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06-15-2007, 10:04 PM
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I know the issue of Tribby vs MIA G&L has come up many times. I bought a Indonesian JB-2 and just love the dang thing, BUT it has that big "Made in Indonesia" stamped on the back of the headstock. YUK!! Lately asking myself should I loose this "entry level" G&L and get the identical MIA instead. Also thought of removing the Indonesia stamp and live with the fact that it is a nice axe regardless of origin. Hmmm  Any opinions welcome. |
06-15-2007, 11:07 PM
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06-16-2007, 12:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Torrance, CA | | | I wouldn't mind playing a Tribby at all, and I'd worry less about damaging it on stage. |
06-16-2007, 06:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Oklahoma | | My Tribute L-2500 has the best tone of any of my G&Ls (ASAT, SB-1, SB-2, L-2000, L-5000, L-2500). Nobody in the audience (except another player) will know or even care what kind of Bass you are playing, much less where it was made. The players will most likely be jealous because your axe sounds better than theirs, and cost 50%-80% less. 
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06-16-2007, 07:15 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Central Illinois | | | Keep the tribute and save up for a MIA. That way you'll have both.. bassist:
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06-16-2007, 08:59 AM
| | | What a wuss I am!! 
I just have this MIA syndrome thing going in my head and it's ridiculous...... What I need to do is save up for a choice SB-2 and get a case for this JB-2 (the gig bag that came with it is really nice though). |
06-16-2007, 09:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Eindhoven, the Netherlands | | | I already do. I have a tribby 2.5 and a USA 1505. The only reason I have the 1505 in the USA version is that it doesn't come in a tribute version....
Cheers rOdy
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06-16-2007, 09:41 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Puyallup, WA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by drumbook  I know the issue of Tribby vs MIA G&L has come up many times. I bought a Indonesian JB-2 and just love the dang thing, BUT it has that big "Made in Indonesia" stamped on the back of the headstock. YUK!! Lately asking myself should I loose this "entry level" G&L and get the identical MIA instead. Also thought of removing the Indonesia stamp and live with the fact that it is a nice axe regardless of origin. Hmmm Any opinions welcome. | I do proudly play a Tribby! It rocks! I'm always getting compliments on how good it looks and how it sounds.
It looks orange in pics, but it's really amber  
Nice flaming in the neck, huh?   |
06-16-2007, 10:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Oliphant Ontario Canada | | | play one
proud of it..
who cares where it's made?? if it plays fantastic (they do), sound fantastic (they do) and look phenomenal (bonus, but they do), that's all that matters.
In Canada, the Tribute JB-2 is hard to come by,, mines on order (my second trib, already have a l2k).
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06-16-2007, 10:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: League City, Tx | | Quote:
Originally Posted by fourstringbliss I do proudly play a Tribby! It rocks! I'm always getting compliments on how good it looks and how it sounds.
It looks orange in pics, but it's really amber
Nice flaming in the neck, huh? | Anybody want to know what quartersawn is? THAT neck is quartersawn.
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06-16-2007, 12:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Puyallup, WA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by lug Anybody want to know what quartersawn is? THAT neck is quartersawn. | What's the difference between flatsawn and quartersawn? How can you tell that mine is quartersawn? |
06-16-2007, 02:22 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Diego | | Quote:
Originally Posted by fourstringbliss Nice flaming in the neck, huh? | Not bad. This neck is sick, flamed and birdseye maple.   |
06-16-2007, 03:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Puyallup, WA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by spideyjg Not bad. | I think it's a nice bit of unintentional flaming. It was a pleasant surprise to open the case containing my Korean made Tribby and find that there was flaming in the neck! |
06-16-2007, 07:27 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wynne, Arkansas | | I play a Tribby L-2000 and it kicks @ss over my MIA Fender P-Bass Special. If I had the cash at the time I'm not so sure that I would have bought a MIA model. Here's a pic, it's the same one I'm playing in my avatar pic. 
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06-16-2007, 10:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: League City, Tx | | Quote:
Originally Posted by fourstringbliss What's the difference between flatsawn and quartersawn? How can you tell that mine is quartersawn? |
This is quartersawn.. 
See how the growth rings end up front to back on the neck? Theoretically, this leads to it being stiffer in that direction.
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06-16-2007, 10:34 PM
| | | Play what you like. If it sounds good and feels good, that's the most important thing. Labels are just ink, they don't affect the tone at all.  |
06-16-2007, 11:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: San Diego Ca | | Amen to that.
Larry Quote:
Originally Posted by bassbobo5 Play what you like. If it sounds good and feels good, that's the most important thing. Labels are just ink, they don't affect the tone at all. |
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06-16-2007, 11:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Urbana, IL | | | I played mine for a LONG while... I loved it. It's just not getting used right now unfortunately... So it's going to some lucky TB'er
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06-17-2007, 12:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Carlos, CA | | | I'd love to have more choices in lefty Tributes. I get one in a minute if they did.
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06-17-2007, 03:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Puyallup, WA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by LeftyJack I'd love to have more choices in lefty Tributes. I get one in a minute if they did. | So would a friend of mine! We're having the hardest time finding a decent lefty 5-string for him. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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