Show us the Rob Allen basses!

[richnota]

Let's see the bass....is this another blond deep 5?

Here is a pic of the thumb rest I made for mine. It is a piece of 1/2 round Home Depot trim held on by double sided Scotch tape, so no worries!

 

[lousybassist]

A Mouse is one of few basses I feel an actaul need for - preferably one with a very plain spruce top - so this thread is somewhat painful.

Nice basses everyone!

 

[spade2you]

A Mouse is one of few basses I feel an actaul need for - preferably one with a very plain spruce top - so this thread is somewhat painful.

Nice basses everyone!

Spruce may be plain looking, but it is a killer tone wood for something like a Mouse 30.

 

[lousybassist]

Spruce may be plain looking, but it is a killer tone wood for something like a Mouse 30.

That's what I'm thinking as well. And let me just add, when I said plain, I did so meaning "the opposite of highly figured", which also happends to be an aesthetic preference of mine when it comes to acoustic-ish instruments. YMMV.

 

[spade2you]

I hear ya. I guess I'm more of a bassist than an acoustic player and "spoiled" on the idea of amazingly figured tops. Perhaps it might be in my best interest to become a better player instead of relying on my basses looking good.......

 

[richnota]

i'm trying to be a better player....but in the meantime I'll have to settle for gorgeous basses.

 

[allenhumble]

Can you get a deep 5 with out the f hole? Or can you get a mouse at a 35 inch scale?

 

[spade2you]

Can you get a deep 5 with out the f hole? Or can you get a mouse at a 35 inch scale?

I don't think Rob would do a 35" scale Mouse because it would be horribly unabalanced. If Gibson has taught us anything, it's that guitar sized bodies make for a neck-diving bass. Besides, I don't know if he'd be able to offer you a hardshell case without having to get a custom form-fitted flight case, which wouldn't be cheap.

I'd think a Deep 5 without the F-hole would be easy.

 

[avid]

Here are a couple shots of my lefty Mouse 30, I love this thing!

Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, there's a lefty Mouse in the house.

 

[Joe Smithberger]

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Mine is in the last photo, being played by Chris from the DB side of the board. BTW, most of the amp gear in the photos belongs to Tom Bowlus (big surprise).

I love my Mouse and every time I see the fretted magnetic version, I wonder how they would sound relative to my other solid body basses.

 

[allenhumble]

I'd think a Deep 5 without the F-hole would be easy.

Do you think this would have a huge impact on the tone of the bass? Im just not digging the traditional shaped Fhole.

 

[spade2you]

Do you think this would have a huge impact on the tone of the bass? Im just not digging the traditional shaped Fhole.

Not really. Rob says there's some tonal impact, but I wouldn't think it would make or break a Deep 5. I know my Mouse 30 is a bit louder unplugged than my MB2.

 

[tombowlus]

Rob is one of those builders where literally every bass he makes looks like 'the one!' I mean, every single bass on this thread (and any other Rob Allens I have seen in person or in photos) are mind-blowingly beautiful, yet each has it unique aesthetic! Man, what an artist!

Here's my Mouse, in some outside shots:

And in some shots Rob took:

The 'true' color shading is somewhere between those two sets of photos.

Let me say again how much I love this instrument! I have been fortunate enough to have seen/played a number of great instruments, and this Mouse is one of the most grin-inducing basses I have ever encountered!

Oh, and I blame (credit!) Joe Smithberger for pushing me over the edge to get a Mouse!

 

[richnota]

here's my soon to be completed Mouse. Got the photos from Rob today....yummy

 

[spade2you]

Looks awesome!!! That FB extension rocks!!!! That is an amazing top!

My basses want to meet your basses!

 

[Jeff Moote]

I seem to have missed this thread, which is strange, considering how much I love my Allen.

I can't find the pics I had of it, so for now you'll just have to look at the more "artsy" shot in my avatar. It does give you an idea of the figuring in the top and the colour contrast in the fingerboard, but nowhere near the beauty of the real thing. I'm not so good with a camera anyway

 

[Lockout]

Looks awesome!!! That FB extension rocks!!!! That is an amazing top!

My basses want to meet your basses!

That's a nice looking Mouse. What kind of top is that?

 

[Jeff Moote]

That's a nice looking Mouse. What kind of top is that?

I believe it's Koa.

 

[BassAgent]

Damn, Allen sure uses lovely woods!

 

[JPFerreira]

here's my soon to be completed Mouse. Got the photos from Rob today....yummy

Stunning !