6 string VF PJ fretless. I'm not sure but I think that might be a first. If not a first very rare. I don't recall ever seeing another but as always if anyone has any pics of one.....
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Marcel himself, said this will be a unique combination.
Probably not. That's what makes these early photos that much better. You get to see what's under the hood!
It's been a talkbass-wide rule for over a decade now that club membership comes with posting a photo. That said, I don't really care.
I will say that some people really want certain numbers for varying reasons. I got a special request recently and will have to check on that before I can give a number.
Congratulations on your new bass, and welcome to the club!
CLUB FBASS ROSTER
(Updated 01 Mar 2018)
- George_Furlanet (Number assigned by club vote)
- Tombowlus - BN4, BN5, VF5, VF-P4, Studio 5,
- Puff_father - BN5
- Debassed - BNF5
- ThumbyAche - BN5, GFC
- brandonwong - AC6-Standard, BN6-Limited Edition AC Replica, BN5, BN6, VF5, Vintage Fretless 5
- Tom7 - BN5, BN5, BN4, BN6, BN5, BN5,, AC5,
- Erick Lam - BN5
- knarleybass - BN5, BN6
- Reefer - b, BN4?
- VinceLovesF - BN5BN5
- T._Brookins - 2
- DonovanBankhead - BN5
- Speyer - BN5, (b)
- jmilky - VF4
- edel - BN5,, (BNF5)
- administrator - VF5
- Dave Hill - BN5 (b), c
- FbassDave - BN5(b)
- Vic - BN5
- Georges_Abitbol - BN5 (?) (Studio5)
- xav_paris - Prototype, AC5
- Munjibunga - BN5, BNF5
- Toolmybass - BN5
- Modny - BN5, BN6
- mikoespanol - AC5
- Ron_Plichta - BNF5
- Gbarchus - AC5
- nuwavedc - VF5 pj
- JerryJ - BN5, Vintage 4, Studio6
- yansdgr - BN6
- firebass - BNF5, AC6, Studio5
- choad42 - BN4
- donstrenz - BN5 (stolen)
- Gilsonite - 2
- Tjluke - BN6, AC6
- cabooke - BN5
- Brad Johnson - BN6
- MHemmber - AC5
- Deevit / FortressOne - 2,, (AC6)
- dreamwood - BN5, VF5
- wolfbass1025 - BN6, Vintage4, BN5
- funkydanbass - BN6
- Phillip Jordan - BN6, Vintage4
- Halftooth - BN5
- thndrstk6 - AC5
- funkifiedsoul - BN5
- Trapeze Fan - BN6
- Poppsyche - BN5
- Groovy Bastard - AC5
- Kemet09 - VF5
- ModulusAcacia - BNF6
- bassjam - Vintage BNF6
- ad9000 - BN6
- Basses55 - BN4, AC5, BN6
- Kevin Woods - BN5, BN5
- pierreganseman - BN5
- DiDi G - BN6
- Greggles - BN6
- kotzman - BN4
- Alphaman - BN4
- remigioremigio - VF5
- JensWest - AC5
- eduardxtb - BN5
- dveeus1 - BNF5, BN5
- paulvienneau - AC6, AC6
- bdgotoh - BN6, BN6
- rabster - b, AC6
- funkygeos - b
- fusoid - BN5 (piccolo), AC5
- WovenGraphite - BN6 (b), BNF5 (BN5)
- rnlytton - AC6, AC6-LW, BN5, 3 BN6s!
- bardlute - BN5
- chrisloe - BN5, VF5, VF5
- Iposavad - BN5
- yinghock - BN6, BNF5 with rosewood board!
- pocketmonster - AC5
- bassment bn5 - BN5, VF5, BN6
- hairman - VF5, VF5,
- JOEP054 - BN5, AC4, VF5, Studio 5, Passive 6, BN5
- p0k - more photos, BNF5
- jmilkey - BN5
- Bass Junkie - VF5, (with a VF4 being built!)
