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richnota said:
I cant imagine why anyone would sell that deep 5. It has the most amazing koa ive ever seen.
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If that were unlined, I'd be trying to think of what I could sell and if I could pick up some extra hours to snag this one. Although, I'm a shade more partial to some of the koa tops that some of us already have! :)



Not to derail the thread, but in regards to the ugly tonewood thread where people say wood makes no difference....what do Rob Allen users think about tonewoods?
 
#203
spade2you said:
Not to derail the thread, but in regards to the ugly tonewood thread where people say wood makes no difference....what do Rob Allen users think about tonewoods?
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I don't know which tonewood thread you're refering to, but most posters in those topics don't have a clue what they are discussing, consequently I don't waste my time with them.

Acoustic and semi- acoustics instruments' tone is a reflection of the woods used. The wonderful resonant qualities of Rob's tonewood selection is evident every time I pickup my basses and play. Wood density and construction methods do matter.
 
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spade2you said:
Not to derail the thread, but in regards to the ugly tonewood thread where people say wood makes no difference....what do Rob Allen users think about tonewoods?
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I think Rob's construction method makes wood very important. Consider the sonic differences between models with koa, maple and walnut necks...

Its also apparent that Rob's basses use very transparent electronics...not a lot of coloration. Squeeze enough eq and filtering in--eventually the wood doesnt matter.
 
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hippiesandwich said:
UPS dropped this off this afternoon:
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I NEED TO GET HOME!!! :help:
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A fretless six? It's gorgeous! That's the first Rob Allen bass to give me some serious gas :bawl:.

Enjoy it, you lucky SOB! :)
 
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This Mouse just showed up yesterday. Beautiful job by Rob once again. This is a 'base' model.. nothing fancy... Alder, one of Rob's standard flame-type maple tops (amazing), birdseye maple neck with the Goncalo Alves board and bridge (nice... similar feel to the Ebony I had on my MB-2 5, but a little softer and warmer.

This bass sounds very similar to the MB-5 I had, and the differences are in a positive direction for me personally, since I don't play DB and was looking for the most DBish bass guitar I could find. This is it! It's just tiny and featherweight. Talk about a unique instrument.

I like it a lot!

 
#218
BigBeatNut said:
Hmmm ... is the mouse more DB-like than a deep 5, then ? What's the consensus, guys ?
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Never had the pleasure of playing the deep 5. The short scale of the Mouse seems to allow more bloom in the low end, that sort of slight delay that seems to happen in the low end of the DB... a certain 'growth' to the note. I heard a little bit of that in the MB-2, but a LOT of it in the Mouse.

The strings also have a little more give to them... kind of automatically puts you behind the beat a little bit, which is how the DB guys often describe the attack of a DB when swingin'.
 
#220
matthewfoote said:
KJung

That is such a beautiful bass. Congratulations!

Regards

Matthew
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Thanks! Rob does really, really beautiful work. The MB-2 is rather unique (I know that's a loose usage of the work 'unique' but you know what I mean), but this Mouse is unique in the absolute sense of the word... nothing else quite like it on the market that I'm aware of.
 
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