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G&L MJ-5 Active Bass: New for 2015

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Mar 12, 2004
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Featuring Bi-Coil Jazz Pickups and Studio-Quality 18v Pre-Amp

Following in the footsteps of G&L's acclaimed MJ-4 four-string, the new MJ-5 brings all of the features of the MJ-4 into a 5-string platform, with re-engineered Bi-coil Alnico V pickups paired with the MJ-spec preamp/control system for a wide range of single-coil tones from classic jazz to far beyond, all without single-coil hum.

A G&L Alnico Bi-Coil pickup looks just like a traditional Alnico single-coil pickup, but under the cover are two side-by-side coils configured in series-humbucking mode. These new pickups are optimized for a specially tuned version of G&L's studio-quality M-spec preamp and control system, dubbed MJ-spec. The 18v system features volume, pan and +/-14dB 3-band EQ with center detents, and is powered by twin 9v batteries housed in an easy-access compartment. With an LF442 chip, 100v poly caps, 1% metal film resistors and big, fat signal traces on the mil-spec circuit board, this preamp reveals everything the player and the instrument have to offer.

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Features:
  • G&L Bi-Coil pickups for classic tone without the hum
  • MJ-spec studio-quality 18v preamp
  • Primary volume and pan controls
  • +/-14dB 3-band EQ with center detents
  • Impeccable, familiar "feel" of the instrument in the hands and on the shoulder
  • 1 3/4" nut-width, medium-C neck profile
  • Medium-jumbo, Plek-dressed frets

The MJ-5 starts at MSRP $1,950.

G&L Guitars
 
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TalkBass said:
Featuring Bi-Coil Jazz Pickups and Studio-Quality 18v Pre-Amp

Following in the footsteps of G&L's acclaimed MJ-4 four-string, the new MJ-5 brings all of the features of the MJ-4 into a 5-string platform, with re-engineered Bi-coil Alnico V pickups paired with the MJ-spec preamp/control system for a wide range of single-coil tones from classic jazz to far beyond, all without single-coil hum.

A G&L Alnico Bi-Coil pickup looks just like a traditional Alnico single-coil pickup, but under the cover are two side-by-side coils configured in series-humbucking mode. These new pickups are optimized for a specially tuned version of G&L's studio-quality M-spec preamp and control system, dubbed MJ-spec. The 18v system features volume, pan and +/-14dB 3-band EQ with center detents, and is powered by twin 9v batteries housed in an easy-access compartment. With an LF442 chip, 100v poly caps, 1% metal film resistors and big, fat signal traces on the mil-spec circuit board, this preamp reveals everything the player and the instrument have to offer.

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Features:
  • G&L Bi-Coil pickups for classic tone without the hum
  • MJ-spec studio-quality 18v preamp
  • Primary volume and pan controls
  • +/-14dB 3-band EQ with center detents
  • Impeccable, familiar "feel" of the instrument in the hands and on the shoulder
  • 1 3/4" nut-width, medium-C neck profile
  • Medium-jumbo, Plek-dressed frets

The MJ-5 starts at MSRP $1,950.

G&L Guitars
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Whoever edited that photo did a terrible job on the contrast! That red in the burst looks terrible!
 
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awilkie84 said:
Either way, the red looks like it was added and done very poorly, or the contrast was adjusted haphazardly.
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I'm 90% sure the entire thing is vector/photoshop. That is not a real reflection, those stings are certainly not real and are casting weird shadows on the headstock that don't correspond to the reflections on the curiously matte yet ultra-shiny tuning pegs.
 
#11
"Either way, the red looks like it was added and done very poorly, or the contrast was adjusted haphazardly."

"I'm 90% sure the entire thing is vector/photoshop. That is not a real reflection, those stings are certainly not real and are casting weird shadows on the headstock that don't correspond to the reflections on the curiously matte yet ultra-shiny tuning pegs."

I see what you two are talking about but, did it ever occur to you that you're looking at a photo on the internet? Not really that best to judge a photo, if you know what I mean.
 
#12
Whether that particular example "is real" is hardly the point.
These exist. I know if only three, but, they're real, which is kind of a big deal.
G&L very seldom do anything. New.
 

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