All user reviews for the Bass Collection DB53E

Made in Japan between 1991 and 1992: extremely short and limited production.

Here's characteristics:
Asymmetric body Padouk + Maple + Mahogany (Mahogany) or Walnut + Maple + Mahogany (Mahogany), there are two versions, one in red Padouk is natural and that is natural walnut brown, both have an oiled finish.
Ebony pins with abalone fingerboard, maple neck back of both parties.
Bolt, 24 frets, 5 strings, mechanical oil bath.
Solid brass bridge, Nut Brass.
Two humbuckers (no brand is listed above), active electronics two volumes + two + single tone switch / humbucker in the neck pickup.

UTILIZATION

The handle is it enjoyable?
Yes.
Access to acute (recent freight) is it easy?
Yes.
Ergonomics is it good (in terms of shape, weight ...)?
Absolutely.
Gets it easy to sound good?
Without breaking the head too.

To expand a little more, this is not my first 5-string bass.
To give you some references I had before it (5 strings):
- Ibanez EDB605
- Dean B ² 5
- MusicMan Bongo 5 HH
- ...
How the DB53E between all these basses?
It is light years away from the EDB, a very low average in everything, in an intermediate register between Dean B ² 5 totally Martian and Bongo HH is an excellent low but fairly versatile.
I found him to hit some kinship with the Warwicks Streamer / FNA / Fortress for the high quality of the violin, but I also feel little reminiscent of my former (and late) Yamaha TRB1006 without the Hi-Fi and clean side ultra-detailed.

When he was in his hands it is obvious, it stands alone, it is played almost alone and without effort. The handle is really great for a 5 string "large", not at all tiring.

SOUNDS

Warwick proclaims "The sound of wood", this DB53 can claim the same thing: it is always warm and woody. Difficult to describe a sound without an audiophile who listens to the music of words more than instruments.
It is an active but very high end: we never have these caricatures or sounds "too much" obtained on cheap low when corrections are forced. Naturally rich in low and low mids, the tones used to switch a heavy sound, dub, a snapping sound, fusion, without the excesses expected. But without ever betraying his violin, his genetic code, which gives him a seat pronounced in the bass and lower midrange.

This is a bass that has presence, so it should not plug into an amp character too said: Ampeg SVT exit so for example, too "round" for her.
A serious but fairly neutral amp will give him everything your ears need: readability.

This bass can be difficult to place in a group, especially if you're a shot metalleu acid mediums and raspy sound, this bass is just the opposite. This does not mean that it is impossible to play the "neo" with metal, but you betray his character to get there, without violent corrections to your amp.

Lovers percussive game will be filled by finding a bass that has a real character even slap, which is quite rare. I do not make you upside down, how many of us slap sound is it essentially that of a bass / jazz stingray / thumb?
We always tend to look for these sounds on a bass when you want to slam the thumb, but the Bass Collection it did not last very quickly we manage to sound really good slap and not an imitation of friends ...

The walking, the game agree, arpeggio, more generally with the fingertips, is the joy and good humor. This is why we recognize a good bass, right?

OVERALL OPINION

How long have you use it?
Few months.
Have you tried many other models before buying it?
Yes, not much low end (that being said unpretentious) even if I had too.

It will simplify and put (+) and (-):

(+) Aesthetically pleasing and original
(+) Fun to play (comfortable, ergonomic)
(+) Very good sound character
(+) Rare, rare, rare, rare ... rare
(+) A little known gem
(+) Good violin, good hardware

(-) This is mine, good luck finding one, especially in France.
(-) $ 2,000 (street price) between 91 and 92, it is expensive but not stolen either: it is a Wick '
(-) It's mine, mine

For once I'm not going to stick forty lines conclusion, just remember that this bass is excellent as it is rare and so much more exclusive than Warwick (not to mention industrial brands U.S.). There's good Bass Collection.