New Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas JJ V Review and Sounddemo - Fender On Steroids with A Fatal Flaw?
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- Mistake at 05:52 : correct subtitle would be "Treble 0%, Bass and Mid 50%"
Mistake at 06:02 : correct subtitle would be "Treble 100%, Bass and Mid 50%"
Also the weight of the bass is only 4.1kg!
Bass review of Charvels April 2021 release "ProMod San Dimas JJ V"
00:00 - 01:08 Intro
01:09 - 03:05 Active Pickups Demo
03:06 - 03:19 Active Passive DB difference
03:20 - 05:15 Passive Pickups Demo
05:16 - 06:16 3-Band EQ Demo
06:17 - 07:15 Conclusion
07:16 - 07:37 The Flaw
07:37 - 08:10 Thoughts
The Pro-Mod San Dimas in Action:
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Charvel website:
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Enjoy!
Equipment
Bass - Charvel Pro-Mod SD Bass JJ V Lambo Green Metallic
PreAmp - Darkglass Alpha Omega Ultra
Recording Tool - Movavi Video Suite 2020
Cables - Rocksmith Real Tone Cable and Codial
Strings - Fender USA 7250-5M Nickel Plated Steel .045 - .125
Cam - Akaso V50X und Samsung S10+ - Hudba
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Pretty noisy too.....I realise grounding/shielding issues are a very easy 'fix'....but, it's a fix that should have been implemented before the guitar left the factory.
This is a fantastic demonstration. Thank you! ❤
You are welcome! :)
Thanks for the nice review! As a result of your review I'm probably going to buy one this week.
Hey! I am reall happy my review helped you! I hope you will get one of those great basses.
what a great demo. well done. danke.
That bass sounds really amazing. I am a big fan of crisp and articulate tone, and this bass has that! It seems really versatile, too, and you did a great job demonstrating its range. Great job on another excellent video! I look forward to seeing more of your reviews.
Hey my man! Thank you so much. Yes...crisp and articulate is spot on. Those DiMarzios are so much better than you'll get on a stock Fender...even if quadrupled the price.
If you want a real mellow sound you really have to dial the treble and mid back and up the bass a bit, but as you have seen/heard the 3 band eq has a great range. This translates so well to the knobs. They are sturdy and I can't tell you how much I love it, when the knob has a dent at the 50% mark it's a very small detail but I really always shake my head, when I have even mlre expensive basses and I have to estimate the 50% mark.
But I can't help but think the decision to spare the passive tone control is arkward. Even a 80$ bass has that. And some purists might be turn off by that fact. As I said in the video...it's no big deal for me, because if I play an active bass, I play in active mode 99% of the time. But it's just strange.
@@Insoma I agree that is strange that they only wired in the tone controls on the active circuit. I think that would be relatively easy to change, though.
My kiesel has a preamp, and it is activated by a push-pull pot. You have to pull it for passive mode, so I guess it's made to mostly use the preamp while playing.
@@Insoma maybe you could ask Charvel
Awesome as usual brother!
Thank you so much! The PJ version of this also arrived by now!
Great review!! Good demonstration of how much tonal variation it has!
and Yes, you should do reviews on the other basses in your collection!
Hey Lorin! Thank you so much. I will definitely think about that :)
Great review. Suscribed. I will look forward to more content!
Thank you! I really appreciate it :)
I just bought this guitar. To me sounds seriously awesome. You play a nice spectrum of different things and can get a great feel for the bases capabiltys. One thing really pleased me as how good and non floppy the B string sounds. Sounds serously nice and not different to the other strings. I cant wait to get my one, i got the green one too. Also such a beauty. Doesnt bother me the lack of control for passive, I will play direct into Ableton so will all the tone control from there. And I will be using the 5th string a lot too so wont use passive mode much. I want to get an old P BAss flatwound for that. :--)
Just purchased the Candy Red. Arrives tomorrow. Can't wait
And do you like it :)
@@Insoma It's heavier than I thought but other than that it's BADASS. Especially in the lower end. I play Reggae solely and appreciate the deep stuff. Mated this to an Ampeg SVT + 810.
Great review. On the lack of passive tone controls, my old Warwick ProLine Corvette does the same thing. It has a push/pull knob for active/passive, and in passive mode, all the tone controls are bypassed. It's not the biggest deal for me since I always play that bass in passive mode, but I agree that it's an odd design oversight in a modern bass.
Hi and thank you so much!
Yes, I came to the same conclusion. For me it is no problem at all...but I would have never guessed taht this is a feature which could be dropped at all.
It seems like the B string isn't the greatest, but overall, it kicks ass!
Edit: I did also notice some noise, but that's not a deal breaker for me.
Excellent review! (new subscriber here) The bass sounds and looks great.
Oh wow! Thank you so much!
