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well, there's only one way to find out 🔥

Fortunately, we've had enough 70s Fenders in our hands that were really great instruments, so that we can just smile :))

@@junkyardgear2738 well you've gone 60's already with the EMG GEEZER BUTLER pickup, because it's based on Geezers 60's p bass sound from early Sabbath days. 😂

The bridge is stock and the refin doesn't really affect the sound ;) I think this particural bass represents the overall sound and feel of mid to late 70s precisions well.

@@junkyardgear2738 it's not a stanndard pickup

Brass nut and non original pickup are enough to negate any legitimate comparison.

​@@toddbrown8089 feel free to ignore it then :)) Even if the bass was 100% stock, it still would be a lot different from every other similar age Fender bass. We've had enough 70s instruments in our hands to say at least this. Objectivity is a nice thing but there are fields where you can never really achieve it. We don't claim this comparison is scientific. It's just two dudes talking their impression. If you find us credible or not, that's really up to you. To me the point is that the real 70s pbasses are usually way heavier, have different necks, different feel and sort of a deeper sound. Cheers. Hugo

@@junkyardgear2738 great answer. Most all my bass players play 60-70s p or j basses, and few have original nuts, pups, or often times bridges. But they have a feel and sound that can be averaged.

Today's Skodas are actually well-built cars that compete on the worldwide market. But if we're talking that era Skodas, your comparison is spot on :D A poor man's takes on what was produced in the free world. But somehow charming and if they survived till today in a nice condition, they gain value fast. Same as Jolanas.

Hi, this is Hugo. I've had some and tried some Jolanas in my life, but I wouldn't call myself an expert at all. However, my impression is that the ergonomics of the guitars differ very much among the models. But a lot of the guitars I tried were highly playable. The feel of these guitars is somehow great, but it's usually not because of precise luthiery. But at the same time, I must say that a lot of people have bad experiences with these guitars because they were modded/crippled or weren't set up properly, with string action too high and the bridge at a very different place than it should be. Very common. Sometimes it's fixable and you can save this poor guitar attacked by a not-so-handy-man and it can still be a great guitar. But to your question: My Tornado (60s) is a great player, I used to own a Rubín guitar (73), that was on of the most comfortable guitar ever. Adam has some pieces that sound awesome despite their horrible neckshapes and of course some pieces that both sound great and are comfortable to play. Of course it's always better to try for your own since this is highly subjective. Cheers ✌

@@junkyardgear2738Thanks for replying. I guess the answer is to try each guitar for yourself, and then trust your own feeling/ear. A very subjective business, and depends greatly on each player's musical tastes and wants.

We definitely have more Jolanas to show! 🫡

Koukám na počet obyvatel České republiky a na počet obyvatel zbytku světa a moc to nevychází 🙃✌️

@@junkyardgear2738 Na ČSSR gear je to podle mne rozumnější. Jolany zná naprosto každý muzikant v Č.R. Kolik muzikantů v zahraničí asi tak zajímá nějaká Jolana a má tušení kde Česká Republika je ?

@@botwinjohn8695 možná byste se divil :) toto video má například jen 16% views z Česka.

@@junkyardgear2738 Tomu se vůbec nedivím. Je to kanál s anglickým názvem a anglickou titulkou. Já jsem se na to video dostal přes Váš komentář u Maťova videa. Kytary mne zajímají ale RUclips algoritmus mi Váš kanál nikdy nenabídl.

@@botwinjohn8695 No tak jsme rádi, že jste se k nám doklikal :) Algoritmus vám to dost možná nikdy nenabídl, protože tohle je první video po víc než třech letech. Díky za názor, my s dovolením zůstaneme u angličtiny. Většina Čechů je s angličtinou v pohodě. Obráceně to neplatí. Hezký den.

When you make it, let us know 🔥

Yes!! <3 :D Unfortunately, right now it's just decoration, because I accidentally ripped the membrane of one of the speakers and I have to have it repaired. I have one pair of these, Adam has two pairs. Tesla represent! :D Cheers!

It feels weird, but I totally agree. Especially in the single coil mode. (Hugo)

​@@junkyardgear2738 This guitar needs a comback on som distortion and overdrive pedals! It sounds amazing.

Awful guitars from Japan being much worse than Jolana Galaxis… that sounds like Adam’s 90s nightmare 🤣

Wow! When did you live here? And the prices were crazy high or crazy low? 😀

@@junkyardgear2738 15 years ago, I have a daughter that still lives there with her mum, I lived in kvetnice, the prices were more than a high end squier, I still wanted one though, I loved all soviet era stuff, my partner at the time did not for obvious reasons

Hi! Cool indeed! I'm not sure about the practicality tho :)) If you typically went for something in between, it would be quite hard to get consistent output from the guitar. At least I would mess with the knobs all the time. My favorite sound from this guitar was the single coil in the bridge position. Setting it up for this is luckily the easiest thing :) Cheers! (Hugo)

Thanks! Galaxis actually made me suspicious towards Jazzmasters for many years - however, I fell in love with offsets couple of years later and never looked back :)

Thanks! The sound was already there, we just picked it up :))

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Thanks! I think putting the Galaxis bridge pickup into a jazzmaster would be ultra cool, gotta try that sometime ! We actually own both Diskant AND Tornado, so something may come up in near future :)

Second that! Would love to see Diamant, another personal Jolana favourite (next to Galaxis), next to a Gibson or an Ephinone Les Paul, for a very unfair comparison =) Somehow I am convienced that they only share the body shape. Diamant seems to be a good and unique-sounding guitar of its own with its Saphir pickups, as can be heard on the album of Ivanov-Down, Best Urban Technical Noises (and their live shows).

Thanks for the comment, TBH I never saw a Galaxis with 7.25" neck radius (my original one was from the 80s and it had thinner neck profile, but same flat radius as this one) :) I think the flat radius was inherited from the Star VII, which is also where the bridge / vibrato assembly comes from (the bridge radius matches the fretboard radius quite well. Of course there are many ways of curing the bridge posts problem, but I choose to review the guitar as it is, in it's stock form. The Diamant comparison would be definitely cool !

Thanks❤ Hopefully here to stay!

@@junkyardgear2738 We hope too, actually i have few Jolana guitars and i have moded them a lot. Also made some partscasters from jolana parts with other european guitars. And they used ebony and rosewood for fretboard in the early models but it is so thin you can see it on galaxis its like 2.5 - 3 mm. After that they used flamed beech on almost all guitars except hollow body. And they used all kinds of wood for body mostly maple junk leftovers. I painted and worked on nearly 40 of them.

Thanks! More junk coming soon 🫡

Thanks! More videos coming soon ✌