Show Us Your Rob Allen Basses Part III

[Christian Houmann]

Not a RA you see every day

 

[nostatic]

Interesting. Looks like fretted E-C, maybe 32" scale. But I don't know that I've ever seen blocks on one of Rob's basses.

 

[77PBass]

Interesting. Looks like fretted E-C, maybe 32" scale. But I don't know that I've ever seen blocks on one of Rob's basses.

That doesn't look like 32" scale to me.

 

[David Morris]

FYI: I just listed my 32" scale MB-2 fretless in the classifieds. I'm just not playing it - playing about 80% upright these days, and when I do play electric bass don't need or want fretless. I should have ordered this one fretted.

 

[77PBass]

Hmm, MB-2's for sale but no Deep's.

 

[N. Kentucky Bass]

Hmm, MB-2's for sale but no Deep's.

There is one Deep 4 for sale:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f126/fs-rob-allen-custom-deep-4-a-997083/

 

[77PBass]

There is one Deep 4 for sale:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f126/fs-rob-allen-custom-deep-4-a-997083/

Forgot about that one. I'd prefer one without a pup.

 

[JES]

If only there were a Deep 4 fretless. . . .

 

[N. Kentucky Bass]

Forgot about that one. I'd prefer one without a pup.

I've long wondered what the mag pickup does for a Rob Allen bass tone instead of the under saddle piezo. Can anyone shed light on that?

 

[JES]

I played one when I visited his shop. It sounds totally different. Like an old single coil pickup. The tone was full, bordering on huge, but also electric.

 

[N. Kentucky Bass]

I played one when I visited his shop. It sounds totally different. Like an old single coil pickup. The tone was full, bordering on huge, but also electric.

My bad, should have clarified the question. I have a Solid 4, which has a single coil mag pickup (and sounds amazing!). Tone is definitely "electric" but that's its job with the S4. I'm more curious about what the mag pup does in a Deep 4 or 5. Is that what you played in the shop?

 

[JES]

Nope. Solid 4. Very impressive tone.

 

[JxBass]

A Solid 4 mag pickup in a Deep 4, which Rob custom winds to the Deep, sounds very much like a Solid 4 with a slightly richer tone. Same can be said for an MB-2. I speak from experience, owning a Solid 4, MB-2, and Deep 4, all with Solid 4 mag pickups, no piezo.

 

[asbs]

Does someone run his RA with an Epifani UL 501 amp ?

I am looking for a new amp who could serve my Deep 5 and also my Sadowsky and Fodera (coming in a couples of months).

Cabs are Baer ML 112 and Markbass 4*10

Thanks !

 

[nostatic]

Puma is great with all those.

 

[Jazzdogg]

Not a RA you see every day

I was very disappointed when that video ended; I wanted to hear the rest of it!

 

[asbs]

Nostatic,

to tell the thing, I first ordered a puma 900 and get it for 2 days at home.
I had a big hiss that I couldn't get it off. Maybe the hiss didn't help to apreciate this amp totaly.
Sure it is a good amp, but it didn' worked for me.

So now I am looking for something different.

Puma is great with all those.

 

[Christian Houmann]

I'm A/B-ing these two amazing basses. The tone on the Mouse is more woody sounding and the MB-2 has more air to the sound. Is it because of the shorter scale that the Mouse has a more woody tone?

 

[Christian Houmann]

And the picture

 

[ursus]

My Rob Allen MB2 5-string sounds great with both with the puma 500 or the Glock Blue Soul paired either Aggie SL 112 or Unicorn xs2104