any chance of a JB-2 5 string???

Psychicpet · #1 08-06-2007, 11:18 AM

Hi there, I was just wondering if any of you G&L-aholics knew if the company has any plans of doing a 5 string version of the JB-2??

I think that'd be a great new addition to their roster.

cheers.

pd

vroc38 · #2 08-06-2007, 02:36 PM

If they would make a 5-string SB-2 with an L-2500 neck that still sounds like an SB-2, I don't think I'd be able to wait for one on the used market.

plankspanker13 · #3 08-08-2007, 06:59 AM

The SB-2 and JB-2 are intended to be Leo's final refinements of his classic seminal designs. Methinks the lack of 5-string versions is in part due to a certain ethic at G&L; namely, an ethic of, "if Leo didn't work on a type, we won't build it." Even Fender did not release the 5-string versions of their classic models until after Leo's passing.

While the desire for 5-string SB-2 and JB-2 models is understandable, I simply think that the only 5-string models that G&L will make for the foreseeable future are the L-series.

Nedmundo · #4 08-08-2007, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by plankspanker13

The SB-2 and JB-2 are intended to be Leo's final refinements of his classic seminal designs.

I think that's only true of the SB-2. As I recall, the JB-2 is a post-Leo G&L. I think a five string version would make lots of sense given the popularity of J-type five strings.

LAG · #5 08-08-2007, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nedmundo

I think that's only true of the SB-2. As I recall, the JB-2 is a post-Leo G&L. I think a five string version would make lots of sense given the popularity of J-type five strings.

+1

Nikoubis · #6 08-16-2007, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vroc38

If they would make a 5-string SB-2 with an L-2500 neck that still sounds like an SB-2, I don't think I'd be able to wait for one on the used market.

+1, without the used part.

DavePlaysBass · #7 08-22-2007, 01:34 AM

A 5 string SB-2 would be a big seller I bet.