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Thoughts about the new G&L 1000 &2000 with 1K OMG switch back again

Darkhorse1

Darkhorse1

Nov 11, 2017
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#1
Hi

I'm not sure if anyone has tried the above? Back with the WONKAY(spelling?) switch....and improved truss rod from the original.

I listened to both the single coil and the OMG settings on youtube.....and to my fast devolving hearing(lol) at 75 and too many hotrods and rock and roll, it sounded to me that just the single coil setting on the double hummer L2000 sounded better than the OMG switch.

Thanks for your possible thoughts, as regards the above.
 
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Perhaps it’s the recording signal, but in my opinion, the OMG (Series Split Coil) with that pickup (L1K and neck of L2k) had the best pseudo-P sound of any non-P pickup I have ever heard. My L2500 has OMG factory-wired, and I pretty much use it 90% of the time.
 
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I haven’t played either of the new L2K or L1K. But I’ve checked out all of the reviews and clips on YouTube. The L1K is on my short list.

Years ago I owned a Tribute L2K and it was just OK. I tend to prefer simple passive basses, so the L1K appeals to me more. The L1K looks like it might be an excellent gigging bass...it could do the P bass sound and still have more tonal options over a regular P.

I just picked up a new G&L JB last month so it will be a while before I pickup the L1K.
 
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I had a '99 or '00 vintage L2K for 20 years (may it R.I.P.) and just bought a factory new CLF Research L2000 reissue a couple months ago.
As for the neck and truss rod, the new neck is an enormous improvement over the older one. In saying that, my old L2K had the Leo Fender "bi-cut" neck on it, which was very stable, but it had a traditional type truss rod (adjusted at the headstock end) and my hair always stood on end when I had to tighten it. I was always afraid it was going to snap or crush the wood and break the fingerboard off, etc. It never did but it just made me nervous.

The new neck on my CLF bass is much more well made and the truss rod is a breath of fresh air. Even the smallest tweaks dramatically shape the fingerboard with no worries about crushing anything. Loads and loads of adjustment for days and days. The neck seems very stable with the good truss rod and carbon reinforcement rods.

The whole bass vibrates when I play it, on practically every note. Ed "the Bass Whisperer" Friedland has noted this in his reviews of G&L's and it indicates how well made and tightly assembled the whole instrument is. I don't remember if my old L2K did that, but this one definitely does and I'm sure that's how it gets a large part of its tone.

As for OMG, mine just has series and parallel, and series mode is more OMG than I could ever possibly want as-is. I run mine in parallel mode at practically all times.

Here's Ed Friedland reviewing the CLF Wunkay, where he talks more about OMG and demos it too:



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Relsom said:
What about the new truss rod? Isn't it the same as always other than the oldest models had a bullet?
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The new truss rod is said to be a dual action rod, presumably a self-contained type which doesn't place compression loads on the neck itself. I figure something like this:

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My Carvins had dual action rods and they were heaven. Loads of adjustment in either direction (if needed) and no crushing little countersunk holes in the neck wood to death, etc.

My old L2K had the bullet in the headstock too, unlike my Fenders which all have the TR nut at the heel. But I'm pretty sure it was a regular old traditional style rod...

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I had an L1000 I bought at the very end of 1980. The guys at the music store I bought it from put the bass in my hands (I had owned a 4001 for over 7 years at that point) much to my protestation. I thought it was going to be just another P bass (never was a fan). Man was I ever wrong. I put money down in that bass the day I played it. Do I ever regret selling that clear electric blue and ebony bass.
 
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Holdsg said:
Diff sorts for diff folks. I love OMG mode in every L-1000 or Fallout (short-scale equivalent) I have ever owned and played (and that's at least 3, one from the 80s, one from the 90s, and one from 2020/Fallout). It's always on for my taste.
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Perhaps The youtube video i saw did not did do justice to the IK switch mode on the new models
 
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Wow, I love the tones in Ed Friedland's video review. Makes me wish I'd pulled the trigger on a red/maple L-1005 I saw some years back. I'm also very curious how it would compare tonally to the MFD split-coil in my SB-2.
 
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luciens said:
I had a '99 or '00 vintage L2K for 20 years (may it R.I.P.) and just bought a factory new CLF Research L2000 reissue a couple months ago.
As for the neck and truss rod, the new neck is an enormous improvement over the older one. In saying that, my old L2K had the Leo Fender "bi-cut" neck on it, which was very stable, but it had a traditional type truss rod (adjusted at the headstock end) and my hair always stood on end when I had to tighten it. I was always afraid it was going to snap or crush the wood and break the fingerboard off, etc. It never did but it just made me nervous.

The new neck on my CLF bass is much more well made and the truss rod is a breath of fresh air. Even the smallest tweaks dramatically shape the fingerboard with no worries about crushing anything. Loads and loads of adjustment for days and days. The neck seems very stable with the good truss rod and carbon reinforcement rods.

The whole bass vibrates when I play it, on practically every note. Ed "the Bass Whisperer" Friedland has noted this in his reviews of G&L's and it indicates how well made and tightly assembled the whole instrument is. I don't remember if my old L2K did that, but this one definitely does and I'm sure that's how it gets a large part of its tone.

As for OMG, mine just has series and parallel, and series mode is more OMG than I could ever possibly want as-is. I run mine in parallel mode at practically all times.

Here's Ed Friedland reviewing the CLF Wunkay, where he talks more about OMG and demos it too:



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I never knew Ed lived in Tucson!

Hell, we've probably crossed paths in the grocery store or something. lol
 

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