G&L BG2 tribute

[Papajewrry]

I just got my new bass this week. Can any body tell me what the three knobs do?

 

[DirkP]

I just got my new bass this week. Can any body tell me what the three knobs do?

Never heard of a bg2 from G&L, could it be a JB2? Then it is volume pickup 1, volume pickup2, tone like on a classic Fender Jazz.

 

[Papajewrry]

It’s a jb2 sorry, top two are vol. bottom tone?

 

[Reedt2000]

It’s a jb2 sorry, top two are vol. bottom tone?

Yup, one volume controls neck pickup only, the other controls bridge pickup only, and tone affects both regardless of where the volumes are set. This allows you to blend the pickups together however you like and use the tone to knock the brightness back if you want.

 

[Reedt2000]

Oh and pics or it didn't happen...

(Sorry)

(Had to)

(Talkbass regulations)

 

[Papajewrry]

 

[Reedt2000]

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Very cool

I picked up a tribute L2500 last year and I've been really impressed with how it sounds, plays, and how well it was made. Congrats on yours

 

[DirkP]

You can do a lot with these 3 simple controls. I prefer them to all active controls. If you have both pickups at full volume, you have a kind of humbucking effect, a kind of modern sound that cuts a bit of the mids and shines in the low and high end.
But as soon as you take back the volume of one pickup you might get more unwanted noise, but it kinds of opens up the sound. I like that a lot and I guess far too many players have both volumes full up all the time. One of the classic Jazz Bass sounds is bridge pickup at full volume, neck pickup at low volume or set to zero and the tone at full cut. The tone control is passive so it doesn't add any treble, it just cuts the treble as soon as you don't have it set to full.

 

[lbbc]

Great bass... I just got one and am very impressed.