G&L Club Part 7

[bullitproof]

This bass has been in it's case for too long, glad I've pulled it out!

 

[jglunt]

Forgive my ignorance...or don't, as the case may be...but please answer this question for me: On a bass with a single pickup, what do the 3 pots and a switch do?

 

[TDR1138]

Forgive my ignorance...or don't, as the case may be...but please answer this question for me: On a bass with a single pickup, what do the 3 pots and a switch do?

Volume
Treble cut
Bass cut

Switch is parallel humbucking, single coil, OMG

 

[jglunt]

OK. My guess about the pots was right, but I really had no guess about which of the L2000 switches might have been the lucky one to be used on the L1000. Thank you! Dang, does that mean the infamous 1M reverse audio taper is on another bass?

 

[MrB64]

This bass has been in it's case for too long, glad I've pulled it out! View attachment 5047778

That bass looks well loved. Good for you for pulling it out again.

 

[TDR1138]

Dang, does that mean the infamous 1M reverse audio taper is on another bass?

Yep!

 

[Chris Chong]

Not sure I'm getting this. Would it still be playable as a normal L2000? Or would the pickups work strictly in single coil with the only option being which coil was in use? (Plus series/parallel and active/passive?)

I'd like to wire an L2000 with a separate switch for each pickup for single coil option. That way it could be played with both singles, or either pickup could be singled individually while the other is still in humbucker mode. Of course, that adds two switches to the three already there, giving it about as many switches as a 747. And five switches has to really confuse us bass players...we're only used to counting "1, and 2, and 3, and 4."

mine is wired VVT
neck pickup -> 3way selector (front/both/rear coil) -> neck vol pot
bridge pickup -> 2way (series/parallel) -> bridge vol pot

found out neck PU series is too much for me, and I always keep bridge pickup in parallel.

 

[T-34]

found out neck PU series is too much for me

This is exactly where you need the bass cut, I use it to tame the neck PU in series

 

[jglunt]

This is exactly where you need the bass cut, I use it to tame the neck PU in series

When I had an L-series, that's exactly what I did. I loved the fatness of series, but the sonic-boom-bass knocked a wall out of a couple buildings I played in...figuratively speaking. That bass rolloff kept the best of the fat-yet-articulate sound of series while leaving things like walls, tooth fillings, and hearing intact.

 

[FearNoEvil65]

Good tones to be had !

 

[Neo1]

Sorry for having to ask, but can anyone definitively tell me what type of finish is on my "new-to-me" L2500? The seller dated it as a 2003 (here's my recently NBD thread with pictures - NBD – Driving 2500 miles for the most spectacular G&L L2500).

The reason I ask is I have one of these - Guitar Finish Protector, Scratch Pad /Stop Buckle Rash, "For In Store Use" Image | eBay

I have some "country" shirts with metal buttons that I will be wearing with my country band am afraid of scratches (I'll be putting something like felt bumper pads on the middle buttons and sleeve buttons, but am still worried - and do not care for the roadworn look). So any info on what type of coating G&L used would be helpful.

Here's a picture of the back of the headstock, if it helps determine the finish (the Victor Wooten autograph can't be verified, so I never mentioned it in my original thread):

 

[metron]

Sorry for having to ask, but can anyone definitively tell me what type of finish is on my "new-to-me" L2500? The seller dated it as a 2003 (here's my recently NBD thread with pictures - NBD – Driving 2500 miles for the most spectacular G&L L2500).

The reason I ask is I have one of these - Guitar Finish Protector, Scratch Pad /Stop Buckle Rash, "For In Store Use" Image | eBay

I have some "country" shirts with metal buttons that I will be wearing with my country band am afraid of scratches (I'll be putting something like felt bumper pads on the middle buttons and sleeve buttons, but am still worried - and do not care for the roadworn look). So any info on what type of coating G&L used would be helpful.

Here's a picture of the back of the headstock, if it helps determine the finish (the Victor Wooten autograph can't be verified, so I never mentioned it in my original thread):

Looks like natural satin. There is a g&l registry page you can use to reference serial numbers. 2003 seems about right.

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[Neo1]

Looks like natural satin.

Natural satin...what? Basically trying to see if anyone knows if a 2003 would be nitro or poly (the guard I linked to says not to use with nitro). (thanks for your G&L-related link, by the way).

 

[TDR1138]

Natural satin...what? Basically trying to see if anyone knows if a 2003 would be nitro or poly (the guard I linked to says not to use with nitro). (thanks for your G&L-related link, by the way).

Most likely poly. I don't think G&L was doing much (if any) nitro at that time.

 

[TomB]

Most likely poly. I don't think G&L was doing much (if any) nitro at that time.

Has G&L ever done nitro? Do they now? My very early (1980) L1000 is definitely poly.

 

[dwellers]

What do you guys think of the L-1000(s) on the clearance page? Not sure I love the obvious two piece wood grain on the body. But otherwise it sure is cool looking. I might have sold my Caprice so if I do maybe that L1000 should become part of the rotation?

 

[svtbass]

What do you guys think of the L-1000(s) on the clearance page? Not sure I love the obvious two piece wood grain on the body. But otherwise it sure is cool looking. I might have sold my Caprice so if I do maybe that L1000 should become part of the rotation?

It's not May 1st any longer and I think you haven't been paying attention.

 

[dwellers]

It's not May 1st any longer and I think you haven't been paying attention.

? Do you mean for the April 10% discount? I'm aware that it's over. And I see the red one is gone. Snooze ya looze.

 

[metron]

Natural satin...what? Basically trying to see if anyone knows if a 2003 would be nitro or poly (the guard I linked to says not to use with nitro). (thanks for your G&L-related link, by the way).

Probably poly. Im pretty sure they stopped using nitro or lacquer finishes in the 80s. There was a short run of roadworn nitro instruments they did in the early 2010s but they seem pretty rare. They were called rustic.

 

[svtbass]

? Do you mean for the April 10% discount? I'm aware that it's over. And I see the red one is gone. Snooze ya looze.

Yes. That mismatched top would end up bothering me.