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Club Fbass (thread 13)

#802
@KoaFodera...Just out of curiosity, what did you A/B against?
When I bought my BN5 12 years ago, I had narrowed it down between that and a Sadowsky. Bought both. Kept the F.
Being lucky enough to have a killer bass-only store near by, I was able to try just about everything, some costing twice what I paid.
Nothing even came close. Still hasn't.
Not even the VF I bought and sold.
0 GAS.
 
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#803
Dave Hill said:
@KoaFodera...Just out of curiosity, what did you A/B against?
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George made two BN5's for us. This one is a sister to their NAMM bass. Virtually identical spec's. The non-solid top bass has an Alder tone block , also with a Koa cap on the back.

BN5 non solid top.jpg
 
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#804
CLUB FBASS ROSTER
(Updated 12 August 2015)

Welcoming two people to the club, and two really great looking basses!

  1. George_Furlanet (Number assigned by club vote)
  2. Tombowlus - BN4, BN5, VF5
  3. Puff_father - BN5
  4. Debassed - BNF5
  5. ThumbyAche - BN5, GFC
  6. brandonwong - AC6-Standard, BN6-Limited Edition AC Replica, BN5, BN6, VF5, Vintage Fretless 5
  7. Tom7 - BN5, BN5, BN4, BN6, BN5, BN5,, AC5,
  8. Erick Lam - BN5
  9. knarleybass - BN5, BN6
  10. Reefer - b, BN4?
  11. VinceLovesF - BN5BN5
  12. T._Brookins - 2
  13. DonovanBankhead - BN5
  14. Speyer - BN5, (b)
  15. jmilky - VF4
  16. edel - BN5,, (BNF5)
  17. administrator - VF5
  18. Dave Hill - BN5 (b), c
  19. FbassDave - BN5(b)
  20. Vic - BN5
  21. Georges_Abitbol - BN5 (?) (Studio5)
  22. xav_paris - Prototype, AC5
  23. Munjibunga - BN5, BNF5
  24. Toolmybass - BN5
  25. Modny - BN5, BN6
  26. mikoespanol - AC5
  27. Ron_Plichta - BNF5
  28. Gbarchus - AC5
  29. nuwavedc - VF5 pj
  30. JerryJ - BN5, Vintage 4, Studio6
  31. yansdgr - BN6
  32. firebass - BNF5, AC6, Studio5
  33. choad42 - BN4
  34. donstrenz - BN5 (stolen)
  35. Gilsonite - 2
  36. Tjluke - BN6, AC6
  37. cabooke - BN5
  38. Brad Johnson - BN6
  39. MHemmber - AC5
  40. Deevit / FortressOne - 2,, (AC6)
  41. dreamwood - BN5, VF5
  42. wolfbass1025 - BN6, Vintage4, BN5
  43. funkydanbass - BN6
  44. Phillip Jordan - BN6, Vintage4
  45. Halftooth - BN5
  46. thndrstk6 - AC5
  47. funkifiedsoul - BN5
  48. Trapeze Fan - BN6
  49. Poppsyche - BN5
  50. Groovy Bastard - AC5
  51. Kemet09 - BNF6
  52. ModulusAcacia - Vintage BNF6
  53. bassjam - BN6
  54. ad9000 - BN4
  55. Basses55 - AC5, BN6
  56. Kevin Woods - BN5, BN5
  57. pierreganseman - BN5
  58. DiDi G - BN6
  59. Greggles - BN6
  60. kotzman - BN4
  61. Alphaman - VF5
  62. remigioremigio - AC5
  63. JensWest - BN5
  64. eduardxtb - AC6
  65. dveeus1 - BNF5, BN5
  66. paulvienneau - BN6, AC6
  67. bdgotoh - BN6
  68. rabster - b, AC6
  69. funkygeos - b
  70. fusoid - BN5 (piccolo), AC5
  71. WovenGraphite - BN6 (b), BNF5 (BN5)
  72. rnlytton - AC6, AC6-LW, BN5, 3 BN6s!
  73. bardlute - BN5
  74. chrisloe - BN5, VF5, VF5
  75. Iposavad - BN5
  76. yinghock - BN6, BNF5 with rosewood board!
  77. pocketmonster - AC5
  78. bassment bn5 - BN5, VF5, BN6
  79. hairman - VF5, VF5,
  80. JOEP054 - BN5, AC4, VF5, Studio 5, Passive 6, BN5
  81. p0k - more photos, BNF5
  82. jmilkey - BN5
  83. Bass Junkie - VF5, (with a VF4 being built!)
  84. narud - BN5,
  85. BIg O - BN5, AC5, BN5
  86. felicidade - BNF5
  87. Drone80 - BNF5, BN5
  88. steve f - VF5
  89. Fbassed - BN5
  90. rick1906 - BN4
  91. Romu - AC5, BN5
  92. Bajosintrastos - BN4
  93. jimc - (2), BN5 #2
  94. cfequa - BN5
  95. mrbassman_de - VF5, BN5, BN5 BN5 (studio), BN5 (defretted), VF5, AC5, BN6, NY5, Studio
  96. Graham Monette - BNF5
  97. Shelly - BN5
  98. tonenazi - BN6
  99. Abacobob - VF5
100. jogi68 - BN6, [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
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 - BN4
229. Ron Clark - BN6
230. RandyT - BN6, (BN5)
231. swpyne - BN5
232. b1644 - BN5
233. Alex Zavolokin - BN5,
234. Black Bart - 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 - BN5
256. jdy - [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
257. Woolber - BN5
258. RUFFRYDE - BN6
259. Baird6869 - BN5
260. Mark Wilson - George_Furlanet
261. Addison - BN4
262. akukulich - BN5
263. JesseMalaska - VF5
264. roogbass - BN5
265. Maiden Bass - BNF5
266. Dave Scovell - BN5
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#808
I don't know if any of your are Nathan East fans, but I sure am. I love his tasty choices as he plays, his tone, and his character too I guess.

