hello fellow ( GLEEKS) i just snaged this baby looks to be an 81 L 2000 E , slotted pole pieces , but check out the root beer finish, i have never seen a g&l bass with this finish before, i know they did some guitars in the early 80s, my friend has an f 100 that has the same root beer tint, has any body seen another g&l bass like this?http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q250/bigbee4/HPIM0201.jpg

hello fellow ( GLEEKS) i just snaged this baby looks to be an 81 L 2000 E , slotted pole pieces , but check out the root beer finish, i have never seen a g&l bass with this finish before, i know they did some guitars in the early 80s, my friend has an f 100 that has the same root beer tint, has any body seen another g&l bass like this?http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q250/bigbee4/HPIM0201.jpg

I've seen one before. Are you sure it's not just a clear coat over tinted mahogany? I know at one point G&L made some mahogany L2000's.

yeah i know i have 2 other mahogany basses an 81 L 1000
and a 82 L2000e fretless but this finish is just like my friends f 100 and that is a root beer. i just never saw a bass this color before. regards steve.

Looks a lot like my 80 L1K.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v186/spideyjg/L1K/L1Kporn004.jpg

Couple of modern ones at NAMM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v186/spideyjg/NAMM/NAMM056.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v186/spideyjg/NAMM/NAMM031.jpg

Looks a lot like my 80 L1K.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v186/spideyjg/L1K/L1Kporn004.jpg

Couple of modern ones at NAMM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v186/spideyjg/NAMM/NAMM056.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v186/spideyjg/NAMM/NAMM031.jpg

nice L1K ,do you know if this color was a special order? yours is the only other bass i have seen with this color, i dig the maple board on yours!! all the best steve.

No idea Steve. That is an early 80 an God knows how many owners it has had.
Hell could have been the wood itself. compare to my 'hog El Toro.

Jim

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v186/spideyjg/amps/rig015.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v186/spideyjg/amps/rig010.jpg

I had a 1980 L1K that same "tras rootbeer" over mahogany.

JTLee has a late 80s 2000e in that color.