sdgrsr400 Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Severe attack of GAS after reading about the gorgeous Marleaux MBass in the July BGM. Anyone got any type of Marleax? Opinions? What scale length are they - they don't seem to say much about that on their website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherairsoft Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 (edited) I very nearly bought one before I ordered my Overwater. A friend of mine had (but sold it) a second hand Marleaux, although I couldn't tell you what model it was. It was the first Boutique bass I ever played and I was blown away. That same person sold it to buy an Overwater. I believe Overwater used to distribute Marleaux basses some time ago as well so they had time to get to know that range, and like any smart company prob took a few ideas and re-worked them into the beauties they make today. The quality was comparable the Overwater my mate replaced the Marleaux with, but I think I'd rather have the Overwater Perception. Edit... just spoke to him... It was a Constat Custom Thru-Neck. Edited July 10, 2009 by pantherairsoft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Bassjamm and Ped have both owned them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozbass Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 I think eubassix has a couple of Marleaux Signatures - they are among the most beautiful basses I've seen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 I nearly bought a Marleaux Consat fretless at Bassday 2006. Wonderful playing and sounding bass and nearly everything I was looking for in a fretless. In the end I decided that it wasn't quite 100% what I wanted (luckily because when I got home I discovered that my CC had expired and I hadn't put the new one in my wallet -how embarrassing would that have been!) and I ended up ordering a Sei instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman999 Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Hi - I've got a Consat Std 4 String . I had a lot of problems with it when I bought it . Neck dished through overtightening of truss rod (original set up was too low ,and lots of fret buzz) at the shop . Re-set up ,and dished again . Left it (very P*** off by then) for 4 months . Had it set up again, zero fret was filed right down ,and after week of fettling ,the neck was relatively straight (minor dishing on neck on E String side around 2nd -4th fret -which I can cope with) . When I went to pick it up,it was described as the bass from hell to set up. The circuit board on mine is not attached to anything ,and has a piece of foam to protect from the pots.Very cheap for a £1K bass. Despite the above ,I really like the bass. Great range of tones ,and ideal bass for funk,fusion,jazz funk-fusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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