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USA G&L L1000 - Unique / Unusual / Curiosity - Sold
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bagsieblue
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For sale or trades is my Unusual USA G&L L1000.
Regarded by many as Leo's best bass.

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The previous owner advised me that he believed this to be a custom / special order G&L.

Curiously this has the headstock normally found on the SB 2 - The decal does have a just about visible outline - possible overlaid - around it, so possibly a rebadged SB 2 Neck? Please see photos.


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I have also shown photos of neck heel / pocket in the photographs below.

I can't see a serial number in any of the usual G&L places.

The micro tilt mechanism appears to be over a partial date stamp, as can be seen on the photographs below.

Very good overal condition given the age, say 8.5/10 - a few dings, scrapes here and there, some of the finish has chipped away near the neck pocket - I have shown this in the photographs.

Plenty of life in the frets.
There are hairline scuffs on the fretboard, the sort you get from cleaning / polishing too much from the looks of them.
Again, I have tried to show this in the photographs.

Passive electronics ,series/parallel switch.
More tonal options than a Precision.
Passive but powerful MFD pickup in the Precision spot.
The pickup is a monster with three settings to give a variety of tones.
The three way switch is parallel, single coil and series with bass boost for the single MFD humbucker.

I'm in Chorley ,Lancashire.


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[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1495182830' post='3301867']
Very nice indeed. What is the weight please and the nut width? Does the finish have a slightly metallic sheen, hard to tell from the pics.
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Weight is 4.4kg.

Nut is 38mm:

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On the finish, Yes -I described it as a sparky colour above - a subtle metallic flake, sheen. Difficult to describe and photograph.

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Thanks for info. It does look like an SB-2 neck then. I found a 2010 thread on bassesbyleo.com about what I think must be this same bass (I don't think there are too many like this around!) which also mentions a 1992 date in the pickup cavity.

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[quote name='gareth' timestamp='1495223806' post='3302344']
Nice bass

Is there a photo of the neckplate?
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Yes, on the link to the 24 photos on the original post.
Attached here for easy reference.

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  • 1 month later...

[quote name='bagsieblue' timestamp='1495270884' post='3302558']
Yep - full neck plate here:
As a non G&L expert can I ask the significance of the neck plate?


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G&L changed the 3 bolt neck plate for 6 bolt around end of 90'..
Morover serial numbers appears on neck plate so i guess here are the reason of the question.

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  • 4 months later...

Beautiful Bass!

Apologies for the slight hijack but how do you find the output of the pickup?
I've got a 2015 L1000 and even on singlecoil mode i have to use the active input of any amp otherwise it sounds like its overloading the input and i get what i term as compression distortion on the low E.

It sounds heavenly when i get the right input and dial it in :lol:

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[quote name='MrPring' timestamp='1510090343' post='3403985']
Beautiful Bass!

Apologies for the slight hijack but how do you find the output of the pickup?
I've got a 2015 L1000 and even on singlecoil mode i have to use the active input of any amp otherwise it sounds like its overloading the input and i get what i term as compression distortion on the low E.

It sounds heavenly when i get the right input and dial it in :lol:
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Yes - High output, by design, on the MFD Pickup.

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