- narud - BN5,
- BIg O - BN5, AC5, BN5
- felicidade - BNF5
- Drone80 - BNF5, BN5
- steve f - VF5
- Fbassed - BN5
- rick1906 - BN4
- Romu - AC5, BN5
- Bajosintrastos - BN4
- jimc - (2), BN5 #2
- cfequa - AC6, BNFF6
- mrbassman_de - BN5, VF5, BN5 BN5, BN5 (studio), BN5 (defretted), VF5, AC5, BN6, NY5, Studio
- Graham Monette - BNF5
- Shelly - BN5
- tonenazi - BN6
- Abacobob - VF5
101. ManuBerdin - BN5, BN5, BN5 (wide nut), BN6, lined AC6, BN6, VF5
102. rvf42 - BN5
103. kuma9 - BN5
104. jbay - BN5, BN5
105. INGALL'S - BN5
106. BIGGUY78 - BNF6
107. KERMITNT-BN6
108. Ewo - BNF5
109. frizzle - BN5
110. t0t0m - Vintage BN5
111. blen dem - VF5
112. francoprof - b, AC5
113. bassistck - AC4
114. Sirmike75 - BN6
115. Stereo Joe - AC6
116. starKee - BN5, (AC5)
117. eaflyaway - BN5
118. hyperba55 - BN5, Studio5, BN4
119. penny0072001 - BN5
120. TheSiberian - BN6 + piezo, BN6
121. PhillM47 - BN6
122. zortation - BN6, Studio5, BN5
123. tcydennis - VF5
124. wellso74 - BN5 NYC, AC6
125. boomski - BN5
126. nemo - BNF5, BN6
127. maritimer - BN4, BN4
128. olegsulimov - BN4, BN5, [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
129. Slammyapple - BN5
130. jephil - AC6
131. MVPBASS -VF5, VF4, BN4 32.5"
132. lindseyp - VF5
133. J.Wolf - BN6, GRoberts, BN5
134. Karelbass - AJ Brown, JRB, BN5
135. uilleann13 - VF5
136. jmondick - ursus
137. BN5,
138. BN5 - BN5, BN6
139. Adrian Garcia
140. Yvon
141. Freddy-G - dean82Ryan_L, rodneyat, 123eranoid
142. Gordon of Eden
143. choad42
144. black.rose1402
145. <removed>
146. AC5
147. BN4
148. BN5
149. BNF5
150. BN5
151. AC5
152. Jonno1707 - now belongs to mrbassman_de
153. Quadzilla - VF5, BN6, vintage fretless 6
154. pEJi - BN6
155. blen dem - BN6
156. BassBoss - BN5 (BN5)
157. KJung - BN5
158. Bassconbeatz - BN5
159. Dennis Kong - BN5,
160. copasetic - VF5
161. brooklynbassguy - VF5
162. thomasjbass - VF6
163. Maurizo Rolli - BN6
164. widjarjar - Studio 5, Fretted BNF5
165. Tomkiss - BN5VF5, BN5
166. midijab - BN5
167. taylor - BN5
168. rodsnhawgs - BN5
169. TheBasicBassist - BNF5
170. Aram - BN6
171 Ramon Levy - BN6
172. PazzoBasso - BN5
173. thenothing - BN5
174. curt basner - BN6
175. magichand - BN5
176. dbalatero - b, Studio 5
177. ElMon - BN5
178. MrKool - BN5
179. Richard_P_Harve - BNF5, AC5, BNF5
180. davecheng - AC6 (VF5)
181. bass4worship - BN5, BN5
182. w0x0f - VF5
183. kbuschmann - BN4, BN5, BN6LE
184. mVC - BN5, BN5
185. dirtbird - VF5
186. jaws - BN6
187. Gr8tbass - AC5-Classic
188. pbrand - VF5
189. jbo - BN5
190. kulasterol - BN6
191. kantonart - Studio 5
192. metalstorm - Custom sized BN6
193. fzbassman - BN6, BN6 (Dave Hughes)
194. scubaduba - BNF5
195. Jraewood - BN5
196. dslapster64 - BNF6
197. Morfman6 - fretted AC6 (Thor)
198. YCBass - BNF6
199. skb5string - BN5, BN5, BN5, BN5, BN5, BN5, VF5
200. dessunx - BN6
201. Alex - BN6LE Replica, AC6
202. thewildest - BN5, BN4
203. bassman10 - AC6
204. edzaa- VF5 (70s)
205. Danny R. - BN4, BN6
206. sha975 - BN5
207. Arabesque-bass - VF6, (AC5)
208. 74jb - BNF6
209. bigjames - BN5, BN6
210. biggreddbass - BN4
211. maddanthony_59 - VF5
212. Stewthebassman - VF5,
213. ialma - BN5
214. gridchin - VF5, BN5, BNF5
215. swedebass - AC5
216. Bassco - BN5
217. betavision - BNF5
218. Sywannab - BN6, BN4
219. tallbass - BN5
220. Mikey69 - BN6
221. jibreel - BN5
222. greenrositti - BN6, BN6, AC5, VF5
223. austentatiousC - 1987 Fbass
224. kokorollc - Fretted AC6, 2
225. jdbutler238 - BNF5
