tom5string

Oh, in that period they replaced "black hole wood" for Carrara marble??

Never ever can you have too many 5ers 🙂 I would test this one, if possible for you: https://reverb.com/item/67972572-warwick-thumb-5-thru-neck-2013-natural

Sure, but the neck is of the same material 🥴

Never tried a four - I guess the NT5 has more mass in the neck.

That growl! Then it's a THUMB bass, a slap monster it urges you to use your thumb. And all that is written is true, it is heavy, not balanced, the first fret is miles away, not comfortable to play - but the SOUND! I had the chance to play one at a bass-player meeting (always an event with costly follow-up-actions) and immediately fell in love! So recently I found a 1992 NT5 - happy. It is not the most versatile instrument, not the one for the whole evening and not the one for every style, but where it fits it FITS. The B-string is absolutely stunning, clarity and power I haven't found so far (and I compare with Zon and Wal). So: try to play one - and check a 5 string, these are special as mastodon2 wrote, the pickup position is unique. Also check a neck-through - I like the asthetics of the back ... that is gorgeous craftmanship. Ah, and it's German Handwerk - everything is adjustable, stable and precice brass bridge and per-string adjustable saddle. Which leads to an extremely low action compensating a bit for the far out lower frets. ... see, they gained a fan 🙂 Cheers, Tom

I never tried flats on it, would be interesting to check .... but then, if you don't like it probably not 🙂. D'Addario EXL220-5 Cheers, Tom

Moin, a short note from Gemany: I do play SpectorCore a lot (which I luckily could buy from UK when the Pound was weak and short before brexit where no taxes applied). The only thing I have to complain about is the 35'' neck, I am used to standard 34''. Everything else: wowsa, for way below 1k how could they build such a nice instrument. The neck is slim and fast, soundwise I like the possibilities to blend between creramic and magnetic PU. The piezo is way too bright, so the toneblend is almost closed for this one. It has a certain voice I like, sits in the band and always delivers somehwere between uprigtish and modern. You will not achieve Michale Manring zing, nor Jaco staccato but that was never my goal. An exremely musical instrument. Plus it is ridiciously light - and still perfectly balanced. The GWB - I tried the budget version and found it to feel cheap, that one was just not talking to me. And the extremely narrow string-spacing is a no-go for me. Also the expensive ones I tried (GWB-1) - the feeling is better, string-spacing still too narrow for my fingers. I think, your choice should be based on your band-context and the sounds you want to achieve. Plus - as said above - try and play some different instruments to get a feel. Have fun! Tom

Respect!

Absolutely. I love mine. I love this fundamental acoustical bass tone from the piezo pickup, almost uprightesque, combined with a modern bright sound with very pleasant mids produced by the magnetiv PU. Cheers, Tom

Have the same problem and my solution is: http://www.radialeng.com/product/bassbone-v2

Morning, some thoughts and experiences with the fretless ladies I played during the last ten years: - Maruszczyk Elwood L5 24: kinda J clone but then different, a humbucker on the bridge PU position and the neck is thicker than you would expect. Nevertheless a fairly low action makes you forget this. A well built no-frills instrument, passive, classic tonewoods, ebony fingerboard, very light. A full blown 5er at 3.7 kg. Soundwise Jacoesque when played close to the bridge, warmer and more growly when moving towards the neck, nice slap-tone. Always present in the mix. Payed 1 kEuro which I found very fairly priced. Here`s a review I wrote on a German forum: https://www.musiker-board.de/threads/bass-maruszczyk-elwood-l5-24-fretless.468658/ - Musicman Stingray 5: bought as replacement for the Elwood because I wanted to have a graphite neck and fingerboard to prevent the roundwound wear. So, she has a Status replacement neck which makes her less Pino-sounding but still in that direction. There is a bit more clarity in tone but in the end it's a stingray sound. Also very present in the band, more low-mid sounding than a J-bass, not so upfront more serving the context. My main instrument at the moment. But she's heavy, beyond 5 kg. - Spectorcore 5: Nice one. She's the perfect match for my unplugged band. The video above describes it perfectly, it was the trigger for me. My favourite setting is piezo full, treble almost completely dimmed, magnetic halfway, treble full on. This makes her stay growly and fundamentally below the guitars without getting lost. Soundwise in an upright direction but different, there is always this piano-like sound present that is mentioned in the video. Not built for high-speed soloing, more serving the fundamentals. Due to your Brexit experiment and the low exchangerate I could import her at an appealling price of 599 Pounds - and she's worth every penny of it. - Mayones Patriot MR 5: wowsa! Just played it in a music-store but WOW! By far the most resonant, sensitive, growly, singing fretless I ever played. Very beautiful and extremely light. But at a pricetag well beyond 3kEuro I left her at shop, too much money to be spontaneous. https://mayones.com/page/patriot-mr-fretless-5-antique-black/ So, I hope this feeds some valuable info into your decision process. I really like playing pretless, the sound, the freedom to articulate 🙂 Cheers, Tom

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Hey man, your Deutsch will improve while using it. A good source for musicians wanted/available is also this one: https://www.backstagepro.de/ Das könnte dich vielleicht schon interessieren: https://www.backstagepro.de/musikerkontakt/sons-of-the-ark-band-sucht-bassist-in-rock-alternative-independent-24106-kiel-5HS41xTrxN Gruß aus Niedersachsen Tom