Club Fbass (thread 13)

[mngnt]

I just tried a set of Cobalt Flats on my BN6 and am liking them quite a bit so far. They have more spank than the entirely dead set of Super Brights on my Jazz (which, I might add, died VERY quickly with my skin chemistry).

I know Tom7 has TI's on one of his AC6s - anyone else using flats regularly?

I have yet to actually do it, but I've been thinking that the nice top-load action of the Hipshot B style bridge should allow me to swap sets of strings on and off fairly easily (without having to pull the coiled end through the bridge)

 

[Tom7]

I guess I should have spoken up sooner, but I was just so curious. *ALL* of you guys have been online friends of mine for years, and bassists I've looked up to, and that gave me a different side than I've seen before.

By the way, I'm fine with people talking about other brands in this club; I don't see that has hijacking a thread at all. In fact, comparisons and contrasts are actually really important ways of communicating the pros and cons of basses.

However, I would caution us about how we talk about people.

I get that people don't always mesh -- I know I'm not that fond of some people on TB -- but how we talk about people also says something about ourselves.

 

[ThumbyAche]

Fwiw I have both Suhr and F basses (among others) and they all get played. Without hesitation I can say that if I had to pick only one brand...F-bass for life. Let the hunger games begin.

 

[basses55]

Have people seen or tried out the newer VF "model" or spec with alder wings and an ash core mixed body? It's been around for a while . There was a PJ version at namm this year....loved the bass.

 

[ThumbyAche]

My fav is my vf that is in my avatar. Some of the vf's have a fuller neck profile and I have two that have a flatter profile. I prefer the flatter profile which to me feels like my Nordy vj5. Awesome basses!!!

 

[zortation]

I really dig that new see thru seafoam green finish they have. Here's a question: Has anyone had their VF spec'd with Aguilar '70s single coils? Fbass makes no recommendation for them on their website for some reason.

 

[bass08053]

I keep going back to this BN5 Marcel posted last month. I could see the green version of this making a beautiful BNF5.

 

[Dave Hill]

Gorgeous!

 

[basses55]

I really dig that new see thru seafoam green finish they have. Here's a question: Has anyone had their VF spec'd with Aguilar '70s single coils? Fbass makes no recommendation for them on their website for some reason.

When we did the r and d on the Aggie pups the preference was for the 60s singles, so they became standard. I think 70s can be an option np if you like

 

[jim nolte]

When we did the r and d on the Aggie pups the preference was for the 60s singles, so they became standard. I think 70s can be an option np if you like

Hey Mitch, do you still have that custom Studio model that you designed ? I always loved the Studio line but I forgot what the changes were you made, a larger body was one of them I think.

 

[basses55]

Hey Mitch, do you still have that custom Studio model that you designed ? I always loved the Studio line but I forgot what the changes were you made, a larger body was one of them I think.

Hey Jim, I didn't design it from scratch at all, George had the model when I met him so long ago. But what I wanted is 34 " scale, go back to nitro finish , custom SD pups like they had in the early 2000s, one piece back of neck, northern ash. The Studio always had a different body size and shape and twenty frets. The body had more surface connection with the neck in the pocket especially along the upper horn. Great model and a fav of George and myself which is why they did a whole limited run of them a few years ago. They will still make a custom one I believe, just talk to Marcel or George.

 

[zortation]

I would LOVE to see a studio 4

 

[Tom7]

Have people seen or tried out the newer VF "model" or spec with alder wings and an ash core mixed body? It's been around for a while . There was a PJ version at namm this year....loved the bass.

Interesting question. I've been wondering about the alder winged BN5s I've seen popping up lately, like this one with a roasted maple finger board.

 

[basses55]

Tom they are applying this formula to basically any model save maybe the Caron....Mike League and others have them, they have become one of my fav specs in an FBass.

 

[J.Wolf]

Makes perfect sense conceptually. Punchy ash with the added warmth and mid fullness of alder? Yes please.

Just listening to League playing his F bass on the FORQ record. Ridiculous tone. What a player.

 

[Tom7]

I'm drooling just thinking of this, but I wonder about the finger board wood. Rosewood and ebony would be very different options than maple, and I hear that roasted maple is crisper than regular maple. I wonder how these others would sound.

 

[mngnt]

Just listening to League playing his F bass on the FORQ record. Ridiculous tone. What a player.

Do you know if he played the F on the whole album?

 

[J.Wolf]

I'm not sure, but on a few of the tracks you can definitely hear the highs and high mids cutting through from the F Bass, and they sound great!

 

[Gnal]

I know Tom7 has TI's on one of his AC6s - anyone else using flats regularly?

One of my BN5's is strung LaBella 760FL-B low tension flats. I really like them a lot.

 

[s_wood]

Just picked up a killer new-to-me BN5 from the TB classifieds. It smokes!

A couple of questions for the FBass experts here...Does anybody know if it's possible to figure out the year of manufacture from the serial number? Also, does anybody know of a hardshell case that fits the BN5 well?