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Is there much difference in the sound of these 2 bass. I have a MJ 4 now and a M 2000 on the way. I am thinking I should have done that L 2000 instead as the MJ and the M may not be that much difference. I am just not sureBoth my custom order G&L's arrived this week! MJ-4 was ordered in april, and the M2500 was ordered in july, so there can be quite a variation in waiting times it seems! Anyway, they're both gorgeous, they both play very well, and they both sound fantastic!
Well, to be honest it is pretty hard to compare the sound directly, since one has got frets and one is fretless. I do get pretty close to a jazz-type sound with the outer coils on the M2500, though. The split coil mod is REALLY worth it on the M2500/M2000.
Not seen any yet.
I imagine the color would not be too far from these older Mahogany L-1000's. Lighter, and much less reddish.
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This is Whiskey over Maple on a G&L Rampage Jerry Cantrell Signature Model.
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And of a Classic Bluesboy over swamp ash.
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It's funny that they are doing it now. I asked them for it 3 years ago and they said that it would look bad on swamp ash and hog was too heavy for basses.
I would like an LB-100 with whiskey over swamp ash with a black 3 ply guard and a BEM neck with VTG.
I would like an LB-100 with whiskey over swamp ash with a black 3 ply guard and a BEM neck with VTG.
Really bonding with my '98 L2K with #6 neck. It's taken about 6 months but I've finally feeling really comfortable with the neck, which is jazz width but with a little more meat at the back than I have been used to. Now it just fits my hand like a glove. And, of course, the sound is amazing -- so clear yet so harmonically rich. And with playing in a cover band, I can go from an old time blues bass sound to a cutting modern funk sound with a flick of a few switches. I can't do a pic right now so I owe one to the thread.
Onto a question: I am considering a single coil mod. I'm on the fence a bit on whether to go ahead or not because I'm not feeling my bass is lacking in versatility. I definitely want to keep the preamp (which I use when I want a more modern tone) but I find I'm not using parallel mode. Anyone have experience with both the inner and outer coil mods? What do you think, should I go ahead and should I go with inner or outer coils?
Onto a question: I am considering a single coil mod. I'm on the fence a bit on whether to go ahead or not because I'm not feeling my bass is lacking in versatility. I definitely want to keep the preamp (which I use when I want a more modern tone) but I find I'm not using parallel mode. Anyone have experience with both the inner and outer coil mods? What do you think, should I go ahead and should I go with inner or outer coils?
My fave L2000 is a '97 with #6 neck so congrats! I've never liked parallel either, but I have had more recent L2000s with the "K" single coil switching and I liked the sound a lot. Never have bothered to do it on my '97 but you might like it. I think my recent L2000 had inner coils but it should be fairly easy to try both and see which you prefer.
I have no preamp in either of my 2500s. I run mostly outers on both pups. I never used active so it was no loss to me. But I am more of a vintage sound guy so I use Fender flats on my fretted 2500 and LaBella black nylon tapes on my fretless
To be honest, I like both. Outer coils definetely sounds very jazzbass-ish, but the inner coils have a really nice sound as well. I really love the sound of inner coils some drive and agressive plucking. Works really well for metal or progrock.
I'm not tired of 'em, but I do have questions: Bowling ball finish on the fretless? Blocks on the fretted - are they stickers?
Thanks for the bass bdgotoh! It's the blue one with the maple board that you sold me last spring. It's been working out very well. I'm taking it in to my tech for shielding (funny that G&L didn't do this at the time), so that's what has got me thinking about the mod.
Thanks for the single coil mode ideas everyone. I'm thinking of inners or both and perhaps I can make things easier by ditching parallel mode altogether. Time for some more research. I'm going to keep the preamp -- I use passive 90% of the time but that preamp is very handy for that extra punch through when needed.
You're very welcome, that's a wonderful bass! G&L sells a 3 way switch for the K switching, you might be able to get outer/series/inner with it.
Well, people like both, but my personal experience was that I can't live without the single coil mod. When I first did the mod on my Tribby L2500 I had a switch on it so you could select either inner or outer coils. I found that I was always using the outer coil setting (which is very jazz-bass like) so eventually all my L2500 got the outer coil what is now called the "K-mod". They say the inner coil is more a "Ray kind of sound. I've got an OLP if I want a 'Ray sound so I guess I wasn't much interested.
But I VERY MUCH recommend the single coil mode. The effect is sort of subtle, but what it does is give a little more clarity and transparency to the tone. And for outer coils moves the tone towards (but does not nail) a Jazz bass sound. I use the single coil setting a lot because sometimes you want a nice fat thick tone and then others you want to back off to a thinner sound with more bell-like clarity. But the changes are subtle enough that it pretty much still sounds like the same bass in both modes.
As I noted in my other post, I used to have a switch to select either inner or outer coils on my Tribby L2500. The 3-way switch selects between series, parallel and in the center position it has to be wired to either outside or inside coils. To change from one to the other you have to rewire the switch. In my case I had a second switch I added to select inner or outer. But you obviously then have to drill another hole for it. Well, I drilled the Trbute, but balked at drilling my two USA L2500 (fretted and fretless). Since I had always seemed to be using the outside coils when I went single coil, that is how my three way switches got wired. LOVE IT!
For the record, the hole for the former single coil selector switch now has an LED pilot light in it since now all my L2500 have active circuits powered from the amp over a TRS cable. No batteries.
The reason I removed the preamps from my 2 2500s is I never like or used the active mode. But like the post above I find I use outer coils the most. As I stated before I run Fender flats on my freted and LaBella black nylon tapes on my fretless.
Going passive was for me the right choice. Also doing this way I kept the stock look of my basses.
I think this sound I have now is what I grew up hearing in the 60s and what I learned when I started playing. It sounds right to me.
Not better then just right to me.
Thanks
Going passive was for me the right choice. Also doing this way I kept the stock look of my basses.
I think this sound I have now is what I grew up hearing in the 60s and what I learned when I started playing. It sounds right to me.
Not better then just right to me.
Thanks
