Fretless G&l L2000 1982

[stamos]

I have a fretless L2000 bass, SN B 009066, making it a 1982 model.
Personally, I have never seen such an old fretless L2000.
Does anybody know ,when the fretless production begun for G&L?

Any idea also about the woods used ?
Fretboard should be ebony, how about body?

 

[smcd]

Photos would help.

 

[Low Class]

I have a fretless L2000 bass, SN B 009066, making it a 1982 model.
Personally, I have never seen such an old fretless L2000.
Does anybody know ,when the fretless production begun for G&L?

Any idea also about the woods used ?
Fretboard should be ebony, how about body?

Body wood could be ash, alder, mahogany, or maple. G&L L2000 began in 1981.

 

[stamos]

Have a look

 

[Freddels]

I can't recall ever hearing about a maple bodied G&L.

 

[Low Class]

I can't recall ever hearing about a maple bodied G&L.

Rare, but they were made.

 

[stamos]

I have an SB2 with maple body and an L2000 with mahog body.

I have never heard about fretless L2000 though of that date.

 

[Chef]

Can't tell what wood that is with the paint over it.
You could pull the neck, or control plate, and get an idea that way.
I've had several maple G&L; a 1981 L1000, and two 1983 SB2

 

[smcd]

photos of the front of the bass would be better.

 

[mpdd]

not sure if they were maple or not, but i've seen some natural L series where the neck and the body wood looked identical as far as color an grain

 

[stamos]

Here's a front photo.

Apart from the wood used, anyway, does anyone know when the fretless production begun for g&L?

 

[Low Class]

does anyone know when the fretless production begun for g&L?

As previously posted, 1981

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f126/g-l-l2000-e-1981-hog-ebony-fretless-839950/

 

[NG51]

I believe my fretless is an 81- alder body, ebony board.

 

[Low Class]

I believe my fretless is an 81- alder body, ebony board.

That's probably a '82 or maybe a '83. '81 has a chrome bridge and slot pole pieces.

 

[NG51]

Not to hijack the link, but you got me curious-here's a pic of the neck and body pocket. It appears that the neck is from late 81- any insights? It does have slotted pole pieces. Thanks!

 

[Chef]

Neck pocket looks like ash to me.

 

[NG51]

Yes,Chef, it is ash.. SN is B007929-does this make it late '81?

 

[Chef]

If the neck says 81, that's a better marker than the serial number.
Also, the slot poles were used almost exclusively in 81. I've seen late 1980, and early 82 have them though.

I can't read the date stamp on the body

 

[Iridescentone]

Not to hijack the link, but you got me curious-here's a pic of the neck and body pocket. It appears that the neck is from late 81- any insights? It does have slotted pole pieces. Thanks!

Nice bass. Def ash, not poplar. They didn't use alder in those earliest years.

With the flat black hardware and slots, it's a classic transition model from late '81-early '82. You can see the body date reads 2-23-8....last digit almost certainly "2".

There's also a bunch from that period with "mixed" hardware, some parts chrome and some parts flat black.

 

[Chef]

^^^yep.