Btw, I just got one 2018 Cv black one also, the same that you have, Im just amazed by the sound and playability, one of the best precision I have played...
@enapier3196Ай бұрын
I still own a red Jolana Galaxis from '79 or '80 that I bought when I was living and working in Warsaw in the late 2000's. The young guy that I bought it from thought I was crazy, it was his first guitar and he was selling it to upgrade to a Fender. He kept saying "This guitar is junk! Why do you want to buy it?". I just thought it would be a cool souvenir to bring back to the states when I moved home, but I ended up absolutely loving how that rear pickup sounds. I still use it to this day, especially for laying down really thick, glassy rhythm tracks. I will never get rid of mine, nothing you can buy here in states sounds anything like it. Oh, and I had NO IDEA about the tone knobs! Thanks for the education!
@wftyler9680Ай бұрын
I think some quality flatwounds on the Squier would match or beat the Fender. As demo’d I prefer the brighter sound of the Squier; more recording options with different genres of music and sounds *MUCH* better for slap.
@sub-jec-tivАй бұрын
If that’s actually celluloid, it would probably be super flammable 😂
@junkyardgear2738Ай бұрын
well, there's only one way to find out 🔥
@DrTomoculus2 ай бұрын
Both are great Basses. It just speaks of the decent kind of instruments you can get now.
@astridlenore2 ай бұрын
That's definitely a p-bass neck width on the CV, the thinness you're feeling is the neck carve. Thank you for this comparison, keep up the good work!
@jeremytappero2 ай бұрын
Changed bridge, changed pickup, brass nut, refin. This is really not a comparison to a stock bass at all.
@junkyardgear27382 ай бұрын
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.
@Jamesp19722 ай бұрын
@@junkyardgear2738 it's not a stanndard pickup
@toddbrown80892 ай бұрын
Brass nut and non original pickup are enough to negate any legitimate comparison.
@junkyardgear27382 ай бұрын
@@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
@scottclark7592Ай бұрын
@@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.
@kneeboarderndevon2 ай бұрын
The Geezer Butler pickups are incredible. I've got a pair of PJs in an Aria Pro II
@astridlenore3 ай бұрын
Great pedal, but let's talk about the bass and acoustic you so casually snuck in. Demos on those when? :)
@lobsterbush45633 ай бұрын
This was a fun video to watch. Thanks guys! I was cheering for the Galaxis the whole time
@sharonlee47734 ай бұрын
Junktastic!
@peliculiar5 ай бұрын
2:40 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath! \m/
@Angus_785 ай бұрын
Io la posseggo😂
@idogepgyar5 ай бұрын
The pickup wiring is interesting, similar to a Peavey T-60. So I'm about to grab one, while they are still cheap in Hungary. Thanks for showing this in such great detail. Nice playing btw!
@thebenefactor67446 ай бұрын
The Skoda of jazzmasters. I love it. Oh Czech Republic, will you ever cease to amaze us?
@junkyardgear27385 ай бұрын
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.
@Pistefka6 ай бұрын
How does the Galaxis compare to other Jolana guitars (Tornado, Iris etc), in terms of playability? (Obviously the 60s Jolanas look cooler and cost a lot more, but are the actually better quality than Galaxises?)
@junkyardgear27385 ай бұрын
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 ✌
@Pistefka5 ай бұрын
@@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.
@jessemcinturff12686 ай бұрын
I had never heard of Jolana guitars before this and now I'm seriously looking at buying one. Also, as a professional guitarist in LA with a real fascination with the soviet musical instrument industry it would be an amazing resource if you guys could keep posting any of the soviet era gear you've got floating around. Its surprisingly difficult to find anything in English about this stuff!
@junkyardgear27385 ай бұрын
We definitely have more Jolanas to show! 🫡
@tanczene38246 ай бұрын
That fingerboard is not beech, it's ebony. Jolana used it whenever they could get some, I've seen it on a lot of models. I think it makes them extra cool, since even Gibson didn't use ebony freatboards for models other than their highest grade ones. They did use stained (or maybe baked, like earnie ball does with it's maple) beech for a lot of things though, your old one that you show a picture of definitely had the beech.
@allbadendsall6 ай бұрын
old peavey T series have the same tone controls :)
@kyckyckyc54286 ай бұрын
awesome! please do Musima deluxe 25, ultimate eastern bloc jaguar
@jenycegg6 ай бұрын
Adam really can make shtt starts to sing... I had Galaxis in the 80s and my fingers still hurts. 😊
@schissgring6 ай бұрын
These Humbuckers are soooo big :-D Nice playing as always, love it that you show us always the weird guitars.
@botwinjohn86956 ай бұрын
Udělejte to v češtině a budete mít daleko větší sledovanost 👍
@junkyardgear27386 ай бұрын
Koukám na počet obyvatel České republiky a na počet obyvatel zbytku světa a moc to nevychází 🙃✌️
@botwinjohn86956 ай бұрын
@@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 ?
@junkyardgear27386 ай бұрын
@@botwinjohn8695 možná byste se divil :) toto video má například jen 16% views z Česka.
@botwinjohn86956 ай бұрын
@@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 KZbin algoritmus mi Váš kanál nikdy nenabídl.
@junkyardgear27386 ай бұрын
@@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.
