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12-09-2008, 03:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Section 204 | | | L1500 gas finally quenched!
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Sold my Strat, and thanks to a fellow TB'er, this bad boy should be coming my way tomorrow...   http://www.talkbass.com/forum/attach...3&d=1227985973
Now I just have to work on the others...
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12-10-2008, 10:49 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Mukilteo, Washington. USA | | | Wow.. very nice L-1500. Congrats!
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12-10-2008, 11:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NOLA | | | score! looks like a real sweetheart. let us know how it goes... |
12-10-2008, 03:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Haarlem, Netherlands | | Oh man, I hate to say this, but are you sure that pickup isn't in the L2K-bridge spot?
Happened to me once; I spotted it on the picture the dealer sent me, and after some measurements it turned out I was right. The story was that G&L just switched to the new thinner bodies and hadn't set the machines correctly.
Back it went, and they made me another one...
This one seems to have the same mistake. I hope I'm wrong...
Edit: Here's a crude 'photoshop' I made for myself back then to compare the pickup positions. Watch the alignment with the volume knob. 
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12-10-2008, 04:06 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Orange County, CA | | | Yeah was wondering that as well? Ive been using only the bridge pup lately and noticed this "L1500" seems to have the pup in the same location, so I thought maybe G&L thought that the Bridge pup is all that is needed... |
12-10-2008, 04:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Behind the Orange Curtain | | | No, the L-1500 pickup and the L-2000 bridge pickup are in different locations. The L-2000's is closer to the bridge. The L-1500's is in the "StingRay" position where it sees greater string excursion.
There is a huge difference in sound between the L-1500 and the solo'd bridge pickup on a Tookay.
Ken...
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12-10-2008, 04:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Haarlem, Netherlands | | | Indeed, a huge difference! That's why I was willing to wait some more for one with the pup in the right spot.
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12-11-2008, 01:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Section 204 | | | Actually, BobaMosfett is right (good eye)... I measured it out against my L2000 tonight, and there's 1/32" difference... I'm gonna call G&L on this one.
The other interesting thing is that I pulled the neck to check the mfg dates, and they're both from Feb 1996. From everything I could find, the L1500 wasn't officially in production until 1997. Anyone shed some light on this? Might I have gotten one of the protos based on an L2000 body?
In any case, the neck is a dream and the body is gorgeous. I cannot for the life of me find a seam - it really looks to be one piece.
Anyway, I'll see if I can get through to G&L and report back...
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12-11-2008, 06:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Haarlem, Netherlands | | | The mistake on mine was made last year. It seems yours could indeed be some kind of prototype.
If I were you, I'd get another pick-up and turn it into an L-2000, if the body is so nice! Maybe G&L will do it for you?
Good luck anyway!
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12-11-2008, 07:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Section 204 | | | yeah, definitely toying with the idea of converting it to an L2000. Also toying with the idea of putting in a split-coil MFD like the one in the SB2, since I have a blank slate to work with on that part of the body. Make it kind of an SB2000 or something...
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06-20-2009, 08:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Section 204 | | Ok, so I called G&L on this one back in Jan, and they told me to send it in. Long story short, yes, the pickup was in an identical spot to the L2000. well, they decided to replace the body. After that, they realized they made a 6-bolt body to pair with my 3-bolt neck, so they gave me a new neck, too. So, now I've got a 2009 neck/body with 1996 hardware/electronics.
I have to say, I really commend G&L for taking care of their customers...
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06-22-2009, 09:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NOLA | | | GAS!! sooo sweet! |
06-22-2009, 10:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Mukilteo, Washington. USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by TDR1138 
The other interesting thing is that I pulled the neck to check the mfg dates, and they're both from Feb 1996. From everything I could find, the L1500 wasn't officially in production until 1997.
| My L1500 fretless has a body date of NOV 10, 1996 and a neck date of DEC 3, 1996 obviously later than yours but '96 none the less. The PU location on mine looks to be stock. 
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06-27-2009, 09:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Avon, IN | | | I heard a local band tonight at an outdoor concert. Bassist was playing an upright for part of the show and I was talking with a friend while listening. All of a sudden the bass sound changed--snapping--growling--nasty goodness was cutting through and smacking me in the face.
Went up and checked, sure enough...G&L L1500. I now have GAS. What a KILLER sound! Some day...some day!
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