+1 for the G&L
Got to A/B my L2500 with a Lakland JO5 recently. They're both great. JO5 is super smooth, the G&L just has a gnarly mid-range that I love. I've had mine for about 13 years.
The pre-amp and controls on the L2500 are super flexible if you take the time to get familiar. You can get some nice warm tones in passive/parallel mode and a bunch of power in series/active. And aside from the active switch (just an impedance boost and treble boost), the whole thing is passive, not dependent on batteries.