Yes,it has a bare spot,where one has been there. Just curious if the neck is the correct neck that goes with the bass?
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That neck is at least period correct. Bullet truss rod and the By Leo Fender decal also predate the serial plaques on the neck. Guessing that was from a different sticker.
That looks like residue from a sticker placed there by the original retailer.
Joe's Music, Inc
1 Main St
Podunk, USA
Here's my '87 SB-1 with retailer sticker on the back of the headstock.
Thanks,for comments about sticker on back of headstock. I think you are right. I also noticed some of the 84 L2000's had the black crinkle control plate,and this one don't?
Maybe G&L is mistaken on the build date, maybe it's actually an '86 as advertised. Pop the neck and see?
Does anybody have a web address for Joe's Music in Podunk? I want to check out their inventory.
The wide flat bit of my SB-1's tuner has become loose and is rattling all the time. Any bright ideas for fixing it in place, beyond stuffing a piece of paper into the gap?
This is what comes of buying before the price rises, I guess. None of this nonsense for $3k, I'm sure
This is what comes of buying before the price rises, I guess. None of this nonsense for $3k, I'm sure
The wide flat bit of my SB-1's tuner has become loose and is rattling all the time. Any bright ideas for fixing it in place, beyond stuffing a piece of paper into the gap?
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This is what comes of buying before the price rises, I guess. None of this nonsense for $3k, I'm sure
I once had a JB-5 with this issue. I simply replaced the tuner, but I later read that filling the gap with super glue is an effective fix.
Not really concerned,whether it is 86,or 84,just curious about the difference. It is a nice bass,for being 37 to 39 years old. Not real crazy about taking neck off. I have put parts basses together before. I worked up courage to pop the neck off,and date on the neck was 1986,and date was stamped in neck pocket on the bass body. So it is 1986!
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Amazingly, super glue is the factory authorized fix which struck me odd on a near $2K highly optioned bass. I started to re-crimp it in an arbor press but got lazy. SG did fix it but who knows for how long. Jive a$$ repair IMO.The wide flat bit of my SB-1's tuner has become loose and is rattling all the time. Any bright ideas for fixing it in place, beyond stuffing a piece of paper into the gap?
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This is what comes of buying before the price rises, I guess. None of this nonsense for $3k, I'm sure
I put a drop of CA glue in mine and the issue was solved. Give it a tryThe wide flat bit of my SB-1's tuner has become loose and is rattling all the time. Any bright ideas for fixing it in place, beyond stuffing a piece of paper into the gap?
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This is what comes of buying before the price rises, I guess. None of this nonsense for $3k, I'm sure
That's a fairly regular thing in G&L's USA basses, unfortunately. My 2018 Kiloton had it happen on 2 of the 4 tuners. I've never had it happen on a Tribute. I contacted Memo at G&L & he sent me a whole new set of tuners. Then I fixed the old ones with super glue as others have stated, so now I have a spare set.The wide flat bit of my SB-1's tuner has become loose and is rattling all the time. Any bright ideas for fixing it in place, beyond stuffing a piece of paper into the gap?
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This is what comes of buying before the price rises, I guess. None of this nonsense for $3k, I'm sure
Can someone please post their pickup heights for:
1. SB-2/SB-1
2. Fallout
Also please mention your way of measuring. Been searching a lot and need a starting point.
1. SB-2/SB-1
2. Fallout
Also please mention your way of measuring. Been searching a lot and need a starting point.
G&L sells replacement tuners on their website for $17.50 each.
Tuning Key - G&L USA Ultralite Bass Reversible
Way less than I'd charge for my time to fix it.
I would be getting annoyed by this needless blemish, but at the moment my annoyance capacity is being used up my SB-1's trussrod maxing out before 200 lbs. I'll pop it in the queue, ahead of (1) the distance from E to D on the nut of my LB-100 being .040" shorter than on my SB-1 (2) the weirdly bumpy ride my finger gets when I run it around the edge of the SB-1's headstock (3) how much I paid to have my LB-100 shielded.
I'm glad I opted to have a glossy maple fb on one bass and rosewood on the other, as the hugely different textures stop me from getting too preoccupied with the other differences in how the two necks feel and play.
The LB-100 is simply superb, virtually playing itself. The SB-1 as an instrument has a lot more character — it can make the LB-100 seem kinda facile, just as much as the LB-100 can make the SB-1 seem kinda inferior. It's fun going back and forth between the two. Ultimately, character will always trump excellence.
But atm I am working through some frustration with the SB-1's trussrod. The bass seems to need strings a notch heavier than I usually go for, but that takes the total tension just past the trussrod's limit. I'm experimenting with some other strings, hoping I might find a set that keeps the bass purring whilst not raising the action. To be sure, the neck plays nicely enough that I'll be more than okay with the current compromise if I can't find a sweet spot.
PS I can't shake the suspicion that wanting / needing to be at the trussrod's limit is just part of the bass's complex character.....
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If Greg had old school @RocketMusic stickers like these, I would plop them on the back of my headstocks with pride
I've put a deposit in a custom shop order on Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 8:25 AM and it's still not done. Close to two years now.
When your order comes up at the Custom Shop team's quarterly meeting to decide what they might finish sometime soon:
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Have Build To Order prices yet passed your agreed price?
