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New G&L JB-5 Ready for Production

#21
sotua said:
9.5" Radius? Dunno, I've grown so accustomed to my Jazz's 12" (*) that I don't know if I could go back.

(*) Used to be traditional JBass radius, but in between amateur defret, professional fix of amateur defret, a couple of professional replanings and a professional refret, the fretboard is now 12" radius with vintage wire - a joy to play!
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You can order a 12" radius.
 
#23
SanDiegoHarry said:
Bleh. 19mm baby - why not 19mm???
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Cause in the grand scheme of life, it doesn't really matter.

I used to think it was a big deal and that I couldn't ever play anything less than 19mm. Then I found an L2500 that spoke to me. It didn't take long to realize that it really, truly, didn't matter. I could adjust. Now I'll use 17mm, 18mm, and 19+mm on the same night without even thinking about it. The challenge is mental, and it's not much of a challenge.
 
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I owned a 1989 SB-1. The only G&L I could afford back then. Got it from a Kansas collector that has probably thousands by now. Mine was Rampage Red. I got it off Ebay for around 320.00. My then wife, a year or so later, pawned it to buy leather furniture at a garage sale. Yep, and no I did not kill her! But in the divorce I got that damned leather chair, which is really cool but not as cool a US made G&L while Leo was still alive! It blows my mind that those at G&L are still perfecting the perfect. Amazing..... Go Daddy Go!
 
#26
Nice bass though G&L is behind on the specs.

I would trade the G&L bridge for a Fender body through bridge any day - I have a G&L and the I cannot fathom the passion around the bridges.

The option of quarter sawn neck is the only area where G&L beats Fender.

I want to buy another G&L but can't justify it based on specs.
 
#27
G & L is way ahead on 1 spec that matters a lot to a lot of people: weight. Empress bodies have changed the game IMHO. The fact that you can choose fb radius, fb material, body wood, color and finish just piles it on for me. YMMV.
 
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lowfreqgeek said:
Cause in the grand scheme of life, it doesn't really matter.

I used to think it was a big deal and that I couldn't ever play anything less than 19mm. Then I found an L2500 that spoke to me. It didn't take long to realize that it really, truly, didn't matter. I could adjust. Now I'll use 17mm, 18mm, and 19+mm on the same night without even thinking about it. The challenge is mental, and it's not much of a challenge.
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I never thought much about it until I read lots of threads on this topic on TB :laugh:. Truth! OK. I have fivers with at-the-bridge string-spacing ranging from 16.5 to 19mm. Each one has its special place, just due to spacing. For instance, the tighter spaced axes are helpful with chording, while the wider ones are slap-friendlier on a rough day. Like you, I don't have trouble transitioning between the instruments. Maybe it's because I'm a lefty-who-plays-righty, thus fretting with my dominant hand. Perhaps it's because I play five-string fretted & four-string fretless. Possibly, it's also due to me spending years gigging with a four-string fretted bass guitar, then transitioning to the double bass, then falling in love with the five-string, and then...well, I'll spare you. Spacing's a tool for me, not a deal-breaker.
 
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#34
It's on the way... Empress Body and all...

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