trying to find year of g&l bass

[shazzy]

Hello
I just inherited a g&L L1000 from my brother.I am pretty sure he bought it around the mid 80s.I was wondering if anyone could tell me how old it is?The serial # on the bridge is b003307 if that helps....Thanks

[goatrider]

You can pop the neck off. It should be stamped in the pocket and on the heel. Or you can send it to me, and I might send it back.

[spideyjg]

Post a picture because little things can predict the era. Bridge finish, pole pieces, control plate etc.

Jim

[shazzy]

thanks
i will try taking off the neck tomorrow.if that doesnt pan out i will post some pics....thanks again

[Chef]

Should be an 82, but only looking at the neck pocket will tell fer-sure.

[shazzy]

hello again and thanks to all for the good advise.i took off the neck and found the date. the neck is 4-9-81 and the body is 3-25-81..all i need to do now is get the humm out of the electonics.is that a common problem with this bass? could it be a ground somewhere? thanks all...hope to hear back from you..

[Chef]

Sometimes the bridge ground wire sinks into the wood/gets corroded. You can pull the bridge, clean the wire, move it to a new locale, including wrapping it around one of the mounting screws.

[shazzy]

cool
i will try that as soon as i get a chance.....

[Chef]

This is also real helpful if the bridge wire doesn't help:
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electron...ing_Paint.html

[spideyjg]

The L1K has 3 positions on the switch humbucking/single coil/single coil w/ bass boost.

Only the humbucking will not have single coil hum. However if all 3 have a buzz, if putting your hand on metal reduces it then it is most likely a grounding issue.

Jim

[fede162162]

hi,my G&L l2000 has the serial number on the headstock,and is CLF27876.

do you know what's its year of production?

[Chef]

Hey mods;
Can we just make this a sticky please?

http://www.glguitars.com/chronology/index.asp

[cb56]

[Chef]

thx!

[attuma65]

Hi there, happy owner of a killer g&l L.1500 , i 'am looking for year of made of this baby.
Serial Number CL09155. 1997 ?

Thanks !

[Ken Baker]

Originally Posted by fede162162

hi,my G&L l2000 has the serial number on the headstock,and is CLF27876.

do you know what's its year of production?

Originally Posted by attuma65

Hi there, happy owner of a killer g&l L.1500 , i 'am looking for year of made of this baby.
Serial Number CL09155. 1997 ?

Again...

The ONLY way to get a reasonably accurate idea of the date of manufacture on G&L instruments is to pull the neck and make a note of the neck and/or body date(s). Either or both may exist.

Research based on a serial number search at the GuitarsByLeo Registry might be as accurate as the neck/body dates. It might also be months off.

Many of the guys can get within a few months based on feature set or physical attributes, but the neck/body dates are really as good as it's going to get.

Why:

In the old days when serial numbers were stamped on bridges or neck plates, these items were just pulled out of a bin and installed on the instrument. No effort was made to use them sequentially.

When serial numbers started getting applied to headstocks, no effort was made to use the decals sequentially. Again. And still.

Part of the problem here is that neither G&L or BBE/G&L have ever released production logs or created a user-accessible database.

So again; the only way you're going to get a close production date is to pull the neck.

Ken...

[GGJaguar]

Originally Posted by attuma65

Serial Number CL09155. 1997 ?

Late 1998, early 1999. Like Ken said, the only way to know for sure is to pop the neck and check for neck and body dates.

GG