Glarry GJazz II VS. Glarry GJazz // What's the difference??
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- Опубліковано 21 бер 2021
- Glarry surprised everyone recently with a new version of their GJazz Bass, the GJazz II Upgrade Electric Bass Guitar. With a price difference of $70, is it really worth spending the extra money for the new version? What are the differences in sound and feel? Find out in this video!! More info...
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Why the dislike? this is a great comparison
Thank you. Some people just like to be negative.
Thanks man, I bought my Glarry jazz upgrade,and like you said it was playable right outta the box! Igot it based on yourcompairisonof the two
Awesome! Thank you. Glad it’s working for you!
Just got my GJazz 2 off the truck this afternoon. Set it up at 1.5 steps down C#-F#-B-E. Love the sound of the G2. Some finish and setup issues, but nothing that cannot be fixed. One thing i was shocked at, the fret job is perfect, no need to adjust any high frets buzzing etc. I did have to set intonation and action using a 12" string radius tool, but overall the G2 really gives a decent fender jazz sound which is what im looking for!
Awesome thorough review! Great job showing how the both sound in a mix. G2 cuts through way better and low end is hands down better. Definitely worth the extra $$. Thanks 👍👍
Thanks so much Gary!
Great review RM! The Wilkinson pups have great punch and tone especially compared to the G1. My son has Wilkinsons in his SG style guitar, made by Vintage. It too has a solid sound that rivals, IMHO, Epiphone. Thanks for the review and I pray all is well. God Bless mate!
Bro! I didn’t know your son had the Vintage SG model. That’s a SWEET guitar! I was wanting one, but I finally got a Gibson SG. All the stuff Vintage makes is legit, though! And yeah, Wilkinson stuff rocks. Great to hear from you and I hope all is well in the beautiful land of Australia! 🇦🇺 🦘
Awesome review and demo my man! 🔥
Thank you brother!!!!
@@RumblinMan if you ever get the chance to demo/review an ESP LTD Surveyor '87 bass, that would be incredible. Im interested in buying one, but there isn't a single review that i can find on UA-cam. Plus it's a PJ, so it might be right up your alley.
@@t.j.meechan682 sounds cool, man! I’ll keep my eyes pealed!
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I'm just finding this video as I'm looking at these. Did you get the fret buzz adjusted out pretty easily? Really liking the 2. Great video. Thanks and subbed.
Tough adjustment for me, but someone who really knows what they’re doing could knock it out. Thanks for the kind words!
In the U.K., the GJ-I retails for £78.99, whereas the GJ-II sells for 149.99 - a £71 difference. I can buy a set of Wilkinson Alnico V pickups for £36, a bone nut for £6, and a set of Warwick strings for £12. Is the supposed neck/fretboard and body wood upgrades worth the the extra? The GJ-II is starting to get into the price range of the Squier Affinity range - and a Harley Benton JB-75 (which I have, and love) is just a shade over £150. And that has an ash body, hard maple neck and fretboard - and rumour is that Roswell pickups are rebadged Wilkinson’s (HB previously used Wilkinson pickups and hardware).
Great review, by the way.
Greetings to the UK! To me, everything on the GJ-I can be upgraded except for the body and neck themselves. It’s wood that feels cheap, and I can actually detect the sound of super cheap wood when I listen closely to recordings of the bass. It gives a “woody” tone almost like that of a semi-hollow guitar, except when coupled with the cheap pickups, makes for a dark, insubstantial sound. With the original Glarry bodies I’ve had trouble getting good tones in the past. So, I suppose there’s something to be said for better wood, though I never realized it before now.
Rumblin Man. Nice video. I dont know why But For my taste, the rosewood model gives me a better and warmer sound.
I actually acquired a Glarry GP II a few months ago. I found a couple of manufacturing errors that limited the out-of-the-box experience, but I also found good, quick solutions to those problems. I mainly needed to find a way to prop up the pickup, so as to get it close enough to the strings for a decent string volume. I haven't played bass for about forty years, but I would have to say that my upgraded Glarry is ready or nearly ready for gigging. I will be eager to see how it plays after a good setup run with a fret job. I'm also considering what parts will support upgrading from this point. The nut and pickup will stay. The body and neck woods are, as you say, already upgraded. The only things I am considering touching are the tuners and the bridge. Giving the bridge the magnet test revealed a magnetic metal used for the base plate and the saddles. I am therefore considering going from the magnetic (steel?) saddles to brass. The likelihood is that your GJazz II would need a similar upgrade path, or one needing even less.😎❤️️🎸‼️
You are a sharp guy! I never would have even thought to do some of those things.