I am editing the next review at the moment...Ibanez EHB 1005-SMS. It'll be out tomorrow ;)
@@Insoma Awesome, looking forward to it. These multi scale basses are intriguing. P.S. the lazy side of me appreciates the reviews in English, but on the other hand, I need to practice my toddler-level German too :D
Nice tone on slaps. .
👌👌👌
Thank you!
That was a fantastic review.
And on that tonal control on passive, perhaps we can incorporate that on our Yahama from Bahama Basses 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That will be a killer business. I already bought Barmuda shorts for the shop outfit.
You are a very good player. I enjoy it.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate that :)
Ich fand das Review sehr gut. Gerne mehr davon! :) Ich weiß nicht wie groß der Aufwand für Untertitel ist, aber ich würde die Variante mit den Reviews in Deutscher Sprache vorziehen.
Und das aus folgenden, schwerwiegenden Grund: Auf CZcams ist mittlerweile alles auf englisch und jemanden in einer fremden Sprache zu hören ist einfach viel reizender, sofern Untertitel vorhanden sind und der Inhalt nachvollziehbar ist.
Danke und Gerne :)
Ich werde das mit den Untertiteln mal ausprobieren.
Ich kann Dir sagen, ich habe es ausprobiert...und Untertitel hinzufügen ist gar nicht mal so schwer.
In 20 Stunden weißt Du mehr :)
Im looking for a bass to tune E to C for more chordal playing etc you think its a good candidate?
Very nice sounding Bass. I could not help but notice a spot green paint on the fret board just to the right of the truss rod wheel. Or is it just me?
If you can read this...you are too close ;)
Thanks for inspiring me to do a review vid again!
Man this is a beautiful instrument. Love the red version as well. Seems like a really nice one to play as well.
Edit: figured I should probably update you. A while back on your EHB1506MS review I said I was saving for one. I ended up snagging a Schecter Stiletto Custom 6 used on Reverb. I am so in love with it, and having the extra upper register makes it a lot easier to play stuff like Tool that jumps around the neck a lot. It plays beautifully well, and looks phenomenal as well. I got the Vampyre Satin finish.
Yes, it indeed is. I would afarid the red one looks weird with my hair :)))
And the red one would only be available in Mai...so I went with green, which als is beautiful.
But my PJ will be the Neon Lime Green one^^
The bass is very playable...I love the measuremnt and feel of the neck!
Hello, is it a well balanced instrument in a seated position? Do you know the exact weight?
Thanks a lot and congratulations!
@@mauro7474 The weight is 9 pounds 10 ounces (3oz lighter than my Jackson 5 string), and it is very nice to play seated. It is slightly neck heavy, but FAR better than my Jackson. Not any worse than your average 5 string jazz bass. I play seated a lot of the time and it is very comfortable. The action can also got incredibly low with no buzz if you want that clanky metal tone (like I do).
👍👍👍👍😉😉😉😉
@Jonathan Skeels: Hey! That Stiletto is indeed beautiful! Great choice!
Sounds good, however it being a 35 inch scale would be a deal breaker for me.
it isn't, that was a typo apparently
Pickup size & string spacing please
Charvel Jazz Precision Bass :D
:)
Isn’t that the point of passive mode versus active?? Active gives you ability to change your tone with the onboard electronics and passive means you can’t, right?
Not exactly. Most passive basses have a tone knob which alters the tone between a bit more brightness and a darker tone via a toneblend (NOT a blend between pickups). All my passive basses have that and all my active basses with a passive mode have that, too. So I just wonder, why they cut that here. For me that isn't a problem, because I will play this bass in active mode 98% of the time. But I know people which are seriously upset about that.
My passive Flea bass for example has the stacked knobs, which lets you Set the volume and the tone for each passive pickup separately.
@@Insoma cool, thanks for clarifying. I don’t think that’s a deal breaker for me either.
Is this neck diving??
Hello! No I don't feel like it is. The roasted necks are not as heavy as the other necks and therefor less often neck diving.
Literally the only thing I can say in German (from looking on thomann too much). Keine linkshander bass 😢
I am so sorry for that. It's not easy being a lefty. You should/could try a Sire V10 5. Basically the same for the same price.
A good thing with Sire is, that ALL models are available left/righty and fretted/fretless.
@@Insoma I appreciate all the companies that make good left handed stuff. The market is huge these days so there's plenty more bass in the sea. I'll probably get the Sire or Sadowsky metro express
I picked up the 4 string version, but just sent it back. I'm scared I'm going to regret it. I absolutely loved how the bass played and the tones that I could get. Not crazy about the look and really disliked the cheap crappy battery door. I know if I had kept the bass that I would have broken that battery door. oh well, guess that's what duct tape is for right?
Oh yes! You are right! I totally forgot to mention that. The nattery door really is an abomination!
was the bass noisy?
Not really. A little bit of noise when I turned the treble to 100%. You can slightly hear it at the end of the EQ-Settings part of my video. But even then it was only very Brief.