Frantic Slayer
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hello, I was wondering if Ernie Ball is ever gonna make a bass with some kinda exotic wood like buckeye burl? I think this would be a really cool idea. any thoughts?
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Frantic Slayer
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Bfr?
robobass13
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this is a sticky, but heres the link:http://www.ernieball.com/forums/music-man-basses/27148-official-ball-family-reserve-picture-thread.html
Dr Stankface
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Ball Family Reserve. There are some BFR SR5s with a koa top in a stick up top.
Frantic Slayer
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yea aren't there only 10 of those?
Dr Stankface
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There's only 10 that are blueburst and there are 4 so far with koa tops.
Frantic Slayer
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well...anyways if there is a suggestion box I would like to drop this in...
dumb question but does EB have a custom shop?
edit: thanks for your reply
dumb question but does EB have a custom shop?
edit: thanks for your reply
phatduckk
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nope
Big Poppa
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Buckeye Burl sounds like some kentucky sex act!
bovinehost
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Buckeye Burle Ives? Didn't he sing songs about frogs and stuff?
Had a beard, as I recall?
I didn't know he was a Buckeye, though.
Hmm.
Frantic Slayer, we're having you on. A bit. The BFRs really are your best bet, and no, there were not only ten made. That was a particular model, the BFR 20th SR5.
You can still get a pretty nice top on a "regular" 20th SR5.
What sort of bass you thinking about?
Jack
Had a beard, as I recall?
I didn't know he was a Buckeye, though.
Hmm.
Frantic Slayer, we're having you on. A bit. The BFRs really are your best bet, and no, there were not only ten made. That was a particular model, the BFR 20th SR5.
You can still get a pretty nice top on a "regular" 20th SR5.
What sort of bass you thinking about?
Jack
Musicman Nut
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Excotic Wood
Here is a Custom Bass Warrior Made for me a few years back, Although it's not what i Play its kind of neat, but check out the excotic wood though, Pretty cool, Spalted Maple,.
DJ
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc16/62fiestapbass/WarriorPickups.jpg
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc16/62fiestapbass/WarriorControls.jpg
Here is a Custom Bass Warrior Made for me a few years back, Although it's not what i Play its kind of neat, but check out the excotic wood though, Pretty cool, Spalted Maple,.
DJ
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc16/62fiestapbass/WarriorPickups.jpg
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc16/62fiestapbass/WarriorControls.jpg
Aussie Mark
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You mean, like Tom Cruise has a beard?
adouglas
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I suspect it won't go as far as spalted crotch throbbin purplevein, but you never know what BP & Co. have in mind.
Attitudes towards fancy wood have changed around here since the BFRs came out.
Observe, from sometime in 2004:
Said by the man who is now the proud and very happy owner of a very nice 20th SR5.
Me, I've got mixed feelings about fancy tops. Done right a coffee table bass can be really lovely (I really like the sunset burst 20ths), but It's possible to just go too far. I had a AAA-quilt-top-five-piece-neck-through-abalone-inlaid-gold-hardwared-ultra-pimpy bass before I discovered the Bongo, and I just got tired of its looks after awhile...like a hot girl with a bit too much makeup on; impressive at first, but wearisome over the long haul. Just a matter of personal taste.
Bottom line: Fancy wood does not a superior instrument maketh.
Attitudes towards fancy wood have changed around here since the BFRs came out.
Observe, from sometime in 2004:
Said by the man who is now the proud and very happy owner of a very nice 20th SR5.
Me, I've got mixed feelings about fancy tops. Done right a coffee table bass can be really lovely (I really like the sunset burst 20ths), but It's possible to just go too far. I had a AAA-quilt-top-five-piece-neck-through-abalone-inlaid-gold-hardwared-ultra-pimpy bass before I discovered the Bongo, and I just got tired of its looks after awhile...like a hot girl with a bit too much makeup on; impressive at first, but wearisome over the long haul. Just a matter of personal taste.
Bottom line: Fancy wood does not a superior instrument maketh.
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very true. they can make a *different* instrument, but the idea of better or worse really is too much personal preference to put an absolute grading scale on. I love my warwicks and how they sound and look, but I also love the hell out of my Stingrays. They are two different beasts and I love them both. THe other high end stuff like that million dollar bass or whatever witht he diamond inlays and glod leaf, etc etc really doesnt appeal to me at ALL
adouglas
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That raises the real question...just where do you draw the line? Would you put the 20th BFR on the "too much" side of the line? As you say, it's all down to personal preference.
Big Poppa
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A, my friend where is the line and why is there a question (poppa sitting above a steaming cup of cappucino....hand on chind looking upwards for strength and wisdon)
As long as nothing is replaced then anything new is just another choice.....
I imagine that if we did a spalted wood it may be different than what people may expect.
I dont have any spalted wood so the knickers can go back in rest position!
As long as nothing is replaced then anything new is just another choice.....
I imagine that if we did a spalted wood it may be different than what people may expect.
I dont have any spalted wood so the knickers can go back in rest position!
oli@bass
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I beg to differ on martini glass inlays
About the rest: If I wanted a nice coffee table bass, it wouldn't be a StingRay...
bovinehost
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Well, as a Certified Lunch Pail Bassist, it's very hard for me to take certain 'exotic boutiques' seriously. There is something inside me (might be an intestinal poltergeist for all I know) that says: "Jack, playing Johnny Cash covers on a Fodera single-cut just looks stoopid."
And maybe Foderas are nice. I don't know. But those single cuts look like dying sperm whales, I do know that.
I like Stingrays. I like Stingray 5s. (Even my rather fancy-topped Stingray 5.) I have a soft spot for Bongos. As shallow as it may be, if I had a spalted (or whatever) Bongo, I'd still think it was cooler than a similarly topped boutique because it's a Bongo, dammit!
Play what makes you happy. Even if it's a severely injured sperm whale.
Jack
adouglas
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If I wanted a nice coffee table bass, it'd be a Bongo (of course). The few Mahongos that we've been privileged to see all get a multiple appendages up from me.
BP, no harm meant, and my knickers are right where they're supposed to be...in the drawer. I'm wearing my wife's underwear.
My only point is that there are clear examples from other builders of pure wretched excess; surely all can agree that this is the case. I have no doubt that were you to go farther into the realm of exotica than you have with the BFRs seen to date it'd be done very tastefully.
Since there are clear examples in the industry of bad taste, a gunwale must exist somewhere. You can't go overboard without jumping over it.
Just where that is lies in the eye of the beholder, no? That's the question I'm referring to, not some illusory aesthetic "standard."
Hey, what do I know? I think a Bongo guitar would look great.
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