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Matsumoku.
- Thread starter Marc DLarosa
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As they "finally" should. Grab 'em up NOW!!!They're starting to get a little pricey.
The cat is getting "out of the bag"....
I have a Westone Thunder 1A. It's a fine bass, but it is heavy and it has neck-dive. I play an Affinity P-bass in preference. (Also they are stuck in no-man's land: sellers think they are collector's items but buyers clearly don't.)
My Vantage fretless has been getting the most of my playing time the past couple of weeks.
I have absolutely nothing bad to say.
I even like the 3-point bridge.
I have been playing Vantage VP710B since the early 80's,
and am now the proud owner of six of them!
I even like the 3-point bridge.
I have been playing Vantage VP710B since the early 80's,
and am now the proud owner of six of them!
yin and yang, I got 2, but only 2. I need more.
a perfect '60s 'Fender' Hurricane Deluxe Strat (minus the trashy tuners) and my Lotus L-750 avatar
a perfect '60s 'Fender' Hurricane Deluxe Strat (minus the trashy tuners) and my Lotus L-750 avatar
The worst thing about Matsumoku is that their basses are so good that people claim that basses that are not Matsumoku are Matsumoku.
Speaking of Uncle Mat, does anyone have any experience with these pickups? I see them on some of the older MIJ basses, but have never had the opportunity to play one. Wondering how they sound. Are they truly humbucking, or just a cleverly disguised single coil?
Generically these are called "Maxon pickups" because initially these were most seen on basses with that headstock badge. I have an Electra Long-necker jazz with these as well as a Memphis precision. And a couple of single pickups as well as a harness of three (have no idea *what* those would have gone in).
These are not humbuckers. The pole pieces go through the casing but not into the coil. I have tried only rounds with these, mainly because rounds were on the Electra when I got it, and I found the sound so unique and phenomenal that I had no incentive to move on to other string types.
I don’t have a Matsumoku, but I do have a high-quality Moridaira-made Lotus LP copy in gloss black from the early 1980s that is either neck thru or set neck (hard to tell with a gloss black finish). It’s my first electric and I still have it and play it, though I play the P-90 guitars more these days.
Otto
Otto
Thanks for the info! What does "unique and phenomenal" sound like?
Not trying to be a smartass here, I get that you think they sound great, but wondering what you like about them.
They offer the more or less expected sound with roundwoundstrings that other basses would, but (to my ears anyway) there is a bit of overlay tibral dusting of the "whonk" sound I detect on those keyboard interludes between scenes in the "Seinfeld" show. I would not be surprised if pinching the string between thumb and index finger and letting it snap back onto the fret produced a sound suggestive of the lower pipes of a carnival organ.
Both Aria Pro II RS series.
One is metallic red on mystery wood (alder? basswood?) rosewood board, locking them.
The other is trans red over ash, maple board, fixed bridge.
They're phenomenal. I can't say anything else except-
That's a nice a Matsa!
& I love the original smooth joint!
I did mean "timbral," and I fixed it from "tibral." DRAT the auto-correct who un-corrected my work.
