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05-09-2007, 08:02 PM
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05-09-2007, 08:15 PM
|  | Musical Anarchist | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sutton, MA | | | That's a beautiful 3 string model. I like the binding. |
05-09-2007, 08:35 PM
| | | Why are the ASAT's only three bolt assembly?
HOT axe btw!!!!!!!  |
05-09-2007, 08:52 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Diego | | Quote:
Originally Posted by drumbook  Why are the ASAT's only three bolt assembly?
HOT axe btw!!!!!!! | Dunno exact dates but all G&L's had the 3 bolt for many years. Then the guitars went to 4 and most of the basses to 6. The ASAT and the SB-2 were the last two models still being done with 3 bolts up until about 2 years ago.
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05-09-2007, 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by spideyjg Dunno exact dates but all G&L's had the 3 bolt for many years. Then the guitars went to 4 and most of the basses to 6. The ASAT and the SB-2 were the last two models still being done with 3 bolts up until about 2 years ago.
Jim | In fact, I noticed some late model SB-2's on Evilbay and BT trade as three bolt as well. Wonder if it affected the sustain and tone to the better after the 4/6 bolts went into production? |
05-09-2007, 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by drumbook In fact, I noticed some late model SB-2's on Evilbay and BT trade as three bolt as well. Wonder if it affected the sustain and tone to the better after the 4/6 bolts went into production? | AS I said the SB-2 and ASAT just very recently went to 6. Sustain and tone effect? Nah. See from the G&L FAQ... Quote: |
One of the reasons Marketing was likely won over by the new design was that the three-bolt design had (quite incorrectly) developed a widespread reputation as being "unstable". This ill-founded rumor had mainly been perpetuated by those who had had experience with three-bolt Fenders of the '70s. What these folks were missing was that the instability seen in those '70s Fenders was due not to an inherent weakness in the three-bolt design itself, but rather to the sloppy, careless construction techniques used to build those instruments. Despite the fact that G&L's three-bolt neck was extremely well-executed and offered plenty of stability, the move to a four-bolt neck has proven quite beneficial in terms of eliminating initial "customer skepticism" from shoppers new to G&L.
| Bottom line 3 bolts work great and many GLeeks, like me, wish they would still offer it.  |
05-10-2007, 09:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Mechelen, Belgium | | | Beautiful bass! |
05-10-2007, 10:37 AM
|  | Never Satisfied | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Staten Island, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by spideyjg AS I said the SB-2 and ASAT just very recently went to 6. Sustain and tone effect? Nah. See from the G&L FAQ...
Bottom line 3 bolts work great and many GLeeks, like me, wish they would still offer it. |
Jim,
Why do you still wish they offered 3 bolt design? Is it better in some way?
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05-10-2007, 02:21 PM
|  | needs to spend more time on music and less on gear | | Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Spring, TX (Houston metro) | | | Sweet! I know how good G&L clear orange looks in person as I traded Jamie the orange JB-2 he recently sold. I'm envious as I just picked up an ASAT strap extender so I can finally try an ASAT SH. That's a gorgeous bass.
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05-10-2007, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by craigb I'm envious as I just picked up an ASAT strap extender so I can finally try an ASAT SH. That's a gorgeous bass. | Craig, Since this thread is all about ASAT love, please be sure and report your opinion of the strap extender.
Beautiful bass mrpackerguy. Your band's web site is entertaining too.
Peace . . .
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05-11-2007, 10:26 AM
| | | | that sir is simply stunning!
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05-11-2007, 07:59 PM
| | Resident Packer Fanatic | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Madison, Wisconsin | | Quote:
Originally Posted by FidgetStone Craig, Since this thread is all about ASAT love, please be sure and report your opinion of the strap extender.
Beautiful bass mrpackerguy. Your band's web site is entertaining too.
Peace . . . | Thanks x2! |
05-12-2007, 09:19 AM
|  | A Hard Rockin Lover of GREENBURST Moderator | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Where I lay my head is home | | The Semi Hollow ASAT is my favorite G&L bass !
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05-12-2007, 10:58 AM
|  | I play the bass and design things. | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brockton, MA | | | do ASAT come with a p-neck or a j-neck standard? i'm not too up on the difference between the two necks.
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05-12-2007, 11:04 AM
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05-12-2007, 11:25 AM
| | I play the bass and design things. | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brockton, MA | | | haha, yeah i know. i have a SH ASAT, and its just whatever they come with by default and i was wondering what kind it is
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10-25-2008, 08:29 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Noth Cackalackey | | Here's pics.
Must have reorganized my Photobucket.
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"Spring Ping" was fixed with a piece of foam weatherstrip. 
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10-25-2008, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by NE4TT "Spring Ping" was fixed with a piece of foam weatherstrip. | Ah-hah! Thanks for posting this about "spring ping". My L2000 (also an older 3 bolt model, BTW) does this exact same thing and I even replaced the bridge pickup recently thinking it was a PU problem..........
Course after I got it all back together and noticed it still did the plink-plink-plink thing, I was wondering if the springs were the culprit. Looks like that's the case..........
I'll try this with the foam rubber......
Tnx!
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10-25-2008, 07:23 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle | | Absolutely beautiful. I have the same bass with natural binding and I love it to death. Quote:
Originally Posted by NE4TT Here's pics.
Must have reorganized my Photobucket.
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10-26-2008, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by unclejane Ah-hah! Thanks for posting this about "spring ping". My L2000 (also an older 3 bolt model, BTW) does this exact same thing .......... | "Spring Ping" gives an odd overtone to your sound.
You can flick the pickup and hear the ping, if it hasn't been "fixed".
Rumor has it, G&L used to stuff the springs years back.
I used weather strip foam from the hardware store.
Has adhesive on one side.
Cut it long enough to compress against the springs.
This method works with the JB-2.
You can also use a piece of neoprene or old bicycle tube.
Roll up a small piece, like you would a stick of gum.
Insert into the spring.
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