ezbass Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Two Maruszczyc Jake NBDs in one day, these beauties are like buses! Congrats; enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1433358098' post='2790470'] Very funky! Have you taken the plastic off the PG yet? :-) [/quote] Not yet! I didn't have much time before rehearsal tonight, so I didn't want to waste time (I like to remove the pots so that I can get to all the plastic). But it'll happen tomorrow. How about yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 [quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1433358594' post='2790476'] Really nice. The black hardware looks particularly nice. Is the body a bit more 'offset' than the P? I like it [/quote] I think the lower horn cutaway is a bit lower, yes, because of the extra fret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 [quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1433359017' post='2790481'] I like the maple/ash natural look, the neck looks like a nice bit of quartersawn wood and it all looks very tidily built. If you gig it on Friday I might be around to hear it, though I think my Saturday gig clashes with yours. [/quote] I will most certainly use it on Friday, so if you're around you're welcome to lay your hands on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 Well, I had a 2h rehearsal tonight with the Jake. AND I LOVE IT!!! Very comfy, the neck is a little nicer than my Classic 50 even. I don't know what it is... I think it may be just as wide and perhaps a tiny bit deeper on the first frets, but further down is a bit shallower... I don't know, it is just a nicer profile than I expected. Very pleased with the result. Sound-wise... that bridge pickup is a beast! I am still not 100% sure about the P pickup... but it sounded better than I expected after my test at home. They're not bad pickups at all. The P actually reminds me of the Wizard Thumper I used to have... I also felt it was a little scooped in the mids for my liking. I used mostly the P on its own, and sometimes both on. We have one song that calls for a bridge pickup funky kind of sound, and the bridge alone with the tone rolled off a bit was just perfect... This bass is going to be used this weekend, for sure! It cost just a little more than the Classic 50 Precision... and I was able to choose finish, colour, neck dimensions (and I could have changed a lot more things, like pickup placement of types of pickups... for not much more). These basses are fantastic value. I suppose it'll be harder to sell on than a Fender, if it came to it... but who in their right mind would want to sell it? Also, I had not noticed at first that the headstock is slightly tilted back. Just slightly, enough to ensure a nice break angle over the nut. Nicely done. I'm not in a hurry to buy another bass... but I suspect that I'd think of another Maruszczyc if I want something else. Highly recommended! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 [quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1433367699' post='2790570'] How about yours? [/quote] Nah - tomorrow, maybe :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 I'd have swung by your gig this weekend but I'm off up north but keep me posted when your playing again and I'll come have a listen. It's a fine looking bass and judging by the sheer quality of the two NBD threads these guys are worth checking out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 [quote name='krispn' timestamp='1433369052' post='2790593'] I'd have swung by your gig this weekend but I'm off up north but keep me posted when your playing again and I'll come have a listen. It's a fine looking bass and judging by the sheer quality of the two NBD threads these guys are worth checking out! [/quote] They are!! Next week we have a weekend off , but we're back on Friday 19th, Whistle Binkies, midnight-ish till 2.30am. Come say hi if you can! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted June 6, 2015 Author Share Posted June 6, 2015 I played my first gig with it last night: I'm in love. It's really comfortable, I love the neck (of course, I did indicate its dimensions... but it's still reassuring to find I didn't make a big mistake somewhere, as Adrian thought I was going for too chunky a neck at first and I had to convince him that I like it like that ) Sound-wise... huge. It wasn't the best venue, regarding sound, and I used my Streamliner 900 into a provided 410 that was all lows and little midrange, so my experience *felt* good but I didn't hear it as well as I hoped, although outside at the front I was told it was good. I went for their stock pickups and... I'm not convinced about the Precision one. The bridge JJ is good, meaty, fat, I really like it. But the P is a bit... wooly, a bit too scooped. It makes me miss the Classic 50 P-bass. So I'm definitely replacing that to see. I ordered already an Entwistle PBXN, the neodymium one. I installed one in a Squier Mike Dirnt and I like it very much, although it's not a "classic" Precision sound, it has good presence and sounds really good. I think it could be a nice match for the JJ. I was meant to play it again at a festival today but the weather is being a dick, and the strong winds means it's been cancelled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 [quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1433585818' post='2792274'] I was meant to play it again at a festival today but the weather is being a dick [/quote] [Img]http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg580/christopher_brown14/download_zpsw5op5kul.jpg" class="ipsImage" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mcnach Posted June 7, 2015 Author Share Posted June 7, 2015 The festival got cancelled, but an impromptu gig was arranged at another venue in town. It was touching to find venues offering to wake up their sound engineers and get a team to clean the place up quickly and to provide all backline just so that we could play In the end we went with one of the smaller ones (we were not sure we could fill the bigger nicer one at such short notice), and we had a good turn out, it was good. I used the new bass again. This time with a Peavey 1x15 combo that had seen much better days in a very boomy stage... The sound was awful onstage. So, again, I did not have a good feel for the new bass onstage, but they tell me it sounded nice out front, so it worked... But, I'm really getting a little frustrated with the P pickup. It's going, for sure. I love the way the bass feels, and the JJ pickup is great... but I'm in a mostly P-mood, and it's not cutting it at the moment. So, it's back to the Fender until I get the right pickup for this bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 Ah... but I used the MarkBass combo on Friday night and it was BEAUTIFUL. No, the P pickup is still not my favourite, but the whole bass came alive... I rarely use the gear provided at venues, but just my luck that as I get my new bass my first gigs were without my own amps. Awesome bass. I bought a few pickups to experiment now... One thing is sure, the double J stays. That one sounds great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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