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gravesbass · **Posted:** October 17th, 2014, 11:38 am

What he said above..... My best basses are on the heavier side.

AzWhoFan · **Joined:** March 14th, 2008, 10:57 am **Posts:** 2866

I'll throw in my .02 and agree.

Matt R. · **Posted:** October 17th, 2014, 1:49 pm

Not my thang, but that is a lovely beast. Congrats! 8-)

Sec-Def · **Joined:** February 20th, 2013, 4:42 am **Posts:** 217

gravesbass wrote:

What he said above..... My best basses are on the heavier side.

same is true for guitars.
you can tell if a les paul is a lemon just by it's weight.

LeftyClover · **Posted:** October 20th, 2014, 11:25 pm

What a beautiful piece of art that is, Mark.
Love the translucent blue finish.
I saw Michael League of Snarky Puppy playing in Rotterdam a while ago and he has a BN in the same color with a maple neck.
When do you expect to receive the bass?

Addison · **Joined:** June 15th, 2009, 8:03 am **Posts:** 1341

Weight is such a subjective thing... the two lightest basses I've ever owned were two of my best sounding basses to my ears... 8.25 and 8.5 lbs respectively.

The heaviest bass I ever owned sounded like dogshit... and almost every other bass I've owned and has been in the 9-9.5 lb range or so. Some have been amazing and some haven't been that great, even though they weighed the same.

I'm not at all denying that weight might be a contributing factor to tone, but I don't think there's any evidence to support that heavier basses are more likely to sound better than lighter basses or vise-versa.

There are good sounding heavy basses and crappy sounding ones... good sounding light basses and crappy sounding ones.

Even if "good tone" wasn't such a personal thing, I think it's affected by a ton of different factors, with overall weight being toward the bottom of the list.

markcv · **Posted:** October 29th, 2014, 7:19 pm

@LeftyClover: thanks for the comments Ken. I'm just in the process of gathering funds to finish paying for it. Probably 3 to 4 weeks including shipping time before I see it. Thankfully it's not crossing any international borders.

markcv · **Posted:** November 9th, 2014, 9:57 am

Funds are gathered. Bass on the way tomorrow... film at 11. 8-)

bhunt1 · **Joined:** October 8th, 2009, 3:19 am **Posts:** 864

That is exciting Mark enjoy your NBD!

markcv · **Posted:** November 12th, 2014, 10:46 pm

Thanks Brian. Of course, it shipped today, it's scheduled for delivery on Friday, and I won't be here because we're going on a road trip to the West Coast of Vancouver Island and won't be back until the end of the day Friday. Aaaaarrrggghhh!!! That means I have to wait until Monday... double aaarrrrgggghhh! :/

markcv · **Posted:** November 14th, 2014, 11:45 pm

Hi guys, got my new F Bass BNF-5 this evening. Stunning bass but waiting to see it in the light of day for the full effect. Also need to do a slight truss rod adjustment after shipping across the country during this cold snap. Will tackle that tomorrow. Gonna take a while to get used to playing without lines again.

The woodshed is calling.

bhunt1 · **Joined:** October 8th, 2009, 3:19 am **Posts:** 864

Cool Mark! Need pics of course

Enjoy - nothing more fun than woodsheding with a new bass

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