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Recently picked this one up in trade.
Nice to be playing a shorty again.
The bass Sings like it should.
Nice to be playing a shorty again.
The bass Sings like it should.
Unfortunately not to my knowledge. Even looking outside of China, I can only find one store that sells those MFD pickups (G&L store in the US).
Congrats. I love white basses, too. My first bass 52 years ago was a white with tort jazz bass. My 3rd bass was a white with black P-bass. I got stupid & sold it cheap to a guy I knew who wanted to learn to play (so he said). He turned around and pawned it! Nobody's ever found the body.
The guy who pawned it, for sure!Of the bass? Or of the guy that pawned it?
But I've never seen the bass again either. I forced the name of the pawn shop out of him--water boarding is surprisingly effective for that
--but when I got there, it was gone.
Update!Thought I'd give my "Week xx" update on my dearest Fullerton Deluxe Fallout Bass as well;
Week 2 — received the bass and noticed the bad fret job 2 days later. Reached out to G&L via Facebook and was told that a replacement neck will be sent all the way from California through my local G&L dealership. They said that I can keep the bass for the time being.
Week 13 — noticed that one of the screw threads was a bit loose and found another manufacturing defect in the cavity. The wood near one of the screw holes are chipped, there is a drill mark on the surface of the cavity as well. Reached out to G&L via Facebook again, and was informed that the local G&L dealership will contact me on the issue.
Week 20 — finally the local G&L dealership contacted me on the second issue, but nothing has been confirmed since.
Week 26 — supposedly this is the ETA of the replacement neck. The sales advisor that was assigned to my case is not the most helpful either.
Week 36 — this is where I'm at currently. Local G&L dealership has been saying that they haven't received any update from G&L on both of my warranty claims.
Looks like 99 weeks is the standard processing time, so I shall wait a bit more
Crappy customer service and QC department aside, the Fallout Bass is the one that I'll be taking to my grave.
Week 39 — Finally heard back from my local G&L dealership. The replacement neck (not sure about the body at the moment) will be arriving by the end of next week.
There is a little groove on the fretboard wood alongside one of the fretwires. Of course it doesn't interfere with the playing, but as someone who wanted this to be his only bass... it's unacceptable. If it was sharp fret ends it can be filed, but not this when it's the wood itself. Then the chipped cavity underneath for the body.
Just got my option-order LB-100! I'll post pics once I get home.
One question I have... I ordered it with a quartersawn neck. When I look at the spec sheet, it just says it's a hard rock maple neck. Would G&L indicate if it is quartersawn in the specs?
One question I have... I ordered it with a quartersawn neck. When I look at the spec sheet, it just says it's a hard rock maple neck. Would G&L indicate if it is quartersawn in the specs?
Great… so I paid for quartersawn and didn't get it. Guess I'll reach out to the dealer I bought it through. Thanks for the info!
Yeah, maybe they just got the build sheet wrong. (But if that's the case, I would ask for a corrected one. It would be handy when it comes time to sell. Even if it's only your heirs doing the selling.)
Post pics. Set it on your toes and take a shot looking down at the headstock, showing the direction of the grain. Left-to-right is flat sawn, top-to-bottom is quartersawn. (Or did it get that backwards AGAIN!?!? ;->
Hoping its just the build sheet...
Post pics. Set it on your toes and take a shot looking down at the headstock, showing the direction of the grain. Left-to-right is flat sawn, top-to-bottom is quartersawn. (Or did it get that backwards AGAIN!?!? ;->
Hoping its just the build sheet...
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Good point… could be an issue with the spec sheet. I haven't been able to look closely at the bass. I'll post pics soon!
My spec sheet was missing the quartersawn detail, so I had a couple of scared moments until I had reassured myself that the neck was indeed quartersawn.
Presumably the invoice received by the retailer has a string of codes for the options, each with a price. I would find that a more trustworthy document than the spec sheet. I also noticed that they advertise 4-ply tort, but the spec sheet is still years behind, saying its 3-ply. The spec sheet says "Rosewood" but the advertise both Indian and Caribbean. Obviously the tiniest of tiny things, but a clue that the spec sheet is just a Nice Thing For The Customer.
