L-1000 "God's Farts" mode

[Ragoo]

I'm in a bit of a predicament.

I simply don't know how to put into words my L-1000's tone. I don't know what's hanging me up on how to describe it. All I can say is "awesome". Could anyone put into words what I cannot?

[Hamlet7768]

I've heard it was Leo Fender's attempt at the "ultimate P-bass," so that might be what you're looking for. Thunderous? Seismic?

[Ragoo]

Originally Posted by Hamlet7768

I've heard it was Leo Fender's attempt at the "ultimate P-bass," so that might be what you're looking for. Thunderous? Seismic?

Something like that I suppose.

[Stone Soup]

Wooly - like a mammoth. That's what I would have called my L-1000. That was one BAD girl (I wish I never sold it). The tone had some hair on it. It was beastly.

[snyderz]

Many of us call it the OMG switch. Between my SB-2 and my L1K, all my bases are covered. Or would that be basses?

[circuitspore]

So - is there some magic to the L1K that the L2K cannot replicate? Not trolling or anything, just genuinely curious because I had a L2K for about a week before I got rid of it. I'm a P-Bass loving, one pickup, one volume, one tone kind of guy, and I found myself fiddling with the controls more than playing.

[Lowbrow]

One pickup, three tones. Really only the humbucking mode differs significantly from what might come out of a PBass. The middle and OMG toggle positions are alternately like the best PBass you ever heard and the best PBass you ever heard with a low end boost. Both significantly louder than the avg PBass as well. Add bass + treble knobs and you've got a lot going for you before you even hit amp EQ.

[RCCollins]

Originally Posted by circuitspore

So - is there some magic to the L1K that the L2K cannot replicate? Not trolling or anything, just genuinely curious because I had a L2K for about a week before I got rid of it. I'm a P-Bass loving, one pickup, one volume, one tone kind of guy, and I found myself fiddling with the controls more than playing.

An L-1000 or maybe an SB-1 would be more to your liking, and equally G&L in flavor