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FT/FS: F-bass Studio 5


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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]
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[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]

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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

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[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.

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F-Bump!

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  • 4 weeks later...

[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]


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[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 :lol:[/quote]
well, I guess you got the point :) it is really a good one..

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