Greg I don't suppose you have been weighing these empress basses? Do they feel noticeably lighter than an alder bass?
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Remaining G&L Empress Basses
- Thread starter RocketMusic
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Good gosh, yes! IIRC the green LB-100 was 7.5 lbs. An Ash or Alder one usually comes in just north of 9 lbs. So I'm comfortable predicting a 1-2 pound savings if you go with Empress over Ash or Alder...
I can vouch for the weight difference.
I ordered an LB-100 last year, I asked it to be close to 8.5 pounds, after a 4 month wait, the bass arrived at 9.3 pounds.
When these Empress bodied G&Ls came to my attention, I jumped at the chance to get a lighter weight P bass. Greg's availed me to get into this buy, so I did. It is my 7.5 pound bass that he speaks of.
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I've fallen behind on posting photos, but I'm trying to catch up! Here's the green LB-100 that arrived last week, and there will be a couple/few more this afternoon.
LB-100 (Empress, Clear Forest Green) **SOLD*
LB-100 (Empress, Clear Forest Green) **SOLD*
Greg, my wife says she really likes the pics you took of my Clear Forest Green LB!
(You missed your true calling! Lol!)
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(You missed your true calling! Lol!)
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More Empress shipments today! They'll arrive here in VA in about a week.
bhunt1, ggvicviper and Brad Dell are the lucky ones today!
bhunt1, ggvicviper and Brad Dell are the lucky ones today!
Here's an Empress JB-2 that headed to Jim in CA earlier this week!
G&L JB-2 (Empress, Old School Tobacco Burst)
G&L JB-2 (Empress, Old School Tobacco Burst)
That is the most beautiful JB-2 I've ever seen!! Does the body have a little flame to it?
Yep, it sure does, subtle thin little flames. I've noticed figuring in several of these Empress instruments.
Greg told me the JB-2 came in at 7.15 lbs. For those of us who value light weight, the empress wood coupled with G&L quality and affordability is surely a Triple Crown. I've been told by those who know better than I that the empress sounds just fine, somewhere in-between alder and ash, so no reason to think the light weight compromises sound. And of course i must mention Greg's stellar customer service (what comes after Triple Crown??).
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Noone else posted it over the weekend so I will. Here's Greg's for-stock SB2T (note the 3 knobs and side jack). Nice finish/pickguard combo! If I hadn't just done natural on my L1K this would have been high on my list.
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I cannot believe you got them to do a side jack! That is so cool! That is one of my biggest hang-ups about LB-100s & SB-1/2s. Not sure why, but top jacks have always bugged me?
