L2500 tribute knobs and switch operation

tray · #1 06-29-2006, 04:00 PM

Hi everyone ,, just got my first G&L L2500 Tribute bass and was hoping someone could tell me which knobs and switch does what.
My dealer said G&L doesn't provide this information.

Thanks, Tray

surge · #2 06-29-2006, 04:03 PM

Heya mate, congratulations on the new bass!
I'm fairly sure Tribs and US controls are the same, so here is a link to the sheet that comes witht he US basses...

http://www.glguitars.com/schematics/...ls_diagram.pdf

tray · #3 06-29-2006, 04:10 PM

Thanks surge

bradjonesbass · #4 06-30-2006, 10:32 AM

I think your dealer is just plain lazy because G&L includes this information with all of their basses.

spideyjg · #5 06-30-2006, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bradjonesbass

I think your dealer is just plain lazy because G&L includes this information with all of their basses.

Not on Tributes.

Jim

lpdeluxe · #6 06-30-2006, 12:31 PM

That's true.

bradjonesbass · #7 07-03-2006, 06:58 PM

Really? Wow! It's just a single sheet of paper, b&w print. It couldn't possibly cost more than 2 cents to include that with the Tributes. That's really not cool.

lpdeluxe · #8 07-04-2006, 10:26 AM

I actually made a diagram on the computer before I discovered the information on the G&L website. I can't gripe, though, because the Tribute L2K was a stone bargain. I have never fallen in love with a bass (not counting my Fender '51 P RI) so quickly.

**Chef** · #9 07-05-2006, 02:59 PM

Congrats, and looks like you have your answers.
Don't string it thru the bridge, only thru the body.
See the 2500 bridge rips off thread for more info...

eadg57 · #10 07-14-2006, 06:45 PM

Is it true that on a Tribute L2500, the Bass and Treble controls are passive (cut only)?

spideyjg · #11 07-14-2006, 08:32 PM

All G&L's are that way. Cut only.

Jim

cb56 · #12 07-15-2006, 09:52 AM

Maybe someone could create a "sticky" post at the top of the talkbass G&L forum with a link to the owners manual on the G&L page. Might keep the same question from being asked over and over.

earlgray · #13 07-24-2006, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surge

I'm fairly sure Tribs and US controls are the same

I got both a Trib & a US and, while the controls are the same, the preamp switch on my Trib is positioned backwards from the US (and the diagram sheet). So, regular active is still the middle position, but passive & active/treble boost positions are reversed.

So, be wary. This one didn't take me long to figure out the difference and its not really worth switching, but, it does lead me to suggest that its possible that others might be different from the diagram.

hth...EG

stu42 · #14 08-14-2006, 11:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by earlgray

I got both a Trib & a US and, while the controls are the same, the preamp switch on my Trib is positioned backwards from the US (and the diagram sheet). So, regular active is still the middle position, but passive & active/treble boost positions are reversed.

So, be wary. This one didn't take me long to figure out the difference and its not really worth switching, but, it does lead me to suggest that its possible that others might be different from the diagram.

hth...EG

Thanks for this post....I just got my first G&L (an L-2500 Tribute) today and I initially set it to what I first thought was passive and played with the pickup and series/parallel controls for a while. Then, I switched the preamp to the other two positions to continue my experiments and it did the opposite of what I expected.

After playing for a while longer I came to the conclusion that it "must" be wired the reverse of the diagrams. Still there was some doubt.

Thanks for confirming this....maybe I'm not as crazy as I thought!!!

spideyjg · #15 08-15-2006, 12:17 AM

All the Tribbys have switches that go odd. The one I had you could rotate the pup selector and the active to be like the USA but the series/parallel doesn't have room.

Jim