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G&L Club Part 7

Well, unplanned N(U)BD. I wasn't looking for another bass (who am I kidding, I'm always looking :laugh:) but I came across this Seafoam Pearl Green JB strung w/ DR Black Beauties on Craigslist. In the pictures it looks more blue than green, but in person you can really see how green it is. Love the color, and haven't seen a lot of basses in it. Popped up about 5 miles from work, so naturally I just HAD to go and take a look at it. Just a look, uh huh. Long story short, $300 later the JB and a Fender gig bag came home with me. Not a mark on it - it looks brand new. Perfect set-up on it, and the pups seem a lot hotter than the Squier JB I used to have.

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Excellent :thumbsup:
 
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I'm just asking for opinions (Lord help me lol)...

I love the sound of my G&L JB, and I also have lighter Fender jazz bass that sounds a bit weak and sterile compared to the G&L. So, do you guys think if I put a set of G&L JB pickups in the Fender that it would sound more like my JB?
 
Well, unplanned N(U)BD. I wasn't looking for another bass (who am I kidding, I'm always looking :laugh:) but I came across this Seafoam Pearl Green JB strung w/ DR Black Beauties on Craigslist. In the pictures it looks more blue than green, but in person you can really see how green it is. Love the color, and haven't seen a lot of basses in it. Popped up about 5 miles from work, so naturally I just HAD to go and take a look at it. Just a look, uh huh. Long story short, $300 later the JB and a Fender gig bag came home with me. Not a mark on it - it looks brand new. Perfect set-up on it, and the pups seem a lot hotter than the Squier JB I used to have.

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I love that color. I bought one of those as a Stupid Deal about five or six years ago. Back then, it was called "turquoise mist", and it could not be intonated, so I returned it. Turns out Cort made a bunch of them with 21 fret necks instead of the 20 fret neck a JB calls for. G&L got the problem corrected and re-branded them "seafoam green". Yours has the proper 20 fret neck and is beautiful. And what a deal! Congrats! I'm really intrigued by your comments on the pickups as I've found the Cort Alnicos to be underwhelming. You really got a steal on a great bass.
I'm just asking for opinions (Lord help me lol)...

I love the sound of my G&L JB, and I also have lighter Fender jazz bass that sounds a bit weak and sterile compared to the G&L. So, do you guys think if I put a set of G&L JB pickups in the Fender that it would sound more like my JB?
A few years ago, I had a similar issue. I wanted to see if an MFD split coil would work in my Tribute LB-100. About a year before that, I had installed a 2-band concentric active EQ in it. I actually pulled the split coil MFD out of my SB-2 for the experiment. It sounded so good it's still in there. I just bought a new split coil MFD and put it into the SB-2. So you could try something similar with your jazz basses, investing only your time. If you like the Fender with the G&L pickups, you could buy a new set for your JB. If not, you could put everything back the way it was.
 
Got a lefty Kilo early this week and it's been a fun week!
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I'm just asking for opinions (Lord help me lol)...

I love the sound of my G&L JB, and I also have lighter Fender jazz bass that sounds a bit weak and sterile compared to the G&L. So, do you guys think if I put a set of G&L JB pickups in the Fender that it would sound more like my JB?
Would raising the pickups help to sound more aggressive and fatter?

i recall G&L JB PUs aren't that high output, not sure it would make any difference compare to fender jazz. I had a fender jazz 4 performer and still have a JB5.
 
NBD for me!

Just got this lovely Fallout from Greg at Rocket Music! Empress and weighs only 6.6 lbs?

Thanks again, Greg, for the great service.

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PSA for you!

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This photo amuses me with how all those companies are related...
 
Would raising the pickups help to sound more aggressive and fatter?

i recall G&L JB PUs aren't that high output, not sure it would make any difference compare to fender jazz. I had a fender jazz 4 performer and still have a JB5.
Thanks for replying! I tried that, I didn't get the result I wanted. I ended up ordering some noiseless Seymour Duncans (Apollos) to drop in it.
 
Did my best to love this bass, but alas, moving on.

For sale.

Kiloton With Mod: Jazz Pickup, Neck https://www.talkbass.com/classifieds/g-l-kiloton-2021.1658131/
I own two Kilotons--a USA and a Tribute. I have argued with myself for a long time about adding a single coil pickup to the Tribute in a "Mid" position, as you have. My plan was to wire the pickups V -V using a concentric pot set for the individual volume controls and keeping the stock electronics the same for the MFD humbucker and passive tone control.. My imagination tells me that I should also wire in a master volume since I prefer basses with a master volume. I could run it down to the lower horn. I did something similar with a Squier Paranormal 54 Jazz Bass I have. But isn't a set of concentric volume pots kinda like a master volume anyway? Sorry, I digress. I'm still in the "arguing-with-myself" stage, and as usual I'm losing the argument. Good luck with your sale! Kilotons are marvelous basses, and I have no doubt that your mod makes this one even better.
 
