I know it's a lot to ask, but it sure would be nice if G&L offered a medium-scale option for CS/BTO.
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G&L Pricing
- Thread starter RocketMusic
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OK, the Custom Shop Pricing thread has been updated to the 2023 prices.
Some highlights:
- They've included the CLF L-1000/L-2000/L-2500 & the L-1000/L-2000 S750. They've always been willing to do those, but I always had to ask them how to price it. So nice.
- Looks like they've introduced a 5-string Matador? The Matador V.
- A few finish changes, some added & some went away
- Looks like the handwound pickups went away.
- Two new neck tints: Light Toffee and Dark Toffee
- You can now get a Wenge fingerboard!
- Abalone Dots on the fingerboard is now an option.
Picking a random model, the LB-100 went from $2700 in 2022 to $3450 in 2023. So I was incorrect about the CS prices not doing a big jump, sorry about that!
Some highlights:
- They've included the CLF L-1000/L-2000/L-2500 & the L-1000/L-2000 S750. They've always been willing to do those, but I always had to ask them how to price it. So nice.
- Looks like they've introduced a 5-string Matador? The Matador V.
- A few finish changes, some added & some went away
- Looks like the handwound pickups went away.
- Two new neck tints: Light Toffee and Dark Toffee
- You can now get a Wenge fingerboard!
- Abalone Dots on the fingerboard is now an option.
Picking a random model, the LB-100 went from $2700 in 2022 to $3450 in 2023. So I was incorrect about the CS prices not doing a big jump, sorry about that!
Oof! That's painful.
I think I might just end up looking at the standard, off the shelf version.
I don't think those things ever became a bona fide product. They were too tall to fit in standard J-bass pickup routes, IIRC.
But I shall inquire in case my info is out of date.
I just heard from my G&L guy that the MFD J pickups are not an official product, but they will accept orders for them on a Custom Shop JB.
My recollection was that the pickups were too tall to fit in most J pickup routes, so this jibes with that. I assume they would route the CS JB pickup routes deeper than usual to accommodate the taller pickups.
FYI - that assumption was just confirmed. The MFD J pickups are too tall to fit in a Fender or even in a G&L JB. They have to cut deeper pickup routes, and that's where the Custom Shop gets involved.
Apropos of this, Dimarzios have required a deeper route forever …or at least since the ‘80’s. It’s not an extraordinary mod.
I think this just sent me over the edge to the custom shop .
Hahaha at first I thought he was swearing like a sailor. I finally caught on that they were bleeping the word “jazz”.
He’s a great player, and he sure makes those pickups sound really good.
He’s a great player, and he sure makes those pickups sound really good.
Maybe? I think the MFD's are humcancelling, and the alnico JB is not. They're also probably pretty different from an output point of view, so they might not match very well.
Hmmm.
Imagine a Kiloton, with an MFD J in front of it.
Imagine a Kiloton, with an MFD J in front of it.
I think a MFD P in front of the kiloton pickup could make a SWEET SB-3 of sorts.
I received a list of the neck profiles by model from G&L this morning. Here's what will now come on each bass model they offer:
Radius = 9.5" on everything
1.5" Nut Width
ASAT Bass
JB
1 5/8" Nut Width
Fallout Bass
Kiloton
L-2000
LB-100
SB-1
SB-2
1 3/4" Nut Width
JB-5
Kiloton 5
L-2500
Radius = 9.5" on everything
1.5" Nut Width
ASAT Bass
JB
1 5/8" Nut Width
Fallout Bass
Kiloton
L-2000
LB-100
SB-1
SB-2
1 3/4" Nut Width
JB-5
Kiloton 5
L-2500
Especially with the single coil option MFD humbucker. Then you could have a jazz bass option!
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