@@RumblinMan Thank you. I try. I'm more of a guitarist, and I'm a brother, so I don't have much money to mess around with. I started modifying guitars so as to get some decent instruments to play. The bass is an extension of that, but I don't know basses as well as guitars, so I wanted to do as little upgrading on mine as possible. Also, even though I already have and have modded a Glarry GST Strat copy, I'm considering getting a GST II, which is upgraded much the same as the GP II and the newer GJazz II. Should be interesting if I go for it.😎❤️️🎸‼️
@@edwinstovall3334 well bro you seem like an amazing and talented person to me! I feel ya on being short of cash, I’m there too! Yeah man, the Glarry Strat II is an amazing idea for upgrades. God bless you my brother.
@@RumblinMan And you as well! Thank you for the video and the kind words!
The Gjazz sounds darker, like it better then the2 sound
Does the new JBass version have a non-standard neck pocket like the first JBass version?
I'd like to put an actual properly sized Jazz Bass neck in there, and I might be interested in the second version if it'll take a regular Jazz Bass neck.
I did that and it required a small amount of material removed from the neck, approximately the thickness of the finish on the new neck.
I play a stingray so I’m used to fret rattle but good god. Check that truss rod.
My Glarry Jazz Bass doesn't have a real wood rosewood fretboard. It is a processed type product. It is some kind of fibery material that is pressed/glued together. Those fibers easily flake off. They also don't hold the frets. All of my frets were lose and lumpy. I would have sent it back but it was a Christmas present, and there wasn't enough time to send it back and wait for it to come back, and I had no indication that the bass they sent back would be any better. Neck pocket also has cracks around the neck joint.
This bass, after fret leveling has so much fretbuzz it is... insane. It has a lot of relief, and that is with maxing the truss rod out - it won't turn any further, I cannot get it any straighter.
The bass is a total loss as is.
I've now done 3 full fret jobs on this bass. The frets keep popping up and coming loose. I've gotten it as good as I can, with cyanoacrylating (super glue essentially) the frets in place, taking all of the frets down so they are level with no high frets, and then with taking the 12+ frets progressively down, a shim, max adjusted truss rod, there is still catastrophic fret buzz with anything less than a 1/4 inch of neck relief at the 12th fret. That is a literal 1/4 inch off the fretboad!
This is caused by the neck having a whip in it, a J curve, where the neck is mostly flat, with a bump where it bolts to the body, but high up, starting at like the 5th fret and then up to the nut (which I replaced with a hand filed bone nut) it whips, or bends forward fairly severely (with light Fender strings). Truss rod doesn't help up there.
I knew the Glarry JBass was affordable, but I had no idea it was a complete and utter waste, a piece of junk. If I got paid $1 an hour to work on this bass, there is now more labor cost in this bass than the cost of the bass itself...
I haven't had any of those problems with any of my Glarry basses. If I did have that kind of issue I know Glarry would replace the bass for me.
And a triple post over the years now... any recommendation for affordable but good aftermarket pickups to improve the G1 sound? The stock pickups sound just dead.
I'm looking for a grimier, slightly more mid-rangy sound. A set of light Fender strings helped a little, gave the G1 JBass a little more clank and grit, but the stock pickups are just... flat... like a dead cat.
No offense to flat cats.
Mojotone.
Lots of buzz on the jazz ii. Maybe just needs an adjustment. But I like the jazz ii more which is the one I'm going to get soon..
Hard to tell from the video, it doesn't look like they have the Jazz neck. What are your thoughts.
You’re correct, sir. The neck is not a jazz neck whatsoever. They’re quite thick necks.
Closer to a P style neck is how mine feels.
Let’s goooo
The sound difference is very noticeable. The GJazzII sounds better.
Agreed!
Yeah it’s a major difference
Gll is fuller and deeper but the G1 has less buzz, more clear.
True!
@@RumblinMan What is causing the buzz on the G2? I find it really distracting.
@@matthewlunsford4351 set up. I didn’t get the bass set up before the video.
@@RumblinMan Thanks.
Sounds like 2 has buzz, no?
Yes.
Gjazz 1 has a deeper sound GJazz 2 have more spunk
There's no difference in title anyway 😂