• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

G&L Club Part 4

Status
Not open for further replies.
#861
Chef said:
there wasn't an internet when I went to h/s.
Click to expand...

We used to have to get up out of the lake at three o'clock in the morning, clean the lake, eat a
handful of hot grubble, work twenty hours a day at mill, for two pence a month, come home, and dad would beat us around
the head and neck with a broken bottle, if we were lucky.
 
#862
NBD! Just picked up a used USA JB. It's got a natural clear swamp ash finish and a gun oil maple neck. This is the easily the nicest and easiest playing bass I've laid hands on. I was inspired by my Squier VM Jazz, which I like, but even after a "pro" setup was lacking in comfort and payability. Every time I visited my local music shop, I couldn't get over how nice their G&L L2000 Tribute feels. It's been there over a year, and now has some buckle rash. IMO they're asking too much for it, or it may have found its way home with me. I wanted a jazz bass I did some research and took the plunge on EBay. I can't wait for band night. This JB is so sweet and so easy to pay. It sounds clean, no fret buzz. It's light too. I'll post pics later.
 
#864
BadJazz said:
We used to have to get up out of the lake at three o'clock in the morning, clean the lake, eat a
handful of hot grubble, work twenty hours a day at mill, for two pence a month, come home, and dad would beat us around
the head and neck with a broken bottle, if we were lucky.
Click to expand...

You had a lake? We had mud. And the grubble wasn't hot. And dad didn't have a bottle.:hiding:
 
#866
Advice Please
I'm looking at having both of my 2500s rewired to have each pickup seperate for coil tapping. Also it should be noted that I rarely play in active mode.
is it better to remove the active electronics and use that space for one of the pickup switches, or drill another hole.
I am not concerned about resale value as I plan to keep these bases forever. I'm just wondering what my fellow G&L players would do and why?
Thanks
Peace& Love
Mike
 
#867
When the preamp on my L2KE died, I did just what you're thinking of.
Removed the preamp, rewired switches for pup selector, and coil taps for each pickup
 
#871
Just picked this up almost two weeks ago and I'm just wild about it

can I get a number??
now lets see if I post pics right

GLfeb28-12002.jpg


GLfeb28-12005.jpg


GLfeb28-12004-1.jpg


GLfeb28-12006.jpg


I just can't get enough of this bass,it sounds so good live it cuts right through
 
#872
theduke1 said:
Advice Please
I'm looking at having both of my 2500s rewired to have each pickup seperate for coil tapping. Also it should be noted that I rarely play in active mode.
is it better to remove the active electronics and use that space for one of the pickup switches, or drill another hole.
I am not concerned about resale value as I plan to keep these bases forever. I'm just wondering what my fellow G&L players would do and why?
Thanks
Peace& Love
Mike
Click to expand...
Totally pull the preamp - useless IMHO. I did this and wired mine up with a push/pull volume and 500k treble pot. I now have parallel/inner single/series for each pickup. With the volume knob down the series setting is "OMG" or "single coil with bass boost" mode - pull it up and it's stock series.

I can get you hooked up with wiring info if this is what you might want to do.
 
#873
I took my re-necked L 2000 E (now with a SB-2 neck) to band rehearsal last week and I could not really find any benefit in active mode. I played humbucking, bth pickups, passive all evening and my bandmates really liked the growl (as did I).
 
#874
theduke1 said:
Advice Please
I'm looking at having both of my 2500s rewired to have each pickup seperate for coil tapping. Also it should be noted that I rarely play in active mode.
is it better to remove the active electronics and use that space for one of the pickup switches, or drill another hole.
I am not concerned about resale value as I plan to keep these bases forever. I'm just wondering what my fellow G&L players would do and why?
Thanks
Peace& Love
Mike
Click to expand...

Related (but new) question: I bet this has been asked before but I'm new around this thread. I don't currently own an L2K version (now have 3 other GNL's) but I always wondered if I could swap the pickup selector switch for a pickup blend knob, either active or passive mode, without drilling? Thanks!
 
#875
On my earlier L2kE models, with top load control plate: no, there's not enough room to add a potentiometer.
On later model rear mount models, I don't know. I don't have one.
 
#876
TomB said:
Related (but new) question: I bet this has been asked before but I'm new around this thread. I don't currently own an L2K version (now have 3 other GNL's) but I always wondered if I could swap the pickup selector switch for a pickup blend knob, either active or passive mode, without drilling? Thanks!
Click to expand...

There's room if you use a mini-pot version. You might need to drill the hole a little bigger, though.
 
As an eBay Associate, TalkBass may earn a commission from qualifying purchases.
Status
Not open for further replies.

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back