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NWBasser
February 9th, 2013, 02:08 PM
Ah, I guess it had to happen at some point in time. After playing four-string basses for 30 years, I finally took the plunge for a fiver.

The new jazz/fusion group has some material that seems well-suited to those lower notes. And so I went off trying various fives including and MTD, a Yamaha, and the one that screamed "take me home!" - a new model G&L M2500. It has the "Godzilla on crack" punchy MFD pickups into a new proprietary G&L three-band preamp. Still trying to get used to the narrow string spacing though. And the heavier weight.

Without further ado - a pic!

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f156/NWBasser_photos/SNV31828_zps5569a0f2.jpg

The cherry whatever-it-is probably isn't my first color choice, but it sounds and plays so nice that I can live with it fine.

On a side note, the bass cab beneath the H&K is an Avatar TB153 with the king dog of all 15 bass woofers, the Eminence 3015 LF. The 3015 LF has about twice the x-max (movement back and forth, think suspension travel) of a regular 15. Since the 15 doesn't handle mids so much, it has a dedicated 6-inch mid-driver for that. It wallops with the fiver.

marnold
February 9th, 2013, 02:20 PM
Cool! Enjoy the rumble... and the back issues :-)

Spudman
February 9th, 2013, 03:25 PM
Yup, those are heavy but they sure do sound nice. My original trio bassist had one and I loved the sounds he got. At rehearsals he'd stop after a while and take it off saying it was too heavy and his shoulder hurt...but he was kind of a weenie.

Anyway, congratulations on your new rumblestick. :dance

Katastrophe
February 10th, 2013, 09:28 AM
Beautiful! Congratulations.

I played on a borrowed 5 string bass in my last stint with a country band. Every chance I got, I would hit that low B note and watch the walls shake. :)

Tig
February 10th, 2013, 10:16 AM
Cool bass! I like it.
:AOK

Tig
February 15th, 2013, 05:04 PM
The 4 string M2000 is getting some positive attention out there. I haz GAS!

http://static.music123.com/derivates/18/999/126/719/DV016_Jpg_Large_1344269395912_A.jpg




http://youtu.be/CBRCaepunNE

NWBasser
February 15th, 2013, 05:09 PM
You can get a white M2000 on sale now at MF for less than $400.

That seems an incredible deal to me. It's very, very cool bass!

Brian Krashpad
March 2nd, 2013, 08:33 AM
Actually I like that burst, very subtle.

Congrats!

I've probably owned 8 or 9 basses over the years, but never a five-string.