Holy Donkey balls... Flats and a five string, hard to believe you ever leave this thread at all. Lol.
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Oh if cutting was required then it was a bit too deep! Tooth paste will only polish not restore! So now will you still gig with it?
It sounds too good not too! I can always get another one if this one gets too dinged up
The best of the 5's that I've been able to play. (For the record, that list doesn't include anything above a $4000 price tag - there aren't many of the high end boutique basses available locally and I don't search them out, so I couldn't fairly or accurately compare them)
Warning! Subjective content matter ahead!
On both my old 1505 and my current 2500, I've found that the tension is just right: neither piano tight, nor a sloppy, clanky rubber band. They hold intonation really well and stay in tune (except my 2500 which, after sitting for a few hours, will have the bass side of the neck go out of tune slightly sharp... but that's a different discussion
). The G&L's seem to do the low B the best, in my opinion. They sound great, there is no really jarring jump down to the B string like I've experienced on other 5 stringers. The transitions to and from the B are natural and not forced. The G&L neck design gives you the heft necessary to keep the tension on the strings but not put a huge 2x4 on a slab and expect that you can "work around the necessary design criteria". Warning! Extremely subjective content trigger ahead!
I know you were asking about the B string in particular but what I think makes the G&L low B so unique is their neck. I tend to gauge a neck by how fast I can play on it without feeling any ill effect caused by string placement, fret edges getting in the way, the finish of the neck feeling sticky, etc. (not design flaws but just the actual makeup of the neck and how the instrument is built) My 5 string G&L's have all consistently fallen in right between my 6 string and 7 string guitars but before most of my four string basses.
Indeed. I had to learn that song 5 years ago, and I was impressed with what he was doing. It isn't as easy as it may sound.I have new respect for Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy). I just learned The Boys are Back in Town for a cover band I'm playing with. It sounds deceptively simple, but there's some good stuff going on there! Oh, and I was playing it tonight on my '84 G&L SB-2 in Bahama Blue.
Whew.....finally caught up with you all. You're a bunch of posting machines.
Oh great!!!
I can see @armyadarkness now....
Yeah as I was typing it... I was like, oh man what's kriegs wise ass response to this going to be. I see how it is now!
I read that hours ago... I didn't say a word... I just waited for you to pick on me
Aw, sorry dude, I've been ignoring you this week haven't I? I was on vacation and then when I got back yesterday, the place that gives me lots of money every week actually expected me to, like, you know... actually do something in exchange for it! The unmitigated gall of theirs was appalling! Hmph.. work! Don't they know that I'm a rock star?!?!
Anyway... back to your original point, then:
Well... thanks to you, I actually had to work. I slave over a hot stove all day... on trivial poo poo threads, scouring the wasteland, trying to wrangle in all the G&L folks who've wandered, only to come back here and find this! Why can't it be like when we first met?
Now... for something completely different: A bass related post!
Here is my reworked board with the latest addition of a new power supply (Walrus Audio Phoenix - 15 isolated outputs!) and, the item tying it to this thread, my newest OD pedal, the Ampeg Scrambler fresh from @Mammoth_Bass !
(no, I don't play with them all on, I just wanted to see what they all looked like when they're all lit up and purty!)
Here is my reworked board with the latest addition of a new power supply (Walrus Audio Phoenix - 15 isolated outputs!) and, the item tying it to this thread, my newest OD pedal, the Ampeg Scrambler fresh from @Mammoth_Bass !
(no, I don't play with them all on, I just wanted to see what they all looked like when they're all lit up and purty!)
THAT'S how to start a Friday.
Unfortunately I'm sharing the home office with wifey today.
"WHAT'S THAT NOISE!"
"It's ART, mom, and it's the FUTURE! You're just too square understand!"
Seriously, though, that is a @#$%ing awesome clip.
That's a lot of good info. For my 2 cents, I switched to the Dunlop Nickle Super Brights on my L2500 and haven't looked back. They fit through the body, they sound great (to me at least), they last and they are inexpensive.
