FS: G&L BABP L-1000 reissue

[craigb]

Look! It's the yoyo bass ad - it's up! it's down! it's back up! and so on and so forth. And now it's back up.

This is one of the recent reissue L-1000s - the classic design and controls (parallel/single coil/OMG switch along with volume, treble cut and bass cut knobs) with modern construction techniques. The body is alder with tobacco burst finish and the neck is a slim #8 (1.5" nut width, 12" fretboard radius) with a satin finish.

It's nice and light at 8.8 lbs and a joy to play. The best way I can think of to describe OMG mode (more accurately single coil with bass boost) is that if a normal P-bass is Bruce Banner then an L-1000 in OMG mode is the Hulk. Parallel has more edge and presence, single coil slices & dices and OMG is a sledgehammer.

Hard case included. The reason I'm selling is I've overbought and fiscal responsibility says something has to give and this is the one.

$995 shipped in the contiguous 48, paypal OK

Although paying down gear debt is my primary goal I would consider working a trade for:

G&L Tribute JB2
G&L SB-1
G&L SB-2

Any would have to have 1.5" nut width, satin neck and weigh 8.75lbs or less

[GaryLC]

Craig, that is making me drool! Do you want to trade for my old '81 L1K? Although I think the neck & weight might be a dealbreaker, she weighs almost 11 pounds...

[craigb]

11 lbs

Yeah I'm a stickler for 1.5" nut width and for whatever reason I like the L2K better than the L1K (probably series works for my ears better than OMG mode). If I were going to have an L1K this one would be it.

I also wanna build some fEarfuls but am strapped for gear funds so I'm hoping to sell outright or "trade down" and get some funds out of it.

[craigb]

anybody wanna get themselves a nice Xmas present?

[Wallyworld]

"fiscal responsibility" --- two words that are (unfortunately) the antidote to my G.A.S. pains -----and THIS bass brings on an attack!

[craigb]

You know, having sold the fretless I don't have to sell this one . . . locking it down for now