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G&L Club Part 5

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i think more like 17, yes
same for the M2500

they're do-able for me, and I prefer "5 strings with 4 string spacing"
but yeah, tighter than a lot of things
 
#382
Matrixone976 said:
Im new to g&ls but my 87 doesn't have a springy noise to the sound at all. Does that year have springs?
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Your '87 should def have springs, but is old enough to probably still have had the factory-installed dampers. Little black or gray rubber pieces about 1/4" long.

Leo recognised, then solved the potential "ping noise" problem from Day 1. A simple, yet critical little assembly detail that BBE somehow either forgot about, or didn't think necessary. :eyebrow:
 
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StrangerDanger said:
Any ideas why the difference in quality of materials between the tribute JB-2 (ash body and 6 bolt neck) and the SB-2 (basswood and 4 bolt)?
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Yeah, that's a weird one. Basswood isn't necessarily less quality than ash, it just has a different tone. There are a number of guitarists who have expensive basswood signature guitars (Satriani and Vai among them). Musicman Bongo's are made out of basswood. I would have thought they would have made the SB-2 out of ash or alder, though.
 
#391
Love my G&L's!! One in Honeyburst and one in Greenburst!
 

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fourstringbliss said:
Yeah, that's a weird one. Basswood isn't necessarily less quality than ash, it just has a different tone. There are a number of guitarists who have expensive basswood signature guitars (Satriani and Vai among them). Musicman Bongo's are made out of basswood. I would have thought they would have made the SB-2 out of ash or alder, though.
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So you don't think that they are using basswood because it's cheaper and more readily available than ash?
 
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StrangerDanger said:
So you don't think that they are using basswood because it's cheaper and more readily available than ash?
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That's probably the reason - I'm just saying that it doesn't necessarily make it lower quality. I'm just thinking about Dan Atkinson's alder Jazz/scrap lumber Jazz experiment. I'm not sure anybody would be able to tell the difference between a basswood SB2 and an ash SB2 in the mix. Plus, I can't imagine that the folks at Music Man used basswood for the Bongo because it's cheaper.
 
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fourstringbliss said:
That's probably the reason - I'm just saying that it doesn't necessarily make it lower quality. I'm just thinking about Dan Atkinson's alder Jazz/scrap lumber Jazz experiment. I'm not sure anybody would be able to tell the difference between a basswood SB2 and an ash SB2 in the mix. Plus, I can't imagine that the folks at Music Man used basswood for the Bongo because it's cheaper.
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I have no idea why they did a lot of things related to the Bongo but you have to look at the majority of cheaper Asian made imports and only conclude that they cheaped out. I do think ash makes a difference in tone. I wish they would make it in ash. Then I'd buy one.
 
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