Nope. It was my early venture into 6 strings and the fretboard was too big for me. I traded it to the LowEnd on a 5 string. That's the famous LowEnd wall! I have seen many satin blue Fbasses but not as good as that particular bass! It was killer in person!
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CLUB FBASS ROSTER (Part 1 of 3)
(Updated 26 June 2015)
- George_Furlanet (Number assigned by club vote)
- Tombowlus - BN4, BN5, VF5
- 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 - BNF6
- ModulusAcacia - Vintage BNF6
- bassjam - BN6
- ad9000 - BN4
- Basses55 - AC5, BN6
- Kevin Woods - BN5, BN5
- pierreganseman - BN5
- DiDi G - BN6
- Greggles - BN6
- kotzman - BN4
- Alphaman - VF5
- remigioremigio - AC5
- JensWest - BN5
- eduardxtb - AC6
- dveeus1 - BNF5, BN5
- paulvienneau - BN6, AC6
- bdgotoh - 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 - BN5
- mrbassman_de - 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 - jmondick
136. ursus - BN5,
137. BN5
138. 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 - BN5
229. Ron Clark - BN6
230. RandyT - BN6, (BN5)
231. swpyne - BN5
232. b1644 - BN5
233. Alex Zavolokin - BN5,
234. Kinetic Shadow - BNF5
245. Kevin Freeby - BN6
246. TolorenceEJ - GFC5
247. ryanowens - 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 - George_Furlanet
256. jdy - [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
257. Woolber - BN4
258. RUFFRYDE - BN5
259. Baird6869 - VF5
260. Mark Wilson - BN5
261. Addison - BNF5
262. akukulich - BN5
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After watching serious amounts of Fbass vids on youtube and reading this thread I bought used Fbass without ever even trying one out! I work as pro musician and have owned alot of boutique basses and this one just blew me away! I have played 6 festival gigs with it ao far and jammed hours in hotel room with my headphone amp. The bass feels amazing and the tone has something close to j-bass but alot more! It really sits in the mix and cuts thru like nothing else! Only minor complain would be the flimsy pots. They are really loose and move around easily, any other have this on their fbass?
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Jesse....congrats on the FBASS..
to answer your question,,,,NO...IME I haven't come across any flimsy or loose pots!....maybe send it back to George or Marcel...for a little tune up...Great people to deal with!!!
to answer your question,,,,NO...IME I haven't come across any flimsy or loose pots!....maybe send it back to George or Marcel...for a little tune up...Great people to deal with!!!
Congrats on the new Fbass Jesse. Never had this issue or any issue with any of my Fbasses and I've owned 6 of them. Sounds like someone has done some work and didn't tighten them up all the way when it was reassembled or maybe left off some washers? It should be easy to get that fixed. I don't know if that warrants a trip back to the maker but it's up to you and whether you want some other work or checkups done.
Going out on a limb, but I interpreted:
To mean that the knobs rotate quite easily in that there isn't much resistance when you turn them. Not that they weren't threaded, locked down and seated properly.
IMHO, they do turn too freely and feel less than robust. It's not just the preamp section which are plastic, but even the metal pots for the VVT.
But as Jesse mentioned, otherwise just a joy to play
To mean that the knobs rotate quite easily in that there isn't much resistance when you turn them. Not that they weren't threaded, locked down and seated properly.
IMHO, they do turn too freely and feel less than robust. It's not just the preamp section which are plastic, but even the metal pots for the VVT.
But as Jesse mentioned, otherwise just a joy to play
Going out on a limb, but I interpreted:
To mean that the knobs rotate quite easily in that there isn't much resistance when you turn them. Not that they weren't threaded, locked down and seated properly.
IMHO, they do turn too freely and feel less than robust. It's not just the preamp section which are plastic, but even the metal pots for the VVT.
But as Jesse mentioned, otherwise just a joy to play
I have the same experience. The knobs on my FBass's (current and past) do tend to have low resistance. For me that is not a bad thing and never bothered me. The sadowsky's I have owned have also all had much less resistance when compared to my Lull or Wilkins. I think different builders have different idea's of what amount of resistance is best.
