and The Defenders and for films such as Firehouse Dog and Old School, in which he also appeared.

Welcome to the club, David!

CLUB FBASS ROSTER (Part 3 of 3)
200. dessunx - BN5
201. Alex - BN6LE Replica, AC6
202. thewildest - BNF6
203. bassman10 - BNF6
204. edzaa- BN5
205. Danny R. - BN5, BN5, BN5, BN5, BN5, VF5
206. sha975 - BN6
207. Arabesque-bass - BN5, (AC5)
208. 74jb - BN4
209. bigjames - AC6
210. biggreddbass - VF5 (70s)
211. maddanthony_59 - BN4
212. Stewthebassman - BN6,
213. ialma - BN5
214. gridchin - VF6, BNF6
215. swedebass - BN5, BN6
216. <Your name could be here!>
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[olegsulimov]

Originally Posted by Tom7

I'm not sure if you guys are familiar with David Hughes (swedebass), but I have all 3 of his solo albums and LOVE them. I mean really love them; they are among my favorite albums by bass players. His playing is very good of course, but is also so tasty and with great tone. Another thing I like about these albums is they aren't just great bass music, but great music.

I've got David's "Hopeful Romantic"! It's amazing album! Love his sound and playing!!!

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by Doner Designs

Love this look!!

+1

[Dave Hill]

My dream BN4. I would have gone with a matching heel to hide the neck lams.
Gorgeous
Love seeing all the new stuff on the Fbass facebook page too! MarloweDK's new BN5 is slick.
DH

[swedbass]

Originally Posted by Randyt

With the narrowing of the nut..did you go with a narrower bridge spacing too?

I considered it but passed on it, partly because of the hefty extra charge but also because I prefer to keep a consistent feel between all my instruments and for easier slapping. I may experiment with an 18 mm spacing bridge and see how that works, but since the pickup pole pieces will be misaligned it may not be a good idea.

[swedbass]

Originally Posted by Dave Hill

I would have gone with a matching heel to hide the neck lams.

Heh, i didn't even know that was an option. Oh well, I'll keep it in mind for the next one

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by Dave Hill

My dream BN4. I would have gone with a matching heel to hide the neck lams.
Gorgeous
Love seeing all the new stuff on the Fbass facebook page too! MarloweDK's new BN5 is slick.
DH

Hide?! Not me. If you are saying what I think you are saying, then I would order this bass just as it is. I ordered them, I'd show them loud and proud. I like the look of this bass a lot.

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by olegsulimov

I've got David's "Hopeful Romantic"! It's amazing album! Love his sound and playing!!!

Agreed. My wife loves it too and she's not fond of most of "my" music.

[MaddAnthony_59]

I think I have come to a Point of Evolution. I have been a 4-String player for years (and years and years!) I've made the jump to 5-String about 10 years ago, but came back to the Humble 4-String because I found no real advantage to having the "B" -String. As of late I've found that I like having the Big "B" available. And the Skinny "C" isn't a bad thing to have either! And with lines, I really enjoy playing Fretless as well!

I really love my BN4. It is amazing. But I think I may have outgrown it, and should look for a 5/6 string Lined Fretless.

Curse you Darwin!

[Tom7]

Originally Posted by MaddAnthony_59

I think I have come to a Point of Evolution. I have been a 4-String player for years (and years and years!) I've made the jump to 5-String about 10 years ago, but came back to the Humble 4-String because I found no real advantage to having the "B" -String. As of late I've found that I like having the Big "B" available. And the Skinny "C" isn't a bad thing to have either! And with lines, I really enjoy playing Fretless as well!

I really love my BN4. It is amazing. But I think I may have outgrown it, and should look for a 5/6 string Lined Fretless.

Curse you Darwin!

For a long time I ignored extended range basses. After all, Marcus Miller, Jaco Pastorious and Victor Wooten never sounded limited or held back to me by "only" having 4 strings.

Then one night after having watched Anthony Jackson play his 6er on a DVD, I found myself reaching for a D on my B string -- which, of course, my 4-string bass didn't have. I was stunned. I ordered my first ever 6-string bass not long after and have primarily played 6ers ever since.

However! I definitely do NOT feel I have "outgrown" 4-string basses, because I'm not even close to being able to do what I feel I should be able to do on bass if I put the time in.

To the contrary, one of the big reasons I like 6 string basses because to me they are easier to play. I get to play across the fingerboard instead of up it, and that helps me compensate for not learning my bass as well as I should have by now.

For example, on a 5-string bass, I can move across 5 strings and get 2 octaves of playing out of it without as much thought as it takes me to do that traveling up the fingerboard.

I now own 4-, 5- and 6-string basses, and to keep myself from going completely crazy I get them all with 19mm string spacing so I can move between them with a minimum amount of readjustment.

[Randyt]

Originally Posted by swedbass

I considered it but passed on it, partly because of the hefty extra charge but also because I prefer to keep a consistent feel between all my instruments and for easier slapping. I may experiment with an 18 mm spacing bridge and see how that works, but since the pickup pole pieces will be misaligned it may not be a good idea.

i dig the narrower nut...but I ended up just going with a narrowed bridge...My AC6 will be 16.8mm...I really like how the strings dont vary much from Nut to Bridge...very consistant feel... My old F seemed to be alot of right hand work at 19mm for me...then I was able to borrow one on my profs F's...which are all 16.8mm...and I was blown away....stuck on it ever since...so much for buying one off the shelf now...Dam you Stu....LOL