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The address is on his website at http://www.public-peace.de

[quote name='Mike' timestamp='1434652016' post='2801573'] My limelight has arrived! 66 Jazz style, but P/J, with Master Vol/Blend/Tone. Note the tuning heads I sourced in Germany It's a little lighter than the dark sherwood green I was going for but it's still lovely looking. Mark forgot the chrome pickup cover over the P pickup but that's ordered and I will fit it myself. Looks fantastic and amazingly authentic. Sounds wonderful too! [attachment=194601:IMG_9586.JPG][attachment=194599:IMG_9584.JPG][attachment=194600:IMG_9585.JPG] [attachment=194602:IMG_9590.JPG][attachment=194603:IMG_9591.JPG] [/quote] Stunning. Well done!

Are PJ's allowed?

FWIW, I spent many years in what was, to me, a micro-head wilderness (RH450 included). I eventually realised: whenever I used a head with a lump of iron in it, I didn't have to turn it up so loud for it to feel 'right' in context. Controversial (or bunkum) maybe, but I can only speak as I find.

Here's a bit'o'noodling with flats. It's just recorded on a Zoom Q2, so it's far from the peak of sonic excellence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfUCZ1EMPMU

Lovely. Nice amount of relic'ing, there...

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1434371039' post='2798949'] Alphonso Johnson recommended him to replace Steve Hackett. Steve Hackett was focussing on his sick daughter and being given a lot of grief by the others at the time over his lack of committment to the band. [/quote] Oi fink the sick daughter thing was Mr. Gabriel during the recording of The Lamb. AFAIA, Hackett was just hacked off that his tunes weren't being included on the records.

The problem with the repro stuff - apart from the colours - is that it's too sharp and focussed. It's just not organic. Here's some old pics of mine, all '71-ish. The colour balance is all off, but you'll get a feel for the pattern:

Don't panic... Maruszczyk have come to the rescue with the [url="http://www.public-peace.de/index.php/maruszczyk-instruments/mi-bass/jake"]Jake[/url] and the [url="http://www.public-peace.de/index.php/maruszczyk-instruments/mi-bass/elwood/elwood-c"]Elwood[/url]. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/263423-nbd-maruszczyk-jake-pj-fender-lakland-killer"]Here's my Jake.[/url] Cheaper than Sandberg, too :-)

Yep, a quick PM'll sort it.

It looks like fairly typical better-quality tort. There ain't nothing like the real thing, unfortunately....

I completely agree. Most engineers assume you use flats 'cos you don't like being heard.

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1434118823' post='2796895'] You can get a flatwound sound from roundwounds, if you take all the tone off your bass. But you can't get a roundwound tone from a bass fitted with flatwounds. [/quote] Nah. What you get there is roundwounds-with-the-tone-rolled-off tone.

Another rehearsal with it last night, this time with grumpy old flatwounds on it. It sounded nice and fat, and it's a dream to play...

At the 8.5lbs I was expecting, they would reduce the risk. At the 7.2lbs it turned out to be, they almost certainly avoid neck dive. Mind you, it doesn't feel close to tipping over. I don't know how they've done it....

[quote name='Christian Houmann' timestamp='1433795188' post='2794102'] Wow! That bass looks nice! And great video too. Where the smallere tuners because you wanted it light weight ? [/quote] Yep, exactly. Because of my target weight, there was always the danger of neck dive so I went with the Ultralites to be on the safe side.

[quote name='BobVbass' timestamp='1433770610' post='2793779'] Amazing quality for the price. Actually scrub that, its amazing quality at twice the price! Not sure they'd be able to have the burst through the belly cut as its a flame maple cap - it would show the alder underneath - I think that's why they've done it like that anyway. [/quote] Yep - that's my take on it, too.

[quote name='Bassman Sam' timestamp='1433642242' post='2792762'] I don't like sunburst P basses with Tort pick guards but this this looks and sounds fantastic. I can't stop looking at this. F.U. GAS. [/quote] Cheers! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/263423-nbd-maruszczyk-jake-pj-fender-lakland-killer/"]Here's the NBD thread with more pics...[/url]

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1433585015' post='2792267'] I played my first gig with mine yesterday. It's the most comfortable bass I own. I guess that's what you get when you are able to indicate the neck dimensions you want. Only, if I could do it over again, I'd have chosen some other pickups. I went for their standard offering and I'm not convinced at all by the Precision pickup. The double J, however, is pretty cool. [/quote] I think I scored lucky with mine (the Haussel pups). The P is pretty punchy...

More pics...

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1433506433' post='2791665'] After a good 9 months or more of barely posting, I have to say that this bass is extremely pretty. I've had a very busy period of moving house (twice) and a new job, and playing a lot more guitar. I'm now finding myself needing to get into how I used to be with bass and this post lured me in. Just out of interest, what 'roughly' do they charge for such a bass? Obviously you don't have to disclose anything, I'm just wondering what ballpark figures they cost. [/quote] Yep - I noticed you'd been quiet recently! I hope all's grand. It was this side of £900 including shipping. To put in in perspecitive, the far-east production line lower-spec Skyline I linked to in my OP is nearly a grand, and the Fender CS is silly money (and probably more production line, to be honest). Incredible. I forgot to mention, in the early days of the order, I sent Adrian links to examples of his basses that had the kind of sunburst I prefer, and he nailed it. Amazing attention to detail.

I gave it a run out at the local open mic last night, and it was fab. It was pretty low-volume, through a small Markbass combo, but there was lots of growl, lots of tonal variation and no hum from the pickups no matter how they were tweaked. And of course, it's comically light. Looking forward to giving it a shot through something with a bit more welly :-)

Cheers, all... I'm going to a pal's one mic tonight so I'll give it a pre-weekend run out.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1433367699' post='2790570'] How about yours? [/quote] Nah - tomorrow, maybe :-)

Cheers, folks! I'm totally into it. Here's a run around the different pickup combos... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEsZm13z0YI