Downunderwonder Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 13 hours ago, Kazan said: 65 Meazzi Jupiter. Was pretty steampunk before that was even a concept - plus everything serves an actual function (and there are even gears, though they are internal) What does the gearing do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazan Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, Downunderwonder said: What does the gearing do? Operates the pickup pan control. The lever/slider moves one gear which moves gears controlling two separate volume pots (the other slider is a master volume). Not sure why they used such a complicated solution as stereos with balance controls already existed in that era. Admittedly, the gears are plastic rather than brass... The bass is full of crazy features including active preamp (only on the bridge pickup) and a mercury switch to mute the bass when vertical on a stand and disconnect the battery - and this still functions perfectly 57 years on. I know they were doing the preamps at least as early as '63 and know of someone with a Meazzi guitar dated '59 which has the preamp as well. Makes me wonder who was first, them, Burns or someone else. Very well made bass. Full 34" scale, Brazilian rosewood (with matching rosewood binding to cover the fret tangs), hardware equal in quality to Fender, metal inserts for most screws (something I thought of only with modern 'boutique' basses), individual polepiece adjustment very much like on the old Guild/Hagstrom pickups. Really cool bass, though heavy. Edited July 11, 2021 by Kazan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Just saw this one https://www.zikinf.com/annonces/annonce-1918761 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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