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12-20-2006, 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by RicPlaya  How "vintagey" tonewize does this bass get? I am getting excited reading these reviews. | Perfect vintage sounds in passive mode. Roll of some extra treble and your there... |
12-20-2006, 07:37 AM
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Staff Reviewer; Bass Gear Magazine Moderator | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Columbia MO | | Vintagey....hmmmm....think "bigger than a P bass, with a little more edge.'' You can solo the neck pup, roll treble off a tad, and put flats on and get close, but if you reeeeallly gotta have the P with flats sound, you maybe oughta get a P....
This is not a slam, I have 7 (?, I think) G&L's, but the classic Jamerson Motown P sound is it's own thing, and if you gotta have that thing, pure and true, a 2xxxx G&L ain't quite it.
They are a wonderful thing tho, and G&L do (did) make P bass, and still make the SB2... Quote:
Originally Posted by RicPlaya How "vintagey" tonewize does this bass get? I am getting excited reading these reviews. |
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12-20-2006, 07:41 AM
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12-20-2006, 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Chef Ahhh, I get it now. I was trying to fgiure which bit if kit had 21 tubes in it 
I've recently got a MusicMan HD150, just 5 tubes in it. That trans-orange 2500L sounds flippin huuuge thru it |
MusicMans (MusicMen?) get a bad rap. Our front man had a head that sounded really, really good. SS preamp and tube output section. Nice & crunchy, but you had to push it a bit to get there.
If 5 tubes get you what you want, no need to go any further IMO. What I love about my rig is the fact that it will still crunch a bit at 90db instead of 120db. I also run everything EQ'd flat and there is still a wonderful warm glow to whatever I play (and I need all the flattering I can get). Heck, my Modulus Sweetspot 5 even sounds warm & crisp through it. 
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12-20-2006, 08:12 AM
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Staff Reviewer; Bass Gear Magazine Moderator | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Columbia MO | | More thread swerve: the HD 150 has an ss front end...so, there is no crunch, or at least no crunch you'd want But it does have huuuuge clean headroom, with tube warmth in the power section. I like it a lot, so far. It's a reaallly big 150 watts. I'll gig it tomorrow, with a G&L but of course, and report back if anyone cares
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12-20-2006, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Chef the classic Jamerson Motown P sound is it's own thing, and if you gotta have that thing, pure and true, a 2xxxx G&L ain't quite it.
They are a wonderful thing tho, and G&L do (did) make P bass, and still make the SB2... |
FWIW, I did jazz & theatrical gigs through college with my ASAT for the brighter sounds and my SB-2 w/ flats (not brite-flats) for the thudding numbers. Those flats nailed the thud but seemed to put a fair amount more tension on my neck. (that is, the SB-2's neck)
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12-20-2006, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Chef the HD 150 has an ss front end...so, there is no crunch, or at least no crunch you'd want | I should clarify--my bandmate ran his hot but clean and got a great crunch by running a Frantone HepCat in front of it. Delicious! Quote: |
But it does have huuuuge clean headroom, with tube warmth in the power section.
| That is the problem (if you want to call it that) with my Mesa's power section. It sounds best when you're actually making it work which is tough to do at indoor gigs. A 150W tube head would work better for many applications. You may be on to something there.
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12-20-2006, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by quickervicar A 150W tube head would work better for many applications. You may be on to something there. |
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12-20-2006, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Chef Vintagey....hmmmm....think "bigger than a P bass, with a little more edge.'' You can solo the neck pup, roll treble off a tad, and put flats on and get close, but if you reeeeallly gotta have the P with flats sound, you maybe oughta get a P....
This is not a slam, I have 7 (?, I think) G&L's, but the classic Jamerson Motown P sound is it's own thing, and if you gotta have that thing, pure and true, a 2xxxx G&L ain't quite it.
They are a wonderful thing tho, and G&L do (did) make P bass, and still make the SB2... |
OK, it gets oldschool when it needs to or edgy when it has to. VERY VERY versitle, I love it! I will one day own a L2000! |
12-20-2006, 02:58 PM
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12-20-2006, 03:06 PM
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12-25-2006, 01:26 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wynne, Arkansas | | I'm gonna try and not sound really stupid on this, so here goes. I have the L2000 Tribute Premium, are the pickups active? Or are they both active and passive? Also, is the preamp active? Or does the preamp make the pickups active/passive? I've always been confused about this. So how about some help on this. Thanks  |
12-25-2006, 01:53 AM
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Originally Posted by roger winkler I'm gonna try and not sound really stupid on this, so here goes. I have the L2000 Tribute Premium, are the pickups active? Or are they both active and passive? Also, is the preamp active? Or does the preamp make the pickups active/passive? I've always been confused about this. So how about some help on this. Thanks | The pickups are passive. The active/ passive switch on G&Ls just turns the active preamp on or off....the preamp on G&Ls is a little different than most bass active preamps, as it doesn't have any tone controls- it just boosts the signal and tends to add a little frequency response (especially high end). The bass and treble controls on G&Ls are completely passive- the treble control is the same as a tone knob on most basses, and the bass control is similar- it is cut only and can be used in either active or passive mode.
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12-26-2006, 01:06 AM
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