A little bit better light. These are becoming my favorites. One of them will be gigged for the first time on Saturday. I'm bringing a tribby L2500 as well.
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You'll have fun. I'm quite amazed at how much better my LB-100 sounds in a full band setting, compared to how it sounds in my practice room at home. I'll be very interested to hear how you find the comparison between the LB-100 and L-2500 on stage. Those are the two basses which travel with me to my cover rock shows. The LB has Chromes (SS flats) on it and the L has DR Pure Blues (nickel rounds). Be sure to report back in after the gig.
Will do. It's an outdoor gig with my big band. We're playing in a covered band stand. I usually just bring a single 210. I'm wondering if I need another 210 for dispersement. I don't play outdoors much.
Two lb-100s with different woods! That is an invitation to a tone wood debate. I'll start: Wood matters, and not just to my wife. But seriously, how different do they actually sound alone and in a mix?
I would have said before the purchase there would be no difference. Now that I own them, the burst with Brazilian cherry is warmer sounding when playing back to back comparison. I can hear a difference. They both sound wonderful.
Different wood or just different finishes? The G&L website is mute on the wood used in the Tribute LB-100s. Per @Gravedigger Dav, same strings, pickup heights, action, etc.? It all makes a difference...
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I played 3 different ash/maple sadowsky PJ5's with the same strings on them. They all sounded different and I had a strong preference for one of the three.
I played 3 different ash/maple sadowsky PJ5's with the same strings on them. They all sounded different and I had a strong preference for one of the three.
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I has ash and alder carvings with the same pickups that sounded drastically different. I always assumed it was the wood but I haven't played identical basses back to back to see how different they might be. I'll have to try that.
Question for the SB-2 people - are your pole pieces roughly flush with the pickup cover? I bought a used one that had the poles raised way up under the D and G strings, and those strings sounded weird. I adjusted them and it sounds better, but I was just curious.
This is probably a repost for a bunch of yous, but I think that's ok for a NBD.
This is probably a repost for a bunch of yous, but I think that's ok for a NBD.
Question for the SB-2 people - are your pole pieces roughly flush with the pickup cover? I bought a used one that had the poles raised way up under the D and G strings, and those strings sounded weird. I adjusted them and it sounds better, but I was just curious.
This is probably a repost for a bunch of yous, but I think that's ok for a NBD.
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Mine's a Tribute, but I just checked and the polepieces are all flush with their metal surrounds. I've never had any reason to fiddle with them. Very even response string-to-string from both pickups.
If you mean a big jazz band, I played a couple of outdoor gigs this summer with mine and just used one Fearless F112 driven by an Acoustic Image head. In one case we were "live off the porch and the lawn" at an estate museum site with no sound support. In the second case, we were on a small stage in (get this) a toll plaza. It was the annual Halifax Bridge Walk where they close one of the bridges so people can walk across the harbour and there's a civic festival: two marching Dixieland bands on the bridge proper and us in the toll plaza. Anyway, I digress. I used the same rig but this time the band had sound support and the sound guy took a line out of my amp. In either situation a 210 would have been just fine.
Your next vintage G&L. Not quite certain why "Hurricane Katrina Sucked" would be carved into the body 
G&L L-2000 BASS USA 1981 SERIES E ROUGH | eBay
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Your next vintage G&L. Not quite certain why "Hurricane Katrina Sucked" would be carved into the body
G&L L-2000 BASS USA 1981 SERIES E ROUGH | eBay
Looks like it went for a swim...
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Your next vintage G&L. Not quite certain why "Hurricane Katrina Sucked" would be carved into the body
G&L L-2000 BASS USA 1981 SERIES E ROUGH | eBay
Because "Hurricane Katrina was just marvellous other than drowning this bass" wouldn't fit.
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For Sale - Rare G&L L2500 Tamarind Top on Empress Body-8.42 lbs
I'm selling this rare bird if anyone is interested.
I'm selling this rare bird if anyone is interested.
Thank you for the reply. Since we primarily play indoors and in rooms with decent acoustics, we don't mic any of the sections. Only the singer and piano go through the PA. Unfortunately, I don't think that will change for Saturday.
So the horns will likely get lost into the void of the space around them. PA is run by our band "manager."I'll just be bringing one of my 210 cabs.
The last time I said that to someone...seriously though, that's some gorgeous wood.
