MAJOR METAL said:
I think it sounds very good. Probably not as versatile as the a solid body - popping and slapping doesn't sound as good, but has a solid low-end tone and with TI flats on it can real thump.
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G&L
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I think it sounds very good. Probably not as versatile as the a solid body - popping and slapping doesn't sound as good, but has a solid low-end tone and with TI flats on it can real thump.
fenderjazz68 said:I'd love to, but that would mean that I would have an empty stand collecting dust.
Well Im not picky I'll take the stand too. lol
FenderHotRod said:Well Im not picky I'll take the stand too. lol
Well, if you are willing to take the stand too, we might have a deal!
fenderjazz68 said:Well, if you are willing to take the stand too, we might have a deal!
Nah. I changed my mind I don't want the stand, so i guess i'll pass on the bass as well.
(did i just say that) :scowl: Besides I have no room to put the stand right now anyway.
FenderHotRod said:Nah. I changed my mind I don't want the stand, so i guess i'll pass on the bass as well.
Besides I have no room to put the stand right now anyway.
LOL!
Ok, trash day is tomorrow.
no4mk1 said:Thought I'd join in on this mutual appreciation society...
I love's me some G&Ls!
I'm really digging those chicken head knobs. I may have to get some for my bass.
FenderHotRod said:
I'm no luthier but from what little I've jacked with mods, the last thing I'd expect to occur would be an interchangeable part - yet that seems to be his expectation and the brunt of his argument. The reality is tough enough without adding the expectation that it should be different that what it is. I didn't see a case in that rhetoric at all - at least not from any experience I've had.
Never had a G & L and never will cause for starters I don't play heavy basses but I did recently pick up a pair of pups from a G & L L-2000 and they seem pretty decent so thought I'd skim through this thread and see what there was to see. The pups are loaded into an Ibanez DSX 300 with a series/inner coils/outer coils switch then run straight to seperate jacks (I do have the schematic by the way so I know how G & L wired them). So far some hi output quality Fender tones that are hard to get even with Fender pups. No complaints.
My ASAT is not heavy at all. It is somewhat "chunky" though because it doesn't have a "tummy tuck." The tone is incredible and so I think that the G&L basses are worth the look. Roman's other complaint is that the headstocks on the G&L basses are ugly. In my opinion they look great, but to each his or her own.
I have to point that my experience with G&L was not pleasant at all. I bought a G&L L-1505 (the real thing, no Tribute) primarily as a backup for my Ray 5. The first thing I found is that just a trebble boost can't make this bass fall in the "active bass" cathegory. This bass was suposed to be the "natural upgrade" for any Stingray 5 user, but IT'S NOT! It hums like crazy, even after I shielded all cavities by myself. It has way less tonal options than a Stingray 5 (although it sounds quite alike). It has an "upgrade" that consists of a string "thru-body" bridge. Frankly it's not usable at all as the bass is hardly enough to play stringed thru the bridge and it turns absolutely unplayable stringing thru the body. Finally, G&L support sucks or is unexistant (they don't answer any e-mail). So I struggled with it for months and finally decided to sell it. The problem was (once more) the resale price also sucked big time. Hoping it was just my personal unfortunate experience I shopped for another but finally found nothing was wrong with mine, all of them had the same faults (nice sound but poor tone shaping, awful hum and horrible playability), never up to the quality standards of EB Musicmans.
ANDRUCA
ANDRUCA
dBerriff said:
That makes two of us. I have never noticed a difference with through body stringing as oposed to through bridge.
Every G&L Ive played is as good as or better then any other bass in the same price range. Much better then most fenders and most of the time as good as musicman basses. Um... I want one.
Most G&L basses i've tried are really excellent, top-notch production basses. I don't understand what happened with andruca's bass, but that has certainly not been my experience. Try another one.... you'l like it.
Me and my G&L guitar-playing friend both LIKE the low-resale factor, though!
Me and my G&L guitar-playing friend both LIKE the low-resale factor, though!
metron said:That makes two of us. I have never noticed a difference with through body stringing as oposed to through bridge.
Every G&L Ive played is as good as or better then any other bass in the same price range. Much better then most fenders and most of the time as good as musicman basses. Um... I want one.
ditto. I'm just puzzled. I looked at his website and he looks like an experienced player (although my Spanish isn't great). I've owned an ASAT bass and currently a JB-2. I sold the ASAT as it wasn't quite what I was looking for, but there was no question about its quality and playability. The current owner remains very pleased with it after 6 months of gigging. The JB-2 is at least as good as my USA Jazz Deluxe and exceeds the quality of other USA Jazz's I have owned. So playability really shouldn't be an issue.
dBerriff said:My G&L JB-2 is lighter than a typical Jazz - try one!
Weight was just for starters (I'd read all the bitching about the weight of the L-2000's from reviews on them, which typically indicates a ten pounder - to me a desireable bass fish not bass guitar) cause that's step 1 in my elimination process. Or used to be, I have basses that suit my needs and don't need any more - which is another factor.
I think pretty much all the manufacturers make a decent bass these days. With computer assistance the junk basses of today are more precisely crafted than vintage Fenders were. There are also some real good pups in some cheap basses and the kind of wood used is not as important acoustically as the piece of wood and the acoustic end product of the individual bass. In this day and age, there's no reason a player can't find or create a great playing, feeling, and sounding used bass for under $300 - although it may not be real pretty. For me appearance is not a factor in the selection process - that sunburst JB-2 looked pretty good though.
andruca said:
Call me crazy but I've played L-1505s in local stores here and I didn't like them at all. I thought the build quality wasn't "right" and the action and set-up (all subjective mind you) was way too high for me to play. BUT...I've noticed every L-2500 (either Tribute or American) is a totally different story. Anyone else notice this or am I just biased to my Trib L2K?
