Maruszczyk's

[Wilco]

Can't believe there's no gear porn thread for Adrian's marvellous creations - now corrected!

I bought my Elwood 5a off of BC earlier this year.

Was so impressed, I immediately bought a burgundy leather strap & the logo'd GBBS gigbag from the Maruszczyk website to go with it!

Mine has got Bartolini US 59J pickups on it which were not the original pups. These cost £155 at Bassdirect, so you'd expect a decent sound - the bass sounds epic so no complaints there.

The pre-amp is a Delano Sonar 2.

With those high quality electronics, a nice light, tactile body & just the nicest neck you'd ever want to play, this one's a keeper I reckon!!

Edited September 3, 2017 by Wilco

[ezbass]

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My 33" scale Elwood Ls

[Woodinblack]

And mine:








34" Elwood lightweight Chambered body
Ebony neck
Luminay markers,
2 channel Delano EQ
JJ and P hb haeussel pickups

Thing of joy.

Edited August 6, 2017 by Woodinblack

[Wilco]

My second one turned up today direct from Adrian.

Delano pups & Glockenlang preamp in this one.

I'll start playing the thing once I've stopped just looking at it!!

Edited September 9, 2017 by Wilco

[scrumpymike]

OK, so let's get the numbers up a bit with my 2 short-scales!

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My Mensinger Cazpar was the standard passive model except for the eye poplar capper being a bit thicker to allow for the deeper arm-rest chamfer I requested (I wasn't charged any extra for this mod!!). The Elwood active was made to my spec including chambered body, Hipshot lightweight Y tuners and alu bridge, Haeussel P-JJ with mini series/single/parallel switch for the HB, Delano 2-band electronics with 3-way pup selector toggle and pot's for volume + active/passive (push-pull), bass and treble/passive tone. Two very different basses but (to me) equally beautiful. Have to say, though, that the (much!) cheaper Cazzie is the star player - I've never found anything like it at any price.

Edited September 2, 2017 by scrumpymike

[Wilco]

[quote name='scrumpymike' timestamp='1504350228' post='3364273']
Two very different basses but (to me) equally beautiful.
[/quote]

Agreed - both look very nice indeed. One a bit more traditional looking & the other with a bit of a nod towards a Ritter in shape.

Also with the different woods used & one being active & the other passive, I would imagine you could dial in any tone you want from one or t'other.

[scrumpymike]

[quote name='Wilco' timestamp='1504357912' post='3364365']
Also with the different woods used & one being active & the other passive, I would imagine you could dial in any tone you want from one or t'other.
[/quote]

That was in fact the plan - and it's worked out pretty well for the two completely different bands I play in (classic covers and singer-songwriter original, multi-genre stuff).

Edited September 3, 2017 by scrumpymike

[Lysdexia]

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My Elwood 4p with its new East J-Tone pre-amp - photographed yesterday.

[Wilco]

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My Elwood 4p with its new East J-Tone pre-amp - photographed yesterday.
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Very nice - was that a standard plain black pick guard?

[Lysdexia]

[quote name='Wilco' timestamp='1507391277' post='3385189']
Very nice - was that a standard plain black pick guard?
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Certainly is - looks the part on this particular finish.

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[Lysdexia]

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The back of this Elwood looks just as fabulous as the front.

[Wilco]

[quote name='Lysdexia' timestamp='1507399481' post='3385262']
Certainly is - looks the part on this particular finish.
[/quote]

It does indeed. Funnily enough I sent my black/white/black pickguard to SimS custom shop last week asking them to replicate in plain black. Although in red, I have them same type of finish on my Elwood.

[Lysdexia]

[quote name='Wilco' timestamp='1507407547' post='3385346']
It does indeed. Funnily enough I sent my black/white/black pickguard to SimS custom shop last week asking them to replicate in plain black. Although in red, I have them same type of finish on my Elwood.
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I was going to buy a B/W/B plate - are you flogging the one you're having replaced?

[Wilco]

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I was going to buy a B/W/B plate - are you flogging the one you're having replaced?
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Mine's for a five string, not a four.

[ezbass]

My 2 Elwood Ls. Both 33" scale.

[Conan]

My Elwood 4a. Sorry for the poor quality phone pic...

[Wilco]

20 hours ago, Conan said:

My Elwood 4a. Sorry for the poor quality phone pic...

Nice Elwood & with a Westone Thunder 1A in the background?

We clearly have the same bass tastes!!

[JimBobTTD]

On 01/09/2017 at 22:36, Wilco said:

My second one turned up today direct from Adrian.

Delano pups & Glockenlang preamp in this one.

I'll start playing the thing once I've stopped just looking at it!!

Oh my word...that has to be the prettiest thing I have seen in years!

[Conan]

On 24/02/2018 at 10:36, Wilco said:

Nice Elwood & with a Westone Thunder 1A in the background?

We clearly have the same bass tastes!!

Good spot! The Westone is a Thunder 1 though, the passive version. Soon to be put up for sale...

[Jock]

 

Here is my black Pi Bass.