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G&L Club Part 7

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jglunt said:
I prefer round wounds for live playing myself. Check out Elixir Nanowebs. They're expensive, but they last as long as most flatwounds. But be forewarned...it's a good idea to do a very light sanding with a fine grit sandpaper on the strings where they cross over the bridge. Otherwise there's a possibility that the coating, as microscopic as it is, will prevent the strings from grounding properly at that point. You could try it first without sanding if you want. If there's a ground issue, just loosen the strings far enough to do a little sanding.
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Yep, found that on my Fender American Jazz Bass with thru the body stringing so if you do not want to sand back of string (as I had to do also when I tried Elixer coated strings) I suggest you string Top Load (through back of bridge).
 
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woodyng2 said:
Before I got my JB2 I had an American Fender J (i forget the exact name). It had the Fender custom Shop vintage pickups, which sounded great. I think GL's alnico J bass pickups are similar, they sound really fabulous. The thing I notice most about the GL basses is they seem to have a crispness and high definition sound, (even with passive pickups) that I think Fenders lack. I think a big part of that is the combination of the embedded bridge design, and that extra long 6-bolt neck tongue. They seem to respond almost like my neck-through basses. (I'm a longtime Rickenbacker player.)
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I have a 2017 Fender American Professional Jazz that looks just like that, however I used a black pickguard. Great Bass
 
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Jim C said:
We all hear it differently.
I find the tone not very clear at all as compared to my 72' P or 2018 Sandberg.
More raspy and troubled.
Agree the output is very hot!
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We can agree to disagree. I have a Fender P bass and this SB-2 bass is not only louder but clearer and more bell like in tone. Now that is with D'Addario EXL 160 rounds. With Flats You have something there. My P with Flats sounds better than the SB-2 with Flats. I have found pickups are String specific.
 
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LoveThatBass said:
I have a 2017 Fender American Professional Jazz that looks just like that, however I used a black pickguard. Great Bass
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I loved mine, too, especially the way it sounded with Chromes, but I sold it when I bought my GL JB2.
Edit: I put a black pickguard on mine,too! (Liked it better than the tort).
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I'm looking for some help wiring MFD pickup in a bass I'm modding. I'd like to build the exact same circuit as the Fallout bass - single pickup, passive with single/parallel/OMG feature in a 3 way switch. I've searched but haven't found exactly what I'm looking for. If anyone can either point me to a specific page to go to or can send me a wiring diagram I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.
 
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BigAndyA said:
I'm looking for some help wiring MFD pickup in a bass I'm modding. I'd like to build the exact same circuit as the Fallout bass - single pickup, passive with single/parallel/OMG feature in a 3 way switch. I've searched but haven't found exactly what I'm looking for. If anyone can either point me to a specific page to go to or can send me a wiring diagram I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.
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Fallout circuit is basically a variation of the L1000 circuit. You can find wiring and block diagrams for L1000 circuit here: https://www.bassesbyleo.com/gl_bbe_wiring_diagrams.html
 
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ahbass2500 said:
Fallout circuit is basically a variation of the L1000 circuit. You can find wiring and block diagrams for L1000 circuit here: https://www.bassesbyleo.com/gl_bbe_wiring_diagrams.html
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I've seen those but the L1000 has a bass cut and treble cut pot in the circuit. I can't have three pots in my particular build and I'm not experienced enough to know how to modify the L1000 to convert the two tone pots to a single tone pot.
 
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BigAndyA said:
I've seen those but the L1000 has a bass cut and treble cut pot in the circuit. I can't have three pots in my particular build and I'm not experienced enough to know how to modify the L1000 to convert the two tone pots to a single tone pot.
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3 thoughts
1. Take the L1000 circuit and remove the bass pot from the circuit, this should leave you with a treble cut (tone).
2. You could get a concentric potentiometer and use the L1000 circuit exactly (which is what I would probably do, but I like having both bass and treble cut functionality).
3. Have someone build it for you. Any shop that is decent with electronics should be able to build this passive harness setup relatively easily.

Option 3 might be a good one if you are not comfortable modifying the diagrams to fit your needs. I have no idea what your electronic skills are, but based on your statement here, I get the feeling you might have some hesitation towards the project due to lack of experience.

Apologies if I am wrong. If I am right, it looks harder than it is particularly if you are battling with yourself over rather or not you can do it. Give it a try and see what happens. Odds are it is easier than you think it is.
 
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ahbass2500 said:
3 thoughts
1. Take the L1000 circuit and remove the bass pot from the circuit, this should leave you with a treble cut (tone).
2. You could get a concentric potentiometer and use the L1000 circuit exactly (which is what I would probably do, but I like having both bass and treble cut functionality).
3. Have someone build it for you. Any shop that is decent with electronics should be able to build this passive harness setup relatively easily.

Option 3 might be a good one if you are not comfortable modifying the diagrams to fit your needs. I have no idea what your electronic skills are, but based on your statement here, I get the feeling you might have some hesitation towards the project due to lack of experience.

Apologies if I am wrong. If I am right, it looks harder than it is particularly if you are battling with yourself over rather or not you can do it. Give it a try and see what happens. Odds are it is easier than you think it is.
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Thanks.

I do like both #1 and #2 suggestions. I could try #1 and if it doesn't sound good, always go to #2 - no harm, no foul. I do have a couple stacked pots in my parts bin and that could get me to the #2 suggestion.
 
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ahbass2500 said:
2. You could get a concentric potentiometer and use the L1000 circuit exactly (which is what I would probably do, but I like having both bass and treble cut functionality).
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BigAndyA said:
Thanks.

I do like both #1 and #2 suggestions. I could try #1 and if it doesn't sound good, always go to #2 - no harm, no foul. I do have a couple stacked pots in my parts bin and that could get me to the #2 suggestion.
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Just a heads up, the bass cut potentiometer is an odd value (C1M, a.k.a. reverse log 1 meg) so the likelihood of you finding that on a stacked pot is pretty low. Volume and tone should both use a normal 250k log pot, so you could stack the volume and treble of you wanted, I suppose.
 
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TDR1138 said:
Just a heads up, the bass cut potentiometer is an odd value (C1M, a.k.a. reverse log 1 meg) so the likelihood of you finding that on a stacked pot is pretty low. Volume and tone should both use a normal 250k log pot, so you could stack the volume and treble of you wanted, I suppose.
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Okay, thanks. My first choice would be just like the Fallout bass, two controls for tone and volume so I think I'll try that option out first. I'm still waiting for some parts to arrive before I can tackle the electronics.
 
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woodyng2 said:
I loved mine, too, especially the way it sounded with Chromes, but I sold it when I bought my GL JB2.
Edit: I put a black pickguard on mine,too! (Liked it better than the tort).
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I put Aero pickups in mine and a Fender S-1 switch for series/parallel and love the tone with TI-Jazz Flats. I will not sell mine but like that you found your niche in a JB-2 :)
 
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