Beautiful bass, I'm a sucker for Georges' amber bursts! In regards to the loose controls, Fbass knobs do have a little less resistance when turning then other basses I've owned, and this is normal. Other Fbasses I've played felt the same way and other owners over the years have mentioned it. My BN5 is a '99 and in the 15 years I've been playing it there have been no problems with them becoming scratchy or anything. I wouldn't worry about it, just enjoy your awesome bass, Jim
Going out on a limb, but I interpreted:
To mean that the knobs rotate quite easily in that there isn't much resistance when you turn them. Not that they weren't threaded, locked down and seated properly.
IMHO, they do turn too freely and feel less than robust. It's not just the preamp section which are plastic, but even the metal pots for the VVT.
But as Jesse mentioned, otherwise just a joy to play
Yeah, this is what i meant. Its not really a problem, but something that i havent had in my other basses. And its ok, i can live with it because everything else in this bass is just pure love!
Yeah, this is what i meant. Its not really a problem, but something that i havent had in my other basses. And its ok, i can live with it because everything else in this bass is just pure love!
I agree, just making an observation. And as you said "everything else is pure love!
"So much so, I just had the BN4 refinished - I don't do that unless I plan on keeping a bass.
Isn't the balance on a strap crazy good! That was one of the first things I noticed when I first saw mine at the local store, perfect, not even the slightest movement even when at a sharp angle,classic guitar style. That and first position is closer than normal,even it being 34.5 scale. Two of my biggest gripes about past basses I've owned, no problem with the BN series. JimYeah, this is what i meant. Its not really a problem, but something that i havent had in my other basses. And its ok, i can live with it because everything else in this bass is just pure love!
Agreed, a very important factor for me, I can't stand neck dive. I can put the BN4 at any angle and it just stays, 45° all night and I'm good to go.
I feel the same.
My BN-5 fretless is over 10lbs and feels lighter than other 9lb basses I have owned. Balance is amazing. I am also a 34" guy as I have small hands and just prefer it. The FBass 34.5" is very manageable as the bass sits close to the body (I.e. the first fret is closer to me than many shorter scale basses).
Great design and overall amazing basses. Plus George, Marcel and the rest of the FBass team are amazing people. I think I am due for an hour drive to Hamilton soon!
P.S. The FBass padded straps made by Levy's are incredible. Suprisingly fairly inexpensive as well.
Today trying Labella Black Nylon on my BNF6. So far I still prefer the Fbass strings' sound but I can't deny that these ones mute some harmonics and the tension is definitively higher, somewhat more controllable/predictible sound. They give a killer look too. Just sharing, all the best
Hey Baird, like your new avatar! We lost Jack Bruce and Chris Squier in just a little over 6 months from each other, not a lot of my original influences left, Casady and Lesh still hanging in there though
Jim
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Last weekend with my Fbass! Also with my Moog little phatty stage II as a synth bass
What a great story... and one with a happy ending nonetheless! Welcome to the club.
CLUB FBASS ROSTER (Part 1 of 3)
(Updated 03 July 2015)
- BN4 (Number assigned by club vote)
- Tombowlus - BN5, VF5, BN5
- Puff_father - BNF5
- Debassed - BN5
- ThumbyAche - GFC, AC6-Standard
- brandonwong - BN6-Limited Edition AC Replica, BN5, BN6, VF5, Vintage Fretless 5, BN5
- Tom7 - BN6, BN5, BN4, BN5, BN5,, AC5, BN5,
- Erick Lam - BN5
- knarleybass - BN6, b
- Reefer - BN5, BN4?
