Brian18242 Posted October 1, 2022 Posted October 1, 2022 Does anybody own one of these fine basses? If so, can you share your opinion on build quality, playability, neck etc? Quote
franzbassist Posted October 1, 2022 Posted October 1, 2022 IIRC they were Czech made late 80s early 90s and are a rebadged MTD "Grendel" (which in turn became the MTD Kingston). Decent, well put together instruments. Asymetric neck I believe too. Quote
stu_g Posted October 1, 2022 Posted October 1, 2022 I have one its a really nice bass,Bartolini pickups/electronics,hipshot bridge and schaller tuners with a wenge fret board and flame maple top. It plays really nice i have never had to touch the setup. 7 Quote
Brian18242 Posted October 1, 2022 Author Posted October 1, 2022 Would you say the neck is quite wide? Easy enough to play? Gorgeous bass! Quote
stu_g Posted October 2, 2022 Posted October 2, 2022 it doesnt feel that wide its a really nice neck profile 1 Quote
Bagman Posted March 17, 2024 Posted March 17, 2024 On 02/10/2022 at 03:26, stu_g said: I have one its a really nice bass,Bartolini pickups/electronics,hipshot bridge and schaller tuners with a wenge fret board and flame maple top. It plays really nice i have never had to touch the setup. Does it have 1 or 2 trim pots on top of the Bartolini MTD G preamp? Quote
Bagman Posted March 17, 2024 Posted March 17, 2024 Review from the late Roger Newell UK Bassist August 1997 1 Quote
Baloney Balderdash Posted March 17, 2024 Posted March 17, 2024 On 01/10/2022 at 17:04, Brian18242 said: Would you say the neck is quite wide? Easy enough to play? Gorgeous bass! As you can see on the specs listed in above image, on the contrary, string spacing is 17.5mm at the bridge, compared to the usual standard 19mm. 1 Quote
Gwilym Posted March 17, 2024 Posted March 17, 2024 (edited) 8 hours ago, Bagman said: Just checked my Grendel: Zero fret: 48mm 12th: 68mm 24th: 77mm String spacing at the bridge: 19mm Depth at 12th: 24mm Scale: 35" Sounds like the neck on the Stadium is slightly narrower towards the body, presumably because of the narrower string spacing. It's a very similar neck profile to a US MTD, and my Groove Shoppe GS5 which also has a MT licensed neck. In other words, pretty comfy, asymmetric profile too. Edited March 17, 2024 by Gwilym 1 Quote
Bagman Posted March 17, 2024 Posted March 17, 2024 Yes asymmetrical neck on the Grendel Does yours have bass/treble concentric pot? my preamp is MTD G Bartolini Buffered Tone Select Quote
Gwilym Posted March 18, 2024 Posted March 18, 2024 21 hours ago, Bagman said: Yes asymmetrical neck on the Grendel Does yours have bass/treble concentric pot? my preamp is MTD G Bartolini Buffered Tone Select Yes, but I don't have the original preamp in mine. The previous owner installed another Bart pre (ntmb-918f), with similar controls to a US MTD. Vol (active/passive push/pull), bal, bass/treb, mid and 3-way mid-freq select. It's also running at 18v, so they probably enlarged the battery compartment too to fit the extra battery. It's a fairly tidy job on the battery cavity though, so difficult to say if it was like that originally or not. From the pictures, they may have just removed the original integrated battery holder and then there was just enough space (it's a pretty tight fit) for 2 x 9v. The pickups are barts, and look similar to those in the pictures, so probably original, non-exposed pole pieces. 1 Quote
Chris2112 Posted March 24, 2024 Posted March 24, 2024 On 01/10/2022 at 15:26, stu_g said: I have one its a really nice bass,Bartolini pickups/electronics,hipshot bridge and schaller tuners with a wenge fret board and flame maple top. It plays really nice i have never had to touch the setup. Very cool! Love that. Quote
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