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Flats on an L-1000.
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Back in the day I boiled my strings but today I feel a calling:
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My 80s l2Ks love 760FS's, or - in a different genre and feel, TI flats. I must say the TIs' tones always seem to inspire me more than any other strings... I just wish they offered high tension flats
I hear ya. If I wanted to pluck a noodle, I'd play a ukulele...My 80s l2Ks love 760FS's, or - in a different genre and feel, TI flats. I must say the TIs' tones always seem to inspire me more than any other strings... I just wish they offered high tension flats
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Interestingly, I just put a set of TI flatwounds on an NS Design WAV4 I recently bought. It's my first experience with the highly touted TIs. I was surprised that they had much more tension than the D'Addario EXL 170s that I removed. They have more tension than the Rotosound Jazz 77s I have on my Tribute JB2, and reviews I've read on those say they are high tension. Both basses are 34" scale, though the NS Design WAV4 is a headless bass. I don't know why that would make a difference, but who knows?
NBD! Looks like I'm joining the club. I don't know why I waited so long to get a G&L. This bass is just awesome in every way!
Congratulations! I had that bass in my cart all day. Told my wife if it was still available after little league practice, I was going to grab it. Needless to say, you made her very happy. G&L put a few photos up on Facebook before it hit Sweetwater. That's by far the nicest one I've seen. The body and neck figuring are outstanding. I also like how the back of the body is painted the same as the front. Most have been black or dark enough not to see the grain. Good score!
Wow so over the past week I started poking around on the verb and here for L2000s, looking for something unique. After checking specs I honed in on the CLF and figured let me look at sweetwater. I hesitated on the last one they had and missed it. Couldn't believe they had another one and even nicer with the flamed neck plus a flame on an okoume body which I've never seen outside of an acoustic guitar.
I actually texted my sales engineer in the morning (which is a dangerous tool) and thought about it all day at work. Pulled the trigger right after work, didn't beat you by much I guess.
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Funny how similar our stories are. I'm glad it went to such a good home!
That's just fantastic looking! What is the neck profile / width like on that model? I know they have several options between stock, BTO and custom shop.
The spec sheet shows medium C and 1 5/8 at the nut.
I searched for a wiring diagram for my Tribute Fallout bass. I found a few that were close but was unable to find an exact match. Therefore I decided to make my own. I'm posting it here for review. Please let me know of any corrections or comments.
G&L Tribute Fallout Bass Wiring Diagram
G&L Tribute Fallout Bass Wiring Diagram
Looks like LowEndLobster did a review on the big chungus L-2500. Great stuff
I've only just spotted the G&L color [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. In the first stock photo I saw, it looked basically black, but this one makes it looks like it's two-thirds of the way from Ruby Red Metallic to Jet Black?
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Very nice. I'm kinda glad that I didn't know about it back in February, I was having enough trouble settling on Ruby Red Metallic as it was.
Edit, I did find a photo of a Garnet Metallic Legacy 6 string advert looking a bit brighter, but the text says this:
"A prototype color, Garnet Metallic, one off beauty ... no one else will ever have one in this color ... done as a sample to decide between two reds, and the other won out for regular production. They did one lefty, one righty."
(If anyone in the UK is interested, the Brum guitarguitar has a Garnet Metallic L-2000 for "only" £1300 atm)
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Very nice. I'm kinda glad that I didn't know about it back in February, I was having enough trouble settling on Ruby Red Metallic as it was.
Edit, I did find a photo of a Garnet Metallic Legacy 6 string advert looking a bit brighter, but the text says this:
"A prototype color, Garnet Metallic, one off beauty ... no one else will ever have one in this color ... done as a sample to decide between two reds, and the other won out for regular production. They did one lefty, one righty."
(If anyone in the UK is interested, the Brum guitarguitar has a Garnet Metallic L-2000 for "only" £1300 atm)
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