Is the LB-100 the most underrated P bass of all time?!

I used to have one and totally agree. The only reason I turned it is because I'm more a j style bass guy.
I got $650 for mine though.

 

View attachment 100015 I call it my "super bass" Numero Uno.Totally stock,w/"eye poker" headstock. Tuxedo black, smaller sleeker body (think MM's Sterling), black pickguard, and the sound I can COACH out of it is magnificent. I do agree, L-100's and SB-1's are WAY underrated. I love my Fender Precision ('74), but my SB-1 has more of a vintage '64 p bass( IMHO ) neck feel as w/ the 70's fender, well, you know (neck dive, not so great sound, 9+ lbs, etc).
So, as Madcity Fats says, American made G&L's are a fantastic investment (IF Mint). You can sell them to a Japanese or Chinese collector in ten years from now. I have seen alot of SB- 2 on E_ _ L Bay that average $700.00, and these, and all PRE-BBE G&L's my friends, will demand the overpriced collector's tags that we see today, eventually even the beat up earlier ones, with the crappy chromed finish.
Myself, I take mine to most gigs and recording sessions, and because I run the MFD passive split pick-up at full volume, most studio engineers will "tame it down a bit" w/ compression or maximizers.;\ But I don't mind, for I consider my trusty SB-1 to be the last and final attempt by Clarence Leonidas Fender to get his original, superb 1957 precision bass design and, more than a decade later, make it even better, and those who own SB-1's and L-100's, (which has a slighlty different sounding pick-up, by the way) know just what I mean. Peace on Earth.

 

nope. My vote for most under-rated would be the Fender MIJ 57/62 in 62 Ri dress... simply a fabulous instrument that fly's way under the radar.

Not that the Legacy, LB 100, SB-1 basses aren't great mind you.

 

I did not know that (ala Johnny Carson). I have another word for underrated: Brawley basses View attachment 100082 :

 

Absolutely. I had two G&L Legacy's (before name change to L-100). Sold one cause I needed the cash and gave the other to my son (stolen this summer at a battle of the bands). Both were tone monsters.

 

Just acquired an LB100 & It sounds & plays great! Way better build quality than you know what's & very hot pick-up. I'm Loving it! Can't wait to receive my JB2.

 

Love my LB-100. Jammed with bunch of guys last weekend and one of the guitarist complimented me on the tone. Hard to compete with two guitarists playing 4x12"s, but then again, I was using an Epifani 8x10"!

 

The LB 100 is definitely an under-rated P bass. My only complaint is its too P bass and not G&L enough ! I much prefer my L1K...tone, neck feel, OMG, etc.

 

I have a 3TSB / Maple one, and a CAR / Ebony Fretless one! It is the only fretless LB-100 I have ever seen................

Way under-rated basses!

 

That is exactly why I love the SB1. The split MFD is da bomb! Rolling off the volume a bit makes is unmistakably P bass.... rolling it back up makes it unmistakably G&L.

Ljazz