SHOW YOUR G&L'S!!!!

[Ancient Mariner]

OK...not a great pic, but here are my G&L's. All that's missing from the entire arsenal is my USA Cirrus 5 - but this IS the G&L forum!

 

[redstrand]

Here's mine...lovin' every second of it!

 

[MaddAnthony_59]

Here's my 1st G&L, but certainly not my last!

It's an '84 El Toro, and I think one of Chef's former basses:

 

[DZIB]

 

[DZIB]

I can never get images to work on this forum. Here goes...

 

[DZIB]

 

[BigSwami]

Here you go, DZIB:

That's a really nice finish! How does it sound?

 

[DZIB]

It sounds great. A little obscure on looks!!

It's a greenburst L2000 fretless. Just got it yesterday. Wish you could see it!! How do you post pix on this forum???

 

[Slaphound]

I saw it. On your second post. I think its a great looking bass. Love the headstock. Good luck and enjoy it.

 

[DZIB]

It's killer!! My first G&L!!

 

[BigSwami]

It's killer!! My first G&L!!

I've played fretless Jazz basses before, but never a G&L fretless. Does it have "that sound"?

 

[carliuxdelgado]

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Hey coop. This is the EXACT same bass I just ordered from the distributor here in Spain!! (color and all)... What's your input on it?

 

[DZIB]

I've played fretless Jazz basses before, but never a G&L fretless. Does it have "that sound"?

It has the mwwwwah sound every fretless player wants (very Pino-seque). I had a few Carvin fretless before this and they didn't really sound like a classic fretless. With my tube compression and some on-board tweaking this actually sounded like an upright. Flats are also a major component of the sound. This bass is the ****!!

 

[quickervicar]

DZIB,

What control settings are you finding to work best for the fretless tones?

 

[eastcoasteddie]

Picked this guy up in about '97 (?) serial number is under 0001000.
I love it!

I switched my pics to another server, and have to post again...sorry....

 

[coop]

Hey coop. This is the EXACT same bass I just ordered from the distributor here in Spain!! (color and all)... What's your input on it?

It is still the best tone out of any of the G&L's (or any other brand) I've ever had. There's a rumor that some of the early Tribute bodies may have been made from Mahogany. I don't know if that's the case here, but it sure has it's own unique voice that none of the others have. Short answer - I love it!

 

[Willem]

That's still one of the nicest basses I've ever seen!! But are you pluging you're bass in the rack tuner and going from the tuner to the amp?? Doesn't that cause a lot of tone suck?

 

[rduckwor]

My L-5500. 18 volts! new and improved!

 

[eastcoasteddie]

That's still one of the nicest basses I've ever seen!! But are you pluging you're bass in the rack tuner and going from the tuner to the amp?? Doesn't that cause a lot of tone suck?

plugging into the tuner...I hear no loss of tone at all. The G&L is a tone MONSTER. I favor it over the Music Man Stingray4 I have.
Oh, and I downsized form a 4x10 to a 2x10. As wierd as it may be, it sounds a lot better now. The 1x15 comes in HUGE with this setup. Wish I went with a 2x10 in the beginning.

 

[dogbass]

I just found this LB-100 on the rack at a local consignment shop. Restrung it with Dean Markley flats and lowered the action a bit. It rocks. Absolutely rocks.