You can borrow this one for reference....
Thanks! I think we're OK, as we have all the drawings and actual parts here to play with.
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Thanks! I think we're OK, as we have all the drawings and actual parts here to play with.
If you go short scale, you thinking of using the existing bridges (normal string spacing), or paring it down to a narrower string spacing like so many shorties use?
I may be in the minority here, but narrow string spacing is more than enough to keep me away from shorties.
I'd want to stick with the existing Saddle Lock. I'd want a G&L bridge and G&L pickups, and the more we mess with spacing at both ends, the more it messes with the pole spacing. At least with one hard point of spacing at the bridge, we only have to deal with the pole spacing as the strings move up from there. Need to strike a balance between pole spacing and harmonics (sweet spots).
Not sure where the pickups would end up being for the ideal position, but I for one would certainly want to see at least one big MFD bucker in there for maximum ass kicking potential.
That's now what I'm thinking too. Who knows how the switching would be, but yeah. I could see using the parallel / single / single with bass boost settings as well in some sort of new SB bass.
The hints were :
1. Simple, yet versatile (I'd guess SB-like or L1000-like here)
2. Passive, yet powerful (It probably has MFDs)
3. Many of us have the parts, but not in one bass (L2000 and a SB-2?)
I'm gonna stfu about this now. ; )
Ha! I love it!
Say, folks... I notice that stock L-2000s come with a chrome Saddle Lock bridge. I notice mine is black. Anyone know if this is just an aesthetic thing? Or did the 80s L-2000s utilize an older, different type of metal?
Haha!
This is sort of off-topic, but will this announcement include any new guitar designs?
The "black crinkle" hardware was used from the early '80s through the early '90s. I think that it started to disappear after BBE took over, but gradually. My '93 LB-100 has chrome, but I had a '94 ASAT guitar with crinkle bridge and control plate. My '93 Legacy guitar has a crinkle trem cavity cover. The crinkle neck plates lasted until the 3-bolt necks were phased out.
Damn, I kinda feel bad. You went to all that trouble but that's not at all the beast coming up. Nice touch with the magnified view of the pickup coil, though. : )
We have guitar stuff cooking, but this is a single bass model launch. I like to savor them one at a time with some fava beans and a nice chianti.
