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G&L Fallout Bass
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Oh, I think that's a beautiful bass!
Like I said, I think they make great instruments, but right now short scale, solid colors, and very vintage looks are in style and I've never seen G&L try to pull off something that's currently in style and really hit it out of the park.
The Fallout is probably my favorite G&L ever. Now if I can just get them to answer my Facebook messages about when I can order one
I don't like the name. Nuclear fallout is bad, Fall Out Boy is bad.
Thank you!Oh, I think that's a beautiful bass!
Like I said, I think they make great instruments, but right now short scale, solid colors, and very vintage looks are in style and I've never seen G&L try to pull off something that's currently in style and really hit it out of the park.
The Fallout is probably my favorite G&L ever. Now if I can just get them to answer my Facebook messages about when I can order one
G&L's understated utilitarianism is actually what attracted me to the brand initially. Playing MFDs sealed the deal. But as a lefty, to get my preferred neck profile on an SB-2 meant a special order, sooooooo I indulged a little.
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Looks kinda cool, shortscale with humbucker and 3 modes. But for what reason does it have only 19 frets? Old Fender stang/musicmaster basses did have only 19 frets, all that Fender does is reissuing their designs, so new ones have 19 frets too. But why did they opt for 19 frets? Yeah, you dont use the 20th fret very often, true, but it is way better to have a fret and dont use it than to lack one... Modern basses tend to have even 21,22,24 frets... I could probably live without a last fret, but...
I don't know pricing info, but these will be pre- or I guess standard built so like the Fullerton Standard/Deluxe lines it will be easier for dealers to order stock. I know Musician's Friend is an online dealer of G&L. Rocket Music is another dealer to watch.
Well, the price has been announced, and there is this, so I'm saying soon.Oh, I think that's a beautiful bass!
Like I said, I think they make great instruments, but right now short scale, solid colors, and very vintage looks are in style and I've never seen G&L try to pull off something that's currently in style and really hit it out of the park.
The Fallout is probably my favorite G&L ever. Now if I can just get them to answer my Facebook messages about when I can order one
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Hmmmm.... $1799 British pounds translates to about 2400 USD.
A LOT of competition in that price range... you can get a custom Serek made for that kind of money. And those are the holy grail of modern short scale basses.
Yeah but you gotta account for shipping and taxes and other market differences. It’s not just the conversion rate. US price points would make that a very small target market (at the straight conversion).
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I understand after the release of these Special Edition Fallouts, we'll see a standard line.
Maybe $1,499 without the racing stripes and several different colors?
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Yeah, that dude has some major fretboard clacking and fret buzz going on. Like, annoyingly so. At first I thought it was lousy setup, but he played two basses and both were that way.
I’m not huge on the colors besides the green, and I think they’d be better sans-pickguard, but I’m nit picking.
You know if they did a red with black stripes that would be pretty tempting. They all look great to me though, I actually like the stripes and especially love the green.No red
Good thing I'm immune to shortscale-G.A.S. since I have my '69 Competition Mustang.
The British Racing Green is kinda tempting, though.
The British Racing Green is kinda tempting, though.
