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G&L Club Part 7

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Red Planet said:
There is a fair amount of hum that isn't there in any other position.
I think someone mentioned somewhere that if they had wired it X there wouldn't be any hum.
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The flaw with the OMG mode is that both pickups use the bridge-side coil as the unaffected coil, so it works like two single coils that are would the same direction and polarity - i.e. it doubles up on the hum when you use both together.

If you're feeling adventurous and are good at wiring, you can mod it to reverse the affected/unaffected coil in just one of the pickups, and you would get hum-free operation when both coils are on (like a Jazz bass).
 
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TDR1138 said:
The flaw with the OMG mode is that both pickups use the bridge-side coil as the unaffected coil, so it works like two single coils that are would the same direction and polarity - i.e. it doubles up on the hum when you use both together.

If you're feeling adventurous and are good at wiring, you can mod it to reverse the affected/unaffected coil in just one of the pickups, and you would get hum-free operation when both coils are on (like a Jazz bass).
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Let me get this straight. The OMG is on both sets of pickups? When you use bot pairs you get the most hum? The sound I'm liking is neck pickup, middle switch up/forward, and active with treble boost (turn the treble down a little on my amp and set the pad on for active) and it sounds glorious! I noticed some extra hum in this position, will try some other positions.

So far my second favorite sound is bridge pickup in passive mode and readjust the amp a little.

Does passive mode work without a battery/dead battery?
 
#13,624
Red Planet said:
Let me get this straight. The OMG is on both sets of pickups?
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Each pickup is wired as having the "single coil with bass boost" mode (OMG was not G&L naming). It's just more obvious on the neck pickup due to the position's inherent tone being bassier to begin with.

Red Planet said:
When you use bot pairs you get the most hum?
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Yes, on a stock bass, both pickups are wired identically, so both use the same wind/polarity as the "single coil" part of the equation, so no hum cancellation when both are on, but rather you get the hum of each pickup added together.

Red Planet said:
Does passive mode work without a battery/dead battery?
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Yes
 
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#13,626
TDR1138 said:
Each pickup is wired as having the "single coil with bass boost" mode (OMG was not G&L naming). It's just more obvious on the neck pickup due to the position's inherent tone being bassier to begin with.



Yes, on a stock bass, both pickups are wired identically, so both use the same wind/polarity as the "single coil" part of the equation, so no hum cancellation when both are on, but rather you get the hum of each pickup added together.



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Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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What's unusual about how good this L2K sounds is I have spent the better part of a couple years looking for a second desert island bass as compared to my LB-100 and just haven't been able to find anything that suits me until now. I knew in the first five minutes this thing was/is fabulous. I had purchased an Empress L1500 in see through Blue that was gorgeous but I just couldn't bond with the tone and the neck was a little small for my liking. It was a great bass just not for me. Then I tried a Tony Franklin bass, it looked and played great but I could never get the tone sorted to my liking. I traded the TF for this L2K and I just love it.

Now I have two amazing G&L basses! I am tickled!

And my rule of thumb is G&L just goes great with GK. I got a whole pile of GK gear to run these through and it sounds good. Next weekend I'm using my trusty GK MBF500 into my two vintage GK Thiele 1x12 Cabs. We are playing on some sort of small island and our gear has to travel by boat so I'm going with my medium rig. Going to be using just the L2K for this gig.
 
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Red Planet said:
What's unusual about how good this L2K sounds is I have spent the better part of a couple years looking for a second desert island bass as compared to my LB-100 and just haven't been able to find anything that suits me until now. I knew in the first five minutes this thing was/is fabulous.
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I approve of your pairing. :thumbsup:

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#13,632
Red Planet said:
Nice!

I think I would like an L1000 due to where the pickup is.
Actually wish I had found an L1000 when I had the cash instead buying the stuff I did. That red bass is gorgeous!
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Thanks. It was definitely a superfluous acquisition, since I had the two L2000s already, but I had always wanted a red + rosewood L1000, so I had to jump on it when one came up locally. Plays pretty good - could use a refret, because the frets have been filed a bit too low, IMO - but sounds phenomenal.
 
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TDR1138 said:
Thanks. It was definitely a superfluous acquisition, since I had the two L2000s already, but I had always wanted a red + rosewood L1000, so I had to jump on it when one came up locally. Plays pretty good - could use a refret, because the frets have been filed a bit too low, IMO - but sounds phenomenal.
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Very pretty if you ever decide to part with it let me know.
 
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