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G&L Club Part 7

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dedpool1052 said:
I'm not Leo, but I'll chime in anyway.
I've noticed a few of your posts regarding your experience with the Tookay.
It's unfortunate that you're not getting the tone out of it that you want.
You shouldn't have to 0-out all the controls to get one "decent" tone.
Others have mentioned strings, but no one has asked about set-up/pickup height.
As has been stated numerous times, the MFDs are pretty hot. If you have them set at a similar height as you would on a P-bass, the tone is going to be pretty wooly. Have you tried lowering the pickups at all? I've read some posts of other having a similar experience as yours, then lowering the pickups quite a bit and opening up the tone of the bass for them. If you haven't tried this yet, give it a go and see if this changes your mind on the Tookay. If you have, then the stock MFDs may not be for you, and there's nothing wrong with that.
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I've dropped the pole pieces as low as they go but haven't touched the casing levels yet, I'll try it now!
my bad eyesight told me there was no adjusting the PU heights, I see now they can move. if this helps then I've got some re-posting to do... don't want to dis a worthy product for my own deficiencies. thanx!
 
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HOORAY! THANX stand-in Leo!
ohhhh the wonders of the obvious.
I think I dropped them as low as they can go (and didn't gouge the wood with the screwdriver...scary), now to find out if this bass has something I'll be happy with and then zero in on the right strings and PU / pole heights. a lot of that annoying gnurginess has immediately abated, it's become much friendlier to my ears, maybe now this $200 wallflower will finally become an active (still passive, no battery yet) member of the family instead of just a lonely pretty face. what a sweet way to end the day!
 
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#6,305
68Goldfish said:
Those lines you see in the technical picture of the swith are just for measurement purposes of the physical distance between the center of the terminals.
Just study the terminal conn part of the DP6 swith diagram and you'll figure out how it works and why you need the jumpers.
Basically, if you have three wires connected to the switch where 1 comes from one pickup, 3 comes from the other and 2 goes out to the rest of the electronics. When the switch is pushed all the way to one side 2 is connected to 3 internally, so you could see how one pickup would work. when the switch is all the way to the other side 2 is connected to 1 internally so you can see how the other pickup would work. But when the switch is in the middle 2 is only connected to 3 and not 1 (internal) so you can see how only one pickup will work. But...5 is connected to 4, so if you had an external connection between 4 and 1 and then also 5 and 2 then 1 would get back to 2. So.......when the switch is in the middle position, 2 is connected to 3 internally and 1 is connected to 4 external, 4 is connected to 5 internally and then 5 is connected to 2 externally. that's how both pickups work in the middle position. The way I see it you only need two jumpers.
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Good news. A buddy of mine has an L2000 with the same switch with identical wiring to each of three top terminals green/top, white/middle, red/bottom and there is a jumper connecting each one to the terminal opposite it. I'll give that a go and see what I get then let you all know the outcome.
 
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I don't worry too much about weight as long as I feel ok after a gig or long rehearsal but had my luggage scale to hand so here goes.

SB-2 Tribute 9.1lb
L-2000 Tribute 9.4lb
L-2500 Tribute 10.5lb

Others
Violin bass 5.7lb
Epi EB3 8.5lb
62P 8.6lb
Jazz 8.9lb
MM SR5 10lb

I am just finishing a P bass kit which weighs in at 6.5lb. I can see that becoming my home practice and possibly rehearsal favourite!
 
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Interesting. My nineties G&L's are a pretty reasonable weight compared with the competition. I guess there's no swamp ash in mine!

G&L L2000 - 1998, 9 lbs 7 oz
G&L SB-2 - c. 1995, 8 lbs 10 oz
Ernie Ball Musicman Sterling Bass - 2007, 9 lbs 11 oz
Squier JV Jazz Bass -1982, 9 lbs 7 oz

I never thought weight would be an issue for me. Then I got a Peavey T-40! That one was well over 11 pounds. I ended up with some serious neck and shoulder problems that took a lot of chiro and massage to fix. I've been careful about weight ever since. Under 10 lbs seems to work fine for me.
 
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I recently got a brand new American SB-2 that weighs in at 8.8 lbs. I'm ruined for anything heavier.

NBD - G&L American SB-2

If (when?) I get an L2000 it will be one that is no heavier than that!
I haven't weighed my other bases but I have 2 J's that must weight 10+ lbs. I have a P and a PJ that are probably around 9.5 lbs. The P and PJ are more comfortable than the J's but the combined smaller body size and weight & balance of the SB-2 make it the most comfortable bass I've ever played for longer periods of time.
 
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KRW said:
My 91 L-1000 weighs well and over 10 lbs, but I find once it is strapped to me the balance and deeper contour (vs early L-1000) makes the weight insignificant.
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I have a roughly 10 lb '81 L-1000 - it's weight's never been an issue IME. What differences with the '91 L-1000 are you talking about? I wasn't aware the model changed in the '90's. Thx!
 

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