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$67 Glarry P-Bass

#383
delta7fred said:
Do you have an Ebay link/item number, I looked and was unable to find them (nothing new there).
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Seller is ‘fashiondailydeal’ &
Auction goes under the name:


“Top Grade Burning Fire 4 Strings Electric Electric Acoustic Bass Guitar Yellow”

Top Grade Burning Fire 4 Strings Electric Electric Acoustic Bass Guitar Yellow | eBay
delta7fred said:
Do you have an Ebay link/item number, I looked and was unable to find them (nothing new there).
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‘Hope this helps
 
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#390
After a week playing both the P and the J, I can safely say that the J sounds much better. The P has the thinnest and brightest sounding P pickup I’ve ever heard. The J actually sounds more beefy to me. Definitely swapping a Duncan Quarter Pound in it. I may leave the J pickup stock actually, I quite like it.
 
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#391
mbell75 said:
After a week playing both the P and the J, I can safely say that the J sounds much better. The P has the thinnest and brightest sounding P pickup I’ve ever heard. The J actually sounds more beefy to me. Definitely swapping a Duncan Quarter Pound in it. I may leave the J pickup stock actually, I quite like it.
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When you consider the prices that’s got to be a fair result in anyone’s book!
 
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#392
Got the SPB-3 Quarter Pound installed and it sounds awesome. Huge upgrade over the stock pickup. More beefy, more punchy and much more articulate.

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#393
Played my jazz against a Players series and Squier CV 60s jazz yesterday (both of which I have owned before) and decided I am keeping the stock pickups. They sound better than the Squier and Fender pickups IMO. They are louder, more punchy and beefy. Ironically, the Glarry J pickups sound bigger and more full than their P bass pickup which sounded thin and weak with way too much treble. I really prefer the sound of the J over the P, even with the Duncan pickup.
 
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#395
dogbone said:
Video of a guy putting in custom made jazz pickups into a Glarry

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Useful info but they basically sound the same and I prefer the sound of the stock pickups. The new pickups have a twang to them and are too bright sounding IMO. Besides, in a mix, you will never hear the difference between the two. Waste of money IMO. The P bass absolutely needs an upgraded pickup though and sounds killer with the Quarter Pounds IMO.
 
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mbell75 said:
Played my jazz against a Players series and Squier CV 60s jazz yesterday (both of which I have owned before) and decided I am keeping the stock pickups. They sound better than the Squier and Fender pickups IMO. They are louder, more punchy and beefy. Ironically, the Glarry J pickups sound bigger and more full than their P bass pickup which sounded thin and weak with way too much treble. I really prefer the sound of the J over the P, even with the Duncan pickup.
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That’s astonishing and really good news :hyper:
 
#397
Still not happy with the tone from the P bass, even with the Quarter Pound pickup and with the new SansAmp preamp I just got that even makes my little Bronco sound badass. Im pretty sure its because of the weight. Its cool that it only weighs like less than 6 pounds but that means that the thing is damn near hollow inside most likely and thats why its got such a thin sound. Now that I think about it, hollow its a great way to describe the sound. It just doesn't sound full and throaty like a P bass should, especially one with a Quarter Pound in it, which did help but not enough.

I think Im going to pull the Quarter Pound out of it and put it in the Squier CV 60s P bass I am about to go pick up today. Its a shame because I love the look of the Burleywood P bass and how light it is but the tone is just not very good.
 
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mbell75 said:
Still not happy with the tone from the P bass, even with the Quarter Pound pickup and with the new SansAmp preamp I just got that even makes my little Bronco sound badass. Im pretty sure its because of the weight. Its cool that it only weighs like less than 6 pounds but that means that the thing is damn near hollow inside most likely and thats why its got such a thin sound. Now that I think about it, hollow its a great way to describe the sound. It just doesn't sound full and throaty like a P bass should, especially one with a Quarter Pound in it, which did help but not enough.

I think Im going to pull the Quarter Pound out of it and put it in the Squier CV 60s P bass I am about to go pick up today. Its a shame because I love the look of the Burleywood P bass and how light it is but the tone is just not very good.
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Hmmm.... Yes that is a concern I’m beginning to think about too…
Nowadays I’m tending to use (largely because the kind of band I’m in) quite a large amount of compression that I’m used to and that’s helping give body to the sound of, well, any bass I play now including the glarry
 
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