yeah, i was trying to give a general example. those MFDs can be wired up a number of ways. there's so many tonal possibilities.
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G&L Club Part 6
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Here's one that is annoying me - how do you searchthe classifieds for G&L? I keep getting errors about searches less than 3 characters, even when I put "G&L" in quotes. i can't very well search on JB either 
So this....
http://www.americanguitarboutique.net/Bass_index.html
has got my brain working in unhelpful ways. Which leads to my 2 questions for the group.
1. If you were to do a G&L fretless, which G&L would it be?
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2. Has anyone ever played an SB-2 fretless?
Thanks!
-Steve
http://www.americanguitarboutique.net/Bass_index.html
has got my brain working in unhelpful ways. Which leads to my 2 questions for the group.
1. If you were to do a G&L fretless, which G&L would it be?
and
2. Has anyone ever played an SB-2 fretless?
Thanks!
-Steve
Best used with a site qualifier, google searchline like this :
Code:
site:http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f126/ G&L
Any wiring diagrams of that? I love my ASAT but gave never put it in active mode..
LB100..
And yes.. It's lovely.
Nice! LB-100 was one I was considering.
Curious - is there a reason you chose the LB-100 rather than the SB-1 for fretless. Was it because the pups aren't as hot? Or am I thinking too much?
Thanks!
I haven't posted here in a while, but wanted to share some news. I am a long-time G & L fan but with limited means and trying to keep sense in my bass endeavors.
At the end of 2011 I e-Bayed a fretless 1981 L-2000 that proved to have a ski-jump neck with frets leveled out to resemble a lined fretless. I bought a G & L ASAT neck originally to try to refit it on the L-2000. It worked, but there was a horrible gap between the neck and the body.
I had a new fretboard made to it by a luthier. The same luthier happened to have a beautiful Jazz body lying around unused. 1 + 1 and some hardware purchases later I had him make an ASAT-Jazz mongrel out of the ASAT neck and the body, with SD Basslines and a Badass bridge. I never felt comfortable with that one, and as I realized very early it's not going to work, I ordered another ASAT neck, with a maple board, and had that one fitted on a Squier Jazz body. This last one is my go-to bass at the moment, as it is clearly the most comfortable for me to play, and sounds awesome as well.
Now, earlier this year I realized that the reason why I couldn't play the sunburst ASAT-Jazz is that THAT neck also had a ski-jumpish dip at the 14th fret so the frets would have required a relevel. Back to the luthier who reshaped the end of the fretboard and reinstalled the original frets. Now that one plays as well as the other, and I have two ASAT-Jazz basses. It's almost as if I had a signature instrument in two flavors.
I have now become so accustomed to the Jazz width neck that the L-2000 sits in its case unused. I like the monster sounds but in all likelihood I will not be using it. I also have a SB-2 that I also assembled from a loaded body and a neck I bought separately on Classifieds. That one had a bit of a string buzz and would require a new nut. I solved that problem by buying a thicker taperwound string set and tuned it one step lower. That one gets actual use as well, as I like to rumble the low D on certain songs.
Pics:
ASAT Jazzes:
L-2000 E:
SB-2:
As I said, I have limited means to invest in basses.. yet, had I just originally had the fretboard job done on the L-2000 E, I probably would have only that G & L and be a happy camper. Not only did I have the two ASAT-Jazzes built and bought the SB-2 as well to try the neck on the L-2000 E, but in fact I felt that a fretless would be nice to have... so I made another Squier-ESP mongrel out of internet-sourced parts. (I did sell a 1984 L-1000 while juggling the projects. The neck on it was just too slim for me.) This is G.A.S. in all its glory.
At the end of 2011 I e-Bayed a fretless 1981 L-2000 that proved to have a ski-jump neck with frets leveled out to resemble a lined fretless. I bought a G & L ASAT neck originally to try to refit it on the L-2000. It worked, but there was a horrible gap between the neck and the body.
I had a new fretboard made to it by a luthier. The same luthier happened to have a beautiful Jazz body lying around unused. 1 + 1 and some hardware purchases later I had him make an ASAT-Jazz mongrel out of the ASAT neck and the body, with SD Basslines and a Badass bridge. I never felt comfortable with that one, and as I realized very early it's not going to work, I ordered another ASAT neck, with a maple board, and had that one fitted on a Squier Jazz body. This last one is my go-to bass at the moment, as it is clearly the most comfortable for me to play, and sounds awesome as well.
Now, earlier this year I realized that the reason why I couldn't play the sunburst ASAT-Jazz is that THAT neck also had a ski-jumpish dip at the 14th fret so the frets would have required a relevel. Back to the luthier who reshaped the end of the fretboard and reinstalled the original frets. Now that one plays as well as the other, and I have two ASAT-Jazz basses. It's almost as if I had a signature instrument in two flavors.
