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You are an enabler. Don't ever change.
My long-term plans also include an SB2. However, I'm no longer quite sure which version.
I used to ignore all the talk about the bridge volume knob acting as a tone control, and planned on getting an SB-2(T) like Dav's. But continued reading has me beginning to question that decision. Maybe 'the hive mind' can help, if I ask correctly?
I assume a tone knob just cuts treble frequencies, and I assume a tone knob fully clockwise cuts no treble. But does an SB2 with a fully clockwise tone knob have the same tone as one without a tone knob? In other words, does the installation of the tone knob color the tone even when fully off?
I'd be happy to pay a little extra for the tone knob for the extra flexibility. However, if a tone knob changes the tone, then I'd have to do further research before buying.
Anybody know whether a tone knob turned off changes the tone of an SB2 simply by being wired into the circuit?
Thanx in advance.
I believe a regular tone pot would affect the tone of an SB-2. Especially a 250k pot. You would lose some of the higher frequencies. Might not be noticeable with a 500k or "no load" tone pot.
It came that way from the factory. I had an SB-2 in the early 90s and I didn't miss a tone control. I wasn't looking for the tone control, but this one had one. I do like the extra dimension the tone control gives.
You know, it's interesting. I was thinking today how much G&L instruments have moved into the mainstream. There was a time not so many years ago when playing a G&L, or talking about G&L instruments in terms of making an instrument choice, was relatively rare. Nowadays they seem almost commonplace. I suspect it's the broad success of the LB and JB models that's made the difference, although the MFD models are getting more presence albeit to a lesser degree. Nothing profound here. It's just interesting.
Or is it that you are noticing them more, like when you buy a car, in what seems like a rare color.You know, it's interesting. I was thinking today how much G&L instruments have moved into the mainstream. There was a time not so many years ago when playing a G&L, or talking about G&L instruments in terms of making an instrument choice, was relatively rare. Nowadays they seem almost commonplace. I suspect it's the broad success of the LB and JB models that's made the difference, although the MFD models are getting more presence albeit to a lesser degree. Nothing profound here. It's just interesting.
Then you see 3 of them the next morning on the way to work?
still a niche brand, when compared to big brother F. and I like it just fine that way.
Funny thing is, the first time I saw a G&L was a in a music store in Great Falls, Montana. It was an SB-2, burst, tort, maple. I tried it out and really liked it. My first reaction was, "really good knock off". I took it home. A few years later I had to sell it because of financial difficulties.
I was a devout Fender guy for a long time until I bought my first G&L, an LB100. I'll never buy anything but G&L going forward.
Aren't those just the S500 MFDs that have been around since the '80s…?
Though it does make me think of a cool pickup swap for a Bronco (or other bass that uses the Strat-style single coils)…
But it does beg the question, when are the J MFDs actually coming? It's been a while since the prototypes started floating around.
You know, it's interesting. I was thinking today how much G&L instruments have moved into the mainstream. There was a time not so many years ago when playing a G&L, or talking about G&L instruments in terms of making an instrument choice, was relatively rare. Nowadays they seem almost commonplace. I suspect it's the broad success of the LB and JB models that's made the difference, although the MFD models are getting more presence albeit to a lesser degree. Nothing profound here. It's just interesting.
I think you're spot on, I noticed it too. I got on the JB-2 bandwagon as soon as they were released in 2001, but they never really got much attention elsewhere. Same with the SB-1. Then along came the JB and the recommissioned LB-100....voila....instant street cred and boosted sales. Why? It seemed obvious to me that happened because the JB and LB-100 were intended to be Fender J and P clones. And it worked like a charm.
The JB, being shaped just like a Fender Jazz seemed to make it instantly acceptable to the same folks who never gave the JB-2 a second thought.
The LB-100, shaped more like a Fender P than the SB-1, and with a traditional non-MFD pickup, seemed to draw a whole new crowd to the G&L brand in general, but more to the JB and LB specifically. Or maybe I'm completely wrong.
How would a tone pot sending zero signal through the capacitor be able to affect the tone?
I don't get the SB-2 doesn't need a tone pot crowd. The SB-1 has it. If I'm using just the front pickup on an SB-2 and want a dark fat tone why don't I want a tone control to roll the highs off?
Sure you can use it without one, but the rear pickup can only brighten it. You can go no darker than rolling the back pickup off completely. And the split P MFD still sizzles.
