Maruszczyk Mr Tee 5-string custom shortscale £900 Norwich

[andybassdoyle]

 

Recently picked this up from Happy Jack (who is an absolute gentleman). It is a wonderful instrument; looks amazing, sounds great, build quality is exceptional. Unfortunately for me though this was my first try with a short scale bass and it does not agree with my lanky body at all. Having done a couple of gigs with it and put some decent hours in at home I know in my heart it's not going to work out for me. As I mentioned on IM to Jack, I don't think I've ever wanted to love a bass as much but known that it's just not to be.

 

Here is a link to the recent listing with additional photos and details:

 

Some additional information:

 

The bass was originally fretless. A previous owner had it fretted. It's very good job, including the blacking out of the original side dots and replacement with new markers in the correct fretted positions.

 

The bass has a set of Richter electronics in. I'd not come across these before, it's an excellent system. Controls are:

1) Volume/pan between piezo and mag pickups

2) Bass/treble with push/pull on the treble for passive bypass. With the tone controls set to flat I can't tell any difference between active and passive. There is no passive tone but the treble cut has a very similar quality.

3) Mid/mid frequency

 

Access is through removal of the pickguard. The Richter piezo preamp is easily accessible there and features a trim pot for each individual saddle. I've set this so the overall output is a slightly higher than the mag pickup as I'd liked this mix for the center setting of the pan.

 

 

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Full spec as per the original build is:

Scale Length Short Scale 30" 

Number of Frets 20 Frets 

Body Construction Hollowbody

Body Wood Alder 

Top Wood Eye Poplar

Veneer Walnut

Color Type Natural 

Body Binding Without Binding 

Body Finish Gloss 

Pickguard 3ply Cream 

Neck Wood Flamed Maple

Neck Finish Matte 

Neck Profile Modern C 

Nut Width 40mm 

Carbon Rods No 

Fingerboard Wood Macassar Ebony

Fingerboard Radius 14'' 

Headstock Type Matching Headstock (Natural)

Headstock Finish Gloss 

Headstock Logo Silver 

Nut Black 

Pickup Combination Single Coil (SSC) 

Manufacturer Bassculture 

Pickup Finish Pickguard Color 

Neck Pickup Bassculture SSC 'Cream'

Hardware Color Chrome 

Knobs Type Dome-Style 

Tuner Type Standard Y-Style 

Security Locks Without Security Locks 

String Type Flatwound

 

The bass is strung E-C with what are believe are the original factory strings. There are no issues with these at all. To my fingers they feel like an E-C set of Labella DTFs.

 

Hope that's helpful but any questions let me know.

 

Happy to talk about trades as well as a cash sale, if I'm honest my main aim is to find this wonderful instrument a good home as it deserves to be loved and played.

Edited 2 hours ago by andybassdoyle