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Hot Wire Bass Custom Shop - Pimpmeister Talk!
Germany
Приєднався 14 чер 2020
Welcome to the world of handcrafted excellence and bass innovation!
I'm Bert Gerecht, the creative force behind Hot Wire Bass. Since 1999, my team and I have been crafting high-end, custom basses entirely by hand in Germany, delivering unparalleled quality and sound to bass players worldwide.
Our channel is your go-to destination for all things bass:\u2028🎸 Custom Creations: Explore the artistry and precision behind our handcrafted instruments.\u2028🛠️ Pimp My Bass: Dive into inspiring transformations as we repair, customize, and upgrade basses to perfection.\u2028🎙️ Pimpmaster Talk: Join me for engaging discussions, insights, and stories from the world of bass craftsmanship.
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I'm Bert Gerecht, the creative force behind Hot Wire Bass. Since 1999, my team and I have been crafting high-end, custom basses entirely by hand in Germany, delivering unparalleled quality and sound to bass players worldwide.
Our channel is your go-to destination for all things bass:\u2028🎸 Custom Creations: Explore the artistry and precision behind our handcrafted instruments.\u2028🛠️ Pimp My Bass: Dive into inspiring transformations as we repair, customize, and upgrade basses to perfection.\u2028🎙️ Pimpmaster Talk: Join me for engaging discussions, insights, and stories from the world of bass craftsmanship.
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Hot Wire Inlaw 524 NT XXL – The Ultimate Tone Monster in Action!
The Hot Wire Inlaw 524 NT XXL Wenge Top Bass is a handcrafted German tone monster. Its neck-thru construction and extra-long scale deliver a thunderous low B, while graphite strips ensure even string response and rock-solid neck stability. Two Hotwire W-Buckers, switchable between serial, parallel, and single-coil modes, offer a wide tonal palette, enhanced by Noll 3-band electronics - as showcased in our video.
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You lost me with hacking up an original body to install a battery. It's not 1980..
Pro customer´s request!😀
It needs a pick guard!!!!!!
I told him so but he wouldn´t listen.😁
Walbuckers?
we call them W-Buckers but bassically they are.
Awesome preamp, tales it to another level
Good job!
I'm glad about people like you Who show their passion for the bass. Really nice piece, i'd like to hear it. Amazing work. Congrats
He speeks like Arnold
too bad, i don´t have the Arnold muscles.😁
Awesome story, that's what makes your channel great, we get to see great instruments, components and tips, and a few cool backing tracks, best of all, good stories to top it off! 🫵😎
Thanks for the video!!
glad you like it!😀
so how much is the neck?
prices starting at around 700 euros.
Nice bass, I love those nostalgic, retro models, that natural patina is a nice bonus. I really dig your new narrator for the English version. Very cool 👍😎 But we still need to hear from you from time to time in English. We know you're busy but the German accent is too cool and we want to hear it. 😀🤘
I see what you mean. I tried out the AI narrator because I was too lazy to do it myself this time. But speaking myself is of course much more personal. 😁😀
It's still ok to give yourself a break sometimes though, and it mixes it up a little. I know I would do it. @@hotwirebass5078
Thanks for the beginner notes in the description, cool tune! 😊
hey, there is a guitar version to wail on here: ua-cam.com/video/45ELRI5ajJ8/v-deo.htmlsi=Fmrmnn3AAeD-wwbi 😀
cardboard works fine its just not very professional to do if someone is paying you
macht Spaß zuzuschauen 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏻
Coole Sache! Frage: was für ein Soundtrack läuft da?
da laufen immer meine soundtracks, ohne Gelaber auf Spotify "Bert Gerecht" zu hören 😁
Juicy.. love that bridge pickup
me too!
It is a bit of a pity you haven't tried the heat treatment of ski-jump before resurfacing the neck...
will do that next time.
Gratulation, lieber PIMPMEISTER! 😇
danke danke !!😀
Amazon doesn't deliver your book to Australia.
hey, what a drag! I saw it in the reports -sales everywhere but Australia. I can send it for Germany to you. I will check on the Postage. mail me from www.hotwire-bass.de
@@hotwirebass5078, thank you for getting back. Kindle will seel but hard copy will not ship. Will send you mailing details. Cheers
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Love your videos!
Hey Meister, Top Job! Wieviel kostet dieser Pimp?
Das war schon eine grosse Sache mit dem Ski Jump, alles in allem sind da so 900 Euronen angefallen.
Endlich Prezi 🎉🎉🎉
Yo! Da kommt schon noch mehr demnächst! 😁
You'd get a sharper attack with round wound - flats sound great but it is a bit more muted.
depends what you like. Pyramid FusionFlats offer the best of both worlds.
Das pickguard gefällt mir saugut. Wo kriegt man das?
oha, das is schon 4 Jahre her, das war schon drauf. probiers mal beim Rockinger!
Hello Hot Wire Bass ! Where can I buy the Ray Gerold Humcancelling NYC Jazz Bass Pickup Set ?
that´s tough because Ray Gerold, based in Germany, does not advertise. Let me check and get back to me.😀
@@hotwirebass5078 Thank You hotwirebass5078! I will try to write to You through Your own web page.
