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Guys hey:
In addition to the specs, I will add the bass has great responsiveness...A really good powerful response from the low B, and speaks really clearly for melodic stuff too...I posted some VERY lo-fi videos on my FB page with the new green B524 FYI..
Cheers all
Rufus
My friend Andi (Ultradust) just sent me some quick snapshots of my fiesta Red Fretless build. I am incredibly excited!
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Hey guys! I've been looking to get a Moollon for a while now and recently got to try a friend's 5-string J and now am dying to get one. I noticed that his doesn't have a neck plate (which I love), but it seems like most Moollons do have the neck plate. Does anyone know if the company recently switched to not using neck plates, or is that maybe an option or something while ordering? My friend got his used so he didn't order it directly from Moollon. Thanks!
I just got my Moollon J-Classic V (which is a spectacular bass) in July and it does NOT have a neck plate. I suspect this is standard, but I would e-mail your question directly to Andreas ([email protected]) for the definitive answer.
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And here it is, for club purposes:
Tortoise pickguard in closeup photo was since swapped out for mint guard, as seen (barely) in stage shot.
The color is Ocean Turquoise Metallic, but it looks very close to Lake Placid Blue under certain kinds of light.
Tortoise pickguard in closeup photo was since swapped out for mint guard, as seen (barely) in stage shot.
The color is Ocean Turquoise Metallic, but it looks very close to Lake Placid Blue under certain kinds of light.
Ultradust
Commercial User
- May 19, 2007
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Haven't received an email inquiry of the above content, so I'll just answer here...
Here we go...The short answer is that no Moollon 5-string basses have ever had neck plates, nor are they available as an option when ordering.
Being a wider neck than a IV, upper fret access comfort is likely an issue for most players, so Young Joon decided to make the J-Classic V (And all subsequent Vs) without the plate, to allow for a curved hilt/socket and better left hand grip when way up the neck. A custom curved plate would be another option, but he wanted things as flush as possible.
The paradox for him (as a professional metallurgist and player himself) was to get the added sustain and thickness to tone that the plate offers, always personally feeling that without the plate, a bass can sound "light" to his ears. He tested numerous alloys and screw/metal bushing diameter of his own design, until he came up with a pairing that was "thick" enough to play the role of metal where the neck meets the body to an extent that he felt satisfied for the original goal of the J-V, which was nothing more than "...a proper extended range pre-CBS-sounding Jazz Bass". An yes, the screws are fatter than those used on J-Classic IVs and P-Classic IVs
The J-Classic V and P-Classic V share the same spacing and 4-screw/bushing design, with the new B524 having one more for added stability.
As an aside, the Surf Green J-Classic V being sold right now on craigslist Los Angeles is the very first J-V prototype model that featured all finalized specs (note headstock label with scribbled "5"); the Indian Rosewood fretboard on it being used on the first few dozen production models, not to mention a wider 47mm nut width.
Here we go...The short answer is that no Moollon 5-string basses have ever had neck plates, nor are they available as an option when ordering.
Being a wider neck than a IV, upper fret access comfort is likely an issue for most players, so Young Joon decided to make the J-Classic V (And all subsequent Vs) without the plate, to allow for a curved hilt/socket and better left hand grip when way up the neck. A custom curved plate would be another option, but he wanted things as flush as possible.
The paradox for him (as a professional metallurgist and player himself) was to get the added sustain and thickness to tone that the plate offers, always personally feeling that without the plate, a bass can sound "light" to his ears. He tested numerous alloys and screw/metal bushing diameter of his own design, until he came up with a pairing that was "thick" enough to play the role of metal where the neck meets the body to an extent that he felt satisfied for the original goal of the J-V, which was nothing more than "...a proper extended range pre-CBS-sounding Jazz Bass". An yes, the screws are fatter than those used on J-Classic IVs and P-Classic IVs
The J-Classic V and P-Classic V share the same spacing and 4-screw/bushing design, with the new B524 having one more for added stability.
As an aside, the Surf Green J-Classic V being sold right now on craigslist Los Angeles is the very first J-V prototype model that featured all finalized specs (note headstock label with scribbled "5"); the Indian Rosewood fretboard on it being used on the first few dozen production models, not to mention a wider 47mm nut width.
Many thanks for the info from you both! Yeah the prototype that's on Craig's List is what was confusing me about the neckplates on the 5-strings. Thanks again for your help!
Ultradust
Commercial User
- May 19, 2007
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Glad to be of assistance~
They're used by traditional pharmaceutical practitioners (한의사/haneuisa) for storing herbs, and are called 약장/yakjang (rhymes with "not wrong", sorta). The one in the Moollon shop is a proper "vintage" piece identical to ones found in hospitals and traditional clinics, and and fills roughly half a wall. That can be very expensive, the best being made of old growth (500+ year old) pine. The peninsula's stock of the indigenous Pinus koraiensis was almost completely logged dry while a colony of Japan in the first half of the 20th century, so you can understand why old pine is exceptionally expensive here. Since the design of them are essentially Chinese in origin, I'd suggest going through Stateside PRC shopping routes for more affordable options. More specifically, search "藥欌"
At any rate, a typical modern build small cabinet (about 32" high) over here can nonetheless run as cheap as $300; great for picks, Telecaster string ferrules, fiber bobbins, pickguard screws, and hiding cookies from the kids Search 전통 약장 in google images and you'll see a whole mess of Korean-made yakjang.
Being in excess of 2m high, the one in the shop makes makes a great no-nonsense backdrop for the three of us, hehe.
Of course, just one is not enough for the whole shop, and we've plenty of contemporary cabinets as well.
Leaving plenty of room in the back for stock to be readied.
They're used by traditional pharmaceutical practitioners (한의사/haneuisa) for storing herbs, and are called 약장/yakjang (rhymes with "not wrong", sorta). The one in the Moollon shop is a proper "vintage" piece identical to ones found in hospitals and traditional clinics, and and fills roughly half a wall. That can be very expensive, the best being made of old growth (500+ year old) pine. The peninsula's stock of the indigenous Pinus koraiensis was almost completely logged dry while a colony of Japan in the first half of the 20th century, so you can understand why old pine is exceptionally expensive here. Since the design of them are essentially Chinese in origin, I'd suggest going through Stateside PRC shopping routes for more affordable options. More specifically, search "藥欌"
At any rate, a typical modern build small cabinet (about 32" high) over here can nonetheless run as cheap as $300; great for picks, Telecaster string ferrules, fiber bobbins, pickguard screws, and hiding cookies from the kids
Search 전통 약장 in google images and you'll see a whole mess of Korean-made yakjang.Being in excess of 2m high, the one in the shop makes makes a great no-nonsense backdrop for the three of us, hehe.
Of course, just one is not enough for the whole shop, and we've plenty of contemporary cabinets as well.
Leaving plenty of room in the back for stock to be readied.
TimothyGroovy
Commercial User
- Aug 3, 2000
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Some adding info for that kind of cabinet. For chinese, those traditional pharmaceutical practitioners used cabinet is called "百子櫃"
百子櫃 - Google Search
百子櫃 - Google Search
TimothyGroovy
Commercial User
- Aug 3, 2000
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- Owner: Uni•Sound Endorsing Artist: Sadowsky Guitars, Olinto Bass, LaBella Strings
Just received my J5-70s for few days, really dig it!
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I would like to join the club. I am one of the lucky ones that have a Moollon Classic J5 and considering the Classic J4
