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MM Stingray vs. G&L L-2000
- Thread starter joeschitterefsk
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MMs and G&Ls are both very nice. I've owned both and will probably own both again at some point though I have a slight personal preference for the L2000.
Not sure if you are joking but I was lol I agree with your description about the G&Ls 100%. I love mine and made them both (L2500 and L2000) my main basses. Im in a cover band and I like to get a similar tone vibe to the original recording and my G&Ls are perfect for that.
I've owned both.
Both are *very* nice basses - no complaints.
But they are different. The G&L is much more versatile with a more attractive finish. The only downside was that the instrument didn't have it's own "personality" - which I guess is what you get when you have a zillion tone options.
The EB, to me, is a one trick pony - but it does that track like no one's bidness. It has a *sound*, and that sound cuts through the mix very well - but it's pretty much one sound, much like a P-bass.
So they are really quite different - apples & oranges.
Both are *very* nice basses - no complaints.
But they are different. The G&L is much more versatile with a more attractive finish. The only downside was that the instrument didn't have it's own "personality" - which I guess is what you get when you have a zillion tone options.
The EB, to me, is a one trick pony - but it does that track like no one's bidness. It has a *sound*, and that sound cuts through the mix very well - but it's pretty much one sound, much like a P-bass.
So they are really quite different - apples & oranges.
I think the L2000 can do a reasonable Stringray-ish tone if you wire up the series/parallel switch allow for selecting the inner coils of the two pickups. Do that, turn on both pickups, and you're relatively close.
I agree about soloing the bridge pickup. The bridge PUP just isn't in the right spot to do that sound.
No matter how I set the electronics on my L2500, its still sounds like a G&L, though (A good thing, IMO). You're never going to get it to sound exactly like something else.
