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G&L Club Part 7

#1,881
Here is my blasphemy for today:

I am looking out for another mint condition Peavey Fury. When I get one, I am going to put an SB-1 pickup in it. Based on the way I feel about my current Fury (with vintage Bartolini pickup) and my current SB-2, I would say that it is possible that having a Fury with MFD split-coil pickup might result in me selling my SB-2. My current Fury plays at least as nicely as my SB-2. And in the last year, I haven't needed to touch the setup on my Fury, while my SB-2 is on my bench and I haven't played it in a couple of months because the action changed a little bit and now the strings are giving major clank from even the softest touch (i.e. I think the neck straightened out a bit due to the seasons changing), and I haven't had time to even make a truss rod adjustment since I noticed the issue.
 
#1,882
darwin-bass said:
I'm confused. Are you saying that putting flats on the LB100 will make you want to back to round-wound string because it is more versatile with rounds?

I have a newly-acquired LB100 with flats. So far, I'm loving it though it isn't perfect.
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It's more versatile being able to switch back and forth (is what I assume was meant).
 
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#1,883
StuartV said:
Meh. Just another P bass. Won't do anything an SB-1 won't do. Or an SB-2 with Tone added. OTOH, an SB-1 or SB-2 will do things an LB-100 can't. :D
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I found PJs to just suck blended, then you move to the J and thats too thin... but I haven't tried a SB-1 or 2. The LB-100 is just money right out of the gate. The ASAT can do more but the LB-100 is just pick up & play with good tone, no fiddling or fuss.
 
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StuartV said:
Here is my blasphemy for today:

I am looking out for another mint condition Peavey Fury. When I get one, I am going to put an SB-1 pickup in it. Based on the way I feel about my current Fury (with vintage Bartolini pickup) and my current SB-2, I would say that it is possible that having a Fury with MFD split-coil pickup might result in me selling my SB-2. My current Fury plays at least as nicely as my SB-2. And in the last year, I haven't needed to touch the setup on my Fury, while my SB-2 is on my bench and I haven't played it in a couple of months because the action changed a little bit and now the strings are giving major clank from even the softest touch (i.e. I think the neck straightened out a bit due to the seasons changing), and I haven't had time to even make a truss rod adjustment since I noticed the issue.
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Hmmm. Don't be giving me any more crazy ideas - now I want to get a spare T-40 pickguard, load it up with a pair of MFD split coils, set up so I can swap back and forth.... (too many projects already).
 
#1,885
When I wired up the new pickup I followed the wiring that the bass was initially set up with.
Both before and after it sounds fine, but at a certain (high) volume blend between the 2 pickups you can hear some phase cancellation.
This is not totally undesirable, but I wonder if the ground and signal wires might be switched or something...
*(noob question blush)
 
#1,887
Tunaman said:
... go flats...
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Well, I'm screwed now. I love the tone, thump and playability that I'm getting from the Thomastiks, so it looks like they' re going to be on my LB-100 until I'm forced to change them. I even got the seal of approval from the guys in the band—they commented that they liked the tone of "the black one" better than "the white one" (my LB-100 is black and my Classic Stingray is white).

It's interesting to note that the Thomastiks solved an issue that I was having with the G&L. I had put on a new set of D'Addario half rounds when I bought the bass, and I noticed that the "E" string had a nice round thump to it, whereas the "A", "D" and "G" string sounded like fresh zingy round wounds! I only played the bass a handful of times before it went into my closet for two years—and it sounded the same when I broke it out last week. With the Thomastiks, I noticed right away that the tone is even from string to string and all over the neck... it sounds amazing!! It only took me maybe ten minutes to get used to the "looser" feel that these strings have so, as Jim Carrey said: "I like it, I like it A LOT!

G&L LB-100 + flats = amazing tone and big smiles all around:thumbsup:

I suppose the only down side to this is that the Thomastik flats are going for $100.00+ up here in the Great White North (I paid $45.00 for this set that I bought some 15 years ago). But I guess if that's the price of great playability and tone, then it's worth it.
 
