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There was a thread on this subject back in 2012. Duracells may be a bit smaller.
https://www.talkbass.com/threads/9-volt-battery-different-size.850555/?amp=1328207127
https://www.talkbass.com/threads/9-volt-battery-different-size.850555/?amp=1328207127
I see where there's a 4PDT switch but it says on/none/on. I would think that I need a on/on/on 4PDT no?
They're all over eBay. I've had good luck using the ones I've found there.
New book inbound... While reading Fender: The Inside Story, I found myself hopeful that I could read a little on G&L history. Unsurprisingly, very little information was in the book about my favorite bass guitar builder. By complete serendipity, I found Guitars from George & Leo: How We Built G&L. I am reeeeally excited --and interested-- to hear George's word. Former Fender VP Forrest White painted him as a PITA 
. Now that I finally finished Fender, I can't wait to get my hands on Guitars. I never read, so this truly did capture my interest.
I'll let you know how it goes. By the way, I learned this book is out of print. For anyone curious...
. Now that I finally finished Fender, I can't wait to get my hands on Guitars. I never read, so this truly did capture my interest.I'll let you know how it goes. By the way, I learned this book is out of print. For anyone curious...
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George was a "strong" personality.
I felt bad for Lloyd Chewning being caught between George and Dale Hyatt who seldom agreed on what should be produced.
I felt bad for Lloyd Chewning being caught between George and Dale Hyatt who seldom agreed on what should be produced.
Did you work with Forrest White at all? I understood he was employed with G&L, although for a short time. He had a friendly writing style, so I wonder how he was as a manager/person.George was a "strong" personality.
I felt bad for Lloyd Chewning being caught between George and Dale Hyatt who seldom agreed on what should be produced.
Can't say i recall meeting him I was there 83-87.
I have that book, it's an interesting read but I wished it went deeper. I had hoped that George would talk about the reasons why they made certain design choices, wood selection, etc. but he only scratches the surface. Not much detail on what caused things to go bad with Music Man either. No doubt there are a lot of stories that have been taken to the grave by George, Leo and others.
I would just like to say that I am loving my SB-2 that I got last summer. Had practice last night and it just kills it every time. The signal is so aggressive and hot with the volumes wide open, I have the gain all the way down on the DG Vintage Deluxe and just a tiny bit of the clean signal blended in, and it still sounds nasty (in a good way!). This is in Drop C, but I know that should I ever decide to put it back in standard tuning and roll back the volume knobs, I'll get a great laid back fingerstyle sound.
Is the preamp in the L2XXX a true active/passive. I'm been trying to get used to the controls on mine. When the active/passive switch is all the way down, the treble and bass knobs still work. I didn't expect that.
That's correct. The treble and bass knobs are cut only and function with/without the preamp on. The preamp pretty much just adds gain, although to my ears there's a modest tone change as well: a bit more bite, a bit more "modern" sounding. And of course you get the preamp gain plus treble boost in the third position.
Thank you for the clarification. Is it sacrilege..........that I prefer to run my L2500 in passive mode? To me, that is the best tone.
Not at all! I prefer my L-1505 in passive/parallel. But I do like my L-2500 in active/series.
