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G&L Club Part 7

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Mammoth_Bass said:
Hey gang I know this has been asked before but here I go.... I'm itching for an LB100 again. Let mine go a few years ago. Almost ready to pull the trigger but... what are people's thoughts on a quarter-sawn maple neck v. Flat-sawn as well as ash v. alder for the body? Thanks!!
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I'd always go quarter-sawn over flat-sawn if given the choice. I've had a few G&L quarter-sawn necks and they were very stable. Ash vs alder wouldn't make much difference unless it was a natural or transparent finish, then I'd go for ash.
 
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Jackcrow said:
I'd always go quarter-sawn over flat-sawn if given the choice. I've had a few G&L quarter-sawn necks and they were very stable. Ash vs alder wouldn't make much difference unless it was a natural or transparent finish, then I'd go for ash.
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Yes, I'd agree with all that. Quarter-sawn is nice, not essential. Only thing I'd add on body wood is that alder tends to be pretty consistently medium weight, whereas ash can be anywhere from the lightest to the heaviest, depending on the species. ...just something to consider.
 
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Holdsg said:
pardon the ignorant question.
are the electronics (pickups and switches) equivalent between the Climax bass and the L-1500?
Same location of pickup?
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I think the Climax had a switch that did series/single coil, as opposed to the L-1500's series/parallel. Otherwise, should be the same (save for the obvious body shape differences around the horns/neck heel areas).
 
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I have a couple of G&L newbie questions. Are the Alnico 5 single coil pups all super microphonic? They sound amazing when I'm playing, but as soon as I take my fingers off of the strings there's the worst 60cycle hum I've ever heard. If I touch or hit them inadvertently, they make a pretty loud popping noise.

Also, it seems there is some sort of rattle coming from what sounds like the neck. Anyone know what size wrench I need to check the truss rod? It didn't come with any tools.
 
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Jeff Preston said:
I have a couple of G&L newbie questions. Are the Alnico 5 single coil pups all super microphonic? They sound amazing when I'm playing, but as soon as I take my fingers off of the strings there's the worst 60cycle hum I've ever heard. If I touch or hit them inadvertently, they make a pretty loud popping noise.
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Sounds like a shielding issue to me. My JB5 has a terrible hum when not touching strings before I spent an hour or so with some copper shielding tape. Love my G&Ls but they really need to start shielding them properly at the factory.
 
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ahbass2500 said:
Sounds like a shielding issue to me. My JB5 has a terrible hum when not touching strings before I spent an hour or so with some copper shielding tape. Love my G&Ls but they really need to start shielding them properly at the factory.
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G&L never puts much effort into shielding—maybe one coat of conductive paint. In the special case of the J-style pickups in the MJ series, I was told long ago that the pickup design didn't properly ground the pole pieces, leading to especially poor RF hum resistance.
 
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After digging around on the bassesbyleo forum, I found the source of the rattle. There are two loose clovers on the tuning keys. Only the G-string key seems to rattle, but the D and G tuners both have loose clovers on them. I'll replace the G tuner with my E tuner when I install the Hipshot D-tuner and see if the rattle goes away.

Just need to add some shielding and I think it'll be good. Probably can't do anything about the microphonic pups, but they sound so dang gnarly!
 
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TomB said:
Yes, I'd agree with all that. Quarter-sawn is nice, not essential. Only thing I'd add on body wood is that alder tends to be pretty consistently medium weight, whereas ash can be anywhere from the lightest to the heaviest, depending on the species. ...just something to consider.
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Thanks! I went with alder and sprung for the quarter sawn
 
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