@pavelmazalek28386 ай бұрын
I had concept of making guitar with Jazzbass body with offset vibrato system. I suddenly told myself "wait a minute it reminds me Jolana Galaxis" 😀
@junkyardgear27386 ай бұрын
When you make it, let us know 🔥
@orwobaowah6 ай бұрын
and the tesla studio loudspeaker at the back <3
@junkyardgear27386 ай бұрын
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!
@lakselv37686 ай бұрын
To be real? The Jolana Galaxis handeled won the fuzz better and cooler than the Fender.
@junkyardgear27386 ай бұрын
It feels weird, but I totally agree. Especially in the single coil mode. (Hugo)
@lakselv37686 ай бұрын
@@junkyardgear2738 This guitar needs a comback on som distortion and overdrive pedals! It sounds amazing.
@valley_robot6 ай бұрын
That sounds really nice, I would have been happy with a guitar that good in the 80s in the UK, we had terrible guitars from Japan, columbus and jedson shit, awful guitars, these ain't that bad compared to the shit we had
@junkyardgear27386 ай бұрын
Awful guitars from Japan being much worse than Jolana Galaxis… that sounds like Adam’s 90s nightmare 🤣
@valley_robot6 ай бұрын
Dobry den, I used to see these shitty guitars when I lived in the Czech Republic, they were in second hand shops and sold for crazy prices
@junkyardgear27386 ай бұрын
Wow! When did you live here? And the prices were crazy high or crazy low? 😀
@valley_robot6 ай бұрын
@@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
@uox1796 ай бұрын
I think the jazzmaster sounds better clean, but if I was playing in something like a punk band with a lot of distortion, I would take the Jolana.
@eerbrev6 ай бұрын
Ok but that tonne control option with the split at the very end is kind of cool as heck though? Thanks for showing off this wild creature.
@junkyardgear27386 ай бұрын
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)
@kosnovikov3996 ай бұрын
Thank you! Always wondered how Galaxis and Jazzmaster compare. 15 years ago I wanted a Jazzmaster and Galaxis was a more realisitic alternative. Unfortunately never found one for sale in my town. Got a Jazzmaster years later, but happy to see and hear it side by side to Jolana.
@junkyardgear27386 ай бұрын
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 :)
@powerinformation6 ай бұрын
You make the Jolana sound great excellent playing
@junkyardgear27386 ай бұрын
Thanks! The sound was already there, we just picked it up :))
@user-uk3kb4rf7y6 ай бұрын
Adam feels like Gothaj............ Best guitar sticker ever 🙃
@junkyardgear27386 ай бұрын
Gothaj recipe is one year more vintage! <3 cdn.xsd.cz/resize/7e775a50ec73307aa7de66eed94868ee_extract=364,0,1706,960_resize=1360,765_.jpg?hash=adfbb389d375999e62796fd211d9f425
@tomotrop6 ай бұрын
Awesome video. That was my 1st guitar. I am trying to hunt it down. I cut it up, reprayed it, smashed it, reglued it...maybe it still exists somewhere. The easiest Galaxis bridge cure is to cut holes in the pickguard and take the pads off the posts. The JM clean and neck pup are superior, but the Galaxis bridge pup has so much character! I'd like to see a hollow body review, maybe Diskant or Tornado...and also the original Diamant - plywood for the win!
@junkyardgear27386 ай бұрын
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 :)
@kosnovikov3996 ай бұрын
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).
6 ай бұрын
It should be added that in the following ten years of production, the neck radius was already 7.25" and it takes about 30 minutes to seat the bridge through the pickguard to the wood - which in itself also solves the problem with the sticking bridge set screws, because they unscrew a lot more.) Well, let's compare Jolana Diamant (79') vs. Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty Custom! I happen to have one, two, maybe three Diamonds right now, you can choose.
@junkyardgear27386 ай бұрын
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 !
@UndeathSilence6 ай бұрын
Ohhh maaaan you are back :D
@junkyardgear27386 ай бұрын
Thanks❤ Hopefully here to stay!
@UndeathSilence6 ай бұрын
@@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.
@MatoMisik6 ай бұрын
Sweet boys... more junk please!!! :)
@junkyardgear27386 ай бұрын
Thanks! More junk coming soon 🫡
@MacMillerHD6 ай бұрын
Awesome. Keep videos like these coming!
@junkyardgear27386 ай бұрын
Thanks! More videos coming soon ✌
@greekflatpicker6 ай бұрын
Loved it!
@dj-datavirus627mike98 ай бұрын
it sounds good you can try other guitar so suggest you Presto Lang guitar :)
@user-gf8eh6qg5o9 ай бұрын
😊
@florianpertsch9166 Жыл бұрын
Hi! Great Video! What replacement bridge is this exactly? I got a similar EKO and want to modify it. Thanks in advance and regards, Flo
@noname1770 Жыл бұрын
Unbelievable good.....cool guys.. Great playing.... , good guitar by the way..... Fantastic....... 👌 Greetings from Germany... 😎
@allantucker4972 Жыл бұрын
Your playing is so good.. love it
@allantucker4972 Жыл бұрын
I just got Eko 400
@davidallen346 Жыл бұрын
Awesome tone great song potential guitar
@Macmax7077 Жыл бұрын
You are awesome!!!
@MrGilesAlexander Жыл бұрын
Cool video. Super cool guitar 😎and very awesome playing dude! 👌🏼