Yeah, we're only a trio, but the wash lights really help tie in our stage look. Here's an acoustic show photo.
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I had one made last year from WD Custom and it cost me around the same..I like the black on white!
Yeah I just wanted something to change it up a bit. I have a black pick guard on my other two precision bass guitars now.
Are you pretty happy with the bass, I don't know what to expect, lm guessing the quality is about the same as Lakland Skyline basses, which is pretty good!
Yes, definitely. You get a lot of bang for your buck with the G& L Tribute LB-100
Well I really like the bass, the QC is on par with Lakland Skylines which IMO is better than Fender MIM, the pickups are punchy and full, sound deeper than my Geezers in the Lakland which I like. I like everything about this bass, the finish, the vintage looking tint on the neck. The fret ends are nice and smooth and the cherry board is beautiful against the vintage tint, what's really cool and different is the block inlays with no binding! It is a little heavier than my other 2 basses. I guess because the body is swamp ash? Anyway haven't put it down since yesterday and the Fender Flats sound killer on this bass. Such a nice bass for 539.00 with a gigbag, makes me wonder why Skylines and MIMs are priced much higher, this Tribute is just as good if not better!!
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The swamp ash and that bridge add to the extra weight. You would be hard pressed to find a better bridge though. And yes, the necks are gorgeous IMO.
It came with a perfect set up, nice low action and really flat neck no buzz, all I did was swap strings!
Nice bass! I see a white one in my future.....to go with my other 2.
Gotta collect them all like Pokemon. Nice tip about the Fender flats. Both of my LB100 tributes are strung with round wounds. I'll have to give them a try.
Thank you for posting these pictures! Good to see the Brazilian cherry fretboard up close. Is the white one swamp ash as well? G&L website still does not have the full specs listed but I thought I heard someone mention the body wood is different depending if it was a solid paint or a burst / natural.
Found my source for the body wood question above. It was in the demo video on the G&L Tribute LB100 page (screenshot attached). However; the information on the video could be outdated or a mistake even. It looks very nice and the body wood would not stop me from buying any one of those three models but it would be nice to know which one it is.
Swamp ash it is, basswood is light, the more I look and play this bass it’s still amazing me how good the craftsmanship is, it compares really well with the last Fender CIJ Pbass I recently sold but the fret ends on the G&L are smoother and more rounded, I love my Lakland Skyline and it’s been my main player since I had it but I do rotate my basses from gig to gig, easy when you only have two, now three. The weight shouldn’t be a problem because I stand and sit each set because I’m a lower left leg amputee but it is the heaviest bass I have now, maybe a pound heavier than my other two, it’s not a boat anchor anyways...
SB1 has a smaller, more contoured body and a different pickup from what I understand. Here's a video comparison.
That's right, the S1 is suppose to be more ergonomically comfortable, I think the kiloton has the same body, it was comfortable from what I remember..
Ah, but you lose that high E and lose the six bolt neck. Also likely heavier. I honestly think the JB-2 is the better configuration. And, it looks all business. Everything is functional.
Just pulled the trigger on a used one online in Natural. If I don't like it, I've got 45 days to return it. Pretty sure I'm going to like it.
Did you have to send a tracing of the original guard or do they have a template for the tribute since they already made it for you?
