Ooooooo ... and only a few miles away.
Luckily for my wallet they didn't make them in a five-string.
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Luckily for my wallet they didn't make them in a five-string.
Wait, what? Check your tension chart. Chromes are bridge cables. The skinny ones are just teensy bridge cables. Your truss rod might not be maxed. Take the Chromes off, hang the bass on a wall hanger for a few days, then try setting it up with something with less pull. JMHO/IME.27128793[/URL], member: 193227"]
Thank you. Very very interesting.
On my SB-2 (1999, US made), I had super light gauge Chromes (ECB-80, 40-95) installed, to release the stress on a fragilized bi-cut neck (maxed trussrod, worn hex nut). I had not noticed any tone/sound/power difference with the regular light ECB-81 sets that I had before on that SB-2 (and that I have on most of my other basses). Partly because of the powerful MFD pickup, I imagine, and of the tiny gauge difference. Just a little less stiffness under my fingers?
Good luck!
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What are good replacement tuners for an old SB-1? The ones on it now are heavy and not very precise. Is it worth getting a new set off of the website or should I get hipshot hb1's?
I'm not familiar with the Hipshots, but the tuners they sell on the website are smooth, light tuners. Plus they are very reasonably priced. I think a set of four comes to about $68.
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I'm not familiar with the ones on an '85, but I believe these are billed as ultralights. They're precise, too. I have them on my SB-2 and Kiloton, and I reversed two of them and put them on an Epiphone Jack Casady model I have. They helped with the neck dive on it.
Since then, I brought that SB-2 to a skilled luthier, he rescued the trussrod hex nut (with a tapered hex screwdriver), made a perfect neck adjustment and levelled the frets, still with the Chromes 40-95 though. Then I sold it.
I'd definitely go with the OEM tuners. They're as good as anything else, and smoother than "some" Hipshots (like the Kluson clones). With the alloy posts they're lighter than they look, too.
Are they lighter than the ones on an 85? Also, anyone selling any?
Yeah they are if your '85 has the steel posts. I weighed a Gotoh Resolite and a EBMM Sterling tuner (same as G&L) once to see if the Gotohs were worth investing in. IICR the Resolite was only 1/10 oz lighter @ than the Sterling.
I prefer the 1 5/8" nut width. Will even do a 1 3/4". With 12" radius. Yep i like em big.On his own Rocket Music subforum here on TalkBass, Greg is asking this interesting question:
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Playing Rickenbackers will do that to ya.
That El Toro had other pickups in it with poor routes around the re-installed ones. Been passed around a lot and displays the tribulations from being in plenty of bull.... err bar fights:
TRADED - 1984 G&L El Toro - Trans Red w/ Matching Headstock
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Follow up from G&L for those interested:
Thank you for playing G&L instruments, we are currently using DiAddario short scale nickel wound strings. In the past we have used LaBella and GHS strings so you may have the GHS strings, we had to use these strings due to string availability from DiAddario. If you have any questions email me back, have a great day.
Yeah, some out of the ordinary stuff like that has popped up now and then over the past few years, I assume also due to supply chain issues. The latest thing I've seen are basses arriving with a plain yellow/manilla envelope instead of the usual black envelope with the silver G&L logo stamped on it. That's been going on for at least a month now, and I've yet to see the black envelopes make a return appearance.
Big changes just announced by G&L in their 2023 price list. In addition to a $400-$600 price increase on most Build To Order models, they have also added the Fallout bass as a Build To Order model (starting at $2450). So $2500-ish is the new $2000-ish for G&L in 2023.
They have also eliminated most neck options other than the painted headstock options (Clear Gloss, Black or body matched paint). So no more block inlays, no more neck binding, no more nut width choices, and no more radius choices. I think they're trying to simplify their neck production, so most models will likely have a set of default neck specs that cannot be changed on an Option Order build. I'm still not 100% sure on exactly what that means per model, but that will become clear over time. I assume the JB and maybe the ASAT Bass will continue to have a 1.5" nut width, and most other 4-string models will probably have a 1 5/8" nut width. That's just conjecture on my part at this point.
I'll be interested to see what happens with other brands' pricing as 2023 unfolds. I'm expecting more of the same throughout the industry, but I would love to be pleasantly surprised.
They have also eliminated most neck options other than the painted headstock options (Clear Gloss, Black or body matched paint). So no more block inlays, no more neck binding, no more nut width choices, and no more radius choices. I think they're trying to simplify their neck production, so most models will likely have a set of default neck specs that cannot be changed on an Option Order build. I'm still not 100% sure on exactly what that means per model, but that will become clear over time. I assume the JB and maybe the ASAT Bass will continue to have a 1.5" nut width, and most other 4-string models will probably have a 1 5/8" nut width. That's just conjecture on my part at this point.
I'll be interested to see what happens with other brands' pricing as 2023 unfolds. I'm expecting more of the same throughout the industry, but I would love to be pleasantly surprised.
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Glad I got this L-2000 when I did, even if G&L had to replace the neck. It does seem they need to get it together with their necks !! Thanks to Greg at @RocketMusic for making the L2K order easy. I'll have to hang onto my block inlay G&Ls, I won't be affording a Custom Shop anytime soon (assuming block inlays are still a CS option).
I should have ordered the JB like I wanted
Welp, I'm out. From here on, used basses it is.
Edit: I'm glad I got my option order SB-2t before the last price increase, and I'll always recommend Greg for sales, but to think that the bass I ordered in late 2021 would be around $1k more now and fewer options available… nah. I wouldn't pay the new prices. (But I'm saying that about a lot of basses these days.)
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I believe G&L will be experiencing a lot of that.
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