L-2500 wirng mods, or "franken-G&L" J-2500G

[BassikLee]

So I saw the L-2500 guts on ebay, and it hit me. Buy them. I have a Moses 5string neck, which is their MM/G&L neck. I prefer a Jazz body shape, as well as more comfy access to the higher frets than the L-2500 body offers. So, with a Moses neck, US L-2500 guts, and a Jazz body.... Thoughts?? I think I'll lose the preamp entirely, it is too hot. The pickups are loud enuf passive, and the EQ is passive anyway. Wiring options that have me intrigued include a Roscoe Beck inspired treatment, with independant coil switching, rather than the linked switching that is stock on the G&L. Anyone try series/parallel/single switching of those pickups??

Any/all ideas welcome.

Thanx,

Lee

[sunbeast]

Here is my thread about making my L2500 parallel/ single coil/ series...
Thoughts on L2500 single-coil mod....

I've since taken out the preamp and used the extra switch to do the coil switches seperately like you describe. I also made the treble cut pot a push-pull which changes the series setting to "single-coil w/ bass boost," which is what G&L used to have instead of the series setting. It basically just involves putting a capacitor on one coil of each pickup which sucks out the highs- so you are getting lows from both coils, but the highs only out of one coil.

Here is a thread where I talk about that mod.( I also changed the treble cut pot to a 500K which lets more highs through, and put a stacked volume so I could control volume for each pickup seperately)......
G&L L2000 mods.

I like these pickups any way I use them! My favorite right now is with the bridge pickup in "single coil w/ bass boost" and the neck pickup in parallel- it rocks!

Good luck- I have a couple other that I am contemplating putting MFDs in as well!

Karl

[sunbeast]

What you should do is just use one of the pickups and sell the other to me!

Karl

[DavePlaysBass]

Modding the G&L electronics. One of my favorite topics. In the sticky area at the Dude Pit, I have links to some of the mods I have done.

Post 13 at

http://www.vintagebass.com/thedudepi...3&page=2&pp=10

The single coil mods are well worth it. Right now my L2K Tribute is wired for outside and inside single coils (there are the hum cancelling pairs) and I really think the single coil thing is a huge addition. You can replace the 2-way series / parallel switch and get a 3-way that will give you a single coil option. Or if want to drill a hole or redo the pots and open up a hole, you can get a series / parallel wiring option that when in parallel gives you a 3-way choice of inside single coils, outside single coils, and true humbucking parallel.

My ulitmate mod that I have been planning is to do a volume / volume / concentric 500K bass cut / treble cut. Then I would have a 3-way parallel, single coil outside, single coil inside in the typical pickup select hole. I would then put push pulls on each of the volume pots. One push pull would put the two pickups in series with each other (like a fender S1 switch) and the other push pole could switch in the "single coil with bass boost" capacitors used on older G&Ls for series mode.

Dave

[BassikLee]

This is what I want, exactly! OK, to clarify, the "single with bass boost" mode, is still humbucking, correct?? I read it as "both coils on, highs cut from one". I like the push/pull pots. I have neber been a huge fan of mini switches, so to use as few as possible wouldn't hurt my feelings. I will probably have the preamp from this buy for sale soon, unless I decide to stick it in my tribby. I may just keep her stock tho, and use the Jazz/Moses/2500 as the mod/custom from hell.

Thanx, and keep throwing them at me.

Lee

[DavePlaysBass]

Single coil with bass boost is not hum bucking. With both pickups on it is hum adding unless you modify the coil orientation. If modified the two pickups together can be hum cancelling in single coil with bass boost. Read thru the links I have above.

Dave