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Club FBass (Part 5)

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New question:

My AC5 came from George with a metal Hipshot bridge. Wanting a more compressed sound, I'd like to send it back to him to have the standard ebony wood bridge installed.

Since the string holes are in different locations between the two bridge designs, the resulting wood bridge will appear a little different than the standard one.

George says he's done this before, but doesn't have any pics to send me to show the final result. Knowing his quality of work, I'm sure it will be fine, but wondered if anyone on TB has had this done. Of course, pics of the results would be great!

Thanks!

Phil
 
#303
narud said:
i always thought i was sentimental about gear but learned that im not. i just sold my fodera after owning it almost 10 years and ordering it to my specs. my wife kept asking me if i was sure i wanted to sell it and it ended up not bothering me. i felt weirder about having 6500 dollars in cash in my hands than turning over that bass to the new owner.
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Wow, Joe, that would have KILLED me to do I think. In my case, my wife was asking, "Are you sure you need the Fbass? Don't you already have 6 string Fbass?"

That didn't make it any easier.

BTW, I'm listening to your myspace page right now. LOVE it. What is the bass you are using on Backward Sky?

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Ooo! I am LOVING the track called "Warning"! WOW! You are great. Man, there are so many great players today, aren't there? Which bass was THIS one?
 
#304
Vic said:
I'm getting there. I recently parted with a few really special pieces, and it was easier than I thought it'd be. And yeah, the money is kinda' weird. Puts things in perspective a bit too, when you see the cash value of a high end instrument in actual cash.
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So it gets easier you think? Because I'm wanting to restructure the "herd" to be more practical.
 
#305
Tom7 said:
THANK you, Tom.

This is hard for me, but at least I know I have a 1 man support group here to lean on. :bawl::D
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I'm there for you, bro! :D

Even though I have way too much gear, I bought everything (well, almost everything) for a reason, and for most of the gear that I own, I know the luthier/manufacturer, and I think of all the discussions we had about this particular instrument/product/etc.

Even so, I definitely need to thin the herd a bit, myself... :atoz:
 
#306
Tom7 said:
--- EDIT: BTW, in later discussion it is pointed out to me that this is Marcus Miller, not Nathan East, who plays on this clip. Duh! Sorry, guys. ---

Nice clip -- and gutsy when you think about it. Nathan East has been renowned for DECADES not only as a player, but for his tone. I mean who else out there could get away with having a signature bass, AND selling a "magic box" preamp so that players can cop Nathan's tone?

So if you decide to play a bass over the top of Nathan East's legendary tone, odds are your playing won't be seen as an upgrade, you know?

So I'm relieved the BN5 in this clip holds its own this well.
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Tom, I just wanted to second your comments about how well the BN5 does the Nathan East tone. After trying numerous basses, I found that nothing was as true to form in getting a solid Nathan esq tone like a BN5, especially in humcancelling mode. Even though you lose a little gain and meat, that slightly modern tilt in humcancelling mode really gets close to that Nathan modern meets vintage slice that he gets IMHO.

Here's one of the last tracks I did before giving up my last BN5. Though we cannot inject Nathan's heart and feel into a track, with a BN5 I believe you can atleast secure a tone that serves as a great nod to the Nathan East sound.

Here's the tune, let me know what you think:
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Cheers,
Paul

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Tom7 said:
So it gets easier you think? Because I'm wanting to restructure the "herd" to be more practical.
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It's weird. It's like it's hard to put it up, but then it's easier to close the deal than you'd think... to finally see it go out the door. I think the trick is focusing on what's coming in, instead of what's going out, and the reasons you're doing it.

For example, the formula is a combo of how amazing the instrument is, vs how much you play it. If I have a totally amazing bass, but I only play it about 1/2 as often as another totally amazing bass that I'm GASing for, then the move makes sense, and you just have to use that knowledge as a tool to "get over the hump" of letting the one you own go.