226. moorebass - AC5
227 hexbass - BN6
228. lebrett - BN4
229. Ron Clark - BN6
230. RandyT - BN6, (BN5)
231. swpyne - BN5
232. b1644 - BN5
233. Alex Zavolokin - BN5,
234. Black Bart - BN5
245. Kevin Freeby - BNF5
246. TolerancEJ - BN6
247. ryanowens - GFC5, BN6
248. dbok - VF5
249. Mike_R30 - VF5, VF4p
250. bassam0222 - BN5
251. asbs - BN4 (Angelica), BN5 (Tracy)
252. jebmd - BNF5, BN5
253. jwr - BN5 (lefty)
254. smeet - BNF5
255. McMillions - BN5
256. jdy - [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
257. Woolber - VF5
258. RUFFRYDE - BN5
259. Baird6869 - BN6
260. Mark Wilson - BN5
261. Addison - BN5
262. akukulich - BN5
263. JesseMalaska - BN5, AC5
264. roogbass - BN5
265. Maiden Bass - VF5
266. Dave Scovell - VF4pj
267. robthebassplaye - VF5 pj
268. chris lykins - pre-BN6
269. dudi8 - VF5
270 Steve Clark - VF5, AC4, BN6
271 sorgas - VF5, VF5
272 RickyTee - BN5, BN5
273 sok monkey - BN5
274 bassballs27 - VFMJ5
275 eusie - VF5
276 Tritone - BN5
277 antontanzil - BN5
278 RBJ11 - BN5
279 Gnal - BN5, AC5
280 ovialexm - BN6
281 phatmon - BN6
282 AMJBASS - VF4PJ, VF4PJ
283 ranat - BN5, BNF5
284 mikkoantt - BNF5
285 SR Addict - VF5PJ
286 DELACIUS - BN6
287 mngmt - BNF6, BN5
288 sorgas - BN5
289 KelliB - VF5
290 tyjacks - BN5
291 ScottfromCalgary - VF5
292 JBoogy - BNF6
293 Warren Zaiger - BN5
294 sifi76 - VF5 PJ
295 iandmcelroy - BN5
296 that1guy222 - VF5 JJ
297 scifi76 - GFC, VF5
298 BassJuJu - BN6, BNF6 (#2105), AC4, BN5, BNF5, BN6, BNF6
299 radiocult - BN5
300 wthompson007 - George_Furlanet, BN4,
301 Chase90 - BN5,
302 lotusland9663 - VF5
303 TimothyGroovy - VF-P4
304 jmondick - Studio 5
305. Don Vitos - BN5
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It's been a talkbass-wide rule for over a decade now that club membership comes with posting a photo. That said, I don't really care.
I'm glad you brought up how the Fs balance on the strap.
My first sixer was the Patitucci signature Yamaha. I *loved* that bass, and got another one — a lined fretless. They were my twins, and I loathed to play anything else.
Then I got my first 5er.
I loved how my BN5 looked and balanced, but it felt like it was missing a string so it never got gigged. Then one night the battery cut out on my JP Yamaha 6er, so I switched to my backup, the BN5. At the break, as I was replacing the battery in my Yamaha, the band came to me as a group and asked me to please play the FBass from now on instead. They said it sounded soooo much better.
I remember being embarrassed that I didn't notice that myself. I was so preoccupied with my Yamaha not working, and hoping it was just a battery that I wasn't listening.
They were right though.
Soon I ordered a BN6.
Although I played the Yamahas at home for practice, I never gigged them again.
One day I decided to bring a Yamaha, but when I began to play, I felt like I was fighting the neck and my fretting hand was wearing out more quickly.
Not long after that, I sold the twins.
They were great basses, but I was now spoiled to how basses should be designed, and I couldn't go back.
The fretted AC was surprisingly different from my BN6.
The tones were completely different, which I was happy for. I really don't want to own a bunch of basses that sound the same; I like having choices.
The piezo with the neck pickup was especially intriguing to me. I could play chords that almost sounded like a thick acoustic guitar. I liked it a lot.
