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I used my trusty 2013 Black/maple L2500 on a gig yesterday. Seriously all the bass I'll ever need.
I like it alot. But to be truthful I don't think you can tell the difference in the crowd from Black or Blackburst with stage lighting and all.
Magnificent finish though!
Ok. This is the only one I could find on my phone. Not a great pic but you can see some of the wood coming thru.
Love how the grain just sneaks through a little bit.
Love how the grain just sneaks through a little bit.
It is more pronounced on the back. I'll have to see if I can get a better pic later and one of the back as well.
IT's a great bass! I notice that now G&L doesn't do the string thru bridge on the L2500's anymore. Any reason why?
The bridges were pulling off of some of the string throughs, I do believe that they do not have the string throu anymore for that reason.
My L2500 that I bought last fall does not have the string through.
B.
I really like my L-2500 a lot but I've only had a couple of opportunities since I got it last year to play it in a band setting. I'm hoping that once I finally get back into a band (too much going on now to be able to commit to anything) I'll hit the point where I elevate it to lifetime keeper status like my Stingray and Precision. In part because there's something I love about having that Leo Fender trifecta.
I didn't realize they stopped doing through body. My L-2500 is through-body, although the previous did the "bridge mod" to secure it better than it is secured at the factory so it's effective top-load only. Don't know that I ever noticed much of a difference/benefit from going through body, so I don't feel like I'm losing out on anything.
I've owned both bridge versions and thought the string-thru bridge didn't really add anything to the tone or sustain of the bass. I guess if you want the extra string length, then it may be useful, but overall I am way happier with the top-loading bridges.
I've had both, too. I don't think there was any significant difference—other than that the B-string for some flat sets wouldn't fit through the ferrule and I'd have to top mount that one. Actually, I just looked at my current green burst L2500 and it's string-through—with the B string from Dean Markley Blue Steels top-mounted. Happy to say bye-bye to string-through.
I have a string-through M-2500, and figured I'd take the same approach with flats. I have a DR set lying around I might try. Or I might use the E-G strings on my SB-2. Any particular flats you prefer on the L-2500?
I don't really see the need for string through either. For starters I always like to unwind a new string right after initially tightening it up and then back it out of the bridge to straighten it out as they inevitably get twisted. To me, doing this is the most important thing to making a B string sound good and it's almost impossible to do when it's strung through the body.
I never understood how the through bridge bridges would lift considering how there's a massive toe that is countersunk into the body which you would thing would counteract any pull from the other direction.
I never understood how the through bridge bridges would lift considering how there's a massive toe that is countersunk into the body which you would thing would counteract any pull from the other direction.
Well it's found a good home with me. Don't see letting it go anytime soon. It passed quickly through two other owners here before it made it to me and I'm glad that it did!
