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G&L Club Part 7

#14,023
Temcat said:
New fretless L-2500 with a 4+1 headstock spotted on FB!
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That's how I ordered my fretted L-2500, with a Modern C5 neck and 4+1 headstock just like my fretless Kiloton 5. Should be ready soon, so I've been watching G&L's posts daily to see if they say it's on it's way.

I saw this one on FB today and just love it. Almost makes me want to trade my Kiloton 5... almost.
 
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#14,025
Iridescentone said:
Tommy Chong looking at the necks on the "hall of fame" display board...."which one's the left-handed one?"

Still a funny bastard! :roflmao:
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Tommy’s a funny guy. There was a petition to make him the voice of the Edmonton, Alberta LRT (he was born there) after fellow-Canuck Seth Rogan did the voice for Vancouver and Toronto. Here’s his unofficial audition.
 
#14,026
Edgetone said:
That's how I ordered my fretted L-2500, with a Modern C5 neck and 4+1 headstock just like my fretless Kiloton 5. Should be ready soon, so I've been watching G&L's posts daily to see if they say it's on it's way.

I saw this one on FB today and just love it. Almost makes me want to trade my Kiloton 5... almost.
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So it looks like it's now really an official option, not a one-off G&L Artist creation.
 
#14,027
Edgetone said:
That's how I ordered my fretted L-2500, with a Modern C5 neck and 4+1 headstock just like my fretless Kiloton 5. Should be ready soon, so I've been watching G&L's posts daily to see if they say it's on it's way.

I saw this one on FB today and just love it. Almost makes me want to trade my Kiloton 5... almost.
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BTW, how much did you pay for the 4+1 headstock config?
 
#14,028
Temcat said:
BTW, how much did you pay for the 4+1 headstock config?
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In order to get the 4+1, I had to go with custom shop. This increased the overall order by $400 US (a lot more in Canadian dollars). But it also means they will give it the custom shop treatment overall, in terms of wood selection, fret dressing and finishing.

To be clear, I DIDN'T order a Blueburst with wood binding and ebony board, but that was my second choice. I have a beat up '98 Blueburst with maple board that traded for here on Talkbass. It's that bass that made me return the surf green Kiloton 5 for a custom order L-2500 instead.
 
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#14,029
From my buddy Steve from the "Bass Hang"

Here is a quick demo of my USA G&L Custom Shop Matador Bass.
The Matador is only available as a Custom Shop instrument at the moment.
This bass has a Swamp Ash body with a custom 2 tone-frost burst with matching headstock, a maple neck and Wenge fretboard.
The controls are: Volume for each pickup, master tone and a switch that affects the neck pickup only and goes from parallel to series.
The Alnico V pickups are wound hotter than normal and the bridge pickup has more winds than the neck pickup.
The bass is loaded with DR Pure Blues and I recored the bass Direct through my A-Designs Audio REDDI and UA 2-1176 and Apollo Twin Duo and used Tsunami Cables for all connections. I installed the Hipshot D-tuner.
I will do a more complete review in a month or two after I've been gigging the bass for a while. So far it is outstanding!!!

 
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#14,030
TonyP- said:
From my buddy Steve from the "Bass Hang"

Here is a quick demo of my USA G&L Custom Shop Matador Bass.
The Matador is only available as a Custom Shop instrument at the moment.
This bass has a Swamp Ash body with a custom 2 tone-frost burst with matching headstock, a maple neck and Wenge fretboard.
The controls are: Volume for each pickup, master tone and a switch that affects the neck pickup only and goes from parallel to series.
The Alnico V pickups are wound hotter than normal and the bridge pickup has more winds than the neck pickup.
The bass is loaded with DR Pure Blues and I recored the bass Direct through my A-Designs Audio REDDI and UA 2-1176 and Apollo Twin Duo and used Tsunami Cables for all connections. I installed the Hipshot D-tuner.
I will do a more complete review in a month or two after I've been gigging the bass for a while. So far it is outstanding!!!

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That bass sounds killer!
 
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#14,037
TonyP- said:
From my buddy Steve from the "Bass Hang"

Here is a quick demo of my USA G&L Custom Shop Matador Bass.
The Matador is only available as a Custom Shop instrument at the moment.
This bass has a Swamp Ash body with a custom 2 tone-frost burst with matching headstock, a maple neck and Wenge fretboard.
The controls are: Volume for each pickup, master tone and a switch that affects the neck pickup only and goes from parallel to series.
The Alnico V pickups are wound hotter than normal and the bridge pickup has more winds than the neck pickup.
The bass is loaded with DR Pure Blues and I recored the bass Direct through my A-Designs Audio REDDI and UA 2-1176 and Apollo Twin Duo and used Tsunami Cables for all connections. I installed the Hipshot D-tuner.
I will do a more complete review in a month or two after I've been gigging the bass for a while. So far it is outstanding!!!

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Sounds great Tony! Doesn't hurt to have Steve break it in for you! ;) I've always enjoyed his demos.
What was your inspiration behind this bass?
Best wishes,
Brent
 

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