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[quote name='spyder' timestamp='1441901112' post='2862822'] Can't wait to see your new Maruszczyk. The basschat Maruszczyk club is starting to expand. My Elwood is having new wood covered Haussel pickups installed next week so I will post my new baby soon. [/quote] it's this one: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/269295-nbd-maruszczyk-jake-4-custom"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/269295-nbd-maruszczyk-jake-4-custom[/url]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1441894040' post='2862720'] Eh?? I thought it was green. [/quote] It's the Jake 'sunglasses' custom 4 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1441894040' post='2862720'] Credit where it's due. I was thinking along broadly similar lines myself. Less is more! [/quote] Indeed. After years of adding preamps and extra switching combinations to everything... I am now appreciating the beauty of a simple instrument: one pickup, basic tone shaping, volume to mute when not playing.

[quote name='Naetharu' timestamp='1441892803' post='2862690'] Loving it! It looks great with the bold red and simple colour config. Congrats mate What specs did you go with for it? [/quote] I went for the standard Jake design with a number of variations: Passive electronics - volume/tone Ash body Maple neck/fingerboard, vintage tint glossy lacquer 3mm diameter side dots 43mm spacing at the nut and 21mm deep at 1st fret (wide and wide spacing, but not chunky in cross-section) Hipshot ultralite tuners ETS bridge (20mm spacing, top-loading) Delano PMVC 4 AL-H pickup The pickup is in reverse orientation and slightly closer to the bridge than normal. Essentially, the DG coil is about 5mm closer to the neck than the standard Precision DG, and the EA coil just below it. I was playing with pickup placements a while ago on an old OLP, and that was roughly one of the positions I liked a lot. It was fat, but a bit more defined than a Precision, yet it still share a lot with the Precision. If I moved it closer towards the bridge then it started getting too much into Stingray territory, even using P type pickups, so that looked like a good place for a "hybrid". I love the Precision, but I miss the extra definition I get on a Stingray. This is my attempt to get something that would sit in between. Oh, it also has my band's logo on the headstock

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1441892997' post='2862694'] I beg to differ, it looks totally fantastic. But now I want the same in vintage white with chrome hardware... Would you mind very much if I was a bit nosy and asked you to PM me a few details? Cost, waiting time, etc? Thanks and congratulations on a really cracking bass. If it plays and sounds as good as it looks then you've got a winner there. [/quote] Thank you! I'll PM you tonight. Put the kettle on.

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1441892548' post='2862683'] Wow, that is......red! Congrats Si [/quote] RED? crap! my monitor is playing up again... it's supposed to be blue!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[quote name='mal2404' timestamp='1441892187' post='2862679'] It's official Adrian, simple does not make bad looking basses!!! Love it man and I can't believe it's ready so quickly!!!!! How long did you have to wait? [/quote] I ordered it in early-mid July... so about 8-9 weeks? I wasn't expecting it yet!

[quote name='Naetharu' timestamp='1441891283' post='2862657'] Any chance of a picture of your one? Give how nice all of the Maruszczyk basses are I very much doubt its anything but awesome. [/quote] It's here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/269295-nbd-maruszczyk-jake-4-custom/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/269295-nbd-maruszczyk-jake-4-custom/[/url]

Much faster than the 10 weeks I expected... my new Jake is ready! I'll not have it with me until next week, but Adrian sent me a picture to keep me daydreaming It's a very simple design, and not a looker compared to other basses, admittedly. I did not go for looks on this one, but for simplicity and I specified all hardware, pickup placement, neck profile/finish, even the side dots... Can't wait!!! ([b]edit: it arrived at post #20[/b])

[quote name='Naetharu' timestamp='1441876688' post='2862460'] Hi folks, I just got an email from Adrian this morning to say my new Maruszczyk Elwood has been finished and is on its way to me. He sent me a nice pic too so I thought I would share it with you all. [/quote] wow, that is seriously sexy! I also got a similar email from Adrian this morning... but although I love mine, visually yours is in another league entirely Mine is pretty pedestrian looking, by design, and I don't regret it, yours is a work of art... congratulations!!! I'll post mine separately... but it'll look like the ugly duckling next to yours

And my new Maruszczyk Jake is finished!!! I've seen it and it's gooooorgeous It'll be posted on Monday. The last few days are the worst to wait...

[quote name='kendall' timestamp='1441877053' post='2862464'] I bought it, despite The Final Frontier and A Matter of Life and Death being a bit boring. I'm pleasantly surprised. I do like the new single, it's a bit of a stomper and great on a morning run. Some songs are a bit too long - Empire of the Clouds for example! But overall, best thing they've done since 7th Son in my humble opinion. [/quote] Agreed. And at first I didn't mind, but... yeah, I wish some songs were a LOT shorter...

