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Club Fbass (thread 13)

#3,844
Dave Hill said:
Wow that’s sweet...Congrats.
I’ve always wanted to try a Rosewood F.
BNs are absolutely as good as it gets.
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This one is Macassar. Northern ash body, 2018 build, mint, 9.5 lbs!
 
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J.Wolf said:
you got any pics of that bass? I really like the satin charcoalburst
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emjazz said:
Jake, will curious how you like it. I had a BN6 with the ash body/ebony board. I didn't like that combo. Always liked the sound of the BN's better with the maple board....although I would probably love rosewood as well.
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yeah I’ll be curious as well. I typically like maple boards, and my other main Basses both have maple boards so I thought I’d try an ebony board and see how I like it. I know I’m not a huge rosewood fan, as it feels a little slower than maple in terms of snap, but ebony still has the quickness I like. we shall see!
 
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It’s been a while since I’ve visited our Fbass club. Hope everyone is doing well! I was @ Brian Barrett’s Lowend bass shop & talked with him about an issue I have with the piezo bridge on my BN5. I’m not a big fan of the Fbass exposed core strings. This bridge design doesn’t lower enough to accommodate a low action with standard wrap strings. Brian suggested shimming the neck pocket. I hesitated to have Brian do the shim due to the fact that I had just restrung with a fresh set of exposed cores. Have any of you shimmed the neck of your Fbass? If so, have you noticed a difference in tone / sustain, etc??? I’m considering this with my next set of strings.
 
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cbdriver said:
View attachment 3951836 It’s been a while since I’ve visited our Fbass club. Hope everyone is doing well! I was @ Brian Barrett’s Lowend bass shop & talked with him about an issue I have with the piezo bridge on my BN5. I’m not a big fan of the Fbass exposed core strings. This bridge design doesn’t lower enough to accommodate a low action with standard wrap strings. Brian suggested shimming the neck pocket. I hesitated to have Brian do the shim due to the fact that I had just restrung with a fresh set of exposed cores. Have any of you shimmed the neck of your Fbass? If so, have you noticed a difference in tone / sustain, etc??? I’m considering this with my next set of strings.
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Personally, I'd hesitate to have anyone but F-bass touch my bass, but maybe that's just being over sensitive.

What don't you like about the exposed core strings? I ask because after using a bunch of others, I just went back to them. Seems like all the clips of F's where I'm like "yeah! Sounds like an F-bass!" were using them, so I'm going to try to get past my distaste for their upper fret 'warble' (tho this set seems to have less of it than my last).
 
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cbdriver said:
View attachment 3951836 It’s been a while since I’ve visited our Fbass club. Hope everyone is doing well! I was @ Brian Barrett’s Lowend bass shop & talked with him about an issue I have with the piezo bridge on my BN5. I’m not a big fan of the Fbass exposed core strings. This bridge design doesn’t lower enough to accommodate a low action with standard wrap strings. Brian suggested shimming the neck pocket. I hesitated to have Brian do the shim due to the fact that I had just restrung with a fresh set of exposed cores. Have any of you shimmed the neck of your Fbass? If so, have you noticed a difference in tone / sustain, etc??? I’m considering this with my next set of strings.
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The strings are definitely part of the F Bass package when it comes to the set up on a BN, and I would't personally shim the neck as you have a killer package with that BN. If the strings really aren't your vibe and you have to have lower action I would file down the bottom of the saddles...you might even be able to reach out to Hipshot to get a shallower A-style bridge.
 
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Hi everyone...

Does anyone here has an F Bass Deluxe with the dual coils? How is it compared to a BN5 when both are in Single Coil mode? And in dual coils, does anyone ever compare it with a Fodera with Duncan Dual Coils?

I’m really curious as I never tried a Deluxe, but I’m very familiar with the BN and Fodera’s sound so it will help me to get an idea of what it sounds like.

Thanks!
 
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mngnt said:
Personally, I'd hesitate to have anyone but F-bass touch my bass, but maybe that's just being over sensitive.

What don't you like about the exposed core strings? I ask because after using a bunch of others, I just went back to them. Seems like all the clips of F's where I'm like "yeah! Sounds like an F-bass!" were using them, so I'm going to try to get past my distaste for their upper fret 'warble' (tho this set seems to have less of it than my last).
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I have a set of D’addario NYXL‘s on my BN6. (All my Basses have them except for the BN5.) The BN6 has a B type bridge which gives plenty of room for lowering saddles. I’ve developed a comfort level with the NYXL’s (first nickel wounds I’ve enjoyed).
 
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antontanzil said:
Does anyone here has an F Bass Deluxe with the dual coils? How is it compared to a BN5 when both are in Single Coil mode? And in dual coils, does anyone ever compare it with a Fodera with Duncan Dual Coils?

I’m really curious as I never tried a Deluxe, but I’m very familiar with the BN and Fodera’s sound so it will help me to get an idea of what it sounds like.
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My recollection is the single coil sound is the same, or same enough that I couldn't tell, between the Deluxe and the normal BN5 pickups.

As for the comparison to Fodera - they definitely sound different - but that's also due to the difference in preamp. I always thought of the Fodera is clean/hifi/sterile, and the FBass to have a bit more warmth and character...
 
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MusicMuse said:
My recollection is the single coil sound is the same, or same enough that I couldn't tell, between the Deluxe and the normal BN5 pickups.

As for the comparison to Fodera - they definitely sound different - but that's also due to the difference in preamp. I always thought of the Fodera is clean/hifi/sterile, and the FBass to have a bit more warmth and character...
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Thanks for the review. I would expect the F Bass to sound warmer compared to Fodera.
 
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