Anyone running the L2000 Bridge pup only w/success?

wyleeboxer · #1 11-05-2008, 11:25 AM

Ok, Ill' post a pic later today, but I've brought my ASAT back from the dead... by getting a L2000 body off ebay (black and singed by Leo). Always loved the tone of my ASAT but couldnt ever get past the hornless body and neck dive. Swaped everyting over to the L2000 body and the thing is as comfy as any jazz bass out there!

Question tho, I find Im using the Bridge pup "only" in passive/parrallel mode quite a bit... I dont dim any of the controls and it seems to be really working for all the funk tunes in our set, I'll sometime flip to both pups for a fatter tone for a few songs, but it seems to be a bit too fat at times and loses its articulation and tight sound, hence bridge pup most of the time. Anyone else?

sunbeast · #2 11-05-2008, 04:12 PM

I have been using the bridge pickup soloed on occasion recently and never used to- try lowering the pickups significantly to balance out that massive low-end and sometime lack of clarity from the neck pickup though!

Karl

**Chef** · #3 11-05-2008, 04:38 PM

Like he said

wyleeboxer · #4 11-05-2008, 04:43 PM

Thanks, I can definitely give it a try.. not really disapointed with the sound of both pups on, good for that dub "I shot the Sheriff" sound. I was really wondering why its good for some of you G&L'ers to solo the bridge pup, or if its something you dont do too often?

**Chef** · #5 11-05-2008, 04:46 PM

On my 2006 L2000, I generally run the bass dang near off for neck/center...and somewhere~60% for bridge only.
I reckon I could lower my pickups, but I don' wanna.

Believe it or not, my 1981 L2Ke is even deeper...I did hafta drop the pups some on it.

wyleeboxer · #6 11-05-2008, 04:55 PM

Yeah ive got the pups fairly low right now, I took the bass years ago to the G&L factory in Fullerton, not too far from my house, and had the tech dial in the pup height b/c they were way to hot for the recording I was doing at the time. I kept the height the same when I swapped everything over last week. I'm really liking it again, tone-wise live its the cats meow.. I'm just trying to figure out why the Bridge pup is working for me so well or if maybe Im missing something?
also the ASAT neck on the L2000 body is the way to go!!

**Chef** · #7 11-05-2008, 04:56 PM

Naw, yer not missing anything.
I've always dug the Jaco-barky bridge pickup option on almost anything.

wyleeboxer · #8 11-05-2008, 05:02 PM

Cool, I'll have pic up later of the bass... I'm curious about the "Leo Fender" sig. on the horn of the body? Its signed in gold over a black finish.. Anyone have any idea why? No big deal to me, but just want to know if im holding the Holy Grail of bass bodies!

wyleeboxer · #9 11-06-2008, 02:30 PM

Ok here is a pic of my put together ASATL2000! Im loving this thing... sounds killer, thin neck, no neck dive and perfectly balanced for a 3 hour gig!

And if anyone has any info on the "Leo Fender" sig on the body let me know?

unclejane · #10 11-06-2008, 07:33 PM

I play the bridge PU alone on my L2000 virtually all the time. I've found I prefer series mode as parallel is a bit thin unless I really pluck hard. It's a complete beast with a very fat velvety sound, I just touch it and hefty almost Jaco-like notes just flow out of it.

I play my L2500 the same way, though it's not as beasty sounding as my L2000. I'm still waiting for the strings to deaden up which may beef it up some more, tho.

The neck PU's I only use if I need a P bass sound, which for my own stuff is never. If I start gigging again, tho, I may need to use that....

LS

wyleeboxer · #11 11-07-2008, 10:39 AM

Yeah I just got a tribute L2000 from a fellow TB'er as a back up and it has fairly new strings, doesnt have the sweetness as my USA L2000, Im waiting for the strings deaden as well. But overall thier not a bad bass, especially for the money! Swapped the tuners out already for Ultra-lites which made a big difference in balance. The neck is wider rather then chunkeir then I thought it would be... but the thing plays well.

**Chef** · #12 11-07-2008, 11:14 AM

I may be the only guy who really lieks the wider necks.
The early 80's stuff with 1 3/4 width, and shallow depth are grrreat.

spideyjg · #13 11-07-2008, 02:40 PM

Pickup heights and angles are critical. I have a certain setup discovered by accident.

My '93 sounded great and my new one in '04 wasn't the same and noticed a certain relationship between the bridge and neck heights and angles.

Broke out a screwdriver and matched the '04 pickup/string relationship and instant improvement to the '93ish sound.

Every single 2K is tweaked that way now.

FWIW I go for a snarly, mean sounding bass, No subtlety for me on the 2K. Some others are set up for subtle but not the 2K's.

Jim

**Chef** · #14 11-07-2008, 02:42 PM

Please detail your pickup setup; and how it sounds different from the other setup...which you could detail as well?

thx

wyleeboxer · #15 11-07-2008, 05:04 PM

I set up the new Tribute exactly like the USA "ASATL2000" last night (Pup height, pole height, distance from strings, etc...) all the same. The Tribute had way more output then the USA so I lowered the Trib pup all the way and then had to lower the pole pieces and it still had more juice... so now Im waiting for the strings to die a bit to see what happens. Mind you I've got them both in a simple Bridge solo, passive, parrallel modes. The USA still has that unmatched gnarly, organic, vintage sweetness to it, the Trib is more one dimensional electric sounding.

Wwolof · #16 11-14-2008, 01:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chef

I may be the only guy who really lieks the wider necks.
The early 80's stuff with 1 3/4 width, and shallow depth are grrreat.

I prefer a P Bass neck size with frets. I like the J width for fretless.

/ 50% agreement

southpaw420 · #17 11-14-2008, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chef

I may be the only guy who really lieks the wider necks.
The early 80's stuff with 1 3/4 width, and shallow depth are grrreat.

I gotta say, I used to be real picky with the nut width when buying a bass and I would never go for anything other than a jazz width neck. Since Ive had my Trib L2000 I just dont feel that comfortable on a 1.5 width neck anymore. This neck is just too comfy

As for the whole bridge PU thing, I like using it in passive with the treble all the way down. You get a real nice growly sound when you play down by the bridge. I rarely use it by itself with controls maxed out, but when i think about it, Ive had this bass for over a year already and i still have plenty of experimenting to do.

wyleeboxer · #18 11-17-2008, 11:18 AM

Ive gotten used to the neck width on the Tribute already... yes its much wider but feels flater on the back side and doesnt give me any stretching issues. Sometimes I like it for some things over the ASAT neck, slapping for ex... the sound of the Tribute still is lacking the fullness and overall tone that my USA has.
Also I switched back to D'addarios' EXL165 over the EB Hybrid Slinkys' both where 45-105 nickles, big help. Mellowed it out a bit, but sounds very well balanced for any style, the hybrids seem to have more highs and high mids, so their on the Tribute for back up and slappin'!