Need help identifying this G&L SB-2

[LowendG]

Dang, that's serious bang for buck!!! Nice score.

 

[jmlee]

Yup, appears to be a Japanese-made Tribute. You can see another here:

https://reverb.com/ca/item/18477404-g-l-sb-2-tribute-made-in-japan

or here:

https://reverb.com/ca/item/81160486...kgI7tqaILFez8cOY647mI3j7BaCswz5xoCHcUQAvD_BwE

Skunk strip on the neck would confirm it, but the serial number stamp looks perfect.

The stacked volumes would appear to be an after-market mod. I did the same to mine years ago. The G&L in-house tone mods on US SB-2 basses have 3 pots: volume, volume, tone.

 

[bcbassman]

Stock USA and Tribute SB2s have two volume controls and no tone control. The concentric mod is often done to create a tone control out of one of the volumes and move both volume controls to a stacked knob configuration. It looks like a great bass for the $$. Have fun playing it.

 

[triviani]

The stacked volumes would appear to be an after-market mod. I did the same to mine years ago. The G&L in-house tone mods on US SB-2 basses have 3 pots: volume, volume, tone.

Stock USA and Tribute SB2s have two volume controls and no tone control. The concentric mod is often done to create a tone control out of one of the volumes and move both volume controls to a stacked knob configuration. It looks like a great bass for the $$. Have fun playing it.

I’ve been researching a bit more and I found at least 3 of them with the stacked pot+tone configuration, it looks like it was a stock feature.

 

[Ricky Rioli]

Stock USA and Tribute SB2s have two volume controls and no tone control

As of very recently the tone control is now standard on USA SB-2s