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[Ian McFly]

6 hours ago, wateroftyne said:

Yep, I’m aware of that, but the glue on the truss mentioned earlier was unfortunate.

Can’t seem to find which post you’re talking about?

[Woodinblack]

1 hour ago, Ian McFly said:

Can’t seem to find which post you’re talking about?

 

 

[Ian McFly]

One lemon out of a good bunch, unfortunate indeed. Touch wood, my Maru is top notch and hope it stays that way.

[Woodinblack]

1 hour ago, Ian McFly said:

One lemon out of a good bunch, unfortunate indeed. 

There have been a few more in this thread, but generally fairly good if you don't have to try and get something fixed.

[Ian McFly]

The trend I’ve seen is that the faulty truss rods happened on necks without the carbon rods.... hence why I have them on mine and will get them on my next one too. 
 

Worse comes to worse, this is a problem that can be fixed. Maruszczyk can build a new neck (granted it’s bolt on), even at some cost for you (a pain in the hoop, I admit, but if you love the bass that much, you’d pay it if they can’t agree to a compromise.... I would). Or a local tech can replace it for you. 
 

What I mean is that a messed up truss doesn’t mean the bass is good for landfill. 

[Woodinblack]

1 hour ago, Ian McFly said:

The trend I’ve seen is that the faulty truss rods happened on necks without the carbon rods.... hence why I have them on mine and will get them on my next one too. 

If the truss rods don't work without carbon rods (which would be odd as most people don't have them on basses), they shouldn't come without them.

1 hour ago, Ian McFly said:

a pain in the hoop, I admit, but if you love the bass that much, you’d pay it if they can’t agree to a compromise.... I would

I wouldn't pay a manufacturer to get another neck if the neck failed due to their issues in the first place, however much I loved the bass!

1 hour ago, Ian McFly said:

What I mean is that a messed up truss doesn’t mean the bass is good for landfill. 

No, clearly not, just a lot less value than it had.

[AREA]

I had the feel that a lot of problems with the truss rod come because it is not considered or forgotten that the truss rod works the opposite way on Maruszczyk basses. 

[Ian McFly]

6 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

If the truss rods don't work without carbon rods (which would be odd as most people don't have them on basses), they shouldn't come without them.

I wouldn't pay a manufacturer to get another neck if the neck failed due to their issues in the first place, however much I loved the bass!

No, clearly not, just a lot less value than it had.

How can one prove that a truss rod issue is a manufacturing issue? And not the consequence of some mis-usage? It is impossible, it’s usually your word against theirs.... 

[Drax]

36 minutes ago, Ian McFly said:

How can one prove that a truss rod issue is a manufacturing issue? And not the consequence of some mis-usage? It is impossible, it’s usually your word against theirs.... 

You assume serious truss rod fails early on are so rare for any manufacturer they will fix on goodwill, not debate blame with their customer.  

*Not saying Maruszczyk don’t do this btw, have not trawled past examples 

[PlungerModerno]

58 minutes ago, Drax said:

You assume serious truss rod fails early on are so rare for any manufacturer they will fix on goodwill, not debate blame with their customer.  

*Not saying Maruszczyk don’t do this btw, have not trawled past examples 

Even if we had dozens of documented failures, we'd need to compare them to the failure rate of another manufacturer to do a fair comparison (we'd need an idea of sales vs. breakages for both). I think yee are right about reinforced necks - takes some of the unpredictability of wood out of the system.

[Woodinblack]

2 hours ago, Ian McFly said:

How can one prove that a truss rod issue is a manufacturing issue? And not the consequence of some mis-usage? It is impossible, it’s usually your word against theirs.... 

True, although that can be said for many things, how can I prove my ibanez headstock split on its own and I didn't just heat it up and put a chisel in it? Luckily I didn't. However, in this case there is glue on the threads. OK it is possible the user did that afterwards but unlikely. - some times you just have to go on likelyhood.

[ezbass]

Proof that we are listened to; from Facebook 

 

[Gareth Hughes]

Nice one with the metallic finishes. I was coming on here to say the same thing!!

[Ian McFly]

I’ll take all the credit, I’m the one who brought it up here and on TB recently

[ezbass]

1 hour ago, Ian McFly said:

I’ll take all the credit, I’m the one who brought it up here and on TB recently

And rightly so. 

[Guest]

On 10/02/2021 at 15:49, Ricky Rioli said:

Yeah, but who posted this?

