Masher88
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I like it this way. I get my choice of used G&L's for cheapo! Everybody quit saying good things about G&L's....You are making it harder for me to get all the choice stuff!!!! 
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G&L/Music Man
- Thread starter lacatts
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dlloyd said:A "real" MM?
No shots intended or anything. I actually have no love at all for any musicman bass. I should have simply wrote pre-EB and left it at that.
bovinehost said:
You know, even as a die-hard G&L fan I can't argue with that - 3+1 headstock, oval pickguard, chrome control plate, big exposed pole humbucker . . . sweet!
Can't say I rate the rest of the MM family as highly as the original though (no this isn't a Bongo slam particularly, Jack - I'm more complaining about the Sterling and SR5 pickguards and lack of control plates -- I really like the Sabre look as well -- I haven't contemplated the Bongo long enough to form an opinion).
I have an L2K and a Sterling, and the two really complete my tonal palate. Both are top-notch construction and feel rock-solid for sure which I can't say the same for some Fenders I have had in the past. The G&L does have more sound variations (is there such a thing as bass ADD??), but the Sterling is no one-trick pony either (and that awesome neck makes the L2K neck feel like a tree trunk!)
I really feel that G&L's are unfortunately underrated.......
Love 'em both!!
I really feel that G&L's are unfortunately underrated.......
Love 'em both!!
Me, I love 'em both. It's totally subjective, but I find the sound of an MFD to be simply irresistable. I think it's Leo's best effort.
You need to hang out with Chuck more, Jack.
He's got a good little collection of G&Ls going these days. Their current instruments are spectacular, they've made some great changes in the past few years.
Having said that, I'm definitely in the "modern EBs are awesome" camp. Looking forward to getting a Sterling HH4 sometime soon.
He's got a good little collection of G&Ls going these days. Their current instruments are spectacular, they've made some great changes in the past few years.
Having said that, I'm definitely in the "modern EBs are awesome" camp. Looking forward to getting a Sterling HH4 sometime soon.
- Dec 5, 2002
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- Endorsing Artist: Ernie Ball Music Man/Sterling By Music Man
Brad, Chuck was the "friend" I was talking about, actually. I've talked to him more than once about his current crop of G&Ls.
And I'd love to sit down and have the complete tour of Chuck's current obsession...but remember, I've been through this with him before. And what was his latest purchase? Hmmm, lemme think..oh yeah, a natural SR5 that was once mine!
He's coming back around.
I haven't had a G&L in a long, long time, but would gladly pick one up and give it a whirl. I'm sure they're fine basses - but you know, they just don't have the sex appeal that Stingrays have (for me).
And hey, Craig? Sooner or later, bro, the Bongos will get you.
JW
And I'd love to sit down and have the complete tour of Chuck's current obsession...but remember, I've been through this with him before. And what was his latest purchase? Hmmm, lemme think..oh yeah, a natural SR5 that was once mine!
He's coming back around.
I haven't had a G&L in a long, long time, but would gladly pick one up and give it a whirl. I'm sure they're fine basses - but you know, they just don't have the sex appeal that Stingrays have (for me).
And hey, Craig? Sooner or later, bro, the Bongos will get you.
JW
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In Memoriam
lacatts said:
Leo wasn't a bass player. I am. I have owned several Precisions, Jazz basses, and Stingrays; an L-2000, a Climax bass, an SB-1, an ASAT bass (well, I borrowed one for 2 weeks), and a Sabre. I like the Sabre and Jazz the best, and the Rays next best. But I don't collect; I just play.
bovinehost said:
I'm with Brad - HH Sterling 4 (I'm a skinny neck weenie) is the next Musicman I'll have.
- Dec 5, 2002
- 4,165
- 2,254
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Artist: Ernie Ball Music Man/Sterling By Music Man
You do realize that the Bongo neck, while not as slim as the Sterling, is less hefty than the Stingray?
G&L's are cool basses but I have to agree with Bovinehost that MM basses are just the coolest looking things. You just feel like a badass when you play one. I can't wait to get my Sterling.
What's the G&L neck play like? I myself like the size and string spacing of a P or 'ray, is the L2k similar?
Although the SR5 is my favorite, G&Ls are really great basses. They are a steal used and Tributes are scarilly close to their USA made counterparts. I think that G&L has just never established as strong a personality as the Stingray.
The L-2000/2500 is neither fish nor fowl. It is clearly more modern than a Fender, but not as modern as the hippie sandwich basses that were catching on when it first came out. Other G&L basses look to much like Fender and Music Man retreads even though Leo Fender had every right to redesign his own wheel! I know that this is heresy, but to me the Sadowsky 24 fret model kind stole the l-2000's mojo and put it in a super high end package.
The L-2000/2500 is neither fish nor fowl. It is clearly more modern than a Fender, but not as modern as the hippie sandwich basses that were catching on when it first came out. Other G&L basses look to much like Fender and Music Man retreads even though Leo Fender had every right to redesign his own wheel! I know that this is heresy, but to me the Sadowsky 24 fret model kind stole the l-2000's mojo and put it in a super high end package.
