Reply With QuoteCool! Enjoy the rumble... and the back issues :-)
Regular Fretter
NBD Five
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!
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.
Reverend Rawk
Re: NBD Five
Cool! Enjoy the rumble... and the back issues :-)
Axen: Jackson DK2M, Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster, Reverend Warhawk 390, Taylor 914ce, ESP LTD Surveyor-414
Amphen: Jet City JCA22H and JCA12S cab, Carvin X-60 combo, Acoustic B20
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Luke Skyrawker
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.
"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.
Regular Fretter
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.
Valar Morghulis
Cool bass! I like it.
Valar Morghulis
The 4 string M2000 is getting some positive attention out there. I haz GAS!
Regular Fretter
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!
Regular Fretter
Actually I like that burst, very subtle.
Congrats!
I've probably owned 8 or 9 basses over the years, but never a five-string.
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