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G&L Club Part 7

#641
Phil Redman said:
I'm an upright player looking to into my first EB and the G&L's are looking really appealing to me. I was initially drawn to the simplicity of the SB-2 and SB-1 but I played an ASAT at a local shop yesterday and really dug the feel of it. I don't have much (really any) experience with electric basses but I'm liking passive tones more than active. Would it be a dumb idea to get the ASAT and just play it passive all the time? The bass in question is very clean and recent, with a q-sawn neck. They want a grand for it. Thoughts?
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Hey guys--

Don't shoot! I'm a G&L fan too. (Perhaps this should be a PM.) Phil, honestly, if you are switching to electric and your budget is a grand, I would advise starting with the mother of all electric basses: a 2012+ Fender American Standard Precision. So good these days, you won't even have to upgrade pickups. New strings, maybe, if you prefer flats. Readily available used on TB for $850-900.

The G&L equivalent is the LB-100, which is on my GAS list.
 
#642
The P Bass is a good suggestion but the G&L ASAT (or L2000) or LB-100 would all be great basses too that would fit the bill. The ASAT/L2K with the neck pickup only will be very close to the P Bass tone. I use that all the time and everyone loves the tone of the bass. I also play with Labella flats on it.
 
#644
Red Bone Guitar and Boutique in San Antonio Tx. Neal is the manager and service has been over the top great. It has been 5 months since my MJ 4 arrived and he is still checking in with me to make sure everything is good. I can not say enough good things about them. Best G&L Dealer in Tx. Hell, they are the best Bass and Guitar shop in Tx. The owner is a lefty so he caters a lot to lefty ' s also.
 
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#646
Freddels said:
The P Bass is a good suggestion but the G&L ASAT (or L2000) or LB-100 would all be great basses too that would fit the bill. The ASAT/L2K with the neck pickup only will be very close to the P Bass tone. I use that all the time and everyone loves the tone of the bass. I also play with Labella flats on it.
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+1 (not for the flats tho!:roflmao:) AND...If/ When you flick on the OMG toggle; all Hell breaks loose. The tri-tone preamp, once you get it (easy!) it's a BEAST!
So much so that I mostly played my former ASAT and L2K in passive mode
 
#648
R&B said:
Hey guys--

Don't shoot! I'm a G&L fan too. (Perhaps this should be a PM.) Phil, honestly, if you are switching to electric and your budget is a grand, I would advise starting with the mother of all electric basses: a 2012+ Fender American Standard Precision. So good these days, you won't even have to upgrade pickups. New strings, maybe, if you prefer flats. Readily available used on TB for $850-900.

The G&L equivalent is the LB-100, which is on my GAS list.
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I did try a couple of new American Fenders (a P and a J) and frankly was not impressed compared to the G&L's I tried; maybe they weren't properly set up? Not dissing on Fender here...that was just my impression as a newby to EB. I'm still pondering the simplicity of the P style vs. the 'do-it-all' ASAT.

Thanks,
Phil
 
#649
Fit4pain said:
Red Bone Guitar and Boutique in San Antonio Tx. Neal is the manager and service has been over the top great. It has been 5 months since my MJ 4 arrived and he is still checking in with me to make sure everything is good. I can not say enough good things about them. Best G&L Dealer in Tx. Hell, they are the best Bass and Guitar shop in Tx. The owner is a lefty so he caters a lot to lefty ' s also.
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Neal is a good friend. I'm glad somebody mentioned them first!
 
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#650
Freddels said:
There is no OMG switch on those basses. It's only on the passive L1000. But, what the OMG switch really does is boost the lows and highs and sucks out the mids.
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??? Unless I've been living a mis-informed G&L lifestyle, entirely possible- The OMG switch on L2K/Asats referred to the Series/Parallel toggle being in the forward position.
What is your interpretation of what it is?

And I NEVER liked flats on my G&L's!:roflmao:

l1000_l2000_asat_control_layout.jpg
 
#652
Phil Redman said:
I did try a couple of new American Fenders (a P and a J) and frankly was not impressed compared to the G&L's I tried; maybe they weren't properly set up? Not dissing on Fender here...that was just my impression as a newby to EB. I'm still pondering the simplicity of the P style vs. the 'do-it-all' ASAT.

Thanks,
Phil
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G&L is the "next step" from Fender, with "the Man's" name itself initial anyway on the HS. Since they are way smaller batch built, more detail & care go into fit/finish IMO. The upper-level Fenders are great; the Custom Shop superb, but bang-for-buck G&L rules.

If you can, try, then consider both the SB-1/2. Really interesting and solid tone passive bass there.
 
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Classic69 - Are you asking people's interpretation of what the forward vs backward position is for the Series/Parallel switch? I notice a significant sound difference between the two on my L2000 and I always just assumed the "forward" position was when the switch pointed towards the headstock. Backward is when it points towards the saddle.
 
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MarshallNole said:
Classic69 - Are you asking people's interpretation of what the forward vs backward position is for the Series/Parallel switch? I notice a significant sound difference between the two on my L2000 and I always just assumed the "forward" position was when the switch pointed towards the headstock. Backward is when it points towards the saddle.
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Not so much asking for interpretations- On my L2K & Asat, same of course:
When the middle toggle was what I considered forward- could be backward, depending I guess-
Towards the headstock- Bass Boost= OMG.
That was always my idear.!
 

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