- VinceLovesF - BN52
- T._Brookins - BN5
- DonovanBankhead - BN5,
- Speyer - b (VF4)
- jmilky - BN5,
- edel - BNF5, (VF5)
- administrator - BN5
- Dave Hill - b (c), BN5
- FbassDave - (b)BN5
- Vic - BN5
- Georges_Abitbol - ? (Studio5) (Prototype)
- xav_paris - AC5, BN5
- Munjibunga - BNF5, BN5
- Toolmybass - BN5
- Modny - BN6, AC5
- mikoespanol - BNF5
- Ron_Plichta - AC5
- Gbarchus - VF5 pj
- nuwavedc - BN5
- JerryJ - Vintage 4, Studio6, BN6
- yansdgr - BNF5
- firebass - Studio5, AC6, BN4
- choad42 - BN5
- donstrenz - 2 (stolen)
- Gilsonite - BN6
- Tjluke - BN5, AC6
- cabooke - BN6
- Brad Johnson - AC5
- MHemmber - 2,
- Deevit / FortressOne - AC6, (BN5)
- dreamwood - VF5, BN6
- wolfbass1025 - Vintage4, BN5, BN6
- funkydanbass - BN6
- Phillip Jordan - Vintage4, AC5
- Halftooth - BN5
- thndrstk6 - BN5
- funkifiedsoul - BN6
- Trapeze Fan - BN5
- Poppsyche - AC5
- Groovy Bastard - BNF6
- Kemet09 - Vintage BNF6
- ModulusAcacia - BN6
- bassjam - BN4
- ad9000 - AC5
- Basses55 - BN6, BN5
- Kevin Woods - BN5, BN6
- pierreganseman - BN5
- DiDi G - BN6
- Greggles - BN4
- kotzman - VF5
- Alphaman - AC5
- remigioremigio - BN5
- JensWest - AC6
- eduardxtb - BN6
- dveeus1 - BNF5, BN5
- paulvienneau - BN6, AC6
- bdgotoh - b
- rabster - AC6, b
- funkygeos - BN5 (piccolo)
- fusoid - AC5, BN6
- WovenGraphite - b (BNF5), BN5 (BN5)
- rnlytton - AC6, AC6-LW, BN5, 3 BN6s!
- bardlute - BN5
- chrisloe - VF5, VF5, BN5
- Iposavad - BN6
- yinghock - BNF5, AC5 with rosewood board!
- pocketmonster - BN5
- bassment bn5 - VF5, BN6, VF5
- hairman - VF5, BN5,
- JOEP054 - AC4, VF5, Studio 5, Passive 6, BN5, more photos
- p0k - BNF5, BN5
- jmilkey - VF5
- Bass Junkie - BN5, (with a VF4 being built!)
- narud - BN5, AC5,
- BIg O - BN5, BNF5
- felicidade - BNF5
- Drone80 - BN5, VF5
- steve f - BN5
- Fbassed - AC5
- rick1906 - BN4
- Romu - BN5, BN4
- Bajosintrastos - (2)
- jimc - BN5 #2, BN5
- cfequa - VF5
- mrbassman_de - BN5, BN5, BN5 (studio), BN5 (defretted), VF5, AC5, BN6, NY5 Studio, BNF5
- Graham Monette - BN5
- Shelly - BN6
- tonenazi - VF5
- Abacobob - BN6
101. ManuBerdin - BN5, BN5 (wide nut), BN6, lined AC6, BN6, VF5, BN5
102. rvf42 - BN5
103. kuma9 - BN5
104. jbay - BN5, BN5
105. INGALL'S - BNF6
106. BIGGUY78 - BN6
107. KERMITNT-BNF5
108. Ewo - BN5
109. frizzle - Vintage BN5
110. t0t0m - VF5
111. blen dem - b
112. francoprof - AC5, AC4
113. bassistck - BN6
114. Sirmike75 - AC6
115. Stereo Joe - BN5
116. starKee - AC5, (BN5)
117. eaflyaway - BN5
118. hyperba55 - Studio5, BN4, BN5
119. penny0072001 - BN6
120. TheSiberian - BN6 + piezo, BN6
121. PhillM47 - BN6
122. zortation - Studio5, BN5, VF5
123. tcydennis - BN5 NYC
124. wellso74 - AC6, BN5
125. boomski - BNF5, BN6
126. nemo - BN4
127. maritimer - BN4, BN4
128. olegsulimov - BN5, BN5, [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
129. Slammyapple - AC6
130. jephil - VF5
131. MVPBASS -VF4, BN4 32.5", VF5
132. lindseyp - BN6
133. J.Wolf - GRoberts, BN5, AJ Brown
134. Karelbass - JRB, BN5, jmondick
135. uilleann13 - ursus
136. BN5, - BN5
137. BN5
138. BN6 - Adrian Garcia
139. Yvon
140. dean82
141. Freddy-G - Ryan_Lrodneyat, 123eranoid, Gordon of Eden
