nemo Posted December 2, 2010 Posted December 2, 2010 (edited) Hi, after very, very long debating I decided to sell my F-Bass Studio 5. It is a killer bass, but nowadays I play almost exclusively my four-string Moon JJ4, so this one deserves to be played by someone else. It has very organic J tone, the playability is amazing as well as the overall ergonomics. Action can be set very low. The weight is exactly 9 pounds. The preamp is very musical and versatile, can get usable tones within the entire travel of the knobs (handmade from ebony - btw) You can feel it is a truly boutique handmade instrument. Resembles more some violoncello or some classic music instrument than a slab of bass guitar.. [u]Specs:[/u] Ash body Maple neck Slightly birdseyed maple fingerboard Nitro lacquer 34,5" scale 20 frets 19 mm string spacing 9 pounds weight F-bass pickups - single coil/humbucker switchable F-bass preamp with controls: neck pickup volume bridge pickup volume - pulled switches pickups to humbucker mode, default is single coil mode passive tone control - works in active mode too, pulled bypasses the preamp bass boost mids boost treble boost It was made in 2000, and as you can see by the worn lacquer on the bridge pickup, it was well played and loved The colour name is Transparent Purple (according to George Furlanetto). You can see the slight ceruse finish through the lacquer. The pics are making the colour lighter than it is. In real life conditions in club/stage it looks almost black. Very elegant I had her for about year. Here are the photos (I used also some photos by previous owner, hopefully he don't mind..) [url="http://s535.photobucket.com/albums/ee351/nemo970/F-bass-Studio-5/"]http://s535.photobucket.com/albums/ee351/n...-bass-Studio-5/[/url] F-Bass Studio 5 review by bassjamm: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9619"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9619[/url] [s]You can have her for [b]£1450 / €1600 including shipping within EU[/b].[/s] The bass is located in Czech. No trades. [s]Price reduction to £1350 + shipping (approx. £50 within EU). [/s] [s]Price reduction to £1290 + shipping (approx. £50 within EU).[s] [color="#FF0000"] [size=6][b]Massive price reduction to £1190 !![/b][/size][/color] + shipping (approx. £50 within EU) [b]1395 EUR + 50 EUR shipping[/b] [size=5][b]Won't go any lower - grab your opportunity![/b][/size] [b]Trade still possible - fivers only.[/b] My profile and feedback on Talkbass: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/member.php?u=40144"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/member.php?u=40144[/url] Edited March 23, 2011 by nemo
FretSpot Posted December 3, 2010 Posted December 3, 2010 Wow, that's a beautiful bass! Good luck with the sale!
Wimpy Posted December 4, 2010 Posted December 4, 2010 Free bump for an excellent instrument!...I know and played all Namo's basses and this instrument make me F-bass hungry!...great bass and I think in some ways even better than newer BN-5 models. I stay out of this deal just becouse I have my lovely Marcus's Fender...good luck with sale
nemo Posted December 5, 2010 Author Posted December 5, 2010 Thanks Wimpy! I know you have drooled over this one.. It is really something special in playability and tone that is inspiring with this bass.
nemo Posted December 11, 2010 Author Posted December 11, 2010 Price reduced, don't miss the opportunity - great instrument!
nemo Posted December 17, 2010 Author Posted December 17, 2010 new pics!! [url="http://s535.photobucket.com/albums/ee351/nemo970/F-bass-Studio-5/"]http://s535.photobucket.com/albums/ee351/n...-bass-Studio-5/[/url]
nemo Posted December 23, 2010 Author Posted December 23, 2010 (edited) Another price drop to [b][size=5]£1290[/size][/b] - these basses went new for almost USD 4000. Treat yourself! The playability and sound are really amazing! Edited December 23, 2010 by nemo
nemo Posted January 3, 2011 Author Posted January 3, 2011 Trade now possible - I would consider Sadowsky 5 alder/rosewood or Smith BSRJ5.
nemo Posted January 10, 2011 Author Posted January 10, 2011 Played this bass this weekend and starting having back thoughts about withdrawing it.. If you are interested, better make up your mind
Chris2112 Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 Whats the output like on this bass? I know F Bass are famous for having an extremely cool, quiet output.
nemo Posted January 10, 2011 Author Posted January 10, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Chris2112' post='1084305' date='Jan 10 2011, 04:00 PM']Whats the output like on this bass? I know F Bass are famous for having an extremely cool, quiet output.[/quote] Output is typical for an active bass, maybe little more than average - comparable to my Sadowsky Metro I had before. Stronger than Atelier Z with Aguilar OBP-3 I used to have too. Edited January 10, 2011 by nemo
nemo Posted January 12, 2011 Author Posted January 12, 2011 F-Bump! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te98ezWSgN8&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te98ezWSgN8...feature=related[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTyd-Yfx_JE&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTyd-Yfx_JE...feature=related[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qId2Yk1CibQ&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qId2Yk1CibQ...feature=related[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCDpZT_CdPc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCDpZT_CdPc[/url]
nemo Posted January 18, 2011 Author Posted January 18, 2011 Withdrawn from sale - I played her over the weekend - too good to let her go.
nemo Posted February 16, 2011 Author Posted February 16, 2011 (edited) [color="#FF0000"] [size=6][b]Massive price reduction to £1190 !![/b][/size][/color] + shipping (approx. £50 within EU) [size=4][b](1395 EUR + 50 EUR shipping)[/b][/size] [size=5][b]Won't go any lower - grab your opportunity![/b][/size] [b]Trade still possible - fivers only.[/b] Edited March 4, 2011 by nemo
KERMITNT Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 (edited) what an amazing price tell me please what is better than this to trade? thats a keeper mate admit it Edited February 16, 2011 by KERMITNT
nemo Posted February 16, 2011 Author Posted February 16, 2011 [quote name='KERMITNT' post='1129653' date='Feb 16 2011, 03:01 PM']what an amazing price tell me please what is better than this to trade? thats a keeper mate admit it [/quote] well, I guess you got the point it is really a good one..
nemo Posted February 18, 2011 Author Posted February 18, 2011 Some trade offers, but still available.
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