Grand Wazoo
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As promised here is a small review of this bass, but gee, where to begin?
After 2 days of playing it solid with little stops in between for food and... the other, I now feel like I am pleasingly laying next to her in bed with one arm around the neck and the other holding a cigar, smiling with satisfaction.
Let's just say this bass can be best described as a "chamaleon", a true master of disguise, and definately not one you can easily pidgeon hole as a Stingray, P-Bass or J-Bass wannabe, but low and behold with very little tweaking you can definately dial some sounds that will be closely reminescent of those I have mentioned, as Ed Freidland said in his video one particular combination (the middle on his own in passive mode) makes it a P bass killer.
However one thing I have noticed about this bass, that I think sets it apart from the other current EBMM basses, is that you can set any given pickup combination which you think might suit a particular style or song like a driving rock groove and then you play another song, in a completely different style, say a motown type of riff and you don't need to panick and switch pickups selection, you can get away with a quick turn on the passive tone control or if you are in active mode you can dial some low mids and lows and turn down the treble and you are there in seconds.
To truly appreciate the tonal differences between the many passive pickup combinations and the same combinations when in active mode, one way to perfectly place it is to think like this...
Passive = Vintage Vibes, Blues, Classic sounds, Classic Rock etc.
flick it in active and imagine being teleported into modern times:
Active = Funkeeee! Modern Rock, Heavy, Cool, slap happy, pick-o-tronic powerhouse, muscle and definately balls de lux!
There isn't a single pickup combination that I don't like or that doesn't sound musically inspiring, but if I was to give an early prediction of favourite selection I would say that I am very very partial to bridge and middle together and midlle and neck together they are just honey dripping sweet. This bass is also good for reggae, you can get a very deep yet hollow doop doop sound by maxing the bass and turning down both the mids, using the bridge and neck pickups together in active.
Finally as mentioned before in the other thread, this bass despite it's transatlantic voyage from America arrived here at Wazoo towers maintaining the skillful setup it was despatched with, the action is surgically accurate, the neck smooth and you can actually smell the Birchwood Casey wax on it. The back of the neck has a beautiful velvety satin feel and the frets are all smooth and perfectly fitted.
After 2 days of playing it solid with little stops in between for food and... the other, I now feel like I am pleasingly laying next to her in bed with one arm around the neck and the other holding a cigar, smiling with satisfaction.
Let's just say this bass can be best described as a "chamaleon", a true master of disguise, and definately not one you can easily pidgeon hole as a Stingray, P-Bass or J-Bass wannabe, but low and behold with very little tweaking you can definately dial some sounds that will be closely reminescent of those I have mentioned, as Ed Freidland said in his video one particular combination (the middle on his own in passive mode) makes it a P bass killer.
However one thing I have noticed about this bass, that I think sets it apart from the other current EBMM basses, is that you can set any given pickup combination which you think might suit a particular style or song like a driving rock groove and then you play another song, in a completely different style, say a motown type of riff and you don't need to panick and switch pickups selection, you can get away with a quick turn on the passive tone control or if you are in active mode you can dial some low mids and lows and turn down the treble and you are there in seconds.
To truly appreciate the tonal differences between the many passive pickup combinations and the same combinations when in active mode, one way to perfectly place it is to think like this...
Passive = Vintage Vibes, Blues, Classic sounds, Classic Rock etc.
flick it in active and imagine being teleported into modern times:
Active = Funkeeee! Modern Rock, Heavy, Cool, slap happy, pick-o-tronic powerhouse, muscle and definately balls de lux!
There isn't a single pickup combination that I don't like or that doesn't sound musically inspiring, but if I was to give an early prediction of favourite selection I would say that I am very very partial to bridge and middle together and midlle and neck together they are just honey dripping sweet. This bass is also good for reggae, you can get a very deep yet hollow doop doop sound by maxing the bass and turning down both the mids, using the bridge and neck pickups together in active.
Finally as mentioned before in the other thread, this bass despite it's transatlantic voyage from America arrived here at Wazoo towers maintaining the skillful setup it was despatched with, the action is surgically accurate, the neck smooth and you can actually smell the Birchwood Casey wax on it. The back of the neck has a beautiful velvety satin feel and the frets are all smooth and perfectly fitted.
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