These are my fraternal twins…different pickups, different electronics, different color hardware (still the same Hipshot stuff, though)…but both Roasted Maple Warmoth necks and Squier Maple bodies, though one is a VM with 60's spacing, the other is a CV with 70's spacing.
Fretless:
Duncan Apollo HC pickups, Duncan STC-BO-2S preamp with VVT and A/P switch
Fretted:
Fender Marcus Miller pickups (From sig bass), Pensa 2-band boost-only preamp with VVT and A/P switch
These two are more like 2nd cousins…
L2500
Frankenstein Squier
My signature bass - S[qu]andberg Brooklyn ETM2
The reason I say these are even closely related, is that the pickups are in the exact same position, pickup wiring is the same (parallel and single coil - no Series). The Squier sounds like a smoother version of an L2500, with its AlNiCo MM pickups compared to the Ceramic MFD's, and is the one that would leave the house for whatever reason; the "beater" so to speak…the L2500 is kept under lock and key…
About 15 years ago, I went on a mission to find a good "substitute" for the L2500 without being an L2500…I could have gotten a Tribute and been done, but I played a few and wasn't too keen on them - with all the changes made to the L2500 since '96, the current models don't feel like the same bass. 15 years ago is also when I started realizing that this particular L2500 is one of a kind, and I really didn't want to take it out of the house any more.
I've been through about 6 basses and none of them made the cut, and putting together the FrankenSquier was serendipitous - this is the one.
Fretless:
Duncan Apollo HC pickups, Duncan STC-BO-2S preamp with VVT and A/P switch
Fretted:
Fender Marcus Miller pickups (From sig bass), Pensa 2-band boost-only preamp with VVT and A/P switch
These two are more like 2nd cousins…
L2500
Frankenstein Squier
My signature bass - S[qu]andberg Brooklyn ETM2
The reason I say these are even closely related, is that the pickups are in the exact same position, pickup wiring is the same (parallel and single coil - no Series). The Squier sounds like a smoother version of an L2500, with its AlNiCo MM pickups compared to the Ceramic MFD's, and is the one that would leave the house for whatever reason; the "beater" so to speak…the L2500 is kept under lock and key…
About 15 years ago, I went on a mission to find a good "substitute" for the L2500 without being an L2500…I could have gotten a Tribute and been done, but I played a few and wasn't too keen on them - with all the changes made to the L2500 since '96, the current models don't feel like the same bass. 15 years ago is also when I started realizing that this particular L2500 is one of a kind, and I really didn't want to take it out of the house any more.
I've been through about 6 basses and none of them made the cut, and putting together the FrankenSquier was serendipitous - this is the one.
