The Official MARUSZCZYK CLUB!

[BAG]

Cool, I'm looking forward to getting it. I'm hoping that the White ebony fretboard that comes on mine has similar wood color variation to this fretboard blank pic i found below...looks like the last few Basses that Public Peace has built with White Ebony fretboards looked similar...Fingers crossed

Ohhh yeah.....

If it's got those black streaks through it it should look fantastic!

 

[Bigal1369]

Stunning! Your Elwood and Cazpar are equipped with the same Delanos (and the same as in my bass). Do they sound similar or does the different construction give totally different sounds? Do you have side-by-side soundsamples?

The one with the P pickup sound like a p bass but also has that humbucker which gives it different voices. The Cazpar has 3 band w/ coil switching and other Elwood has 2 band w/ no coil switching . I'm able to get more tones out of the Cazpar. The Delano sonar sound very transparent to me. All 3 basses are awesome. Cazpar being the lightest of the 3 at 6.4 lbs

 

[Stu be do]

Not too worried about neck dive with the medium scale length and the solid body.

Also not that worked up about neck dive in general. I've always thought the issue is highly overblown

Yes, having played for many years with many different basses, the first time I ever heard of neck dive was on here.... where apparently it is the "most important thing" about a bass. And maybe it is for some people, I mean no offence. I'm just relieved to find at least one more person who doesn't worry about it.

 

[BlueTalon]

Neck dive is part of a continuum of balance. Tele or T-bird type basses will never balance on a strap as well as basses with an extended upper bout, but it isn't a problem until it's a problem. And that point is different for different people. What works for me may or may not work for anyone else. Is it the most important thing about a bass? No -- unless it's unmanageable.

 

[foothilla]

Too bad the antii-neck dive crusaders never saved Jack Bruce from the horrors of his Warwick Thumb, or Stanley Clarke from the severe limitations caused by his Alembic. Just think how much better musicians they would have been had that been the case.

You could add Jack Cassidy to that list. And then what other virtuoso bassist spent his entire career on a poorly balanced bass? Pappalardi? Entwistle?

To be fair,....not many

You'll hear no grief or criticism regarding your preferences or choices from me.

I'm not trying to be disrespectful. The person I responded to asked why so few builders do tele style basses, and I just gave him an honest answer. Tele basses certainly look super cool (many of us here agree on that). So, certainly there is another reason that so few of them are built. There is a good reason that Leo Fender didn't market one himself.

I played bass for a decade before I cared about balance, or had any understanding of how strap button placement affected it. Then I got older, and my back got crankier, and I got obsessed with comfort. I spent the better part of a decade selling guitars/basses. I sold over a thousand of them, and I played everyone that came through my hands. That is when I really came to understand balance. This kind of conversation can be helpful to inexperienced players. It's not intended to bash anyone's purchase.

 

[foothilla]

Stanley's bass was a short scale, just saying...

I've owned one of Stanley's actual Alembics (not a SC model, but one of his actual basses, that was built for him). Short-scale it was, and it still had the worst neck dive of any bass I have ever played in my life. On top of that, it weighed a billion pounds. I don't know how Stanley does it. I sold the bass to a guy in France shortly after buying it.

 

[foothilla]

Yes, having played for many years with many different basses, the first time I ever heard of neck dive was on here.... where apparently it is the "most important thing" about a bass. And maybe it is for some people, I mean no offence. I'm just relieved to find at least one more person who doesn't worry about it.

I played for over a decade before I gave any thought to weight or neck dive. From age 12 thru my late 20's I played whatever I thought sounded good, and whatever I thought looked cool. Then the gigs got longer, my back got older, and the material I was playing got more challenging. That's when I started to care.

If it doesn't bother you, consider yourself lucky, and rock on!

 

[Mr_O'B]

Two types of people when it comes to neckdive:

1. Those who are aware and who knowingly buy a bass that neckdives.
2. Those who are indifferent who will buy a bass that neckdives, and act like anyone who doesn't share their "make do" mentality has issues.

 

[buzzbass]

I'm digging this a whole bunch right now....

