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G&L Club Part 7

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rohi said:
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Wow that looks great with the tort. Giving me inspiration to tort mine.

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armybass said:
Wow that looks great with the tort. Giving me inspiration to tort mine.

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There aren't many who like tort pickguards more than me - and I do think that your bass would look fantastic with one....

Lucky Chuck said:
Really? Your black-on-black looks pretty fine to my eyes exactly as is. I especially like the black markers on the maple neck. But, it's all about taste...
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...but I do have to admit that Chuck makes a good point. With the black blocks, the black guard on the black body looks reallllllllllly good.


EDIT: Having posted that, it also struck me that I have a black Strat, maple fretboard, black dots and the black pearl pickguard it put on it is byoooooooooo-tiful! So that's another (un asked for) suggestion. :D
 
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4stringsjack said:
It's essentially an El Toro with a different body and headstock shape.
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Perfect description! Interceptors are surprisingly comfortable to play in spite of the shape. I've had 5-6 over the years and they were all nice basses. My dream for many years was an Interceptor with pre1998 L-2000 guts. I should have made one.
 
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bdgotoh said:
Perfect description! Interceptors are surprisingly comfortable to play in spite of the shape. I've had 5-6 over the years and they were all nice basses. My dream for many years was an Interceptor with pre1998 L-2000 guts. I should have made one.
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The one on Reverb tempts me, but... I don't need any more basses. I didn't *need* any more basses many basses ago.
 
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dwellers said:
I also owned an MJ-4 that didn't speak to me after having owned it for awhile. Probably the shortest ownership period for any bass. Sold it after about 2 years. It just didn't hit any mark in a meaningful way. It wasn't a bad instrument but it just didn't have much character. I bought it after finding it at a local store where it had sat for some time and after watching Ed Friedland's review. I think he sold that instrument not too long ago.

I bought the Kiloton sight unseen and wouldn't part with it. Got my eyes on an SB-2T next since I love the body shape/size that it shares with the K'ton.

Glad I found this forum. Enjoy talking about the most underrated basses in the world!

Oh, and who gives out numbers here???

--David
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You will really love the SB2-T. I have one I bought here on TB classified. My other G&L is an LB100.
 
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Spidey2112 said:
THAT, is nice!
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Yup, had me one of them. It was called the GTB version of the Tribute M2000. Very, very pretty—and played and sounded great. Sold it and I'm now the proud owner of an (also) all-white US M-2500 with matching headstock. Kind of miss the black binding on the GTB. What I don't miss was the unstable neck on the Tribute, though, and got a quartersawn neck on the US model. The neck on the GTB required constant re-adjustment, to the point where I carried an Allen key for the trussrod any time I took it out to play. Great tone on both basses with the TI Jazz flats. You can likely see that the B-string is top-loaded on this one while the rest are strung-through.

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jmlee said:
Yup, had me one of them. It was called the GTB version of the Tribute M2000. Very, very pretty—and played and sounded great. Sold it and I'm now the proud owner of an (also) all-white US M-2500 with matching headstock. Kind of miss the black binding on the GTB. What I don't miss was the unstable neck on the Tribute, though, and got a quartersawn neck on the US model. The neck on the GTB required constant re-adjustment, to the point where I carried an Allen key for the trussrod any time I took it out to play. Great tone on both basses with the TI Jazz flats. You can likely see that the B-string is top-loaded on this one while the rest are strung-through.

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Is there a benefit to top loading the B-string? Just curious.
 
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Jeff Preston said:
Is there a benefit to top loading the B-string? Just curious.
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Well, some flats won't tolerate the hard bend for through-stringing on most basses (the neat 45 deg turn on recent Yamahas notwithstanding). Typically both the E and B can be problems. With this particular set, though, the B simply would not fit through the opening for through-stringing. I could have drilled it out as I have elsewhere, but having 4 strings through was enough to protect the bridge from lifting and I thought why risk damaging a very expensive string?
 
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jmlee said:
Well, some flats won't tolerate the hard bend for through-stringing on most basses (the neat 45 deg turn on recent Yamahas notwithstanding). Typically both the E and B can be problems. With this particular set, though, the B simply would not fit through the opening for through-stringing. I could have drilled it out as I have elsewhere, but having 4 strings through was enough to protect the bridge from lifting and I thought why risk damaging a very expensive string?
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Ah, I get it. Didn't think about them being flats. I haven't used those in years. Makes sense, though.
 

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