they received over 100 plus orders in 2020, will be a three year wait, its worth it, they are remarkable. but if you dont want to wait I have a P5 that i just reduced to 3899...it is on here somewhere...I just cant play 5 strings..
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if you want to talk about it. 503-702-6811, i have an offer from germany already but would rather go USA
on its way to me! proud to join the club
Anything special to know about care for these basses? Size of truss wrench and saddle screws?
Truss wrench is a flathead screwdriver/paint lid opener. Saddle screws are US standard 1/16" Allens.
The finish cracks very easily so embrace that. It's liberating to not have to baby it.
The finish cracks very easily so embrace that. It's liberating to not have to baby it.
Usually use chromes on my p basses, I don't love the tension of the labella dtf so figured I'd try the lo tension set before chromes again. Not much of a TI fan myself
Use the LTFs on my PV.
Great combo.
Enjoy your new bass. And report back on your thoughts.
Never had a bass that needed the neck taken off for a trust adjust. Any special advice? Do I take the strings all the way off?
I find it easier and faster to leave the strings on and loosen them only as much as needed to give the slack to take the neck off and lift it carefully out of the pocket. Turn the truss rod screw about 1/4 turn at a time and reattach the neck. Allow some time for the neck to settle in your environment. Once you are close to your desired action you can change the increment to 1/8 screw turns to dial it in. I also marked a Sharpie dot at 12 o'clock to give a relative starting point. Have the neck bolts close at hand when making these adjustments.
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I would only add, resist the temptation to leave the neck screws "partially in" when exposing the truss rod nut. It causes undue hardship on the holes drilled into the neck. remove them all the way, then "tilt" the neck into position for adjustment. If you like you can wrap the neck with a piece of surgical tubing, or use a capo to keep the strings in place while you are adjusting, so they stay in place.
I loved the tone of Chromes on my 2012 Fender American Standard P, so threw them on my brand new Moollon P. Turns out I didn’t like their sound at all on the Moollon. Then I tried my favorite rounds, but I didn’t like those on my Moollon either. Next I threw on a pair of TI Jazz flats, which I’d never tried before, and it’s a dream, like hey were meant for each other. I think there seems to be a consensus that TIs and LTF are most people’s favorite sounding flats on Moollon P basses.
I don’t ever take the neck off my Moollon for truss adjustments. I went to the hardware store and got a free paint can opener like the one in this picture that works perfectly for adjusting the truss rod. I think it was even recommended to me by Andi from Moollon.
Edit: I still completely loosen the strings when making truss adjustments to take the pressure off the neck and let the rod turn more freely.
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Does that mean you have the little hemispherical rout? Only one of my Moollons has one, the other two I need to remove the neck.
