G&L Club Part 7

[Ricky Rioli]

Another NBD! G&L Custom Shop JB with L-2000 pickups, passive vol/vol/tone controls, Empress body so it weighs 8 lbs even.

BASS.

 

[TomB]

my SB1 nightmare is over. Finally! after months of not having the bass due to G&L building a new neck to replace the bad truss rod, then having the bass shipped back to me with the new neck that was measured wrong, and shipping the bass back to them again.....I was provided a full refund for this bass. Thank god thats over.

I am now down to 1 G&L USA Jazz bass. Which I love and play all the time. When they get it right they are great, but they got it wrong way to may times in the past year.

L2000 pickup config with a jazz control layout is something I always thought about. That's a beaut! Let us know how that control scheme works out.

 

[Holdsg]

I have Sadowsky flats on my L2500 "country bass"
I have Labella Low Tension Flats on my El Toro "zeppelin bass"
I have Labella Deep Talkers on my LB100 "red P bass"

I suppose I like flats on my basses.

 

[biguglyman]

I like the LaBella low tension flats I put on my L2500 trib.

 

[kkaarrll]

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BASS.

does it have single/dual splits?

can you order it from gl like this?

 

[Ricky Rioli]

does it have single/dual splits?

can you order it from gl like this?

Need to scroll back up a bit:

G&L Custom Shop JB with L-2000 pickups, passive vol/vol/tone controls

they wired them series/single coil with push/pull volume pots. Nice little extra from the G&L CS folks!

 

[Temcat]

Has anyone attempted a dual-MFD (L2K-like) configuration on a medium- or short-scale bass?

 

[jcburn]

Another NBD! G&L Custom Shop JB with L-2000 pickups, passive vol/vol/tone controls, Empress body so it weighs 8 lbs even.
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Oh my sainted trousers !!!

 

[Lucky Chuck]

from brightest to darkest, my picks:
Chromes
Fender 9050
LaBella low tension flats
GHS P flats

When I first went with flats, I remember reading that Chromes were some of the brighter-sounding strings and GHS Precision Flats were some of the darkest. So, there's some agreement out there...

 

[kkaarrll]

When I first went with flats, I remember reading that Chromes were some of the brighter-sounding strings and GHS Precision Flats were some of the darkest. So, there's some agreement out there...

I can concur with this

 

[IvanBassist]

Just got word that my Matador is ready. Just gotta wait for the next shipment from the US to Germany

 

[Slaphound]

Another NBD! G&L Custom Shop JB with L-2000 pickups, passive vol/vol/tone controls, Empress body so it weighs 8 lbs even.
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Is this Lake Placid Blue from the G&L color chart? That is absolutely stunning to look at. Enjoy it, B. I wanted to order from G&L option order a jazz bass like that with the regular single coil pickups. Actually the blue I was looking at was close to that. It is the blue that they show their option order Jazz bass in on their web page. Its a dark blue with matching H.S. and a dark rosewood fretboard. Click through the two JB

 

[Crispus]

So, I've been playing my new L2K and put a set of round core boomers on it hoping that would tame the treble. The D and G string still drive me nuts and turning the treble down enough to get rid of the harshness muddies things up more than I'd like. I'm not a solo guy and I prefer to have more of a deep smooth tone but with good definition. I have flats on my JB-2 Tribute (TI Flats) and on my PJ (Roto 77). What flats are you using with your humbucker MFDs? I'm thinking about trying the TI Flats on it but it's a lot of money to spend if they suck on there.

Thanks.

Joe

Currently using LaBella Low Tension Flats on an L2500-love them! Good luck with your search!

 

[bonin in the boneyard]

I heard y'all like LPB.

I just received this Friday from a FB seller. It's already wearing an old set of TI flats

 

[bdgotoh]

Is this Lake Placid Blue from the G&L color chart? That is absolutely stunning to look at. Enjoy it, B. I wanted to order from G&L option order a jazz bass like that with the regular single coil pickups. Actually the blue I was looking at was close to that. It is the blue that they show their option order Jazz bass in on their web page. Its a dark blue with matching H.S. and a dark rosewood fretboard. Click through the two JB

Yes, that's G&L's standard Lake Placid Blue. One of my favorite colors!

 

[jmlee]

I heard y'all like LPB.
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I just received this Friday from a FB seller. It's already wearing an old set of TI flats

Nice! There seems to be a bit of sparkle to that finish that you don't see in the G&L catalog.

 

[richwag]

My new to me El-Toro ended up having the dreaded 14th fret flip. Since the bass was in such excellent shape I sent it to WarpedNeck.com to fix and it came back perfect.

When setting it up, it looked like some micro tilt would help playability, but the tech at WarpedNeck cautioned against using the micro tilt and instead shimming the neck.

Thoughts on this? Is using micro tilt asking for problems?

 

[spideyjg]

I prefer series so they wired them series/single coil with push/pull volume pots. Nice little extra from the G&L CS folks!

Yeah yeah yeah but whats it sound like?

 

[bdgotoh]

My new to me El-Toro ended up having the dreaded 14th fret flip. Since the bass was in such excellent shape I sent it to WarpedNeck.com to fix and it came back perfect.

When setting it up, it looked like some micro tilt would help playability, but the tech at WarpedNeck cautioned against using the micro tilt and instead shimming the neck.

Thoughts on this? Is using micro tilt asking for problems?

I only shim for that reason. I've had too many nice G&L basses with skijump, a good number had the microtilt cranked up.

 

[bdgotoh]

Yeah yeah yeah but whats it sound like?

Pretty much like a passive L2000 with two volumes. Bridge pickup sounds very similar to my L2000s, the neck pickup maybe has a bit more depth than a typical L2K, and with both pickups up full it has that wonderful tone of an L2000 with both pickups on.

I am really loving the feel and balance of Jazz basses lately, so I wanted a Jazz with L2000 pickups. It feels and sounds exactly like I wanted it to!!