Early L 2000e Question

[LevinFan]

Did any of the early L 2000e's have an ebony board ? As an option perhaps ? By early I mean '81-'82.

 

[Ken Baker]

This page on GGJaguar's fine historical site intimates that ebony necks may have been available at that time.

...a neck with a rosewood or ebony fingerboard...

I'm highly confident that ebony was available because it was actually quite common on L-1000 basses of that period.

Ken...

 

[LevinFan]

Ok, thanks for the link. And the quick reply

 

[Chef]

Both of mine came with ebony, tho I swapped one for maple later...

 

[Iridescentone]

'80 and '81 came with ebony.

In 1982 rosewood arrived on the scene.

 

[Chef]

dang, i'll never remember that without pushing out some other equally vital piece of triv-info
i'm glad there's guys like you guys around, or i'd never keep all this straight!

 

[Madcity Fats]

dang, i'll never remember that without pushing out some other equally vital piece of triv-info

C'mon, Chef. There must be some piece of pure trivia you could sacrifice for the 82 = rosewood nugget. Hell, the other day I had the theme to the TV show "Alice" running through my head, which I can't have seen in probably 25 years or more. I'd gladly free up that space for ... well for anything else, really.

But wait a minute ... I have an '81 L1K with a rosewood board. Why would the 1K differ from the 2K? Weren't the necks pretty much identical on those early models?

 

[Chef]

I would have thought the only difference was the sticker, and in fact I have swapped necks between L2Ke and L1000 of that period.
In fact, I've just plain swapped a lot of three bolt necks around.