Now, all this hinges on the assumption you most typically don't have resources to keep both, and you have to make a change... it's not just a matter of culling for the sake of culling. That's where madmen like tombowlus have a special challenge. :)

Then again, we already knew he was challenged... ;)
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:D
 
#309
Tom7 said:
Wow, Joe, that would have KILLED me to do I think. In my case, my wife was asking, "Are you sure you need the Fbass? Don't you already have 6 string Fbass?"

That didn't make it any easier.

BTW, I'm listening to your myspace page right now. LOVE it. What is the bass you are using on Backward Sky?

--- EDIT ---
Ooo! I am LOVING the track called "Warning"! WOW! You are great. Man, there are so many great players today, aren't there? Which bass was THIS one?
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thanks man. both those tracks are the fodera. if i would have owned something like the vf5 when i tracked that album, i would have used that on backward sky. i ordered the fodera to be a do everything bass. ill now have 3 basses that do very specific things and all will cost less than the money i got for the fodera.

i like how warning turned out. it used to be sax, but i hired alex mahachek to play guitar on it and he really made that track turn into what i heard in my head.

thanks for listening!
 
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narud said:
and oh yeah. theres too many great players out there these days. you gotta be freakin' amazing and play with your toes for it to matter:hiding::D
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+1!

Any time I start to feel cocky about what I can do, all it takes is about 10 seconds on youtube to put me in my place. :) For me, the challenge is, when I listen to someone with more talent than I have (such as yourself), to keep a positive view on that and use it as inspiration rather than being discouraged for not being better than I am for how long I've been playing. You just gotta' not get on that. :)
 
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RoboChrist said:
I need someone's help, I'm spec'ing out a bass and I'm intrigued by Alain Caron's "slap guard". Does anyone know anything about it (size, shape etc.)?

:confused:
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RC - I've emailed George to get more info on this. I'll let you know what I find out.


BTW ya'll (I'm from Texas, grew up in Oklahoma, and live in Missouri - so I can say "ya'll), I've created a Facebook Fan page. It's nuthin' special right now, but could some of you a) check it out to see if I have the link right, and b) make some suggestions as to what I should add? I'm thinking of using FB instead of hosting a seperate site...

Here's the link:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/FretSpot/195584467481?v
 
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RoboChrist said:
I need someone's help, I'm spec'ing out a bass and I'm intrigued by Alain Caron's "slap guard". Does anyone know anything about it (size, shape etc.)?

:confused:
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I had Jimmy Coppolo make me one when he sold me my F-bass. I never installed it though because I didn't really like the shape. Glad I didn't too.. I love the BN5 look without the pickguard.
 
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thndrstk6 said:
So what's the story and details behind Jimmy Coppolo and Fbass working together?
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I don't know the "story" but before Jimmy started making his own basses NY Guitar & Bass Boutique was a dealer for many different brands, including F-Bass. He had George tweak the specs a little for his "NY" model F-bass which had a one piece neck instead of 3 piece, smaller fret wire and solid colors. That was pretty much it. I bought a black "NY" model BN5 and it is the one bass of mine that will go nowhere. :bassist:
 
#320
tombowlus said:
Perhaps it is easy for some... :hmm: :help: :rollno:
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lol..., whatever do you mean, Tom? :D


I had an Alembic for about 18 years and it served me well. Had a shot at a 5-string bass which turned out to be my BN5 and after I got it the Alembic sat in it's case. Traded it for a Thunderfunk and a bit of cash and, other than a couple of sentimental moments, haven't even really thought about it since. I just always reached for the BN5 anyway. Of course it has something to do with the fact that my Fbass really is that good. It's gorgeous, sounds great and is a total pleasure to play. What more could I want? ...besides an AC5, a VF5, more BN5s, maybe a 6er, a Bergantino AE410..., *what? Where am I? What just happened? :help: :hmm:

I've always just had a bass and I'm mostly happy with that. TB.com does cause GAS occasionally though. Mostly this thread FWIW.

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