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SOLD - Vintage US G&L 1500, Natural - 1996
£700


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[color=#232323]Fascinated by G&L basses, I bought a red Wunkay from our very own Gareth for £700, loved it and it inspired the purchase of more! I now have too many basses and need to thin herd - as hard as that may be! [/color]

Both are very nice basses, completely different in character but both have the well documented wide range of available sounds.

The L1000 has now been sold.

[b]1996 US G&L 1500 - natural with solid maple neck - £550[/b]
It would seem this bass has had an easy life, appearing to have hardly been used in its 20 years of life. It's not perfect, there are a couple of tiny dings in the varnish but is almost mint.

This is a powerful bass; you can plug headphones straight into the jack socket and practice without an amp! They have been described as G&L's answer to a Stingray and, yes, definite similarities, but this is more powerful and a very 'modern' sound. Certainly cuts through.

This bass plays like butter! It's a beautiful piece of work, the neck is sumptuous!

There's not much else I can say, other than it you're G&L curious this is a very cheap way into their 'professional' range of basses.

Everything works perfectly, the range of sounds is amazing for a single pup.

Pictures below.
I'll weigh and add weights when I can.
Pickup preferred (from Romford, Essex) but can post/courier etc at your cost.

Open to trades for a Stingray or a Fender.

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[quote name='Byo' timestamp='1457876478' post='3002552']
Great looking basses!

The '87 L1000 is an eye catcher for sure.
How would you describe the neck on it?
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Thanks, there's something about their simplicity I love.

Neck on the L1000 is 'Precisiony' I would say. It's not slim like the early Stingrays, but not chunky by any means. Certainly sturdy, unaffected by changing conditions (but then you'd expect that). I can give dims if you're interested.

Here's a detail of that crowned fingerboard, apparently to avoid any warping due to varying thickness if the joint was simply flat (as they are now).
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Here's a couple of sets of machine heads.
You can see the small 'birthmarks' from the jig dowel when the neck was made.


L1500
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L1000
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If you're interested in the 'birthmark' they are explained quite well here:
http://www.guitarsbyleo.com/FORUM/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=4288

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[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1458079387' post='3004610']
What's the exact weight of the L1000 please?
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Hi ikay, thanks for your interest, although I was waiting for that question! I have rubbish scales, very imprecise, I'll need to borrow some or make an odd request of a neighbour.

Watch this space, I'll get there in the end!

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[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1458075915' post='3004550']
Here's a couple of sets of machine heads.
You can see the small 'birthmarks' from the jig dowel when the neck was

If you're interested in the 'birthmark' they are explained quite well here:
http://www.guitarsbyleo.com/FORUM/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=4288
[/quote]

I had no idea about this, I always thought it was a cute feature of my ASAT. Great bit of info. Bet these basses are amazing, best of luck with the sale.

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[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1458987985' post='3012596']
I had no idea about this, I always thought it was a cute feature of my ASAT. Great bit of info. Bet these basses are amazing, best of luck with the sale.
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Thanks, they are! I suppose it's one of those things, why G&Ls are not much more popular
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Bought some scales - petrol station of all places - for checking hand luggage!

L1500 - 10.2lbs, 4.6kgs

L1000 - 9.5lbs; 4.3kgs

Not sure if that makes either more of less attractive. However, I can vouch that they both balance perfectly on the strap with no neck dive and I find very comfortable to play.

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These basses were built during the 'Bi-Cut Neck' period, one of Leo's ideas to do away with routing the back of necks.

It's described near the bottom of this page: http://www.glguitars.com/features/neck.asp

Just as an example of the quality of these G&L basses, have a look at the pictures of the back of the headstock of both basses above and see if you can see the join! The system works very well (can go for a ridiculously low action on the L1500).

Did I say they play like butter?

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Seems to be quite a bit of interest in these basses but no-one brave enough to commit!

By way of a bump, I can only recommend their quality of materials and manufacture and their playability as being one of the best kept secrets in bassdom.

Oh, and the massive tone....!

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