G&L Club Part 7

[Iridescentone]

Good point, I had never seen the angled tuners before (*).
Very clean instrument.
Quartersawn neck. No sign of being bi-cut. So, one-piece maple or glued fingerboard? Puzzled on this one.
I once had a 2004 ASAT Bass with the 3-bolt plate (s/n: #B034xxx, body date: NOV 3, 2004).

(*) - Edit - Oh, I've just come across a picture of my 2004 ASAT bass and I now realize it had the angled tuners too.

View attachment 2999100

It has to be bi-cut, we just can't see the seam in those pics. I just looked closely at my JB-2 from ~2004. Under a bright light, I could barely detect the bi-cut seam, but it's definitely there. I wish it had a glued fret board because it has a frozen truss rod.

Ha, I've had this bass for years, but only just now noticed its tuners are angled.

 

[oldskoolskatedad]

I ran across this USA SB2 and it appears to have stacked controls. Does anyone know if this was offered as an option? I didn't see it available in the custom shop.

 

[craigb]

I've never seen a stacked knob on factory SB2. But I've added stacked knobs to at least a dozen (probably more) that have come through my hands over the years. But never 2 stacked knobs so I know it's not my work

 

[kkaarrll]

I ran across this USA SB2 and it appears to have stacked controls. Does anyone know if this was offered as an option? I didn't see it available in the custom shop.

View attachment 2999244

if they came like that I would have one

 

[kkaarrll]

ummm


I just saw thisssss

 

[kkaarrll]

JB
Finishes
- Lake Placid Blue, 3-ply White Pickguard, Brazilian Cherry fingerboard with white neck binding and white pearloid block inlays
TI-JB-113R04R13 UPC: 791018366768
- 3-Tone Sunburst, 3-ply Black Pickguard, Maple fingerboard with black neck binding and black block inlays
TI-JB-123R20M23 UPC: 791018366775
Body wood Basswood (solid finishes) or Swamp Ash (translucent & burst finishes)
Neck wood Hard Rock Maple with vintage tint gloss finish
Neck dimensions 1 1⁄2" width at nut, 9.5" radius
Pickups 2x G&L Alnico single coil pickups
Controls One volume control for each pickup, master tone
Bridge G&L Saddle-Lock


Quote:
LB-100
Finishes
- Olympic White, 3-ply black pickguard, vintage tint gloss neck with Brazilian Cherry fingerboard and white pearloid block inlays
TI-LB1-113R56R23 UPC: 791018366782
- 3-tone Sunburst, 3-ply black pickguard, vintage tint gloss neck with Brazilian Cherry fingerboard
TI-LB1-121R20R23 UPC: 791018366799
- Natural Gloss, 3-ply black pickguard, clear gloss neck with Maple fingerboard
TI-LB1-121R40M21 UPC: 791018366805
Body wood Basswood (solid finishes) or Swamp Ash (translucent & burst finishes)
Neck wood Hard Rock Maple
Neck dimensions 1 5/8" width at nut, 9.5" radius
Pickup G&L Alnico split-coil humbucker
Controls Volume, tone
Bridge G&L Saddle-Lock

 

[jmlee]

JB
Finishes
- Lake Placid Blue, 3-ply White Pickguard, Brazilian Cherry fingerboard with white neck binding and white pearloid block inlays
TI-JB-113R04R13 UPC: 791018366768
- 3-Tone Sunburst, 3-ply Black Pickguard, Maple fingerboard with black neck binding and black block inlays
TI-JB-123R20M23 UPC: 791018366775
Body wood Basswood (solid finishes) or Swamp Ash (translucent & burst finishes)
Neck wood Hard Rock Maple with vintage tint gloss finish
Neck dimensions 1 1⁄2" width at nut, 9.5" radius
Pickups 2x G&L Alnico single coil pickups
Controls One volume control for each pickup, master tone
Bridge G&L Saddle-Lock


Quote:
LB-100
Finishes
- Olympic White, 3-ply black pickguard, vintage tint gloss neck with Brazilian Cherry fingerboard and white pearloid block inlays
TI-LB1-113R56R23 UPC: 791018366782
- 3-tone Sunburst, 3-ply black pickguard, vintage tint gloss neck with Brazilian Cherry fingerboard
TI-LB1-121R20R23 UPC: 791018366799
- Natural Gloss, 3-ply black pickguard, clear gloss neck with Maple fingerboard
TI-LB1-121R40M21 UPC: 791018366805
Body wood Basswood (solid finishes) or Swamp Ash (translucent & burst finishes)
Neck wood Hard Rock Maple
Neck dimensions 1 5/8" width at nut, 9.5" radius
Pickup G&L Alnico split-coil humbucker
Controls Volume, tone
Bridge G&L Saddle-Lock

Are those Tributes?