[ezbass]

53 minutes ago, Ricky Rioli said:

Yeah, but who posted this?

You can share the kudos too (so needy 😂).

[Ian McFly]

Ok, I’ll share the credits with you mate.... although, would you have posted that pic if I hadn’t mentioned matte metallic finishes?

Anyways, I’m glad that Adrian went from “what’s the point, doesn’t look good”, to making it an official option available for everyone to choose. As I said, I might not even go for it (booooo) but at least I know it’s there, on the configurator. 

[funkle]

So I’m a good 6 years late to the buzz around these basses. Lol

 

However I have been intrigued by the possibility of building a Wal-alike (in as much as it is possible) without paying Wal or even ACG prices. 
 

This Talkbass thread caught my eye. 

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/nbd-maruszczyk-jazzus-custom-walbucker-w-noll.1536870/

 

And the video showing the bass within that thread *really* caught my interest. 
 

The Noll TCM 3P preamp in the video is intriguing. I’m not yet sure about committing to a filter preamp like the ACG EQ01, which is the obvious alternative, though the ACG and the Walbuckers would probably nail the Wal sound. But the video above definitely gets into Wal territory as it is. 
 

So now I find myself using the configurator….

 

I think I have what I want just about pinned down. Maybe spalted maple instead of the flame maple. Just have to work out the preamp…an ACG pre is going to be a bit of a wait to get and is a totally different way of working…though would probably get me closest to the Wal sound. Hmm. 

 

 

Edited November 13, 2021 by funkle

[funkle]

The spalted maple looks pretty nice in the 2 tone blue as well. Mmm. 
 

[simisker]

What's the longest anyone here has had to wait until their couch shot?

 

I ask because I'm now into my 17th week, waiting on my Elwood. [Nothing fancy; all specced via the configurator.]

 

Seems ridiculous to get antsy about a custom built instrument after a mere 4 months... but I've seen so many posters get their couch shots around the 10-12 week mark that it's set my expectations a bit.

 

Any owners here had to wait longer?

 

 

[scrumpymike]

4 hours ago, simisker said:

What's the longest anyone here has had to wait until their couch shot?

 

I ask because I'm now into my 17th week, waiting on my Elwood. [Nothing fancy; all specced via the configurator.]

 

Seems ridiculous to get antsy about a custom built instrument after a mere 4 months... but I've seen so many posters get their couch shots around the 10-12 week mark that it's set my expectations a bit.

 

Any owners here had to wait longer?

 

 

Mine ranged from 10 to 13wks pre-covid but all the shortages and disruption caused by the pandemic won't help.

[TK4261]

15 hours ago, simisker said:

What's the longest anyone here has had to wait until their couch shot?

 

I ask because I'm now into my 17th week, waiting on my Elwood. [Nothing fancy; all specced via the configurator.]

 

Seems ridiculous to get antsy about a custom built instrument after a mere 4 months... but I've seen so many posters get their couch shots around the 10-12 week mark that it's set my expectations a bit.

 

Any owners here had to wait longer?

 

 

 

 

I was fairly lucky that I received my couch pic for my Jake 30" exactly at the 8 week mark a week ago. It is currently on its way to me here in Las Vegas. My last build for my Elwood was right at 10 weeks.

 

Edited November 21, 2021 by TK4261
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[simisker]

Heh! Tk, it was seeing your gorgeous and ultra-quick couch shot on Talkbass that ramped up my unease

 

I can only assume that there's something in my build that is currently hard to get hold of. I know gold hardware isn't as popular as it once was, so maybe that's it. 🤷‍♂️

 

It doesn't help that it's now getting close to the manic and delay-likely Christmas postage period.

 

Oh well, just gotta be patient, I guess! Thanks, folks

[pierreganseman]

On 21/11/2021 at 13:55, simisker said:

Heh! Tk, it was seeing your gorgeous and ultra-quick couch shot on Talkbass that ramped up my unease

 

I can only assume that there's something in my build that is currently hard to get hold of. I know gold hardware isn't as popular as it once was, so maybe that's it. 🤷‍♂️

 

It doesn't help that it's now getting close to the manic and delay-likely Christmas postage period.

 

Oh well, just gotta be patient, I guess! Thanks, folks

 

Hey man , as a dealer for Adrian and dealing worldwide for custom orders on and off. I can tell you that supply chains have been savaged by COVID. Just about most and any company have had issues of some sort with production. 

 

patience will be the key.