I have now become so accustomed to the Jazz width neck that the L-2000 sits in its case unused. I like the monster sounds but in all likelihood I will not be using it. I also have a SB-2 that I also assembled from a loaded body and a neck I bought separately on Classifieds. That one had a bit of a string buzz and would require a new nut. I solved that problem by buying a thicker taperwound string set and tuned it one step lower. That one gets actual use as well, as I like to rumble the low D on certain songs.
Pics:
ASAT Jazzes:
L-2000 E:
SB-2:
As I said, I have limited means to invest in basses.. yet, had I just originally had the fretboard job done on the L-2000 E, I probably would have only that G & L and be a happy camper. Not only did I have the two ASAT-Jazzes built and bought the SB-2 as well to try the neck on the L-2000 E, but in fact I felt that a fretless would be nice to have... so I made another Squier-ESP mongrel out of internet-sourced parts. (I did sell a 1984 L-1000 while juggling the projects. The neck on it was just too slim for me.) This is G.A.S. in all its glory.
I haven't posted here in a while, but wanted to share some news. I am a long-time G & L fan but with limited means and trying to keep sense in my bass endeavors.
At the end of 2011 I e-Bayed a fretless 1981 L-2000 that proved to have a ski-jump neck with frets leveled out to resemble a lined fretless. I bought a G & L ASAT neck originally to try to refit it on the L-2000. It worked, but there was a horrible gap between the neck and the body.
I had a new fretboard made to it by a luthier. The same luthier happened to have a beautiful Jazz body lying around unused. 1 + 1 and some hardware purchases later I had him make an ASAT-Jazz mongrel out of the ASAT neck and the body, with SD Basslines and a Badass bridge. I never felt comfortable with that one, and as I realized very early it's not going to work, I ordered another ASAT neck, with a maple board, and had that one fitted on a Squier Jazz body. This last one is my go-to bass at the moment, as it is clearly the most comfortable for me to play, and sounds awesome as well.
Now, earlier this year I realized that the reason why I couldn't play the sunburst ASAT-Jazz is that THAT neck also had a ski-jumpish dip at the 14th fret so the frets would have required a relevel. Back to the luthier who reshaped the end of the fretboard and reinstalled the original frets. Now that one plays as well as the other, and I have two ASAT-Jazz basses. It's almost as if I had a signature instrument in two flavors.
I have now become so accustomed to the Jazz width neck that the L-2000 sits in its case unused. I like the monster sounds but in all likelihood I will not be using it. I also have a SB-2 that I also assembled from a loaded body and a neck I bought separately on Classifieds. That one had a bit of a string buzz and would require a new nut. I solved that problem by buying a thicker taperwound string set and tuned it one step lower. That one gets actual use as well, as I like to rumble the low D on certain songs.
Pics:
ASAT Jazzes:
L-2000 E:
SB-2:
As I said, I have limited means to invest in basses.. yet, had I just originally had the fretboard job done on the L-2000 E, I probably would have only that G & L and be a happy camper. Not only did I have the two ASAT-Jazzes built and bought the SB-2 as well to try the neck on the L-2000 E, but in fact I felt that a fretless would be nice to have... so I made another Squier-ESP mongrel out of internet-sourced parts. (I did sell a 1984 L-1000 while juggling the projects. The neck on it was just too slim for me.) This is G.A.S. in all its glory.
No offense but it seems like a lot of money spent on mongrelization for someone with such limited means.
I own a 1505 fretless and it is a sweetheart. I would choose it for question #1.
What made me want my G&L was playing a fretless SB2 in the guitar store. The voice on that bass was incredible.
So I was excited to get my hands on my first G&L, having picked up a Tribute JB2. It's been modded by a couple of previous owners, but letting myself make a bunch of impulse buys, I'm not sure about keeping it - especially since MFD pickups are so hard to come by.
The attachment below is what it looks like now. I was thinking of putting in a pair of Noiseless Jazz pups in, or maybe a couple of MM style humbuckers and wiring them for parallel/series options, but having read some of this thread, I think I'm really missing out if I don't put some proper MFDs in there.
Is that where the G&L magic sauce is - in the pickups? Or is it a preamp thing also?
The attachment below is what it looks like now. I was thinking of putting in a pair of Noiseless Jazz pups in, or maybe a couple of MM style humbuckers and wiring them for parallel/series options, but having read some of this thread, I think I'm really missing out if I don't put some proper MFDs in there.
Is that where the G&L magic sauce is - in the pickups? Or is it a preamp thing also?
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