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G&L Club Part 6

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#241
Doner Designs said:
Thanks buddy! I'm getting a lot of requests. Old man that I am I'll have to recruit my son to help with that after he's done with finals.

Thanks again!!
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Me Too! Me Too!

Your project is really motivating me to get off my butt and get the third pickup into my Tribby! But I'm waiting for that sound sample as the final nudge to get going. I use .1 mfd caps on my OMG switches (push-pull on treble knob).

That routing looks great! Any hints on cutting that rout without chipping the finish?

Killer bass!
 
#242
bassbenj said:
Me Too! Me Too!

Your project is really motivating me to get off my butt and get the third pickup into my Tribby! But I'm waiting for that sound sample as the final nudge to get going. I use .1 mfd caps on my OMG switches (push-pull on treble knob).

That routing looks great! Any hints on cutting that rout without chipping the finish?

Killer bass!
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Thanks BB! On the route, I started from the center and worked outward to make sure the wood was not chipping at all. It was a complete non-issue...but I did use new router bits (very sharp). The only other thing I would say is take it slow and increase depth in layers.
 
#243
How different would a USA Alder body Maple neck L2500 with a K mod be vs my Tribute Ash Rosewood no K mod?

I like my Tribute L2500 but if I can get a lot more aggression out of the above USA I may be lurking in the classifieds ! :hiding::ninja:
 
#244
G&L M2500 (Graphite Metallic)

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#246
Woohoo! Just opened up my new L2500, and she's a keeper (I'll get some photos up later).

This is a new bass I got from Rocket Music, made in 2011. G&L really has upped their game compared to my old 2005 L2500. Here are my initial impressions.

Weight - Compared to my nearly 13lb old bass, this thing weighs almost nothing at 10lbs. :) Perhaps this has something to do with the body being alder instead of ash.

Fit and Finish - This thing is flawless. The finish seems significantly thinner than the very thick poly on the old one. The bone nut is a nice touch. The old guy had some tooling marks near the nut and fret ends - none of that here. Very nicely done tobacco burst.

Sound - Sounds just like a L series bass. That is to say, it sounds awesome!

On a random note, it looks like it has a quarter sawn neck, even though it wasn't listed as an option on the certificate from G&L. Not a bad deal.

Anyone know when G&L moved from basswood to alder as the standard wood? I've always preferred alder to ash, so its nice to see it available.

Greg had put up some sound clips of this thing back when he got it in stock. Like I said, sounds just like a L series bass:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f192/new-arrival-8-3-2011-g-l-l-2500-a-795187/#post11286703
 
#247
Handyman-

Great clips. I'd love to get a USA alder with a maple neck & the K mod... If I see one on the classifieds I'm scoring it... until then I'll roll with my Tribute L2500

Great bass man
 
#249
I'd like to join the club. I just got this off another TB member, and I think it's actually been passed around a few others on this forum. It's a mid-90's ASAT (haven't taken the neck off to check the date). It's definitely seen better days - body's a bit scratched up, and the hardware has some slight pitting. But the neck feels amazing - nice thing and fast. I've had no issues with neck dive with any of my straps. Definitely a player's bass, and will have a good home with me!

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#250
Handyman said:
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Greg had put up some sound clips of this thing back when he got it in stock. Like I said, sounds just like a L series bass:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f192/new-arrival-8-3-2011-g-l-l-2500-a-795187/#post11286703
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Thanks for the link!

I listened to the clips posted in Post No. 5. Only when I went back to the thread to see if anything was said about Bass/Treble settings (found that info in Post No. 7) did I find that the initial clips were done with the bass in the active mode (I'm assuming no treble boost). I then discovered Post No. 8 where the clips were redone with the bass in passive mode.

These are really interesting in that my favorite setting when I play either one of my L-2500 tributes (passive neck-series) is among my least favorite of all of Greg's sound clips.

And I realize that I'm going to have to do the K-Mod so I can explore the single coil tones!
 
#251
Handyman said:
Did they change around the truss rod system for the US models in the past few years? My old one had a "bullet" sticking out of the truss rod cavity, and the new one is a more typical looking cylindrical truss rod end.
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it changed a bit ago, I want to say in the 90s (but I'm probably way off). The truss rods do sport a conventional look now
 
#255
Handyman said:
Woohoo! Just opened up my new L2500, and she's a keeper (I'll get some photos up later).

On a random note, it looks like it has a quarter sawn neck, even though it wasn't listed as an option on the certificate from G&L. Not a bad deal.

Anyone know when G&L moved from basswood to alder as the standard wood? I've always preferred alder to ash, so its nice to see it available.
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Lucky you!

You know with some basses the necks are just random chunks of the log and while the logs aren't actually "quarter sawn" which is a way of cutting up a log, nevertheless PART of the log has the grain running the quarter sawn direction. People scour squiers for those necks that are on a small percentage of the instruments. I would have thougth that G&L would have put those aside but apparently when they sell quarter sawn necks they use actual quarter sawn logs. Double lucky you!

Personally ash is my favorite wood but alder, though a tad mellower is no slouch! I can see where alder would be a perfect wood for an L series for people who don't want it quite so wild. I wouldn't mind one myself!

But I have played a Basswood Tribby and was NOT impressed. It sounded VERY rolled-off and muffled to me. I didn't buy it. But Like i said I am a fan of the much brighter (but heavier) ash.
 
#256
I'm getting ready to order some concentric pots for my two L-2500 Tributes to give me Volume/Volume rather than a master volume with no way to adjust the balance between pickups. Currently the master volume is a 250 K ohm pot. To those who have made this modification, did you use a dual 250 K pot or a dual 500K pot?

I'm concerned that if both volumes are all the way up, the effective resistance of 125K ohms across the two humbuckers will shunt too many highs to ground.

Thoughts?

Thanks!!!
 
#257
wango55 said:
I'd like to join the club. I just got this off another TB member, and I think it's actually been passed around a few others on this forum. It's a mid-90's ASAT (haven't taken the neck off to check the date). It's definitely seen better days - body's a bit scratched up, and the hardware has some slight pitting. But the neck feels amazing - nice thing and fast. I've had no issues with neck dive with any of my straps. Definitely a player's bass, and will have a good home with me!

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So bad news on this ASAT. I'd been playing it for the past month or so, and noticed the action was a bit high, and fret buzz at the 17th ish frets, as well as the 8th fret on the low E . I took it to a couple shops for a setup, and was informed that the neck has a ski-jump, in addition to being twisted. The truss rod is also maxed out, causing a slight hump around the 7th fret.

The work to try and fix the ski-jump would cost around 3-400, and that wouldn't solve the neck twist. The other option would be to get a replacement neck. Anyone have any luck getting one from G&L, and what was the price on it? Any suggestions as to what I can do? I'm definitely not happy with the neck on it as is.

Thanks!
 
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