I specced and ordered this from Adrian at Maruszczyk / Public Peace ('Ma-roosh-chick') in Germany pretty much exactly 10 weeks ago.
Colour-wise, I've always liked LPB, specifically the aged, slightly green-ish tint. Adrian's LPB is a bit vivid for my tastes, so I was toying with the idea of another colour when I spotted a colour he offered that is - IMO - pretty close to an old LPB. I thought I'd take a gamble on it, and I reckon it's paid off.
The body is chambered, so it's light (7.3lbs!), and like my other Sunburst Jake, it balances perfectly, with no neck dive whatsoever. The pickups are the standard Maruszczyk passive P & humbucker,.
I asked for a neck with a bit of a flame... they went above and beyond in this one. It's a beautiful chunk of maple. It glows! The rosewood board is dark, like I requested, with white binding. The neck has more of a 60s profile than my 'burst. It's a 41mm nut, but it's shallower front-to-back. Still a handful, in a good way.
The tuners are oval USA Hipshot Ultralites , which I didn't know existed until recently. They're 1/2", which I prefer cosmetically to the 3/8" Ultralites on my 'burst. Unusually for a Maruszczyk, the headstock isn't swept back, so it has a string tree. This gives it more of a Fender vibe, which is fine by me.
I specified the Hipshot 'B' bridge like my 'burst - it's a nice bridge for palm-muting.
Of course this spec bumped the cost up a bit, but from a UK perspective it's still comparable to a stock MIM Fender, and a fraction of what it would cost from the Custom Shop or Lakland USA. And it came with the nice soft case and posh leather strap, neither of which are cheap...
I've just rehearsed with it for a few hours - early days, but beautiful so far. It arrived with typically crazy low action and rounds, but I've raised the saddles and strung it with some GHS Precision Flats, and it feels like an old pair of gloves already. The P pickup sounds like a P (hotter and growlier than the Haussels in my 'Burst) and the neck pickups is an absolute monster. Pokey as hell!
My only doubt at the moment is the pickguard. It's mint at the moment, but I think white might work better against the white binding. We'll see..
That's it for now... it's time to peel the film off the pickguard
Colour-wise, I've always liked LPB, specifically the aged, slightly green-ish tint. Adrian's LPB is a bit vivid for my tastes, so I was toying with the idea of another colour when I spotted a colour he offered that is - IMO - pretty close to an old LPB. I thought I'd take a gamble on it, and I reckon it's paid off.
The body is chambered, so it's light (7.3lbs!), and like my other Sunburst Jake, it balances perfectly, with no neck dive whatsoever. The pickups are the standard Maruszczyk passive P & humbucker,.
I asked for a neck with a bit of a flame... they went above and beyond in this one. It's a beautiful chunk of maple. It glows! The rosewood board is dark, like I requested, with white binding. The neck has more of a 60s profile than my 'burst. It's a 41mm nut, but it's shallower front-to-back. Still a handful, in a good way.
The tuners are oval USA Hipshot Ultralites , which I didn't know existed until recently. They're 1/2", which I prefer cosmetically to the 3/8" Ultralites on my 'burst. Unusually for a Maruszczyk, the headstock isn't swept back, so it has a string tree. This gives it more of a Fender vibe, which is fine by me.
I specified the Hipshot 'B' bridge like my 'burst - it's a nice bridge for palm-muting.
Of course this spec bumped the cost up a bit, but from a UK perspective it's still comparable to a stock MIM Fender, and a fraction of what it would cost from the Custom Shop or Lakland USA. And it came with the nice soft case and posh leather strap, neither of which are cheap...
I've just rehearsed with it for a few hours - early days, but beautiful so far. It arrived with typically crazy low action and rounds, but I've raised the saddles and strung it with some GHS Precision Flats, and it feels like an old pair of gloves already. The P pickup sounds like a P (hotter and growlier than the Haussels in my 'Burst) and the neck pickups is an absolute monster. Pokey as hell!
My only doubt at the moment is the pickguard. It's mint at the moment, but I think white might work better against the white binding. We'll see..
That's it for now... it's time to peel the film off the pickguard