I've been using my F1 for a couple of years now, regularly, and still looks in great shape. I love it. I was disappointed to hear about the demise of the F1, as it's in my eyes the very best gig bag around... it's more than a gigbag, of course. I'm glad to hear that the Urban is probably a suitable substitute, and perhaps even an upgrade.

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1441287316' post='2857569'] I don't think anything he says in the vid is not what everyone already knows, really. [/quote] Of course not, but what I liked best was the "don't be discouraged by lower quality gear". I think that's a point well worth repeating. It seems to me that there is a lot of emphasis put on gear, and younger guys starting to play may feel some pressure to spend cash they don't have to buy that holy grail of amp/guitar (I know a couple of guys who certainly got too stressed out about gear that way)... or treating their guitar like sh*t (in public, not when alone) because it was only a lowly "crappy" Squier. It's sad that they are made to feel that way (a certain amount of stupidity may be a factor too... but we're all afflicted by some degree of stupidity as a teenager ) when the truth is their instruments will do the job.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1441286405' post='2857556'] I know we like to sit around and chew the fat about gear - What's best for gigging, what's best for recording, what's best for this amount of money, what's best for metal. And I've long since held the view that, actually, nobody cares. The majority of an audience when you play live won't care. Other musicians might, but are you writing music to please other musicians? I had the experience recently of playing with many fantastic musicians, who played on various qualities of instruments. The instruments were completely sidelined by sheer raw talent and songwriting/performing ability. Nobody was interested in talking about which year Fender stopped making their switches out of bakelite, or what bass is best for metal. Everyone got stuck into the music without pretentiousness. So what compels us to still talk about what instruments and backline we need to play the crow & fiddle on a gloomy Saturday evening? Does it make any difference to the punters? What if you spent £500 on a bass, and £500 on an amp - Wouldn't that be good enough? And in video format - metal guy yells and swears (that's your warning) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSiv45KEFGY[/media] [/quote] I liked the video, I agree with pretty much all of it

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1441824383' post='2862128'] You should do it! I wonder if a pair of the 2x10"s might be more sensible though... [/quote] where's the fun in being sensible!? seriously, 'though... 7.5Kg each? And that size? So easy to carry and take anywhere. A stack of 4, vertical, would take little room and might be pretty cool. I'd love to try that configuration at least.

Congratulations!!! I hate you.

I want a stack of 4!

[quote name='DarkHeart' timestamp='1441526765' post='2859423'] The CV pup [b]is supposed to be (apparently) a tonerider pup [/b]but the best thing to do would be try them both and use the one you prefer the sound of. [/quote] how do you know that?

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1441731840' post='2861323'] Just picked up an EHX Small Stone Nano. Very creamy, swirly, and warm. Lovely! [/quote] My favourite too

oh, and it's made me dust my Strat and play along to the album a bit, which is no mean feat. Yup, I'm liking this.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1441578955' post='2860068'] I'm most definitely not a fan, and would struggle to name a single song. I've just started editing for an online music magazine, and just finished editing a review of this album. The guy admits to being a huge fan of Iron maiden, but only gives it 3 stars out of 5. [/quote] That's 3 more than I'd give their last few albums, and I am a Maiden fan! So it's good progress

[quote name='lancer' timestamp='1441490167' post='2859285'] What a fine album. Anyone else listened to it yet? Maiden back on form me thinks. [/quote] I have been disappointed with Maiden for well over a decade now. It's all just "meh". Great live, but their albums leave me cold. I listened to their "Speed of Light" single last week... meh. But I can't help it, so I bought the new album anyway. And I'm glad I did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's modern Maiden, without a doubt, but this is a fine album!!! Yeah!!! Shame the production is not that amazing. If this sounded like "Powerslave" I'd be dancing to this at high volume right now and damned be the neighbours! I'm moving in three weeks anyway!

Yes, the production is not fantastic But I have to say that being a sceptical Maiden fan, who's been disappointed again and again for over a decade... I'm actually liking this album a lot! It's the "modern" Iron Maiden for sure, which I don't like as much as their pre-1988 output, but this is a good one, oh yeah! I initially disliked their single "Speed of Light", and now even that one is growing on me. Thank you Maiden!!!

[quote name='bassmachine2112' timestamp='1441653712' post='2860650'] Cheapest way is to stick a behringer BDI21 in front of your amp [/quote] ... and then?

[quote name='Yawn_Blah' timestamp='1441646055' post='2860553'] achievement: dream bass! waters signature P , facelifted to look like a 57. i payed a MIA price for this MIM: bass+parts + 100% import tax + shipping + dealer's slice! but cant be happier! totally worth it. sounds and plays great! [attachment=200217:IMG_6396 copy.JPG] [/quote] I does look good! yum!