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#21
Just a plug for Brady Muckelroy - I'm sure that J5 is killer because of the attention Brady put into it, but his hand-carved stuff is exceptionally fantastic. I can't say enough about how great my fretless Muck is. Mine is a maple neck-through, Walnut wings, ebony board, and passive Honey Badger Dual Coils. I wish he had more web presence, but you can find him on Facebook and Instagram.
 
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#23
Dr. Keebs said:
New-to-me Muckelroy J5 fretless and Yamaha BBNE2. Still demo-ing and knob twiddling both, but very, very happy so far. I use fretless not for the Jaco thing, but more pop-oriented, Pino-esque. It excels, handily. Exceptionally even, no dead spots to be found, sings in every register. The BBNE2 has the best slap tone I've ever had, for one. Still working with the EQ and mid-cut to figure out its versatility. They are both beastly.
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I could VERY happily do my entire career over again with those two basses... in fact my tone might have been better if I'd owned those two basses.
 
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seedokebass said:
I've never heard of Muckleroy, looks like a sweet bass!
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Resonance129 said:
I've no experience with Muckleroy's...
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Brady Muckelroy's basses are exceptional. I've owned four of them and each has been extraordinary in every way. Brady' basses are as good as anything out there. Also, in addition to being a very talented luthier, he is an extremely nice guy and a seriously badass bass player!
 
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Dr. Keebs said:
New-to-me Muckelroy J5 fretless and Yamaha BBNE2. Still demo-ing and knob twiddling both, but very, very happy so far. I use fretless not for the Jaco thing, but more pop-oriented, Pino-esque. It excels, handily. Exceptionally even, no dead spots to be found, sings in every register. The BBNE2 has the best slap tone I've ever had, for one. Still working with the EQ and mid-cut to figure out its versatility. They are both beastly.
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Those are two very good looking basses. Enjoy!
 
#29
SunByrne said:
Wow! Those are gorgeous. Normally I'm not into white, but one some basses it works and that's definitely one of them. And the Muckelroy, well, how can you go wrong there?

Gotta love NBD!



For the P, you could always get yourself a nice BBP35...
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I played one today. Looking at the Fender American Original 50s or 60s. Aztec gold if 50s, LPB if 60s.
 
#31
Dr. Keebs said:
I agree. Also have a Spector Euro and Dingwall NG3 for harder stuff, but these two alone could do anything.
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I'd still choose those two (dingwall because I'm not happy on multiscale, spector euro because I love that bass but yea it's probably a little less versatile in it's tone than your two NBD axes).... although I'd be quite happy with any one of your instruments ;-)
 
#32
dkelley said:
I'd still choose those two (dingwall because I'm not happy on multiscale, spector euro because I love that bass but yea it's probably a little less versatile in it's tone than your two NBD axes).... although I'd be quite happy with any one of your instruments ;-)
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The Dingwall is great for slamming in the lowest register - it doesn't give an inch, sounds as even as anywhere else on the fingerboard. The fanned frets were only a chore at first, playing anything chordal in the higher register. The Spector, I'll reevaluate whether I need it at all at this point.
 
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Dr. Keebs said:
The Dingwall is great for slamming in the lowest register - it doesn't give an inch, sounds as even as anywhere else on the fingerboard. The fanned frets were only a chore at first, playing anything chordal in the higher register. The Spector, I'll reevaluate whether I need it at all at this point.
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Yea, tried a dingwall... couldn't play the way I play (lots of improvised stuff up neck)
 
#38
Dr. Keebs said:
It does take some work to get used to up there
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yea... I have been playing for 38 years on mostly 34" scale 4 and 5 strings. Just not gonna happen for me now - I can play one, but not without screwing up my fretting... and while I agree longer scale makes sense for lower notes - my 34" scale B strings aren't lacking in any way... my basses sound identical in tone to the lowest notes as on the higher strings.
 

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