NAMM MTD $2750!!!!!!!??!?!!

[Gard]

Originally posted by pd_5string


Dood, you are killilng me

I'm just yankin' your chain man....you gotta killer already!

 

[Gard]

Originally posted by JRBrown
Gard,

So what is this MTD you're talking about. Got a pic?

Look on page 1 of this thread, there 'tis. It's not here, it's for sale on e-bay right now...

 

[JRBrown]

- I saw the one on Ebay. Your conversation made it seem as if you had a different one at BC.

- As for the Lakland, I'll pass. It is 90% of what I'm looking for. But I've got to go with the harder/brighter finger board like ebony or maple.
Is pau ferro closer to rosewood or maple?

 

[lousybassist]

Originally posted by JRBrown

Is pau ferro closer to rosewood or maple?

Don't quote me on this, but I think pao ferro is a kind of rosewood, so it's probably closer to rosewood than maple in tone.

 

[geshel]

It's an especially hard rosewood (pau ferro means ironwood, after all), I think. So I'd put it more towards the "ebony" side of the scale than the "rosewood" (meaning the softer Indian or Palisander rosewoods used for the typical Fender rosewood fingerboard) side.

 

[Brad Johnson]

My MIA JD5 Fenders have Pau Ferro boards. I A/B'd them with a Maple board JD5 and was surprised that there wasn't a bigger difference in the tone.

 

[gfab333]

Brad,

I know I'm getting way off topic here, but do I understand you correctly as saying that the maple neck Jazz sounds like a jazz with a maple neck and Pau Ferro fretboard?

I've been eyeing those FMT 5s, but one reason that I'm holding back is that they don't come with an all maple neck. If what you say is true, my GAS for an FMT 5 may take control of me.

 

[Brad Johnson]

Originally posted by gfab333
Brad,

I know I'm getting way off topic here, but do I understand you correctly as saying that the maple neck Jazz sounds like a jazz with a maple neck and Pau Ferro fretboard?

I've been eyeing those FMT 5s, but one reason that I'm holding back is that they don't come with an all maple neck. If what you say is true, my GAS for an FMT 5 may take control of me.

I wanted a Maple board 5 string too, after I got my Ash/Maple 78 Jazz. Went to Bass Palace and checked out a MIA JD5 with Maple board... it sounded just about the same as my MIA JD5's.

My FMT 5 has about all the snap and growl I need for slapping, with some to spare. If I were you I'd definitely check out an FMT V.

While we're off the subject, what do you suppose possessed Fender to not offer something as simple as a Maple board on the FMT fives? That just seems plain old stupid to me. I've been meaning to email them, the answer ought to be a hoot.