I know, and I'm in the market. All the talk about truss rod issues has me a bit gunshy, though.
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If your saddles are actually buzzing, check that the height adjustment screws are all the way engaged. String tension is more than adequate to keep saddles from rattling on any bridge. If it weren't, then all bridge designs would require a saddle lock screw. Cheers.
I tighten my saddle lock screws, just snug.
Nobody is going to tell me I've got a couple of screws loose LOL.
I know that was dumb but couldn't resist.
Have a great day/night.
Nobody is going to tell me I've got a couple of screws loose LOL.
I know that was dumb but couldn't resist.
Have a great day/night.
I tighten my saddle lock screws on both my L2K and my JB. It's there, I use it.
I'd like to just replace the bridge with a new one. Contacted G&L about purchasing one and crickets…
I did get a new one from them a few months back. I went through Greg at Rocket Music and he had one drop shipped to me.
Usually available in their webstore Bridges
Sold out currently. They occasionally pop up for sale on Reverb.
Nothing like a tight screw.
Thought this might be of interest here; maybe not.
This is the neck I'm working with off the L2000 I'm rehabbing. Body date was 07 Sep 2005.
From the looks of things, this neck was originally slated to go on an ASAT Classic bass, then they decided it should go on something else I can't decipher ("TGN?"), then onto something else (looks to me like "ASAT bass" again), before they finally slated it for my L2k. I wonder whether that was common practice.
Also of interest is that it started life with a micro-tilt, or at least the capacity for one.
This is the neck I'm working with off the L2000 I'm rehabbing. Body date was 07 Sep 2005.
From the looks of things, this neck was originally slated to go on an ASAT Classic bass, then they decided it should go on something else I can't decipher ("TGN?"), then onto something else (looks to me like "ASAT bass" again), before they finally slated it for my L2k. I wonder whether that was common practice.
Also of interest is that it started life with a micro-tilt, or at least the capacity for one.
TGN is the build code for a "Tinted Gloss Neck". If yours is not tinted and/or gloss, then that may explain the code being crossed out.
I should say that's a partial build code based on today's pricing. Now there's VTGN (Vintage Tint Gloss Neck) and CGN (Clear Gloss Neck). For a long time, there was also LTGN (Light Tint Gloss Neck). LTGN and LTSN (satin) went away recently, but I suspect that your TGN code predates all of that perhaps?
They're sold out online at the store, Bridgesthere is this one on the bay G&L SB-2 L-2000 4-Strings BASS BRIDGE Genuine Parts replacement | eBay
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How do you know if the micro-tilt was first or later? Someone other than G&L had this neck on multiple-era bodies. It was originally made for either a 3-bolt or 6-bolt, not both. A 6-bolt neck on a 3-bolt body can be intonated fairly well, the other way around, not as much. Turn it over, post a pic and it will be quite evident which it was made for by the length of the board after the last fret.
1) ASAT Bass or L2K neck? The shape of the peghead will tell.
2) No idea what an ASAT Classic Bass is.
3) The 3-bolt plate w/micro-tilt attachment was in use at G&L until the mid-2000s for the SB-1, the SB-2 and the ASAT Bass.
4) G&L replaced the neck plate on L-series with a 6-bolt system in 1998 (I'm sure of this at least for the L-2500).
2) No idea what an ASAT Classic Bass is.
3) The 3-bolt plate w/micro-tilt attachment was in use at G&L until the mid-2000s for the SB-1, the SB-2 and the ASAT Bass.
4) G&L replaced the neck plate on L-series with a 6-bolt system in 1998 (I'm sure of this at least for the L-2500).
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6-bolt neck and it sure looks like a flood bass. Gives new meaning to (unfortunately) "it's a boat anchor".
Oh yes. That's why I paid peanuts for it.
Thing is, it sounds great and I love the neck. So I'm seeing what I can do to fix it up.
