"Your" L-2000 sound(s)

[palmann]

Hi,

I'd like to know, what is/are your sound(s) when playing with your band(s).

My favourite standard sound, that works pretty well in two bands is:

Passive
Parallel
Neck-PU
Volume 100%
Treble 80%
Bass 80%

My bands are Pop-Rock and Folk-Rock. Im using GHS Bass Boomers 45-105er strings.

Gruesse, Pablo

[dlb1001]

Running passive, series, both pickups on, volume at 50%, bass 100% and treble 25%. I play blues so too much treble with roundwound strings gives me too much sizzle on the top end.

[Freddels]

Passive
Series
Neck PU
Treble = 0
Bass = 100

[BigSwami]

Passive, series, neck pickup
Treble at 100%, bass 50%
Dead LaBella flatwounds
Homemade foam rubber mute

Just as God intended.

[lug]

Active no treble boost both pups series a bit over 1/2 on bass and a little less on treble
sounds like:
http://www.box.net/shared/static/hvg1qc8czv.mp3

[tornadobass]

Active, neck pickup, parallel, tones full up, volume down just a hair. Switch to series for heavier stuff, reggae, etc. Sometimes roll off treble 20% if finger noise is too noticeable.

My playing is in a blues/R&B group. We're usually in muddy rooms with boomy drums, so that edge I get from the preamp is just the trick.

Mine's actually a Tribute L-2500, but the same settings make sense for an L-2000.

[palmann]

Originally Posted by tornadobass

Mine's actually a Tribute L-2500, but the same settings make sense for an L-2000.

Of course, I noticed but I could not change the subject after posting the first message.

Gruesse, Pablo

[pauldebass]

i'm all over the place with settings which is why I like the L2000. Instead of switching basses, with a couple of changes on board, I can change the tone of the bass. I like reading about people's setting cuz I'll try them myself. generally though my most used settings are: when I need an old school P bass sound: passive, neck pu, bass boost (middle throggle), or active,
when I need a driving tone: both pick ups (sometimes treble boost for funkier stuff)

[palmann]

I'm just wondering, but the L-2x00 has a massive bass which I had to tame with my settings to get out more characteristic mids. I just realized, that my blueburst L-2000 has even more bass, than my cherryburst.

Passive
Series
Neck PU
Treble = 0
Bass = 100

Freddels, what kind of music do you play? Reggae, Drum&Bass ?

Gruesse, Pablo

[Freddels]

Originally Posted by palmann

Freddels, what kind of music do you play? Reggae, Drum&Bass ?

Gruesse, Pablo

Nope! Mostly jazz and blues. I'm coming from playing URB and I don't like treble. I use TI flats too.

[francisl2500]

Use both pups with parallel mode and active switch on but no treeble boost(except for soloing), also switch to serie when i need more low punch and all the tones up. Only adjust volume when switching from parallel to serie.
Play in a rock band, blues band and a acdc tribute band
Francis

[Nikoubis]

L-2500. Both pups, parallel, active (no treble boost), volume, bass and treble full on. DR Sunbeams and a Sansamp PDDI. Rock.

[ljazz]

I'm currently "fighting" with mine. I just picked up a SB2 that I can't seem to put down.... Of course the POS Chromes I put on there aren't helping... Once again, I get a dead friggin' string from D'Addario (what do they do, randomly pull a string and stuff it up someones tail so it will sound like crap?). I really need to get a set of TI JazzRounds on it.

Anyway, when I'm diggin' my L2000, I usually run Both pups, series, passive, with the treble rolled off to about 80/90%.

[comfortstarr]

Interesting thread, can't wait to get home and experiment with this. For many many years I was not very into tweaking the tone, if I got something I liked, I just went. For the most part, I set my L2000 to active, parallel, and every knob up--with whatever round wounds were cheapest at the time. I liked the "hi-fi" sound. However, I bought an SX jazz a year or so ago and just fell in love with that passive, "jazz tone" (I put flats on that bass).

The other day, for really the first time in a long time, I really played with the L2000 and lo and behold, I'm all about the passive, series settings now, with some roll-off on the tone controls and volume. I'm now curious about putting some flats on it. But, I wonder if that would inhibit the flexibility of the bass--meaning, will I still be able to get that "hi-fi" tone if I want?

[palmann]

Originally Posted by Freddels

Nope! Mostly jazz and blues. I'm coming from playing URB and I don't like treble. I use TI flats too.

I realized that the treble control not only does cut treble, but adds a lot of mid range frequencies to the tone, really interesting. Don't remember any bass that does behave like this so extremely...

Gruesse, Pablo

[francisl2500]

Also..... depending of what kind of stuff you're playing , but for myself , i play my h3500 hartke (with xl 4x10 cabinet),with all eq set near "0"and i let my l2500 do the rest.

[tornadobass]

Originally Posted by francisl2500

Also..... depending of what kind of stuff you're playing , but for myself , i play my h3500 hartke (with xl 4x10 cabinet),with all eq set near "0"and i let my l2500 do the rest.

That's something I really like about the L2.5K. There's no need for a pedal to get tonal variety. Bright, deep, punchy, smoother...all dialed in on the axe rather than the amp.

My favorite is using parallel/neck/active and then switching to series/neck/active when I need more beef...reggae, rockers, big endings. Sort of like a better tempered OMG switch on the L1K.

[Kyon`]

Both pups
Parallel
Bass at full
Treble at half
Volume at about 80%
Passive
TI Jazz Flats

If I'm looking for more growl on this one I just active the eq on my ashdown, basically crank the treble and high mids, low mids at about 1 oclock and bass at 4 oclock

If I'm feeling spicy I'll turn off the amp eq and go
Both pups
Series
bass at 60%
treble at 75%
Volume at full
passive to active to active treble just depending how I feel.

[loendmaestro]

Originally Posted by comfortstarr

The other day, for really the first time in a long time, I really played with the L2000 and lo and behold, I'm all about the passive, series settings now, with some roll-off on the tone controls and volume.

After finally getting over the ZINGY active vibe of my ASAT I've finally decided that I much prefer the passive mode as well. Still punchy as hell!

[Wwolof]

I max it all out like a giant pig*. Series, both pickups on, active treble boost, full bass, full vol, full treble.

Sounds like "ker-THWACK"!**

*The pig is me, not the bass.

**I am not much for subtlety.
Yours faithfully, Giant Pig