NBD: Maruszczyk Jake PJ - Old LPB

[wateroftyne]

I made a little video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEnzJVaMpmo

[JTUK]

I think you'd have to be pretty pleased with it ticking so many boxes.

I'd be well pleased in those woods choices came up that well... the flame and dark R/W nail it and the bass
sounds great as well.
I can hear that S112 working and the bass has got that greasy sound right down.

I was waiting to hear the rear pickup on its own...but the sound is getting gnarly with the front pickup just backed off.

Which pickups and pre are they..?

I'm looking at a Glock pre amp swap at moment and I thought these basses used them sometimes?

[RhysP]

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1463325662' post='3050475']
Which pickups and pre are they..?
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From the info earlier in the thread (post #9) they are the makers own pickups & the bass is passive.

[RhysP]

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1463323813' post='3050453']
I made a little video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEnzJVaMpmo
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That sounds great, exactly the sort of bass sound I love.

[JTUK]

yes... went back to check that.

[wateroftyne]

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1463325662' post='3050475']
I was waiting to hear the rear pickup on its own...but the sound is getting gnarly with the front pickup just backed off.
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Here's something I did in a spare two minutes to show the difference between the P and the 'bucker. The bass is just DI'd, no EQ, just a smidge of compression.

There's a couple of bars of P, the rest is the humbucker solo'd.

https://soundcloud.com/wateroftyne/maruszczyk-jake-p-vs-humbucker

[Twincam]

Lovely looking bass.
I do have one question do you have a recording of just the bass and amp. Just I find it hard to really hear nuiences of something over the backing track etc.

[FuNkShUi]

Sounds great. Love how it sits in the mix

[LewisK1975]

Blimey - That guy makes some beautiful Basses don't he?

[wateroftyne]

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1463401207' post='3050998']
Lovely looking bass.
I do have one question do you have a recording of just the bass and amp. Just I find it hard to really hear nuiences of something over the backing track etc.
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Here you go - a little bit of both pickups / P solo'd / Humbucker solo'd. Straight into Adobe Audition, no effects or anything.

https://soundcloud.com/wateroftyne/handbox-r-400-amp-demo-clean-tone-p-humbucker-p-solo-humbucker-solo

[JTUK]

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1463399935' post='3050982']
Here's something I did in a spare two minutes to show the difference between the P and the 'bucker. The bass is just DI'd, no EQ, just a smidge of compression.

There's a couple of bars of P, the rest is the humbucker solo'd.

[url="https://soundcloud.com/wateroftyne/maruszczyk-jake-p-vs-humbucker"]https://soundcloud.c...-p-vs-humbucker[/url]
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That is a really gobby rear pickup... and I mean in a good way

[wateroftyne]

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1463426251' post='3051297']
That is a really gobby rear pickup... and I mean in a good way
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Yeah - it's a real contrast to the Haussel stacked humbucker in my 'burst. It [i]really[/i] jumps out when you solo it.

[Twincam]

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1463417850' post='3051207']


Here you go - a little bit of both pickups / P solo'd / Humbucker solo'd. Straight into Adobe Audition, no effects or anything.

https://soundcloud.com/wateroftyne/handbox-r-400-amp-demo-clean-tone-p-humbucker-p-solo-humbucker-solo
[/quote]

Sounds canny. I like the hb at the rear, sounds better than the thin honk of a single coil , while still giving the treble to mix in.

[JTUK]

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1463525856' post='3052124']
Sounds canny. I like the hb at the rear, sounds better than the thin honk of a single coil , while still giving the treble to mix in.
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Horses for course tho... A bridge single coil pickup on its own has really one purpose, IMV and that is to do Jaco...
It is surprising how many J basses pickup's can't do that, IME.

Having said that, That Hausel has a nice tone to it... but as always, this is a huge variable when the construction differs..

[wateroftyne]

Here it is doin' its thing. I love this bass with a passion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cKycykSIVQ

[mcnach]

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1470345799' post='3105457']
Here it is doin' its thing. I love this bass with a passion.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cKycykSIVQ[/media]
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sweet

[Schnozzalee]

How do you find Maru Basses in comparison with your Vintage Fenders? (You can tell I've been away a while - Just found out what a Limelight was a couple of weeks ago)

[wateroftyne]

[quote name='Schnozzalee' timestamp='1470436013' post='3106065']
How do you find Maru Basses in comparison with your Vintage Fenders? (You can tell I've been away a while - Just found out what a Limelight was a couple of weeks ago)
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My '71 P is gathering dust. These feel just like it (the neck profile was specced specially), and they're lighter.