Dark Star 1981/2 G&L L-1000, strung BEAD

duke12 · #1 08-25-2010, 06:32 PM

SOLD.

Here's just a great bass, a 1981/2 G&L L-1000 with a Dark Star. Trans red over ash, ebony board. Strung BEAD.

Plenty of wear and dings, but the neck is great and she's a great player.

The L-1000 guts are gone, and so are the knobs. But the rest is there.

When I got it, the rout had been widened to fit a pair of Bart J pups. A stock MFD would have looked a little weird, so I simply carved the route a hair deeper and dropped in a Dark Star, which fit perfectly, and got the plastic from Jeannie's.

This was my main bass for a while, but I've now moved to a different axe for my BEAD needs. Plus, I need to raise some cake for another project, so I'm letting this one go.

$625 shipped via PayPal.

Click on the small pix for bigger ones...

gm2_in_co · #2 08-25-2010, 07:46 PM

Love it! Must resist the urge to rob a 7/11...

chimpbass · #3 08-25-2010, 08:17 PM

If the L-1000 guts are gone, do the current knobs do anything?

jetagegreg · #4 08-25-2010, 08:25 PM

Yow! Killer!

-GB

sunbeast · #5 08-25-2010, 10:42 PM

Wow! 2 of my favorite things mashed into 1!

duke12 · #6 08-26-2010, 12:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chimpbass

If the L-1000 guts are gone, do the current knobs do anything?

Well, yeah. There's a volume and a tone knob. The Pignose knob does nothing other than make me smile.

jbrewer3 · #7 08-26-2010, 02:45 PM

Somebody buy this before I get in trouble with the wife. Total hotness bump.

dokazaado · #8 08-26-2010, 03:11 PM

oh man. beauty!

duke12 · #9 08-28-2010, 04:06 PM

gm2_in_co · #10 08-28-2010, 08:46 PM

Sounds like you only want $$$, right? No trades?

sanfordandsonny · #11 08-28-2010, 10:03 PM

krovx · #12 08-29-2010, 01:06 AM

Any recordings of what it sounds like with the Darkstar?

duke12 · #13 08-29-2010, 11:56 AM

Yes, for sale only.

As for recordings, there are several, but they're all live video shots from my INXS tribute (www.inxstributeband.com) and the sound quality varies quite a bit by recording and the backline provided...

krovx · #14 08-29-2010, 02:55 PM

Hey duke,

Could you specify a video that you think gives a good example of the bass?

I have loved the clips I have heard of Darkstars and of L-1000 but they are unique together. My worry about buying it is if I didn't dig it, I wonder if I would be able to sell to someone else...know what I mean?

Also, do you have a standard nut or way to set it back up to standard EADG? Or would I have to get the setup changed myself?

Thanks!

sanfordandsonny · #15 08-29-2010, 04:03 PM

I doubt you'll have a problem flipping it.
There's a rack of people chomping at the bit.
And the omg setting might be easy to replicate w the darkstar. And if you obo it.

sanfordandsonny · #16 08-29-2010, 04:14 PM

Oops I thought the ad already said obo my bad.

duke12 · #17 08-29-2010, 04:24 PM

@ krovx - I will have to look at the videos tonight or tomorrow, can't really hear anything where I am right now to tell which sounds better. But understand that this is set up like a one-pup Dark Star bass, the L -1000 circuitry was long gone when I got it. yes, you will have to re-set up this bass for EADG. The truss rod and saddle height and intonation were all adjusted. That said, I don't think I did anything to the nut other than shave a hair wider (not deeper) on the 4th string slot. The nut should be fine as-is for EADG, I think.

glimmerofdope · #18 08-29-2010, 04:30 PM

sanfordandsonny · #19 08-29-2010, 06:54 PM

Again I have to apologize I thought he darkstar had two coils and I thought it would bear the omg mod easily but I can't think of a cooler bass to put a darkstar in.

krovx · #20 08-29-2010, 07:45 PM

Man, this is so cool.

Does it come with a case? How would describe the neck, more like a P or a J?