I own two Kilotons--a USA and a Tribute. I have argued with myself for a long time about adding a single coil pickup to the Tribute in a "Mid" position, as you have. My plan was to wire the pickups V -V using a concentric pot set for the individual volume controls and keeping the stock electronics the same for the MFD humbucker and passive tone control.. My imagination tells me that I should also wire in a master volume since I prefer basses with a master volume. I could run it down to the lower horn. I did something similar with a Squier Paranormal 54 Jazz Bass I have. But isn't a set of concentric volume pots kinda like a master volume anyway? Sorry, I digress. I'm still in the "arguing-with-myself" stage, and as usual I'm losing the argument. Good luck with your sale! Kilotons are marvelous basses, and I have no doubt that your mod makes this one even better.
I find it weird that no one has tried to modify a Kilo with an MFD in the L position…that should be a veritable beast.
 
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I own two Kilotons--a USA and a Tribute. I have argued with myself for a long time about adding a single coil pickup to the Tribute in a "Mid" position, as you have. My plan was to wire the pickups V -V using a concentric pot set for the individual volume controls and keeping the stock electronics the same for the MFD humbucker and passive tone control.. My imagination tells me that I should also wire in a master volume since I prefer basses with a master volume. I could run it down to the lower horn. I did something similar with a Squier Paranormal 54 Jazz Bass I have. But isn't a set of concentric volume pots kinda like a master volume anyway? Sorry, I digress. I'm still in the "arguing-with-myself" stage, and as usual I'm losing the argument. Good luck with your sale! Kilotons are marvelous basses, and I have no doubt that your mod makes this one even better.
With two pots it's a Servant of Two Masters.
I like the mod I did, and I liked the bass before I did it, but honestly, I like my JB better, especially after adding a J-tone preamp by John East.
I hope someone else agrees that this is a great mod and snatches up this bass.
I'll be over here happy with my JB!
 
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I find it weird that no one has tried to modify a Kilo with an MFD in the L position…that should be a veritable beast.
I had a L-1500 at one point where I was considering doing just that. Went so far as to get a quote to have it routed out, and I was about to do it when the G&L online store was in its infancy and they were "out of stock" for the MFD. Ended up selling the bass before doing anything invasive.

That said, I do remember someone on here had a Climax Bass where they did just that. I had found a photo and corresponded with them briefly. But that was a long time ago…
 
Well, unplanned N(U)BD. I wasn't looking for another bass (who am I kidding, I'm always looking :laugh:) but I came across this Seafoam Pearl Green JB strung w/ DR Black Beauties on Craigslist. In the pictures it looks more blue than green, but in person you can really see how green it is. Love the color, and haven't seen a lot of basses in it. Popped up about 5 miles from work, so naturally I just HAD to go and take a look at it. Just a look, uh huh. Long story short, $300 later the JB and a Fender gig bag came home with me. Not a mark on it - it looks brand new. Perfect set-up on it, and the pups seem a lot hotter than the Squier JB I used to have.

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Interesting! A bit over a year ago I found an identical bass in a Pawn shop in Pagosa Springs, CO. I bought it (with hard case) for $400 based partly on looks and the fact that it didn't have a single scratch on it!

Got it home, was trying to set it up and found that it could not intonate. I thought about moving the bridge, then realized I hadn't done my homework and started Googling the topic. Eventually found a discussion about a series of JB Tributes that had received the wrong necks and would not intonate.

I contacted G&L, and they were clearly familiar with it., They asked for a couple of photos, then sent me the correct neck at no charge! I transferred the hardware from the old neck to the new one, and it intonated perfectly. I had the old neck, and mentioned it in a TB thread. A gent contacted me because he needed that exact kind of neck - and I sold it to him at a very low price.

Net outcome: I have a nice JB Tribute in pristine condition, the other guy has the neck he needed, and the bucks I got for the neck effectively reduced the purchase price of the G&L.

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I had a L-1500 at one point where I was considering doing just that. Went so far as to get a quote to have it routed out, and I was about to do it when the G&L online store was in its infancy and they were "out of stock" for the MFD. Ended up selling the bass before doing anything invasive.

That said, I do remember someone on here had a Climax Bass where they did just that. I had found a photo and corresponded with them briefly. But that was a long time ago…

I'm not so sure adding a second mfd would be as great as it (sounds), theoretically.
After all, consider this bass, custom shop, which sat at a bass shop in Seattle for like 2 years priced at around $3,500, and until yestrday was available for like half the price on Reverb:

https://reverb.com/item/84134356-g-l-jb-2022-blue-sparkle?show_sold=true

Maybe there's a reason.
 
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