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G&L Basses - Why no love?
- Thread starter BassVibes
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I have one that I'll be selling shortly.
Why?
It's a 5 and the neck is just not wide enough for my fingers. Build quality is great, sounds great, looks great but it just doesn't work for me.
Behold my for sale thread:
For Sale - G&L USA L2500 - Crazy Blonde Quilt maple custom shop
Why?
It's a 5 and the neck is just not wide enough for my fingers. Build quality is great, sounds great, looks great but it just doesn't work for me.
Behold my for sale thread:
For Sale - G&L USA L2500 - Crazy Blonde Quilt maple custom shop
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Pbassmanca
In the pocket n' thumpy. So woody, so greasy...
Pbassmanca
In the pocket n' thumpy. So woody, so greasy...
You said it! What is all that busy wood figuring anyway? Feh! Gimme a nice painted Fender with a tort guard any day.
Cripes! That goofy G&L doesn't even HAVE a pickguard let alone a tort one!
Terrible, horrible, nasty looking things...
...and I enjoy the heck out of each one of mine
I have had the pleasure of touring the Fender and G&L factories (which are only about 20-miles apart), and can tell you first hand that the size of the G&L operation is a fraction of Fender's. Both make great instruments, but there appears to be more care and attention to detail at G&L; the employees seem much happier too, which I believe makes its way to the final product.
Why don't we see more "pro's" playing G&L? Beats me. Their [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] past & present is still impressive. One reason may be that companies such as Fender have much more money to throw at people to play their stuff... In the end, the lack of high profile player endorsements is likely keeping that cost from being passed on to the regular customer-- i.e. most of us.
If you want to play the exact same instrument as your favorite star, the good news is you can! Go forth, spend your money & have fun. For those of us who want a high quality, American built instrument with a bunch of available options for a reasonable price-- we have G&L
G&L's unique sound: Remember that the goal of George & Leo was to continue improving on their designs-- so it stands to reason that G&L would sound a lot like Fender. Personally, I LOVE the MFD pickups and have never found them uncontrollable or too hot... maybe that's because I just plug straight into the amp and adjust controls accordingly? Who knows. When you find something that works for you, you go with it!
...and I enjoy the heck out of each one of mine
I have had the pleasure of touring the Fender and G&L factories (which are only about 20-miles apart), and can tell you first hand that the size of the G&L operation is a fraction of Fender's. Both make great instruments, but there appears to be more care and attention to detail at G&L; the employees seem much happier too, which I believe makes its way to the final product.
Why don't we see more "pro's" playing G&L? Beats me. Their [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] past & present is still impressive. One reason may be that companies such as Fender have much more money to throw at people to play their stuff... In the end, the lack of high profile player endorsements is likely keeping that cost from being passed on to the regular customer-- i.e. most of us.
If you want to play the exact same instrument as your favorite star, the good news is you can! Go forth, spend your money & have fun. For those of us who want a high quality, American built instrument with a bunch of available options for a reasonable price-- we have G&L
G&L's unique sound: Remember that the goal of George & Leo was to continue improving on their designs-- so it stands to reason that G&L would sound a lot like Fender. Personally, I LOVE the MFD pickups and have never found them uncontrollable or too hot... maybe that's because I just plug straight into the amp and adjust controls accordingly? Who knows. When you find something that works for you, you go with it!
even if you ignore that & still try and put it on there, G&L are 22 frets & they don't do it by using an overhang
the neck & fretboard are solid all the way down into the pocket
so a G&L neck wouldn't fit on a Fender w/o some woodwork & a Fender neck wouldn't fit on a G&L w/o a gap at the heel
then there's the width, which I'm not even sure about
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- I teach lessons and perform live music in and around San Diego CA. Sometimes I even make money doing it!
If it's an L2500, feel free to PM me when you're ready to sell, I want one and I have a feeling you might be in San Diego too
truthfully it'll be July before I'll have the revenue to buy anything, such is my seasonal gig schedule, but if soon means a couple months, feel free to hit me up if you think about it.
Pbassmanca
In the pocket n' thumpy. So woody, so greasy...
They get sold immediately and no one is selling theirs. That's why you never see them in the wild! 
How does a neck not work? And I've never heard anyone describe a bass's electronics as "stupid"... I think there's more to this...
How does a neck not work? And I've never heard anyone describe a bass's electronics as "stupid"... I think there's more to this...
They have almost zero coverage out on the street, at least in the large metropolitan areas I've lived in. The few ones I've tried have been boat anchors and the headstock V thing is just too ugly to me. I can get Fender telling Leo to cease and desist on the original shape, but it looks like zero thought was put into the replacement (and I've heard the finger argument).
Yeah but thats a US model. I bought a Stingray used here on TB that cost more than that (not a lot but still more). Same for the US Fender Jazz I had. IMO, their Tribute line is the real value.
Pbassmanca
In the pocket n' thumpy. So woody, so greasy...
This is the funniest post I heard all week!They get sold immediately and no one is selling theirs. That's why you never see them in the wild!
How does a neck not work? And I've never heard anyone describe a bass's electronics as "stupid"... I think there's more to this...
+1000 points.
Usually based on a Fender preference, because it's the standard that has been there since many here were born, so it looks normal, which equals right.
How goofy do you think Fender products looked to musicians, when what had come before were traditional Gibson, D'Angelico, Epiphone shapes?
Their instruments had classic looking finishes reminiscent of violins, beautiful block inlays, bound bodies, bound necks, inlaid logos, very traditional shapes.
The Broadcaster, Telecaster, Stratocaster, and especially the Jazz bass shapes probably looked ridiculous to the musicians who grew up playing 30's, 40's and 50's instruments, and then Fender chose to paint them all kinds of Crayola colors taken from car companies.
The early detractors said they were ugly cowboy guitars for bumkin music, and Country Music players were the audience that Leo originally marketed to.
For all practical purposes, the G&L stuff looks so close to Fender, they could be from the same company if you didn't know better.
If you look at the Fender headstock from a neutral point of view, it's a weird shape., we are all just very used to it.
The G&L headstock shape could easily have been the standard that Leo did and it would be the one that gets compared to all others.
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