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Yango said:
Well, I'm screwed now. I love the tone, thump and playability that I'm getting from the Thomastiks, so it looks like they' re going to be on my LB-100 until I'm forced to change them. I even got the seal of approval from the guys in the band—they commented that they liked the tone of "the black one" better than "the white one" (my LB-100 is black and my Classic Stingray is white).

It's interesting to note that the Thomastiks solved an issue that I was having with the G&L. I had put on a new set of D'Addario half rounds when I bought the bass, and I noticed that the "E" string had a nice round thump to it, whereas the "A", "D" and "G" string sounded like fresh zingy round wounds! I only played the bass a handful of times before it went into my closet for two years—and it sounded the same when I broke it out last week. With the Thomastiks, I noticed right away that the tone is even from string to string and all over the neck... it sounds amazing!! It only took me maybe ten minutes to get used to the "looser" feel that these strings have so, as Jim Carrey said: "I like it, I like it A LOT!

G&L LB-100 + flats = amazing tone and big smiles all around:thumbsup:

I suppose the only down side to this is that the Thomastik flats are going for $100.00+ up here in the Great White North (I paid $45.00 for this set that I bought some 15 years ago). But I guess if that's the price of great playability and tone, then it's worth it.
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Great job man! This bass was made for flats & I've NEVER played flats before ever. 1st time! My guitar player LOVED it with flats vs the Big Al... but its awesome to know when I want cut & punk rock, i can move to nickels. The MIA Ps & Lakland P I tried was always really round & the tone knob might as well have been called mud. I love it

Were your nickels stock BTW?
 
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Yango said:
I suppose the only down side to this is that the Thomastik flats are going for $100.00+ up here in the Great White North (I paid $45.00 for this set that I bought some 15 years ago). But I guess if that's the price of great playability and tone, then it's worth it.
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No worries there. The ones you have will should last forever. Or, at least, MANY years.
 
#1,894
BadJazz said:
Got this (with a nice G&L bag) for $230 off craigslist:

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Nice, and a spankin' deal. While I was playing mine, the seller said to make an offer... since he'd already spilled he was losing the house to divorce, and was laid off the day before... I couldn't bring myself to lowball his already good price.

Given how big the L-2000 neck is (compared to my Fender and Epi JC), I don't think I could go a L-2500.

Sidebar: I also have an issue with the color.
Red (especially CAR) and I don't get along well. It's not that I don't like it, it's just bad luck for me. Two red cars... Accident & cop magnets (even a red rental car!), they're moving targets. Red clothes usually end up damaged or permenently stained. Brand new red mountain bike (1989), main sprocket broke in half 2 miles into my 7 mile ride home from work on the first day after I bought it. Red Hondo II LP (1980?), just a total piece of crap (only guitar I've ever smashed (2004)). I avoid red to keep my life simple.
Though this kinda explains the red highlights in the Mrs' hair...
 
#1,899
Glazenn said:
The G&L L-2500/M-2500 neck is the same width as my Fender AVRI '62 (4-string) Precision : 1-3/4" wide at nut. It's an incredibly comfortable and fast neck compared to any Fender fiver.
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As I said, I'm used to a slimmer profile and the L-2000 is requiring quite an effort for me to adapt, It's wider and MUCH thicker than either my JP-90, or Epi Jack Casady (though the JC has very little taper). If I keep it (seems likely), this will be the first P style neck I've bonded with. I have yet to bond with any Fiver (well... Reasonably priced fiver).
 
#1,900
Lowendtech said:
Just .....well....Wow.
I never see deals like this where I live. Everyone wants to sell at $30 off retail up here in Canada IME. Nice score.
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I'm with ya on this one. Doesn't it make you want to kick puppies? On top of that, they expect everything for nothing.

Seriously, people have no concept of value/depreciation on used merchandise here and rarely do their homework. It's maddening, especially since the stuff they're asking near-retail for is your typical "walmart" junk.
 

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