142. choad42
143. black.rose1402
144. AC5
145. <removed>
146. BN4
147. BN5
148. BNF5
149. BN5
150. AC5
151. now belongs to mrbassman_de
152. Jonno1707 - VF5
153. Quadzilla - BN6, vintage fretless 6, BN6
154. pEJi - BN6
155. blen dem - BN5
156. BassBoss - BN5 (BN5)
157. KJung - BN5
158. Bassconbeatz - BN5,
159. Dennis Kong - VF5
160. copasetic - VF5
161. brooklynbassguy - VF6
162. thomasjbass - BN6
163. Maurizo Rolli - Studio 5
164. widjarjar - Fretted BNF5, BN5
165. Tomkiss - VF5, BN5BN5
166. midijab - BN5
167. taylor - BN5
168. rodsnhawgs - BNF5
169. TheBasicBassist - BN6
170. Aram - BN6
171 Ramon Levy - BN5
172. PazzoBasso - BN5
173. thenothing - BN6
174. curt basner - BN5
175. magichand - b
176. dbalatero - Studio 5, BN5
177. ElMon - BN5
178. MrKool - BNF5
179. Richard_P_Harve - BNF5, AC5, AC6
180. davecheng - VF5 (BN5)
181. bass4worship - BN5, VF5
182. w0x0f - BN4
183. kbuschmann - BN6LE, BN5, BN5
184. mVC - BN5, VF5
185. dirtbird - BN6
186. jaws - AC5-Classic
187. Gr8tbass - VF5
188. pbrand - BN5
189. jbo - BN6
190. kulasterol - Studio 5
191. kantonart - Custom sized BN6
192. metalstorm - BN6
193. fzbassman - BN6 (Dave Hughes), BNF5
194. scubaduba - BN5
195. Jraewood - BNF6
196. dslapster64 - fretted AC6 (Thor)
197. Morfman6 - BNF6
198. YCBass - BN5
199. skb5string - BN5, BN5, BN5, BN5, BN5, VF5, BN6
200. dessunx - BN5
201. Alex - BN6LE Replica, AC6
202. thewildest - BN4, AC6
203. bassman10 - VF5 (70s)
204. edzaa- BN4
205. Danny R. - BN6, BN5
206. sha975 - VF6
207. Arabesque-bass - BNF6, (AC5)
208. 74jb - BN5, BN6
209. bigjames - BN4
210. biggreddbass - VF5
211. maddanthony_59 - VF5
212. Stewthebassman - BN5,
213. ialma - VF5
214. gridchin - BN5, BNF5, AC5
215. swedebass - BN5
216. Bassco - BNF5
217. betavision - BN6
218. Sywannab - BN4, BN5
219. tallbass - BN6
220. Mikey69 - BN5
221. jibreel - BN6
222. greenrositti - BN6, AC5, VF5, 1987 Fbass
223. austentatiousC - Fretted AC6
224. kokorollc - 2, BNF5
225. jdbutler238 - AC5
226. moorebass - BN6
227 hexbass - BN5
228. lebrett - BN6
229. Ron Clark - BN6
230. RandyT - BN5, (BN5)
231. swpyne - BN5
232. b1644 - BN5
233. Alex Zavolokin - BNF5,
234. Kinetic Shadow - BN6
245. Kevin Freeby - GFC5
246. TolorenceEJ - BN6
247. ryanowens - VF5
248. dbok - VF5, VF4p
249. Mike_R30 - BN5
250. bassam0222 - BN4 (Angelica), BN5 (Tracy)
251. asbs - BNF5
252. jebmd - BN5, BN5 (lefty)
253. jwr - BNF5
254. smeet - BN5
255. McMillions - George_Furlanet
256. jdy - [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
257. Woolber - BN4
258. RUFFRYDE - BN5
259. Baird6869 - VF5
260. Mark Wilson - BN5
261. Addison - BNF5
262. akukulich - BN5
263. JesseMalaska - GFC
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Yup!Hey Baird, like your new avatar! We lost Jack Bruce and Chris Squier in just a little over 6 months from each other, not a lot of my original influences left, Casady and Lesh still hanging in there though
I have been a huge Yes fan since the early 80's when I was barely a teenager and was lucky enough to see them with Steve Howe as well as Trevor Rabin. Him going so quick really sucked.
