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FBB Custom 6 String Fretless
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Average Price
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Average Rating
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100% of reviewers
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$500.00
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8.0
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Description:
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Custom built 6 string lined fretless, 35" scale. It has a curly maple top, with a honduras mahogony back, natural lightly oiled/waxed finish. It is neck-through construction, the neck is 5 piece maple/bloodwood/mahogony with albalone octave markers. It has an active/passive push/pull volume, a blend control, along with individual neck and bridge pick-up controls. Pick-ups are Bartolini P56's. The bridge is an ABM, tuners are Gotoh.
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pointbass
Official Bass Player of the NY Giants
Registered: November 2004
Location: Monroe Twp, NJ
Posts: 5775
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Review Date: Fri May 13, 2005
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Incredible construction, playability and tone
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none
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This bass was built by Matt Schmill, FBB Custom Bass in Amhearst, MA in 2000. The body style is very unusual for me, totally different design. FBB refers to the basic style as their \"Player\" body type, but some work has been done on the lower horn. The neck is marvelous, perfectly constructed for my type of playing (jazz/funk fusion). The headstock is smallish, which likely plays a big part in how perfectly balanced this bass is.
Sound-wise, it gives you everything from a serious gut punch to that as-close-as-you-can-get-to-an-upright-sound without it being an upright. You always hear fretless guys talking about the \"mwahh\" sound? This bass really has that. A gorgeous tone, just incredible. And it records great, especially in the passive mode. Engineers love it!
I bought this bass used from a contact on talkbass.com. It was set up a little to low for my liking, but the adjustments were effortless. After letting a little time go by for the bass to adjust to the Jersey shore climate, a minor tweek of the truss rods put everything exactly in place.
Until you hold a bass built by Matt there is no way to describe how high end this bass really is. He is a master craftsman and uses \"smart wood\" selection when he builds, and it is immediately evident the second you pick the bass up (see the FBBcustom.com site for more info about \"smart wood\" . This is true craftsmanship.
I normally do not give these types of high scores during ratings ... I think that people have a tendency to over-rate things just to give some credibility to their purchases. But this bass is a true custom built, highly professional instrument. I had never, ever heard or read a bad review about an FBB prior to buying this bass and now I know why. Matt Schmill has a new customer for life!
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Ed Goode
Pointbass Home Page | FBB Bass Works | Barker Bass | YouTube Channel | Private Instruction via Skype
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bitueu64
Registered User
Registered: May 2005
Posts: 1
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Review Date: Fri May 20, 2005
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $500.00
| Rating: 6
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Pros:
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yamaha fretless
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Cons:
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fast action .nice sound on low notes.
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