Anyway, I'm also an Alain Caron fan, which makes this mashup very interesting for me. Here is Nathan East's signature song from FourPlay done with an Fbass BN6 Limited Edition Replica:
 
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thats an interesting comparo, given the same player and tune. The BN6 slays with that cutting and punchy tone! Wow.. It could be argued though that the BN6LE was designed and built with this kind of tone in mind, whereas that AJ Contra was almost certainly not. It would be interesting to see the same comparo on a 1st position fingerstyle groove tune.

The good news is that neither one sounds bad ;)
 
#811
Tom7 said:
Here's the same bassist playing the same song, only this time he's using a Fodera. An interesting opportunity to compare the two basses -- remembering of course that the Fbass he is playing is one of 9 replicas made and isn't the same specs as a regular BN6 at all.

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Cool comparison, if I remember correctly those had an Aguilar pre, like Alains'? According to Marcel I have the same pups in my '99 under the HB shells but with the standard F pre. Do you still have yours ? Jim
 
#812
J.Wolf said:
thats an interesting comparo, given the same player and tune. The BN6 slays with that cutting and punchy tone! Wow.. It could be argued though that the BN6LE was designed and built with this kind of tone in mind, whereas that AJ Contra was almost certainly not. It would be interesting to see the same comparo on a 1st position fingerstyle groove tune.

The good news is that neither one sounds bad ;)
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Yes, both sound great!

I'd like to hear a more usual BN6 playing as well, rather than a specialized one.

I happen to own one of those specialized BN6s by the way, #7 of 9 BN6 Limited Edition Replicas (LER), which helps explain my intrigue with the videos:

Tom7_Fbass_BN6LE_04.jpg
 
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jim nolte said:
Cool comparison, if I remember correctly those had an Aguilar pre, like Alains'? According to Marcel I have the same pups in my '99 under the HB shells but with the standard F pre. Do you still have yours ? Jim
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Yes, you remember correctly. When I first got my bass I HATED that preamp! I called George and asked him about putting an Fbass pre in it instead but he told me to give it a chance. I'm glad I did, because once I got to know it, I got to like it as well.
 
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#815
Yesterday went to Orford (Quebec) to the ultimate bass camp location, I brought "Thor", that über fretted AC6 bass so George could perform some of his magic on it. What a nice bunch of people, George, Marcel, always a pleasure to meet them. Also got to meet Michael League, the guy is a monster and yet humble, super down to earth. Great experience all together and now waiting to get Thor back all tuned and adjusted
 
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#816
Does anyone here use a BN5 as their main go to studio Bass...?..anyone had a situation where an engineer or producer asked for a Fender type Jazz and when they heard the BN they say "never mind. You're good."....?
 
#817
Ace Of Bass said:
Does anyone here use a BN5 as their main go to studio Bass...?..anyone had a situation where an engineer or producer asked for a Fender type Jazz and when they heard the BN they say "never mind. You're good."....?
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I don't do a lot of studio work, but, I've always gotten compliments on my BN5's sound and its tonal variety. It's a very clean bass for recording. For the first time, I'm going through one of those, "I need a '63 precision to make engineers happy" phases, but my BN5 can't be replaced in my opinion.
 
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bass08053 said:
I don't do a lot of studio work, but, I've always gotten compliments on my BN5's sound and its tonal variety. It's a very clean bass for recording. For the first time, I'm going through one of those, "I need a '63 precision to make engineers happy" phases, but my BN5 can't be replaced in my opinion.
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If I ever ran into one of those engineers I would just pull out my 50 year old Jazz and call it a day but that says more about the prejudices of the engineer than any real tonal concerns IMHO. Jim
 
#819
I hear you. I've been following a great post on TB about if Fenders are the only acceptable choice for studio work. I see a lot of great info for the reasoning, but yes, engineers need to wake up to the possibilities of newer innovations. I think of my FBass as a super charged Fender that can do it all.
 
#820
Honestly, based on my experience, a P or J bass seems to just fit nicely into a track because they have a smaller dynamic range. It's not that other basses wont work, its just that the bass sits in a certain frequency range, and if you have a bass that already sits in that range might as well use it. As opposed to EQing another bass until it fits. IMHO
 
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