• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

G&L Club Part 7

#16,441
/\/\3phist0 said:
Working there and having asked the question of Leo himself.
Student Bass
It started with a single coil mfd, with an option for 2 added . The split idea was floated, he resisted , he'd already done that. Dale and George requested the split to answer the common opinion that the P was a standard.
The bridge pickup is nearly the same as the original SB-1 / SB-2, with the neck pickup switched out to the new split MFD .
83 SB-1
View attachment 3848390
Click to expand...
And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is the definitive answer!
 
  • Like
Reactions: Jeff Preston, /\/\3phist0, bonin in the boneyard and 1 other person
#16,442
student, or super
standard, or spectacular

I love my SB-1

IMG_2512.jpeg
 
  • Like
Reactions: Murch, svtbass, Crispus and 7 others
#16,443
bonin in the boneyard said:
No, but since you have to go through the custom shop anyway...
Click to expand...

God I hope they never release a production 34" Matador. I need another bass like I need another 'roid. I just might get sucked back into another G&L GAS vortex. Noooooooo.....!
 
  • Like
Reactions: Jim C, MascisMan and bonin in the boneyard
#16,446
/\/\3phist0 said:
Working there and having asked the question of Leo himself.
Student Bass
It started with a single coil mfd, with an option for 2 added . The split idea was floated, he resisted , he'd already done that. Dale and George requested the split to answer the common opinion that the P was a standard.
The bridge pickup is nearly the same as the original SB-1 / SB-2, with the neck pickup switched out to the new split MFD .
83 SB-1
View attachment 3848390
Click to expand...
Very cool bass!

Do you have any cool other G&L basses? :D
 
  • Like
Reactions: /\/\3phist0
#16,451
bonin in the boneyard said:
A fun toy on loan from @bullitproof

View attachment 3848263
Click to expand...
Thanks @bonin in the boneyard !
This was a Ebay Precision bass ash body refinished by a friend of mine in rootbeer burst with a MGbass neck. Mauricio at Mgbass had this neck for a special order that got cancelled so he gave it to me and I had my local luthier put frets on it just after I finished it with tung oil.
Tuners and bridge are Hipshot black and I had it routed at the bridge for the reverse P pickup. I went for de MFD pickups before I try anything else and I'm not trying anything else.
I then added the Vol/Tone Vol/Tone harness with a kill switch and Greasy Groove pickguard.
One of the best Frankenbasses I ever put together!
 
  • Like
Reactions: pjbassist, picnic01, bonin in the boneyard and 2 others
#16,454
Beautiful work, Iv@n. Congrats! I always love to hear you play.

While I understand that this is not a review of the bass, I just want to tell you that you are my favorite reviewer of basses. First of all, you actually play the money or low notes on the bass, not just up high on the neck in your reviews. (So many reviewers play fast and up in the solo part of the bass, it's like they are showing off as opposed to showing off the bass). The way you do it allows us to actually hear how the bass will sound, doing what it was designed to do and what it will do in most of our hands. You use a touch that doesn't make the strings clang against the frets, we can actually hear the tone and not the string noise, as most reviewers do. The talking is at a minimum, the important stuff is said, but not more. And you put the bass through all the different combinations of sounds it can offer. You put the bass ahead of your ego and really showcase it.

I hope you continue to review basses. And I hope G&L is intelligent enough to hire you more often.

John
 
  • Like
Reactions: Murch, Colarndo, Holdsg and 14 others
#16,455
jfh2424 said:
Beautiful work, Iv@n. Congrats! I always love to hear you play.

While I understand that this is not a review of the bass, I just want to tell you that you are my favorite reviewer of basses. First of all, you actually play the money or low notes on the bass, not just up high on the neck in your reviews. (So many reviewers play fast and up in the solo part of the bass, it's like they are showing off as opposed to showing off the bass). The way you do it allows us to actually hear how the bass will sound, doing what it was designed to do and what it will do in most of our hands. You use a touch that doesn't make the strings clang against the frets, we can actually hear the tone and not the string noise, as most reviewers do. The talking is at a minimum, the important stuff is said, but not more. And you put the bass through all the different combinations of sounds it can offer. You put the bass ahead of your ego and really showcase it.

I hope you continue to review basses. And I hope G&L is intelligent enough to hire you more often.

John
Click to expand...
Hi John! Wow! I'm flattered. Thanks for taking the time to write that and for the kind words. I really appreciate it!!

Hope you have a great weekend!
 
  • Like
Reactions: Colarndo, Holdsg, BassPilot and 5 others
#16,458
jfh2424 said:
Beautiful work, Iv@n. Congrats! I always love to hear you play.

While I understand that this is not a review of the bass, I just want to tell you that you are my favorite reviewer of basses. First of all, you actually play the money or low notes on the bass, not just up high on the neck in your reviews. (So many reviewers play fast and up in the solo part of the bass, it's like they are showing off as opposed to showing off the bass). The way you do it allows us to actually hear how the bass will sound, doing what it was designed to do and what it will do in most of our hands. You use a touch that doesn't make the strings clang against the frets, we can actually hear the tone and not the string noise, as most reviewers do. The talking is at a minimum, the important stuff is said, but not more. And you put the bass through all the different combinations of sounds it can offer. You put the bass ahead of your ego and really showcase it.

I hope you continue to review basses. And I hope G&L is intelligent enough to hire you more often.

John
Click to expand...

Agree!
 
#16,459
richwag said:
Yes. The neck pickup soloed is not a sound that works that well for me. I find it dominated by low mids. It's very thick. I've never played much with EQing because it's not that appealing to me.

But that's where the bridge pickup comes in. Start dialing that baby in and the SB-2 will cut through a mix no problem.

I don't know if that's what Leo intended but it seems to work.
Click to expand...
So does the solo'd neck pickup on an SB-2 sound just like an SB-1?
 

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back