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I can't believe they're talking so long with yours, man. We ordered at the same time, I almost feel guilty about getting mine already.Now 9 months waiting for my Build To Order LB-100. Perhaps I've been accidentally upgraded to Custom Shop? In which case, woo-hoo, halfway there
As you can see....
....nothing to worry about here
When you buy your seller carefully, you buy peace of mind (if not access to a magic wand)
Here she is!! Ordered late March and arrived on my doorstep today. I can't thank Greg at @RocketMusic enough. He was fantastic to work with, and communicated with me throughout the process.
I love everything about this bass, and would not change a thing. Empress body gets me a total weight of 7.7 lbs. It does neck dive a little, but with a 3" strap, it balances perfectly. It sounds phenomenal as well! I lowered the action just slightly, and it feels right at home.
I ordered with the Tort PG going for the Sean Hurley look, and I think it looks great. I did have a pearl K5 pickguard on hand that I do think looks good too. What do you all think?
I love everything about this bass, and would not change a thing. Empress body gets me a total weight of 7.7 lbs. It does neck dive a little, but with a 3" strap, it balances perfectly. It sounds phenomenal as well! I lowered the action just slightly, and it feels right at home.
I ordered with the Tort PG going for the Sean Hurley look, and I think it looks great. I did have a pearl K5 pickguard on hand that I do think looks good too. What do you all think?
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Nice. The pearl looks really good, but the tort with that body color is outstanding!
Thanks! My LB100 has crazy grain as well, so I was hoping by ordering the Caribbean rosewood like my LB100, that I would get some nice wood grain. I sure did! I couldn't be happier with how it turned out.
I'm saving that spec sheet!
Drop one string, make it Ash, give it tapewound strings and that may well be my perfect bass.
So far, I am really digging the series pickup setting with the volume and tone all the way up. My compressor seems to tame it enough, that it's not as much of a jump in volume compared to my other basses.
cutting the volume knob every so slightly does sound really good though too. Not as mid-forward.
cutting the volume knob every so slightly does sound really good though too. Not as mid-forward.
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong here but Leo designed the MFD in such away that cutting the volume creates a less aggressive more vintage tonality overall. I found that was basically true with my L2500 and with my Kilo as well and I tend do it that way myself.
Correct, with MFD pickups the reducing the volume control will reduce the aggressiveness of the tone to a more vintage sound. I've found setting the volume control at 80% or so is a good starting point to tame the aggressiveness.
Interestingly I was playing my G&L JB Tribute yesterday with full volume on the neck pickup and the bridge pickup volume all the way off. I was seeking an old school tone, backed the neck pickup volume off slightly and noticed the tone got "rounder" without loosing much volume. Didn't think the single coils would act like MFD's in that regard but the tone was affected. Learn something new every day
Interestingly I was playing my G&L JB Tribute yesterday with full volume on the neck pickup and the bridge pickup volume all the way off. I was seeking an old school tone, backed the neck pickup volume off slightly and noticed the tone got "rounder" without loosing much volume. Didn't think the single coils would act like MFD's in that regard but the tone was affected. Learn something new every day
Only having had my L2K for a short time, I'm struck by the MFD's versatility. I like a growly, aggressive tone. My JB has that with it's alnico pups, but the L2K has a different kind of growl. I'm really loving it. I'm also loving being able to get so many different tones. Great bass.
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Hello Robert Booker
I don't think this is an intentional design feature as much as it is a function of any potentiometer used for volume in a passive circuit like this. It's basically unavoidable unless an active component is added. But an option to use nonetheless.
I REALLY want one. But it has to have a 1.5" neck width, like all my other basses. And I want it in a finish that
s different than my other basses. And I'm not going to buy brand new. And I just recently got my Kiloton, so I need to wait a bit. Maybe in 6 months or so.
