G&L Club Part 7

[gbrooding]

Feeling very fortunate! Just put this L-1000 on layaway, should be getting it in about 2 weeks. Believe it is a 1980, will be able to confirm once I get it.

 

[Spupilup]

Feeling very fortunate! Just put this L-1000 on layaway, should be getting it in about 2 weeks. Believe it is a 1980, will be able to confirm once I get it.View attachment 3649962 View attachment 3649963

Gorgeous!!! I’d love another ‘80/‘81 L1000. I owned one new back then but foolishly sold it. Yours looks brand new. What a find. Best of luck with it.

 

[svtbass]

Feeling very fortunate! Just put this L-1000 on layaway, should be getting it in about 2 weeks. Believe it is a 1980, will be able to confirm once I get it.View attachment 3649962 View attachment 3649963

Nice score.
That looks correct for a 1980 except for the knobs and it's nice to get a matching bridge and control plate. Most 81's would have the slot pole MFD. Mine are 1980 fretless and 1981 fretted.

 

[gbrooding]

Yeah, those knobs need to be replaced with the correct ones for sure! That search starts soon!

 

[dave64o]

Both are pretty!

Is that an ebony fingerboard on the fretless?

 

[jmlee]

Yeah, those knobs need to be replaced with the correct ones for sure! That search starts soon!

Should be a short search. You can get CLF Research (period) knobs at the G&L store for 15 clams:

Knob - CLF Research - Bass

 

[jmlee]

I'm thinking about a Tribute JB-2:
Can anyone provide the weights of their basses of these models:

https://www.musiciansfriend.com/bass/gl-tribute-jb2-4-string-electric-bass
Or
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/bass/gl-tribute-jb2-4-string-electric-bass

Thanks,

Dave

My Tribby JB-2 (in sunburst, so swamp ash not basswood, with maple board) weighs 8 lb 12 oz.

 

[gbrooding]

Should be a short search. You can get CLF Research (period) knobs at the G&L store for 15 clams:

Knob - CLF Research - Bass

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Bingo! Thank you!!

 

[tubatodd]

Has anyone (be sides me) here purchased the new G&L Tribute JB in turquoise mist? With them listed for the Stupid Deal of the Day at MF (for the second time), I would imagine more of them would be purchased. I'm curious if anyone has had better luck that I did.

I still would really like one.

 

[svtbass]

Both are pretty!

Is that an ebony fingerboard on the fretless?

Both have ebony boards.

 

[dave64o]

Even better.

 

[Slaphound]

Has anyone (be sides me) here purchased the new G&L Tribute JB in turquoise mist? With them listed for the Stupid Deal of the Day at MF (for the second time), I would imagine more of them would be purchased. I'm curious if anyone has had better luck that I did.

I still would really like one.

You dig that color. How is the LPB holding up?

 

[tubatodd]

You dig that color. How is the LPB holding up?

Love it!!!

 

[Hnz]

DROOL!

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

HA! The stars must be aligning! I just tried a set out last weekend on a Kilo and they are killer strings! Lot's of zip and grit but, can be mellow with a tone adjustment. I really like how they feel and will be picking up a set for a few of my G&L's and Peavey's in the near future.

Currently, my favorite strings are DR Pure Blues for bright (not brittle) dynamics.

+1 from another Pure Blues fanboy. That is what I use for rounds. I use TI's for flats. My SB-2T has Pure Blues and I get comments on the tone a lot.

 

[gbrooding]

Decided to restring and polish up my El Toro, gonna play it at church this Sunday!

 

[jcburn]

Decided to restring and polish up my El Toro, gonna play it at church this Sunday!View attachment 3654240

Amen!
That is a great looking bull.

 

[Nedmundo]

+1 from another Pure Blues fanboy. That is what I use for rounds. I use TI's for flats. My SB-2T has Pure Blues and I get comments on the tone a lot.

Nice to see all the love for Pure Blues, because I recently bought a set for my JB-5. I stopped into a local, relatively low-end shop not expecting to find decent strings for a five, and was pleasantly surprised. One of the JB-5's tuners needs to be replaced, and when the new one arrives from G&L I'm going to install the Pure Blues and do a full setup. (I know guitar strings are a different ballgame, but I love Pure Blues on my Strat and Comanche.)

I don't remember which strings are on my SB-2 now, but my faves for that bass have been Fat Beams.

 

[minronnee]

Here is My SB 1 (1994)

 

[svtbass]

Here is My SB 1 (1994)

Gorgeous! That looks a lot like my '92. I have and have had lots of Leo's and nothing in this universe, even my beloved '62P rivals her. Her name is MJ. She loves to re-circumsise drummers.