FWIW, I've avenged my sorrows by ordering another blue burst. Black Friday discount, less than I paid for the last one. Hopefully no neck issues
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Noticed this funny coincidence...
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Been quiet in here.
Anyone have K mod sound clips or can vouch for how closely a k mod L2000 sounds like a good and proper Fender Jazz?
Anyone have K mod sound clips or can vouch for how closely a k mod L2000 sounds like a good and proper Fender Jazz?
Depends on how you do the k-mod. On my L2500, I've done the mod so that, in single coil mode, I get the two *inner* coils: that is, the bridge side of the neck pickup and the neck side of the bridge pickup. So I'm no use to you.
I love the sound of the bass with both single coils on and running passive. It's not the sound of a jazz bass at all, but a lovely character of its own. With the neck pickup on single coil only, it's the same sound as an L1000 in single coil mode: very clear and articulate, a bit P-bassy but not exactly that.
I just walked in and measured the pickup locations on my jazz bass and the *outer* coils on the L2500. Not the same positions at all. So, even if the pickups weren't MFDs, outside single coils are not in the right spots for jazz bass mimicry. It's chasing the wrong bus, I think.
Hey guys - a slight derail but anyone ever used L2x00 pickups\pre in a custom build (i.e. non G&L bass)?
I had a bass built with a split MFD in the classic P position and a L2K pickup in the bridge position, with all the coil switching options (single-parallel-series). Works great!
On the K-mod, my L2K has it. With both pickups on, you get a bit of that phasey two-pickup jazz sound, but it doesn't really sound like a jazz. Plus, you don't have the dual volume setup which I think of as important for the jazz bass sound.
Cool man - have any pics?
I have 2 USA L2000s with stock wiring and intend to do K mod (inner coils) ASAP.
NND (New Neck day--USACG roasted maple, MF Luthierie, G&L content inside)
NBD – Modulus, G&L, MF Luthierie Content (original thread, Modulus neck no longer on that body).
I just received a set of Thomastik flats for my L2000 (or my fretless jazz), but a fellow bassist said "this bass is a beast, why do you want to transform it to a pet?"
Is he right or the obvious answer is "try yourself"?
Is he right or the obvious answer is "try yourself"?
The latter. I resisted putting TI flats on my L2k for a long time despite loving them on other basses. I wanted the L2k to be my "aggressive" bass (to compliment my SB-1 currently wearing Fender flats), and thought flats would tame it too much. Finally tried 'em and it's a great match. Definitely worth trying.
I also vote for "try it yourself". The previous owner of my L-2500 had TI flats on it when I bought it and I tried several sets of strings before deciding to give another set of flats a try (I loved the TI Jazz Flats on my Precision but for some reason not on the L-2500, didn't like the floppy feel at all on either of them).
But after I played that bass with my band a few times I decided to try another set of flats, Chromes this time, to see if I could take off just a little bit of the edge off and also help reduce some of the scratchy string noise that always came through with the treble up the way I liked it (I think this bass sounds better with the treble up higher, then adjust the bass to taste). I could dial most of the string noise out by lowering the treble, but that changed the tone in a way I didn't like as much. I only got to play it once with the Chromes before we ended, but to me it was an big improvement. Those strings still give me all the bite I want without going overboard and I get none of the string noise with the tone set the way I like.
FWIW, my favorite setting on my L-2500 is also bridge/series/passive, which is one of the least aggressive settings on a bass that's made to be aggressive. So I can get people asking, "Then why do you have that bass?!". Legitimate question
, but I think it sounds great this way.
But after I played that bass with my band a few times I decided to try another set of flats, Chromes this time, to see if I could take off just a little bit of the edge off and also help reduce some of the scratchy string noise that always came through with the treble up the way I liked it (I think this bass sounds better with the treble up higher, then adjust the bass to taste). I could dial most of the string noise out by lowering the treble, but that changed the tone in a way I didn't like as much. I only got to play it once with the Chromes before we ended, but to me it was an big improvement. Those strings still give me all the bite I want without going overboard and I get none of the string noise with the tone set the way I like.
FWIW, my favorite setting on my L-2500 is also bridge/series/passive, which is one of the least aggressive settings on a bass that's made to be aggressive. So I can get people asking, "Then why do you have that bass?!". Legitimate question
, but I think it sounds great this way.
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Hadn't even got home yet. Wife is trying to get me to return the blue burst tribute and go get the used USA at the local guitar center. Granted the price wasn't that bad.
Do you guys think of that?
Meanwhile it's 20*F here, so...
Do you guys think of that?
Meanwhile it's 20*F here, so...
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