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Fretless G&l L2000 1982

#22
stamos said:
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?
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No clue if blanks were available from Day 1. You might want to google GGJaguar on that one, that info might be in his G&L book.

I know for sure that the fretted L-2000 and L-1000 were introduced in '80. The 2000 being passive only, quickly discontinued, then followed later by the active L-2000 series-e.

The original passive L-2000 is uber rare. Never seen a used one for sale anywhere. I'm beginning to think I'm one of a small handful who remember actually seeing them in 1980.
 
#23
We were a very early G&L dealer, and our original paperwork included listing an L-1000e as well as the L-2000 without the "e". Our opening order included a passive L-2000 that never shipped. Original options were maple or ebony boards, ash or mahogany bodies.

I don't think they ever actually DID make passive 2000s nor active 1K either, and they disappeared very quickly from dealer literature.

John
 
#24
JTE said:
We were a very early G&L dealer, and our original paperwork included listing an L-1000e as well as the L-2000 without the "e". Our opening order included a passive L-2000 that never shipped. Original options were maple or ebony boards, ash or mahogany bodies.

I don't think they ever actually DID make passive 2000s nor active 1K either, and they disappeared very quickly from dealer literature.

John
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They definitely did make the passive 2K. I could have bought one for dealer cost which was $300 (MSRP $600). Instead, I bought two L-1000's, a trans red/ash/ebony and a trans blue/ash/ebony. MSRP $500 w/tolex, my cost was $250 @ plus Illinois sales tax and a small freight charge.

The dealer was the Music Crib in Oak Lawn, IL, proprieter Gus Kukowsky. As I understand it, he was one of the first dealers.

As I recall, the 2K I looked at was ash/maple in natural finish. I think he may have had two of them. Never cared for natural finishes, and sound-wise, I didn't think the second pup was worth an extra $50 so I passed.

After he sold the L-2000(s), they were no longer available. There was a lag time before the highly anticipated active L-2000 series-e was released.

I don't recall anything about an L-1000-e, but nothing would surprise me.
 
#27
I'm not at all saying that couldn't have happened;
but I'd love to see photos of one.

I took the preamp out of my 1981 L2000eFL, and set it up as I think the L2000 passive would have been.
pickup selector, and an L1000 coil tap for each pickup.
Would he remember if that's how they were, or have any photos?
 
#28
Chef said:
I'm not at all saying that couldn't have happened;
but I'd love to see photos of one.

I took the preamp out of my 1981 L2000eFL, and set it up as I think the L2000 passive would have been.
pickup selector, and an L1000 coil tap for each pickup.
Would he remember if that's how they were, or have any photos?
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Doubt he has any pics or he would have shown them to me today. I'll ask about the switch array next time. I did ask about an L1000-e, didn't ring any bells with him.

As for a pic of the original 2K, I think one may have been pictured in an early G&L product brochure. I seem to remember seeing a pic of that brochure over at BABP? Again, this might be something to ask GGJaguar about.
 

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