New Custom FBass BN5

...hi all...well...members like to post their new basses here and I love to see them myself ..so I thought I'd post one of my own...
I've been waiting for this one a little while and just picked it up a few days ago. It's a great bass! Very happy with the way it turned out. Specs:

(a little heavier)ash body
ambrosia top and headstock with veneer
one piece maple neck
birdseye board
smaller frets
thinner nut width

...it sounds great- very solid with great lower mids and bottom end and very even highs...it plays like butter with low action and no fret buzz. The workmanship is , as always, beautiful at FBass. These are wonderful instruments and this one represents that again.....(its my 2nd one). I cant really ask for anything more that I need than what this bass can deliver.

Thanks George!

 

...another one...the pics a re a little darker than I would have liked but you can get the idea

 

ok..one more....!

 

..thanks Adrian....! You know about these- this one feels/plays /and sounds incredibly solid....its going to make me lazy because its so easy to play...

I replied to your post over at the Yahoo FBass Forum....those basses are going to be wonderful too...that 6 sounds too much..if I played 6s I'd have a BN6!


everyone should have...ACCESS...to a bass like this!

 

nonsqtr- its not walnut ..actually I forgot what it is he uses for a veneer..but it looks great with the tops to frame them and add contrast..the headstock has it too. Yes...I love my FBasses and have put the one I've owned for the last few years through alot of workouts in the studio...and always came up with a great sound.

Spedding..thanks!..its quite amazing how many different things are going on in that top. It has flame, different hues and shades, lines, shapes...etc...its quite dramatic. George does great work and I think he understands the asthetics of a bass without compromising anything that would take away from it being a first rate useful playing and sounding workhorse instrument..

 

...headstock (what the heck)

 

Adrian..i played the purple 6 last week and it sounded real nice...like all the 6s I've played. Its good your going to have it to help you with deciding what you want...
.....I saw that Fodera up there on your site..looks real nice. My Foderas both play great...and sound great too...just different animals than the F. As many Foderas are to each other- because they can be so different( my Foderas dont have the specs of the one on your site).
My Two Fs now are like brothers because they have the unmistakable F sound and playability but with slightly different sounds because of the boards..I really like that variety and choice .

Thanks for the interesting info on the ambrosia...I'll check it out!
M

 

...George...tell me "bursted colors" affect the TONE of a bass so I can justify a 3rd BN5....

(I'll believe you)