Hey guys, my G&L MJ-4 showed up yesterday!
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I originally went for a JB, but they aren't offered in lefty, so I went with this instead. I went a little crazy on options, so there is no way I could ever get back what I paid for it, haha. I didn't realize just how much I spent on options until I saw in the video below that street value starts at $1300. Whoa! I paid WAY more. The stainless steel frets were the real killer.
Here we go:
Ash body (option for standard finishes)
Lake Placid Blue (standard)
Quartersawn neck (option)
Maple fretboard (standard)
1.5" nut width (option. 1 5/8" is standard)
9.5" fretboard radius (standard)
stainless steel frets (huge option)
reversed headstock (option)
Graph-tech nut (option)
silver-on-black logo (standard)
It is MUCH lighter than I thought it would be. It weighs notably less than my Ash/Maple Fender Japan Jazz or Ash/Maple Sire V7. It plays great. The frets are much higher than I am used to, but that really didn't require any adjustment on my end. As you may have noticed by the pictures, the intonation needs to be adjusted. The saddle positions look more typical of a right-handed bass.
It plays great and sounds killer. It can sound much more aggressive than how the guy in the video below has it EQ'ed. I nailed the Tim Commerford "Evil Empire" tone (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGBcckebs24) with this bass, a B7K and a Bass Pod XT using the Rock Classic model.
Here is a great video demonstrating this bass:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8V8CuuBZ0gHe nailed it when he said the midrange control is great. It's not too low to make it sound boomy and not to high to make it sound nasal or quacky. It just helps it sound more "present."
Now, I just have to figure out how to get a D-tuner on the reversed headstock!
\m/ Rock on!
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Gilmourisgod wrote:
I never really "got" what a Rick is capable of until I ran it stereo a few times in my college band. We used to call it the "Piano of Doom". You get all the bottom and all the top in total a**kicking mode.