Around that time I changed my right hand technique from two fingers, to 4 fingers (thumb, index, middle, ring). My thinking was I can play faster with less effort, and skip strings on runs better, but there were two other reasons as well.
The first was tone. There is something about the tone you get with that style that is more articulate and expressive.
The second was consistency. Often my slap playing was plagued by ringing of other strings until I played awhile and got the bass calmed down again. I felt like if I were always muting with my left hand, be it slap or regular fingerstyle, then I wouldn't have to adjust so much; it would all be habit.
At any rate, because there wasn't enough space between the fingerboard and the neck pickup for three fingers in slap style, I only played my AC6 with regular finger plucking style. I just didn't want to try to remember to play my fretted AC6 with different fingers than I played my other basses.
I'm having some serious inner turmoil about selling my Dusty Hill Fender for an Fbass VF. It's a dream bass and being Canadian it's like a bucket list rite of passage....but Dusty is badass.
Hi everyone, decided to take a little twist on one of my two VFpj's. I'm gonna switch from pj to jj, installing the aguilar AG4-60. I was debated, tried to sell the golden one, but then not a lot of interest was shown on my bass. Finally i decided to keep it and change the pickups configurations. Let's see how's gonna work out. Cheers everyone!
It's been a talkbass-wide rule for over a decade now that club membership comes with posting a photo. That said, I don't really care.
I will say that some people really want certain numbers for varying reasons. I got a special request recently and will have to check on that before I can give a number.
It’s all good man I don’t rewlly care.
Bass is done is a few weeks I’ll post a pic soon 
Kinda apples and oranges. An early 50s p vs an fbass isn’t really a fair comparison. I also don’t think dusty is going to call you and demand a reason for trading or selling his Bass
I dunno man...those sausage fingers, 24 hour sunglasses and bei
Sorry, I didn't mean for that to read as a comparison..just an attachment to Dust but it might not get used all that much. I have a lead on a VF5 natural/maple that I'm exploring.
I hear you buddy, I didn't mean to sound so snarky.. I dunno, I think that the Fbass is a little more versatile. I love the look of the Dusty Hill bass but I also couldn't justify spending that much towards it.. just my bias!
Thanks Dude! I too like the one where George is setting it up. I’m playing that one at service tomorrow... such tone!
No problem, thought you might like them. Don't know if you noticed the nut. When he's playing it's white. Switched to black for me on the operating table. Back to white for you.
No problem, thought you might like them. Don't know if you noticed the nut. When he's playing it's white. Switched to black for me on the operating table. Back to white for you.
It was one of the first things I checked. I still have the black one and think about changing it all the time. My local tech says to keep the bone nut. Could you tell a difference in the tone?
To be honest I couldn't tell that much of a difference after he switched them. I only heard the bone nut for a few minutes. I'm sure he used the bone nut for a reason and switched back to it right away for that same reason.
Today, I noticed something that I think gets overlooked too often.
2 Sundays ago, I played a Gretsch on one of the songs that I thought would benefit from the hollow body’s tone. It did and was a beautiful song. Neck dive is an issue with that bass and I knew this. The strap I used had a lambs wool pad and I had to keep a hand on the bass somewhere to keep the neck from dropping toward the floor a la Johnny Cash.
Fast forward to today and I’m playing this wonderful fretless F Bass pictured above because the bloom on one of the songs was the perfect tone. I noticed during one of the breaks that I let go to warm my hands and the bass stayed perfectly balanced and rock solid in playing position.
I’m betting that this was part of the original engineering and design considerations. I wonder how many attempts it took to get the balance just right?
Maybe it’s just a little thing, but it’s all the things like this that make me a fan and I suspect many others here as well.
2 Sundays ago, I played a Gretsch on one of the songs that I thought would benefit from the hollow body’s tone. It did and was a beautiful song. Neck dive is an issue with that bass and I knew this. The strap I used had a lambs wool pad and I had to keep a hand on the bass somewhere to keep the neck from dropping toward the floor a la Johnny Cash.
Fast forward to today and I’m playing this wonderful fretless F Bass pictured above because the bloom on one of the songs was the perfect tone. I noticed during one of the breaks that I let go to warm my hands and the bass stayed perfectly balanced and rock solid in playing position.
I’m betting that this was part of the original engineering and design considerations. I wonder how many attempts it took to get the balance just right?
Maybe it’s just a little thing, but it’s all the things like this that make me a fan and I suspect many others here as well.
