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Selling due to shortfall between my insurance settlement and the cost of my replacement car, I have for your consideration this G&L Tribute M-2000. I'm sure you know the story behind these - basswood body (solid finish), maple neck, rosewood fingerboard. 2x MFD humbuckers slightly throttled back versus the ones in the L-2000 then permanently wired in series. 18V 3 band EQ with master volume and blend. Funny story behind this particular bass - it is a rare and typically unavailable finish combination in a Tribute, but not due to some prestigious limited run or anything. A factory error meant that a batch of what were supposed to be GTB models snuck out with no binding on the bodies but retaining the matching headstock and vintage tint on the back of the neck. Only 24-36 of these were made before the mistake was realised, G&L took delivery of them, shrugged and sold 'em anyway. These are fantastic basses - the neck is lovely - not too chunky, not too skinny. 41mm nut, medium C profile. If you have tried a Tribute L-2000 and was put off by the way chunky neck (44mm nut, half a baseball bat profile ) then the M-2000 may well suit your playing style better. The EQ is well suited to the pickups as you might expect, in particular I find the high end is especially sweet and musical with no harshness or brashness. Anyway, I'm looking for £350 for this bass. No offers please. Comes with a rather nice G&L gigbag. Willing to post at buyer's cost. -
I only have a few. My favourite has to be my Iron Maiden one from their gig at Download 2007. First time I had seen Maiden live! I use it sparingly and wash it inside out
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Small nuts and washers for Glockenklang preamp?
neepheid replied to Dolando's topic in Repairs and Technical
Huh, better than ABM then. I had a missing saddle piece in a bridge and not only did they want money for it (which I was more than prepared to pay) they wanted twice again for postage. When I proposed that they do what your friends at Glockenklang do and tape this tiny piece to a letter, they stubbornly and rather tersely refused. So I bought a single no-name monorail bridge off eBay, took the saddle (which fitted perfectly) and binned the rest. Wasteful, but job done. Was a little miffed at the inflexibility. -
I tried one in a shop once and I was unimpressed. Access to upper frets is poor - no contouring to speak of in the cutaway - you slide up and basically hit a wall. Pickups are pretty generic and I thought quite weedy sounding for the size/style of them. Not that it bothers me, but if you're a blender then there's no capacity for blending the pickups, 3 way switch and master vol/tone only. To sum it up, all they've done is ruin a perfectly good left handed bass as far as I can see.
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I believe they are discontinued. Should really be removed from their site by now.
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Be-Bump-A-Lula -
Monday morning bump
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So much animosity directed at a wee funny shaped bit of wood which never did anyone any harm. For shame.
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Time for a bump
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Ha! You should try contacting Gibson CS - see how many times you get ignored before you give up
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[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1405068643' post='2498432'] There attitude was not rude it was just that I felt brushed off and to me it felt like they did not care they basically say sorry you are not happy please send your strings back to the retailer as you bought from there but it does not answer anything I asked them in my email so I do feel very brushed off [/quote] But that's just how it works. I believe you should only contact the manufacturer (or the manufacturer who instructed the OEM to make your faulty thing) if you get nowhere with the retailer. I don't think it's rude at all for them to instruct you to go down this route. Also, while I fully appreciate that there's a principle at stake here, you're really getting your nose out of joint over a set of strings.
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Ach, skinny BB - I'm out
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Bump, have a video of it being played (not that you can hear it very well until I dig in right at the end ): [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQpg5lp23XY[/media]
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9/10. Nae bad. Missed one of "the other guys" in Coldplay. Easily done.
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I'm not even having my time wasted right now!
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Bump time
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Indeed, as long as you've got the shed loads of fx to plug it into Bump!
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[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1404476130' post='2492955'] I have a 2x1x12 purple chilli setup at the moment... Sounds great and the cabs are super light but they are still quite big. [/quote] Good to hear you're pleased with the sound. Sure, probably doesn't take up much less space when they're stacked, but two pieces can be stored around the house and transported in more flexible ways than one monolithic lump of speakers and wood
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I've only ever owned 2 cabs - an Ashdown ABM 4x10 (which I thought sounded great but was rather heavy) and my current Zoot 4x10 (which I think sounds great, is nice and light, but I'm thinking it's a bit bulky). Scheming to replace with 2x1x12 modular rig. But right now my "best" cab is the Zoot. Which of course means a Purple Chili now.
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These basses are fabulous. I was playing mine at a gig in Edinburgh on Sunday and the sound engineer was loving how the bass sounded. As was I Have a free bump from an RD fan. -
Bumparoo
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Time for a bump! Thanks to thread contributors for their kinds words. To everyone else - less admiring and more buying please
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[quote name='stubass' timestamp='1403910569' post='2487752'] Really considering a semi but funds say no, unless you'll take a trade with some £, I am local. [/quote] I'd love to oblige, but as I said earlier in the thread I'm raising funds for a replacement car, so I can't do any trades at this time, sorry. How local is local? Just being nosy
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[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1403909895' post='2487748'] Neep, I'm interested in how the front strap button is fixed on the top horn? On my Coronado it's on the neck heel at a right angle to the neck. I'd change mine, but there's nowt to fix in at the horn. [/quote] I couldn't tell you with any certainty, but I assume there is a small block of wood in the end of the horn for the strap button to screw into, in much the same way that in the fully hollow Jack Casady, there is a small block so that the bridge has something to be screwed into.
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Bumpy time
