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Don't leave Dale outta the equation.George and Leo knew what they were doing!
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Checking in. I’ve been on the road for work all week.
when I get home life shifts into Maximum Overdrive getting ready for Christmas!
when I get home life shifts into Maximum Overdrive getting ready for Christmas!
Everyone ok?? I don't recall a gap in this club of over 24hrs before.
Okay then, I posted this in another thread but for sake of keeping the thread moving along.
Completely loving this L2500 Tribute!
Been nursing a throat infection. Tried to play today and made it as far as my couch. I could see my Basses but that’s where it ended.Everyone ok?? I don't recall a gap in this club of over 24hrs before.
I've been tasked with picking out a Christmas gift for myself. My wife wants me to provide several choices and she'll pick what I get. Right now.....I'm extremely content with my array of basses. I'm fighting the urge to list several G&Ls like I already have, just so I can add different color variations.
I thought about adding an SB2 but I don't like the lack of tone knob. A kiloton might be a nice choice.
I thought about adding an SB2 but I don't like the lack of tone knob. A kiloton might be a nice choice.
I've been tasked with picking out a Christmas gift for myself. My wife wants me to provide several choices and she'll pick what I get. Right now.....I'm extremely content with my array of basses. I'm fighting the urge to list several G&Ls like I already have, just so I can add different color variations.
I thought about adding an SB2 but I don't like the lack of tone knob. A kiloton might be a nice choice.
i played a used SB2 at a GC once and was really liking it. I wasn’t aware at the time that the two knobs were both volume; I was just noodling around on the bass playing some scales & riffs. I liked how it felt & sounded. Might have considered buying it but I was 1000 miles from home at the time.
adding a tone pot is a popular mod, to the point that G&L now builds it with a tone pot as the SB2T
Blackburst Ringing in the Dead of Night
I’ve been practicing new songs for our set list while playing my M2500 Tribute
Great price, great bass. G&L's manage to hold on to their youthful looks for a long time...Swamp Ash...bought this on Reverb a couple of years ago at a great price
Take these nickel strings and learn to play
Blackburst with a black pickguard (especially with the 3-ply, the white gives it definition) is such a cool look.
...imagine if that bass had an ebony fingerboard, too!
Well played!
...imagine if that bass had an ebony fingerboard, too!
Well played!
Hmmm. . . I wonder if that whole battery in/battery out thing isn't psychological. I will have to try that with my L2K and psyche myself out - I mean hear if there's a difference.Those MFD's definitely have the output to run passive - they could punch through walls. Holy cow!
I've seen it stated that there seems to be a slight tonal difference (perhaps for the better) when running in passive mode with the battery physically removed from the circuit. I haven't gotten that far yet to try that out, but I've read something like that along those lines on here and found it interesting. Mental note made to try that out.
That finish..........Okay then, I posted this in another thread but for sake of keeping the thread moving along.
Completely loving this L2500 Tribute!
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Hmmm. . . I wonder if that whole battery in/battery out thing isn't psychological. I will have to try that with my L2K and psyche myself out - I mean hear if there's a difference.
It's not psychological. At least on the versions of preamps I had in my L2500s, the output of the opamp was still in circuit when the preamp was bypassed. When the battery is removed, it's theoretically a high impedance, but there are the equivalent of diodes to ground through the opamp. If the output gets hot enough from the already hot pickups, it can start to clip a little. The answer is to pull the opamp completely out of the circuit. Mine is socketed, so I don't even have the opamp installed. That may not be possible with all versions of the preamp. If it's not, you're better off leaving the battery in place and running in passive mode that way.
