Decisions - Which bass to save up for.

[Lumdingo]

I'm trying to decide which bass to save up for.


The Yamaha TRB 1004 J ($825 Canadian)

or

The G&L L2000 ($750 Canadian)

or

The Spector Legend 4 Bolt On ($1100 Canadian)

 

[Cuzzie]

My order preference


G&L
Spector
Yamaha

Which is yr fav to play

 

[Lumdingo]

My order preference


G&L
Spector
Yamaha

Which is yr fav to play

The Spector plays the best out of the three, and has insane tone, but it's also the most expensive and in my mind, the least attractive.

 

[Cuzzie]

Sectors are great basses.

I have a G&L ASAT, same electronics as L2K, i just prefer a slab body, mine also has a number 7 neck which is thicker like a P bass, which suits me.

I can fully recommend it, it is an absolute tone monster and you can dial in a huge variety even before you add in effects if thats what you like. Most people i have read about on TB would say that a G&L is a keeper bass, you won't go wrong, very good value, awesome build and change in the bank for more GAS compared to Spector,

I made the plunge, go on......!

 

[Cuzzie]

Changed to my phone to give you a picture.

G&Ls have the best head stocks IMO

 

[5544]

I focus more on feel than tone.

Tone can easily be changed by adjusting the knobs on the bass, adding/changing a preamp, swapping out pickups, adding effect pedals, adjusting effect pedals, using a different amp, etc.

 

[Lumdingo]

View attachment 808099 Changed to my phone to give you a picture.

G&Ls have the best head stocks IMO

I love love love the G&L head stocks too. So cool. And that dark metallic silver looks killer. I'll go play those basses again in the next few days. Thanks for the input. : )

 

[DigitalMan]

1 - Spector

In that order.

 

[Cuzzie]

If you play too many G&Ls you'll want to buy them all....!

There is a cool G&L forum group in TB also for any further info, especially on necks etc.

Happy hunting, post a pic when you have got it!

 

[stonewall]

G & L

 

[Lumdingo]

Okay, so I went back to the shop and played both basses back to back. It was no contest actually. The Spector Legend 4 Classic was easier to play, and just had a naturally wickedly burpy tone with very little fiddling. It's super comfortable and even stood up to its big brother, the $3200 Spector Euro next to it. I actually preferred the Legend 4 Classic.

Dang! Of course it's the most expensive bass of the three, and not on sale.

 

[mpdd]

maybe get a used L2000 and keeping saving, if you decide you really like it you can use the money on something else
my 83 L2k is still going strong and i can just drive to g&l if i need a part for it

 

[Cuzzie]

they are beautiful basses - if that is what you want, hold out, something will become available, and then pounce.
check the spector club on here people may be thinning their herd

 

[DigitalMan]

I focus more on feel than tone.

Tone can easily be changed by adjusting the knobs on the bass, adding/changing a preamp, swapping out pickups, adding effect pedals, adjusting effect pedals, using a different amp, etc.

We have to come up with two different words for tone. There are various ways we filter or boost frequencies, along with baked in character based on things like pickup position that aren't really the same thing. Real or not, there a plenty of bass types where the aficionados swear that no other bass can sound just like.

While I don't claim superpowers or the ability to pick out basses using double blind testing, I certainly believe Spectors have a really nice and distinctive sound to them.