 

[kkaarrll]

Are those Tributes?

yes

JB

yet I don't see the lb100 on the site yet

 

[jmlee]

yes
JB
yet I don't see the lb100 on the site yet

I'd love to see the LB-100 in a Tribute.

 

[TDR1138]

I'd love to see the LB-100 in a Tribute.

+1

That natural one sounds tempting.

 

[TexasThunder]

Tom Petty was right. The waiting IS the hardest part...

 

[scifiguitar]

I hopethey are making a lot of these JBs.

ummm


I just saw thisssssView attachment 2999319

 

[kkaarrll]

Tom Petty was right. The waiting IS the hardest part...

whos has them?

 

[tubatodd]

whos has them?

I saw the listing for the JB a couple weeks ago on the G&L site. The only place that I've seen show them for sale is Prymaxe for pre-order.

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[tubatodd]

...and the sunburst finish

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[tubatodd]

Soooooo I've been wrestling with a dilemma lately. There is a seller (from WV) on Reverb with great reviews that has some G&L basses with deep discounts. A few of those are M2000 and M2500 Tributes. I'm hesitating to pull the trigger on one only because I recently got my second L2500 and I might should look at buying something completely different. But the deals are soooo good and these basses have been discontinued....PLUS I'm not sure I want to get one of these colors. I love my G&L basses. They are soooooo well built, I just wonder if I should diversify.

 

[R&B]

Soooooo I've been wrestling with a dilemma lately. There is a seller (from WV) on Reverb with great reviews that has some G&L basses with deep discounts. A few of those are M2000 and M2500 Tributes. I'm hesitating to pull the trigger on one only because I recently got my second L2500 and I might should look at buying something completely different. But the deals are soooo good and these basses have been discontinued....PLUS I'm not sure I want to get one of these colors. I love my G&L basses. They are soooooo well built, I just wonder if I should diversify.

Asking *us* if you should buy another bass?That's like walking into a frat party and asking if you should have a beer. Of course you should!

 

[jmlee]

Soooooo I've been wrestling with a dilemma lately. There is a seller (from WV) on Reverb with great reviews that has some G&L basses with deep discounts. A few of those are M2000 and M2500 Tributes. I'm hesitating to pull the trigger on one only because I recently got my second L2500 and I might should look at buying something completely different. But the deals are soooo good and these basses have been discontinued....PLUS I'm not sure I want to get one of these colors. I love my G&L basses. They are soooooo well built, I just wonder if I should diversify.

An M is quite a different beast than an L: more sophisticated and modern sounding, a distinctly "active bass" sound. I run my L2500 passive all the time and enjoy that character. My M2500 I use for other things where I want that distinctive sound. The L has nickel rounds on it; the M has TI flats. I like having both, so would you. [I feel like Mephistopheles in Faustus saying all this...but that is the TB way!]

 

[Bassmantd]

My tribute is about 10 years old. The build quality is awesome. It even has a Birdseye maple fretboard. Love that bass. I could never get a bass of that quality for what they sell for.

 

[tubatodd]

An M is quite a different beast than an L: more sophisticated and modern sounding, a distinctly "active bass" sound. I run my L2500 passive all the time and enjoy that character. My M2500 I use for other things where I want that distinctive sound. The L has nickel rounds on it; the M has TI flats. I like having both, so would you. [I feel like Mephistopheles in Faustus saying all this...but that is the TB way!]

Thank you for your feedback. The L2500 is very "in your face" and I have to EQ it quite liberally (major drop in mids) to get it tamed for my jazz band use. Like you, I leave it in the passive mode exclusively. They are fantastic instruments. I'm glad I have 2.

I guess my fear is that I'll get an M2500 and bond with it more to where I'm not playing my L2500's as much. Well I have 11 basses now. I try to rotate through all of them. I feel money burning a hole in my pocket, but I'd like to spend it on something that makes sense for me.