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The Official MARUSZCZYK CLUB!

So sorry. I assumed anyone looking at Maruszczyk basses in the official Maruszczyk club would know a Jazzus when he sees it.

Have you gone to the Public Peace webpage?

I'm really only familiar with the Jake, Elwood and Frog body styles ... Up to now I had not been familiar with the Jazzus ... 1000 pardons sir, I hope you'll see it to forgive me. In fact, I'll give up my official Maruszczyk club membership right now.
 
I'm really only familiar with the Jake, Elwood and Frog body styles ... Up to now I had not been familiar with the Jazzus ... 1000 pardons sir, I hope you'll see it to forgive me. In fact, I'll give up my official Maruszczyk club membership right now.

Why are you facetiously begging my pardon? I just apologized to you for my assuming. I was simply providing my rationale. No need to be sarcastic. If you’re trying to be humorous, I don’t really get it.

If you go to the Public Peace page, as suggested, you will get to see all models:

Elwood (all 7 variants), Frog, Jake, Jazzus, Mr. Tee, Paddock, Sputnik, and Svoboda.

The usually have a good number of basses in stock both in the US and Europe. They also have tons of demo videos available where you can get a really good idea of how they sound.

Hope that helps you.
 
Fantastic sound indeed, IMHO I much prefer the passive tone over the (too agressive) active tone.
And this oriental inspired tune is awesome!!
Mine came with steel round wound strings (maybe Dunlop? I don’t recall). I changed to my usual DR Sunbeam Nickles. Much smoother sound and not so harsh, even in active mode.

It’s a very cool looking bass. Good ergonomics. Neck has a smooth feel. The only things that bothered me were the fret noise with steels, the location of the strap button on the horn isn’t conducive to certain hard-ended straps, and the pots came loose soon after I got it. I’ve been able to work around all those issues.

It’s not the most a-freaking-mazing bass I’ve ever had in terms of the tones and playability. However, it’s unique looking and I suppose I could have opted for a different electronics package.

It’s a good gigging bass.

The strap that came with it was a nice perk. However, the black leather dye stained a shirt I played in one humid sweaty day gig.

Hence the decision to find a suitable replacement strap. I was going to go all white leather, but this vinyl faux leather one looks and feels nice and was rather inexpensive.
 
Hey, guys, I believe soon I will be able to order 5-stringer, any thoughts on colour? I already own 3-tone sunburst Jake, so gotta try smthng else. Red burst, tobacoo burst or nat?
 

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