I found it: email me at bert@hotwire-bass.de and I will give you ordering Details for a Gerold J-pickup set.
Geilomat! Fast injection!
prost weihnachten - cheers my mates!! 😁😁
Pickups and electronic looks like Wal Bass 😳
How would you compare the Pyramid flatwounds to LaBella 760FS flatwounds? Which one feels/sounds better?
that´s rather personal bro. maybe wait until the new PYRA FusionFlats are out.
Nice job. 🤘🎸🎸🤘
one of the worst video on the internet
😁thanks for your Kind words
Joking right? Not the most informative I agree, but definitely not the worst 😂
@@winandd8649 for more info, see this one: ua-cam.com/video/l1SvEwPAPeM/v-deo.htmlsi=Cd1ClvNvsq85Xcec
@@hotwirebass5078 Great content! Thank you! 😎
I am the 1000th subscriber!
congrats bro!! Let´s have a beer sometime...
I did similar to my Squier VM V - SD pups, Schaeler bridge, East J retro (would never part with it)
Yess!! Nice transformation!
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Cool...wie immer!
Why maul this nice bass? I have the exact same '79 Musician. The active circuit gave up 25+ years ago. I love the passive sound so I don't care. I can't get the action very low so I don't play it so often. It's retired and enjoys the company of an original '79 Roadster sharing the same pickups but does not have the neck through.
as you might have seen, no sound coming out of it. hence the complete upgrade. and my Customer loves it!😀
@@hotwirebass5078Cool, thanks for documenting!
Please tell me you're in L.A., I want you to pimp my Sadowsky Jazz Bass.
Sorry bro, I´m on the other side of the Ocean, way back in Germany! 😀
Arnold Schwarzenegger of bass 😅
hasta la vista Baby!
- 3:20 What oil did you use on the finger board?
in this case, it was Fast Fret, sometimes I use Tung Oil.
East preamp in a Spector is a perfect match. I replaced the Aguilar in my Spector RST 5 with thie same pre and it is awesome.
Great job,that bass sounds killer!!!
that was the plan! 😀
Die Halsplatte ist ja echt saucool. Das Gesamtbild ebenso.
I have a 2004 Mexican Jazz that I installed the KickAss bridge on. I have owned many basses from Peavey Dyna Unity to a bought new 1975 Fender Jazz. The Nex Jazz is my favorite! Great bridge!
yeah good choice!😀
Lovely tone! ❤ This beautiful red J-Bass wasn't made in Mexico City, as you mentioned. All MIMs are built in Ensenada, Baja California, since late 80's. Just like Japanese Fenders, the quality of these basses depends on the year they were built on.
thanks for the info bro.😀
Great video... Thanks. I need your book... There's a lot to learn about basses... Boy, it's worth it... A good bass with a good set of strings is PRICELESS.
Wäre ein Versuch gewesen den P-Pick reverse ein zu bauen...
sure, aber Kollege wollte die original-position. die gefällt mir auch besser als Reverse. aber wenn's einer so haben will, machen wir das. kein Thema. Wir sind da flexibel. 😁
as a loyal p-bass player who I`m, I had still this SUHR jazz-bass (formerly Fender masterbuilder) with his orgin maple neck and swampash body, in a way it was a perfect build bass with a fantastic action and respons but the sound was not mine,.. very midrangie with less bottom, for perfect slap and scoop sounds like Marcus Miller. But I´m playing jazzstandarts and need for all that swings, blues and latins a smooth thick and round sound, which I could not get from this bass. So I gave it to Bert... and he does the job very well... with the p-pickup instead of a j - single coil and of course with flatwoundstrings the sound of the bass turns exactly into what I wanted, except for solo´s and improvisation, it´s even much faster than every p-bass can be. Thanks Bert for this clean job. I´ll be back again next time!
Hey Joe, glad you like my pimp Job! The Split Jazz Bridge pup is just the ticket! 😀😀
sorry no, in this case I only use the neck pu@@hotwirebass5078
@@hotwirebass5078 for the jazzthing I only use the neck pup
Einen Widerspruch muss ich einlegen, der obere Tonabnehmer sitzt in der Mittelposition, nicht in der Halsposition. Aber das meine Meinung, kein Fakt. Ich finde aber, dass ein Rick 400X einen Tonabnehmer in der Halsposition hat, der J-Bass nicht.
ja gut, Halsposition wäre Billy Sheehan.
I just grabbed a 2016 MIM Flea Jazz Bass. It's very well built, very close to the 1982 Fender Fullerton '62 Jazz Bass reissue I used to own years ago. Maybe the quality control is better on the Fender MIM artist models?
Well, who knows! I just got a Fender MIM jazz in to pimp, it is around 5 Kilos but has real alder body. Last week´s 2020 MIM was only 3.5 Kilos and really light Weight body wood. Video coming up!
@ I also have a Roger Waters P Bass body with a Steve Harris P Bass neck attached and both are MIM and great workmanship.. I’m going to order your book