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Congrats, but you might only get a probationary membership. It don't exist 'til ya post pics! ;->Took the plunge. I have a Jet Black Frost Kiloton 5 with an ebony board on order from everyone’s friends at Bass Central. Expected in about a month, so I figured I’d apply for membership in this exclusive club now
@MG Wolf You hanging onto that blackburst kilo? Could we see a pic anyway?
I'm interested! Let me know!
Just Posted this in the TB Classifieds if anyone has any interest. 
No apologies needed. I think those who install a tone knob on an SB-2 are looking for more tonal options than the volume controls provide. I’m a big fan of the two volumes, myself, but understand the wish to explore more tonal options from this great bass.
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My SB-2T has the factory installed tone control. My previous SB-2 did not. I don't think you get enough out of it to be worth the expense or work. It is a "nice to have", but not a big deal.
I would happily do without the tone control on mine, but I do like having it. It's nice to simply dial back some highs without affecting volume or blend. Just a little more control but if I found an SB-2 without it that checked all the other boxes, I wouldn't hesitate.
My Kiloton went back to G&L with a neck that two different techs tried and failed to do a setup on after I gave up trying myself. Turns out G&L agreed something was up and replaced the neck. Got an email from Memo today saying its ready to ship. It wasn't the fastest process but it was covered under warranty and as long as it doesn't arrive as a box of kindling I'm pretty darn happy.
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Doug Parent
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Memo came through for me TWICE. G&L rocks it.
This came up for sale in Portland a few days ago, figured I'd toss it in here and see what sticks. (Not my listing.)
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"G&L L5000 [PROTOTYPE] [neck] MAPEL Z HUMBUCKER PICKUP [custom] GREEN SPARKLE FINISH HARD G&L CASE $850.00 [OBO] RARE & BEAUTIFUL"
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"G&L L5000 [PROTOTYPE] [neck] MAPEL Z HUMBUCKER PICKUP [custom] GREEN SPARKLE FINISH HARD G&L CASE $850.00 [OBO] RARE & BEAUTIFUL"
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Woh - with the narrow string spacing this wont be everyone's cup of tea, but as a collectable that's a cool price.
First L-5000 I’ve seen in emerald blue aside from mine. Not sure why he thinks it’s a prototype but it looks in good shape and is priced well. Here’s mine:
Just woke up to find that I too have been blessed with a Memo email. Four weeks ago, thinking that I had waited enough time for it to be reasonable for me to add my own enquiries to Greg's, I wrote to him (very politely). His reply is very nice and contains this:
...if I can only tell you how weird the neck replacement has been on your bass you would either laugh or write us off. But now I can confidently say your bass is on the way back to Rocket Music with a quarter sawn neck, that plays awesome...
I can't work out if I'm feeling happy in an exhausted way, or exhausted in a happy way, and frankly I don't care.
- So, esteemed colleague, have we the new neck fitted to the pink SB-1?
- Yes!
- Maple fretboard?
- Yep!
- Quartersawn?
- You betcha, baby!
- 1½" nut?
- .......damn
[3 weeks later]
- Okay, third time lucky, right?
- For sure!
- Quartersawn....good, 1½" nut....good, maple fretboard....good, 12" radius?!? What the....?! That hasn't been standard in years!
- Yeah, I know that, I'm not dumb, but I could have sworn....well, what do you know, no mention of 12". Huh. Oops?
[2 weeks later]
- Now. Just look at that. What's that?
- Rosewood.
- .....?
- D'OH.
Etc etc etc