MARUSZCZYK Jake 4a 3 Tone Sunburst MARUSZCZYK INSTRUMENTS - UK Basses specialist USA, EU, Jake, Elwood, Bass Direct, For sale, On offer, London, Manchester, Birmingham

 

[buzzbass]

I like this bass so much, I pulled the trigger on another one.
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sweetness

 

[Mr_O'B]

Two types of people when it comes to neckdive:

1. Those who are aware and who "won't"knowingly buy a bass that neckdives.
2. Those who are indifferent who will buy a bass that neckdives, and act like anyone who doesn't share their "make do" mentality has issues.

 

[mkr1]

My third in the last six months, an ash-topped alder L5a w Aguilars and a Noll 3-band w sweepable mid. Just over 10 weeks from order to photo - very consistent with my prior two. Browner than I expected from the configurator charcoal burst image - really seems to blend with the ebony board.

 

[Mr_O'B]

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My third in the last six months, an ash-topped alder L5a w Aguilars and a Noll 3-band w sweepable mid. Just over 10 weeks from order to photo - very consistent with my prior two. Browner than I expected from the configurator charcoal burst image - really seems to blend with the ebony board.

Beautiful!

When did you submit your down payment? I submitted my down payment on 01/11/2021, and I haven't
heard anything yet.

 

[mkr1]

Beautiful!

When did you submit your down payment? I submitted my down payment on 01/11/2021, and I haven't
heard anything yet.

Thanks! Paid Maruszczyk USA in full (unlike prior two times, agreed upon based on exch rate volatility) Jan 12th and the order went in the next day. Who knows, yours may be ready. I checked in at the 10-week mark because I assumed it was imminent.

 

[PotsdamBass8]

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My third in the last six months, an ash-topped alder L5a w Aguilars and a Noll 3-band w sweepable mid. Just over 10 weeks from order to photo - very consistent with my prior two. Browner than I expected from the configurator charcoal burst image - really seems to blend with the ebony board.

That looks gorgeous. And I agree, that looks browner than I thought charcoal burst would be, but it blends perfectly with the board.

 

[Ian774]

Question to Jake's owners (and others): is it me or is the P pickup closer to the neck on the Jake, compared to a traditional Precision? It looks quite obvious on PJ models....

If you look closely, the gap between the two pickups is wider on the Maruszczyk. Unless it's the J pickup that is closer to the bridge? Yet the P pickup looks closer to the neck on the Jake.

I'm confused.

 

[TK4261]

Question to Jake's owners (and others): is it me or is the P pickup closer to the neck on the Jake, compared to a traditional Precision? It looks quite obvious on PJ models....

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If you look closely, the gap between the two pickups is wider on the Maruszczyk. Unless it's the J pickup that is closer to the bridge? Yet the P pickup looks closer to the neck on the Jake.

I'm confused.

It does look a little closer on the Jake but the Jake has 21 frets and the standard P has 20 frets... Thats my guess as to why it seems closer

 

[Ian774]

Look at the spacing between the P and J pickups though.... Adrian Maruszczyk told me that the J pickup is in 70's position, and so it is on the Fender.... the spacing is clearly wider on the Maruszczyk.

Here are two Elwoods in PJ, one with the 60's J position (green), the other with 70's J position.

 

[Grueber]

I just placed the down payment on a Cazpar 6-string!

It is a 30 scale 6-string that I will be tuning as a piccolo bass (BEADGC). I got a few off-configurator options like:
-joker headstock
-15mm string spacing
-50mm nut width
-macassar ebony bass ramp

so here is my rough mock-up with those options

Apparently it will be about about a month longer than normal because the 15mm bridge will have to be custom made from ETS. So I will post pics of the real things in a few months!

 

[PotsdamBass8]

Question to Jake's owners (and others): is it me or is the P pickup closer to the neck on the Jake, compared to a traditional Precision? It looks quite obvious on PJ models....

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If you look closely, the gap between the two pickups is wider on the Maruszczyk. Unless it's the J pickup that is closer to the bridge? Yet the P pickup looks closer to the neck on the Jake.

I'm confused.

1) definitely the extra fret makes it look like it's closer to the neck.

2) are you sure that's a 34" jake?

3) the elwood isn't a good comparison. I believe most P pickups on jazz basses end up being closer to the neck because of the pickguard design.