I'm selling my recently acquired Trans Blue F Bass BN-6. This bass was custom ordered by Chris Loe and has been dubbed "Superbass" by Chris and Donovan at fretspot.com.
I've lusted after this bass since I saw the first video Donovan posted on it. However seeing the bass in person is a whole different story.
The blue is actually a bit darker, almost a purple hue indoors, but very deep blue in direct sunlight. The fretboard actually has a much deeper birdseye figuring that I could make out in the first photos I saw of the bass, and the dark spot ~ the 17th fret actually blends in with the rest of the fretboard much better because of it. I was unsure if I liked the dark spot or not when I purchased the bass, but after seeing it first hand there is no way I'd change anything about it - it fits perfectly.
Playability is out of this world. I didn't think that I could get lower action than I had on my MTD 635/24 with absolutely no fret buzz, but I have been proven wrong. I can honestly say that this bass is the most effortless playing 6 string I've ever encountered.
So how does it sound? Extremely versatile. My favorite fingerstyle tone comes from having the tone knob on full, bass up about halfway, treble about 1/3 of the way up, and the neck pickup slightly hotter than the bridge. I can get an extremely punchy tone out of this and still retain a ton of clarity. By backing the mid control down just a bit, you can get a killer slap tone. The string to string balance is something I would expect from a multi-scale instrument, but somehow George achieves the same thing with a 34.5" scale.
So after saying all this why would I be listing this bass in the classifieds? Because no matter how many times I try to play a 6, I've come to realize that I am just way more comfortable on a 5 string. I don't play a lot of solos or chords, and the P&W team I am on plays mostly rootsy rock style songs. We've got a pretty large group with 2-3 guitars, an organ, a keyboard, and sometimes a sax or trumpet, and honestly there's not a lot of sonic space for me to use the high 'C'.
I've taken some pictures that I think really show the beauty of this bass off. It is definitely a work of art.
$2500 firm fee free payment
I've lusted after this bass since I saw the first video Donovan posted on it. However seeing the bass in person is a whole different story.
The blue is actually a bit darker, almost a purple hue indoors, but very deep blue in direct sunlight. The fretboard actually has a much deeper birdseye figuring that I could make out in the first photos I saw of the bass, and the dark spot ~ the 17th fret actually blends in with the rest of the fretboard much better because of it. I was unsure if I liked the dark spot or not when I purchased the bass, but after seeing it first hand there is no way I'd change anything about it - it fits perfectly.
Playability is out of this world. I didn't think that I could get lower action than I had on my MTD 635/24 with absolutely no fret buzz, but I have been proven wrong. I can honestly say that this bass is the most effortless playing 6 string I've ever encountered.
So how does it sound? Extremely versatile. My favorite fingerstyle tone comes from having the tone knob on full, bass up about halfway, treble about 1/3 of the way up, and the neck pickup slightly hotter than the bridge. I can get an extremely punchy tone out of this and still retain a ton of clarity. By backing the mid control down just a bit, you can get a killer slap tone. The string to string balance is something I would expect from a multi-scale instrument, but somehow George achieves the same thing with a 34.5" scale.
So after saying all this why would I be listing this bass in the classifieds? Because no matter how many times I try to play a 6, I've come to realize that I am just way more comfortable on a 5 string. I don't play a lot of solos or chords, and the P&W team I am on plays mostly rootsy rock style songs. We've got a pretty large group with 2-3 guitars, an organ, a keyboard, and sometimes a sax or trumpet, and honestly there's not a lot of sonic space for me to use the high 'C'.
I've taken some pictures that I think really show the beauty of this bass off. It is definitely a work of art.
$2500 firm fee free payment