Rob Allen MB2 Lefty on TB

bhunt1 · **Joined:** October 8th, 2009, 3:19 am **Posts:** 865

Beautiful wood here:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f126/rob- ... ed-802871/

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

NICE!!

Jules1 · **Posted:** August 28th, 2011, 2:50 pm

yep - nice Bass !

slybass3000 · **Posted:** August 28th, 2011, 3:04 pm

Too bad it is unlined for me.

gravesbass · **Posted:** August 28th, 2011, 10:01 pm

I contacted the seller as soon as that was listed. He is local to me. I am VERY interested to see what these are all about. I'll relay the info after the meeting... for what its worth. If it were 5 string and lined, I would be selling a liver.

Billw97 · **Posted:** August 29th, 2011, 6:53 am

How many livers do you have?!

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

IMHO, the lines just get in the way on a fretless. YMMV.

gravesbass · **Posted:** August 29th, 2011, 11:33 am

Billw97 wrote:

:D How many livers do you have?!

I meant donate a part of my liver (60% I think is the minimum). It's healthy.... or kill myself for it.. ha!!!!! :mrgreen:

fivebass52 · **Posted:** August 30th, 2011, 12:20 am

That is indeed one beautiful bass! Would like to hear some sound tracks. I'm going on the hunt....

fivebass52 · **Posted:** August 30th, 2011, 12:55 am

Not much out there, but this one is interesting, and a start...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6FWQ05onXo

Cool jazz video from Swiss TV...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glURZKk5A44

Japanese group called Jugoya - bass solo starts at 3:20.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nppCIHuFVI

Enough for now....

gravesbass · **Posted:** September 4th, 2011, 12:08 am

I played this bass today. It is a serious piece of work. I have a lot of thinking to do... Rob Allen does great work and Jerry is a great guy for letting me into his home and playing this bass. Effortless and. Really like lines. I was playing in pitch quitecwell without them.

slybass3000 · **Posted:** September 4th, 2011, 7:12 am

gravesbass wrote:

I played this bass today. It is a serious piece of work. I have a lot of thinking to do... Rob Allen does great work and Jerry is a great guy for letting me into his home and playing this bass. Effortless and. Really like lines. I was playing in pitch quitecwell without them.

You're right.

I have a lined MB2 5 strings but still it is the easiest fretless I've ever played. I guess it has to do with the nylon strings imo and the shape of the neck.

Neck is very similar to the Sadowsky NYC I have in the for sale forum btw ;

gravesbass · **Posted:** September 4th, 2011, 10:48 am

Thx for the offer Sly...

I had a Carvin AC40 that I tok in and restored. I got that bass playing killer. I miss it. It had the same vibe as the RA I played yesterday. The nylon strings are nice on these and mwahh for days. The only thing I would have changed is lower the action at the bridge. I know why Rob does it higher for string vibration but I prefer my fretless' a little lower to the board. Great bass!!

slybass3000 · **Posted:** September 4th, 2011, 10:58 am

gravesbass wrote:

Thx for the offer Sly...

I had a Carvin AC40 that I tok in and restored. I got that bass playing killer. I miss it. It had the same vibe as the RA I played yesterday. The nylon strings are nice on these and mwahh for days. The only thing I would have changed is lower the action at the bridge. I know why Rob does it higher for string vibration but I prefer my fretless' a little lower to the board. Great bass!!

Does it have the Mouwhaaaa factor?

When I tried for the first time 2 RA at Club Bass, there was one in maple and the other one was mahogany. It was the first time I could hear the difference between woods because of I could compare the same bass with the exact same PU but 2 different kind of wood.

I decided on the mahogany body because it was closer to an upright then the maple which was very fretless sounding and wasn't what I was looking for.

I should say that my next gas is a fretted RA !!!!

Who has one ????

gravesbass · **Posted:** September 4th, 2011, 11:32 am

This bass is a good one. Mwahhhh sustained out very well. Good bass. Sounds like an upright playing at the neck position. Back at the bridge it got very tight. Good bass.

Did I mention how easy it was to play?

Frenchy-Lefty · **Posted:** September 8th, 2011, 8:00 pm

I stopped by Gelb Music in Redwood City today, it happens that the seller works there. He is a cool guy.

gravesbass · **Posted:** September 22nd, 2011, 1:37 pm

Bump here for a price drop. Seller tells me $2,195 SHIPPED CONUS/Lower48 Only. This is a sweet bass.

pjmuck · **Posted:** September 23rd, 2011, 9:18 am

I've been blown away by every RA Mouse I've heard. So smooth and organic sounding and really capture the upright vibe. But how do the MB-2s compare tonally?

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