NBD! Black 'n' Maple

[Drewbacca]

... Well, actually yesterday. Went down to Jim's Music (for you socal Tb'ers) and after a hard decision between the M- and L- series, I came home with this:

A G&L L-2000, US made. I almost went with a very nice black/maple M-2000... but let's face it- switches are fun to play with!

Love the abalone.
I'm definitely expecting a learning curve with the controls; any L-2000 owners want to share some fun settings?

 

[Fuzzbass]

I love black'n'maple, and your bass is awesome. It reminds me a little of my old '89 EBMM Sabre that I loved so much. I took the pickguard off of it, and it looked very similar to your bass, except it had a chrome control plate.

 

[Fair Warning]

very nice........I am GAS'in once again gor a G&L!

 

[Desmoface]

Nice, I wish there was someplace around me to try one. As far as I'm concerned, these are the "Real" Fenders.

Steve

 

[Drewbacca]

For most of my bass-playing existence my main axe was a MIM Fender P, which I still contend was as nice as any MIA. The L-2000 blows it out of the water though. It's extremely resonant, has amazing fretwork, and the #7 neck (1.75" nut) is actually very comfortable to my (admittedly pretty big) hands.

I'm gonna laugh my @$$ off if anyone tells me I should have a Fender instead while I'm playing this.

I would've loved to try out one of the new EBMM Classic Sabres but there were none near me, and the feel and price were right on the L.

 

[klejst]

The color combo that makes many around here drool at the mouth

Very nice though

 

[StuartV]

Congrats! I love black/maple!

For settings suggestions, the only thing I'll suggest is, even though the tone controls are passive and don't have a center detent, start by sitting them both around 50% and work with them from there. Treat them like cut/boost, even though in reality they are cut only.

At least, that's one option to play with...

Also, just because it has a preamp, don't be afraid to fall in love with the passive tone. I use my 2500 both active and passive, depending on my mood. But, I'd say my go to is passive mode.

 

[Lo-E]

NICE!!!

You'll definitely want to familiarize yourself with the bass cut control, especially if you use the preamp. You'll find yourself running the bass cut at about half, as StuartV suggested. Mostly, I run the treble cut at full.

I usually use the preamp, myself, but the passive tones are great, too. I haven't had much use for the treble-boost setting, but that's not saying you won't.

My L2Ks like brighter sounding strings than my other basses - you might try Hi-Beams, for instance.

If you really want to open a can of worms - in a good way - check out the single-coil mods that are around the net for the L2K. I do the parallel/outside singles/series mod on mine. Adds a whole bunch more cool tones. These are serious Swiss Army Basses!

 

[georgiagoodie]

Nice!

 

[xrockstrongox]

That is such a pretty bass.

 

[lakefx]

Very nice!

My first L2K I ran with all knobs all the way up and using both pickups in series mode with the preamp on. With Roto 66s, this was the perfect sound for the punk band I was in.

Now I have a fretless L2K strung with chromes (may be switching again soon...) and I play more rock/blues/reggae. I never use the preamp now and run entirely passive. The sound is still huge.

I solo the neck pickup in parallel mode to cop a bit of a P-Bass vibe.

I use the bridge pickup in parallel mode for a bit of a funky tone that really makes the upper mids pop (with fretless and flats this requires some work).

The neck pickup soloed in series mode with the treble rolled off is perfect for super fat lows, but is not muddy.

The bridge pickup soloed in series gives a huge punchy tone.