keefbaker Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 I dunno, you wait ages for a New Bass Day and then two come at once. [attachment=215760:2016-03-29 19.00.33.jpg] Anyway, my Maruszczyk Jake with 3 (count'em) pickups is here at last. [attachment=215759:2016-03-29 19.00.22.jpg] It's had to travel across the sea so I shouldn't be surprised it needed a little tweaking, but I've raised the saddles for now and I think the truss rod will need a little tweak, but apparently that's fairly par for the course. Other than that the E is slipping out of tune but I blame that more on the strings than the tuners as they seem nice and stable. Anyway, after my initial grump that it wasn't perfect out of the bag I then started playing and listening to it and... I love it... It's fantastic. Plays and sounds great. Here's some of the pickup settings, in a rock manner again, to show more than the usual jazz you get to hear. Fingers and pick, no slapping. Sorry my playing is sh*te, especially my muting. Not used to 5ers yet. https://soundcloud.com/keith-baker-199951586/maruszczyk-jake-disaster-area-various-pickup-sounds And here it is next to it's NBD friend. [attachment=215761:2016-03-29 19.00.49.jpg] WOOP!! DISASTER AREA IS BORN!! [attachment=215762:2016-03-29 19.00.38.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Wow, man! It's like the light just falls right into it! Cool bass. Will henceforth think of you as "Hotblack". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazed Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 That should cover everything! Sounds great. What options do the pickups have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefbaker Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 There's a general active passive switch and the humbucker has a coil tap. Also I was really impressed by the noll preamp. Really tasty bass and treble boost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Great looking pair of basses there... could cover just about any playing situation with those two! Thought about a couple of set of these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefbaker Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 As tempting as that is, I find the coated DR strings always feel quite sticky to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 [quote name='keefbaker' timestamp='1459322840' post='3015362'] As tempting as that is, I find the coated DR strings always feel quite sticky to me. [/quote] I had a red set for bass a while back that we're OK, not too sticky and sounded fairly bright for a reasonable amount of time... I did try a neon yellow set on guitar once though and they were truly awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickD Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 I love that. At first glance it's nothing special... then you look again and it jumps out at you. Beautifully understated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Nice, I was thinking of enquiring about a triple pickup build with a Musicman pickup in the sweet spot and 70s spacing Jazz pickups either side! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 [quote name='keefbaker' timestamp='1459286793' post='3015224'] There's a general active passive switch and the humbucker has a coil tap. Also I was really impressed by the noll preamp. Really tasty bass and treble boost. [/quote] Do find that every time you flick the little black switch that is labelled in black on a black background, a little black light lights up black to tell you you've done it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefbaker Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 [quote name='Rich' timestamp='1459341299' post='3015593'] Do find that every time you flick the little black switch that is labelled in black on a black background, a little black light lights up black to tell you you've done it? [/quote] It's a push pull pot. There's also a puch pull pot for "crash into the sun", I have to be careful which one I grab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 [quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1459283426' post='3015181'] Wow, man! It's like the light just falls right into it! Cool bass. Will henceforth think of you as "Hotblack". [/quote] Ah, Mr Beeblebrox Nice looking bass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefbaker Posted March 31, 2016 Author Share Posted March 31, 2016 God... My camera is really smeary. I might have to give the lens a clean and try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Loads of pickups! More is more!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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