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G&L Club Part 4

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The rationale is simply, "would Leo be OK with it?" and nothing else. If they made a Tribute model of the JB, it would be a runaway best-seller. I do like the fact that BBE has been listening, and that the new M series has quick-change battery compartments. Gimme a #8 neck on one, and I'll take the MFD plunge. Meanwhile, I still dig my JB-2.
 
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plankspanker13 said:
The rationale is simply, "would Leo be OK with it?" and nothing else. If they made a Tribute model of the JB, it would be a runaway best-seller. I do like the fact that BBE has been listening, and that the new M series has quick-change battery compartments. Gimme a #8 neck on one, and I'll take the MFD plunge. Meanwhile, I still dig my JB-2.
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You're right on the million! A Tribute version of the JB-2 would probably be my next bass....if it only existed.
 
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plankspanker13 said:
The rationale is simply, "would Leo be OK with it?" and nothing else.
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I think we're seeing them get away from that purist view, at least to a degree here on the bass side of life. How about, "We're doing this with a nod to Leo." Might be appropriate for the M Series, as it's CLEARLY Leo's bass, but with Paul Gagon's preamp.

On the guitar side there are the Ascari and Fiorano lines, which you might not recognize as G&L until you look at the decal on the headstock.

They're moving carefully and slowly forward, being mindful of the legacy they inherited. There are more things coming. Just remember that the M Series was a long time in the oven.

Ken...
 
#950
1st and 2nd Gen SB-2's have bridge pickups (1st Gen is J/J, 2nd Gen is P/J) and the L1000 is essentially a P-bass with more sonic options than a standard split pickup P. I will assume you are familiar with what P/J and J/J basses sound like. So the question is what do L1000's sound like...lots of information on that topic, most of it subjective. I think they sound different enough you should get 1 of each.
 
#951
The SB2 is very P-bass, but with heftier lows and a bit more highs.
The added J-like bridge pickup can add clarity to the P pup, or stand alone, doing the J-pup bridge tone thing.

The L1000 is like and L2000 with the neck pickup solo'd; more or less, coil tap options aside.
 
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plankspanker13 said:
The rationale is simply, "would Leo be OK with it?" and nothing else. If they made a Tribute model of the JB, it would be a runaway best-seller. I do like the fact that BBE has been listening, and that the new M series has quick-change battery compartments. Gimme a #8 neck on one, and I'll take the MFD plunge. Meanwhile, I still dig my JB-2.
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From an economic/business standpoint I don't think a tribby JB will happen. Fender has saturated the market for $300-$1000 jazz basses. They have like 10 models in that range - hard for G&L to find a niche in there. The USA JB fills a nice spot above the USA Fender but below the more boutique ($$) jazzes (in my opinion the only competition are the Lakland Skylines but they're not made in the USA). A 5er would make some sense though.

But as a JB owner, I like the fact that I have the one and only type of JB.
 
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krustwell said:
Ha, just looked at your profile and see you're in G'boro. I'm in Raleigh. I also see that I answered your question from the opposite perspective, as you already own an L-1000 and were asking what the SB-2's sound like, not the other way around. That simplifies things somewhat.
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Yeah, seeing some of the SB-2's in the classifieds section got me thinking. I could probably 'downgrade' pricewise to an SB-2 and pocket some cash by selling my blackburst L-1000. Might be hard to let that thing go however...
 
#958
Didn't the JB come out in '09 or something? I think I heard Ed friedland say that during his review of the JB rustic. If that's the case, I think we'll see a JB5 and a tribute version at some point in the near(ish) future.
 
#959
The SB2 and JB2 came out ages ago, and there's no 5 string version of those.
I don't think G&L want to make the effort to develop new 5 string pickups or necks, or they'd have done it long ago.
 
#960
Chef said:
The SB2 is very P-bass, but with heftier lows and a bit more highs.
The added J-like bridge pickup can add clarity to the P pup, or stand alone, doing the J-pup bridge tone thing.

The L1000 is like and L2000 with the neck pickup solo'd; more or less, coil tap options aside.
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I've had an L-1000 since 1980, and one or another SB-2 since '89. I think Chef nailed it. I'd add that there's a full-range clarity to the SB-2's P-pickup that surpasses at least my older P-bass. Also, the control schemes on the SB-2 vs. the L-1000 are night & day different: The L1K offers lots of cool and unique passive settings, the SB-2 is probably the simplest control on the market... vol, vol, and out it goes!
 
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