Another Activated Fender!

[hieronymous]

Thanks Bill! I went for it because the original neck (the maple with black blocks) had a bad dead spot around the G string 5th fret. The Moses is much more even all around. I think it pairs nicely with the Activators!

[rv_bass]

Sounds really nice 😊

[dannobasso]

Sounds really nice. I’m a huge fan of graphite. Makes thinking about adjusting instruments a non issue.

[pauldo]

Harry, what prompted the neck change?

[hieronymous]

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[hieronymous]

Harry, what prompted the neck change?

There was a really bad, dead spot on the G string, and the G string was just kind of thin sounding in general. It was really frustrating, and I started wondering if a graphite neck might not solve that issue. I still have a little bit of experimenting to do, but so far it seems to have helped! Sounds great for slapping too:

[pauldo]

Cool.
Lighter as well? 

[hieronymous]

Not really - I think the Moses necks are known for being on the heavier side. Weight's not such a big issue for me - this bass wasn't too heavy to begin with, and I'm generally not playing for more than an hour at a time, if that.

[lbpesq]

Regarding weight, the Moses design differs from the Modulus necks in that the Moses necks are solid while the Modulus are hollow.  I have both and prefer the Modulus partly because of the weight difference.  But the Moses necks are nice, too.  Since Moses stopped making necks a few years ago, there have been none on the market until a company called Klos recently started making a 3x3 guitar neck as well as a Fender Strat neck.   I know nothing about their design or quality. 

Bill, tgo

[dannobasso]

I will let you know when I receive my Apollo pro 5 string bass. The plus of the design is the neck detaches and you can carry it on a plane in their special gig bag. A guy I do sound for has an endorsement with them for their acoustic graphite guitars. It sounds fine via direct box through the pa. Bassboss speakers which are super clean and accurate.

[hieronymous]

Another video with the AlFeMBoses (plus F-2B preamp)

[pauldo]

.😎

[hieronymous]

AlFeMBoses thru JHS Punchline compressor/overdrive/speaker sim/EQ-preamp:

[hieronymous]

Picked up a 3Leaf Proton envelope filter - always wanted one, he has switched to fairly small runs (333 from now on?), managed to grab one! I need to keep experimenting, but here's a sample with a George Porter Jr. bass part (and the Meters with George Lowell are the band!)

I think I'm hitting it too hard - want to bring it down to greasier territory...

[edwardofhuncote]

Watched (and liked👍) that one one on your YouTube channel earlier this morning. That was a great track. I was like... Robert Palmer, really?! Yeah, just before my time a little.