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G&L Club Part 7

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Darrell Vachon said:
So is this a picture of the newer or older pickup position? And that would be a 1996?
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Here's the 1996 (top) and the rebuilt 2009 (bottom) for comparison. It helps to look at the pickup coils in relation to the knobs.

L1500 Original.jpg


L1500 Current.jpg
 
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I had a 2006/7 L-1500 for a few years. The switches were series/parallel and active/passive, but the active mode included an enormous amount of treble boost, more than the L-2000's preamp in treble boost mode and I believe at higher frequencies. I had a resistor replaced on the preamp, which drastically reduced the treble boost and made active mode more useful IMO.

By the way, a few years ago at the Philly area guitar show, I saw one of those early L-1500s with the pickup in the same spot as an L-2000's bridge pickup, so they might be rare but they're still around.
 
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jfh2424 said:
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Hello all.

Does anyone know who was painting bodies at G&L in 1997-1998? I'd like to know more about these finishes.

Thanks!
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I'm versed with Decorative Arts painting - that 'look' can be referred to in a few ways, but it's done like this - there is a 'base' colour (I'll guess the green) and a glaze colour (black). The base colour is sprayed on and once dry/cured, a paint mixed with glaze and either water (if water based) or turpentine (if oil-based) is thinly coated over the base colour. Then, using wadded cheese-cloth, one twists the wad into the 'open'/wet top-coat creating that 'swirl' look. Like wiping it off, but only enough to create that look. You have to work fast as the top coat is thin and sets up quickly. The glaze-additive helps keep it from drying too fast, but one still needs to work quickly. Once dry/cured - it is sprayed with a clear-coat and buffed.

This tutorial uses the same technique on a wall but w/o 'swirling' it. You get the idea how when she 'pads' it it mostly removes the top colour creating a randomly textured 'mark' of the pad. For the 'swirl' look, one twists the cloth. You can use a cheese-cloth, cotton cloth, sea-sponge, or stiff-bristle brush - which all give different looks.
 
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