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Do the truss rod issues only seem to happen to the USA stuff or the Tributes as well?
Great video on the Cort factory. They detail several buildings, with different quality of woods, workmanship, etc.
Does anyone know which building built Tributes?
Does anyone know which building built Tributes?
I dig the red burst. My son and I built up an L2500 from a USA neck (1/4-sawn, RW, 12" radius) and a red burst swamp ash Tribute body a few years ago. It's a great sounding and playing bass, but typical Tribute heavy. He's young, though, and uses it a lot.
The newer (maybe last 7-ish years?) USA necks with dual-acting trussrods have a higher number of failures. I don't know the specific date they switched from single to dual action rods, but older basses tend to not have many issues. If the red burst mentioned was older than ~2018, I wouldn't give it much thought. Newer than that would warrant more scrutiny.
Ah ok. I own 2 Tributes so I was just checking if it's something I need to watch out for.
And why does curiosity do? That's right, curiosity kills the cat.
I've realised that the little shim I found in the LB-100 the neck had picked up during its little sojourn in the SB-100 — ooops! The SB-1 desperately wants it back, around the 12th fret it's now very hard to play, but the LB-100 I don't think wants to give it up. Guess I'll have to make one, and take the neck off again. It was a very slender bit of card.
I think this one is from 2008ish. It does worry me that you basically can't get a replacement neck now for G&L products. I think Musikraft will maybe do it?
Yes, Musikraft makes them.
Love that redburst L2K.
Dual truss rods- 2017.
Swapping around G&L necks? Done it many times, swapping out fretted for fretless. All on 3-bolts (my favorite) so I could try fretless on various MFD's.
The ASAT fl will stay on my Lynx until I die. The inlays were white plastic, later put in one of the infamous "whisper line" necks from the 2000-era. That's how it came to me as an ASAT semi-hollow with two necks. The plastic had started working loose and I detest white line fretless anyways. I had my luthier install ebony. The only good thing about the cut-in whisper line fretless necks is the side dots were on the line, unlike between them as most every lined fretless. May the monkey at G&L who came up with the whisper line idea be whispered to during daily flagellation in the afterlife. AKA "Being McLarened".
An (un)holy whisper lined fl neck (not mine):
My Lynx fretless (birdseye maple ASAT neck) with previous plastic white lines:
I call her The Missing Lynx:
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New shim fashioned and added to the SB-1, and the action is back within the troposphere, thank goodness.
The LB-100 wasn't in need of the shim it accidentally pinched from the SB-1, but it's enjoying it anyway. I didn't think the action could go any lower, but here we are.
Wonder if my TRBX204 would like one as well.....
The LB-100 wasn't in need of the shim it accidentally pinched from the SB-1, but it's enjoying it anyway. I didn't think the action could go any lower, but here we are.
Wonder if my TRBX204 would like one as well.....
Got this bass last week. I know people here saw it and had concerns, but I bought it anyways and it's really nice. This was a used M-2500 from Guitar Center, dark metallic red sparkle finish with a nice ebony FB. That said, I had bought a Carvin Bunny Brunel I've been trying to sell so I could buy this. It's not moving so I'll probably have to return it for now. So, in a week or so if you see it, yes it does have bridge screws!
That's not what is referred to as bridge screws. String it without going through the body and it's Rice Krispies. Usually not a problem as long as it's always strung through the body. That one's beautiful and I had it in my cart for two days once the sale began, but glad I passed so I was able to snag the US Comanche. If only my M2000 was that color.
