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[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1374081772' post='2145126'] I found my US G&L L2K to be too confusing for me and moved it on. Personally, I thought it was trying to be everything at once- a little bit Precision, a little bit stingray, with a touch of Jazz. I'm told you can make it sound like any of them, but I just couldn't get it to sit in the mix like a precision. I tried to get a good thump from it, but everything just sounded too hot and aggressive when I tried and cut through too much. I perhaps should have persevered. I also couldn't get it to set up and play how I like, and found the micro-tilt system to be confusing. I'd probably pick one over a stingray, if that's what I was after, as they are definitely more versatile than them, if not as iconic. The US was a very high-spec and well built piece of kit, and mine had a relatively slim neck (did they not offer different neck profiles?) but in fairness I would probably go for the Tribute next time. I'm gassing for an M2000 now though. If I could find an orange/ blueburst with maple L2k tribute though I'd be seriously tempted. [/quote] To answer your question, yes they do offer different neck profiles on USA instruments: [url="http://www.glguitars.com/instruments/USA/options/bass.asp"]http://www.glguitars.com/instruments/USA/options/bass.asp[/url] The Tribute L-2000 has a "take it or leave it" half baseball bat neck, and the Tribute M-2000 has the "I've got no options for you either, but I think you'll like it" #12 neck (G&L Modern Medium "C", 1 5/8" at the nut, 12" radius)

[quote name='bigsmokebass' timestamp='1374079923' post='2145096'] Surprised you haven't tried one, thought you were one for vintage gibsons or is this one on your list? [/quote] Nah, it's not on my list. Not my kind of thing. I'm sure it sounds and plays great but I'm just not taken by the look/shape of it. [quote] Still wanting your RD & Victory BSB [/quote] There are a heap of Victories on eBay at the moment (2 Artists, 1 fretless Artist, 4 Standards) for you to drool over without coveting mine

[quote name='bigsmokebass' timestamp='1374019526' post='2144410'] Actually surprised Nepheid hasn't been here yet BSB [/quote] Sorry, I've got nothing useful to add that can't be found at Fly Guitars. Never seen one in the flesh, let alone played one.

[quote name='Acebassmusic' timestamp='1373986989' post='2143885'] Hi there from a Southerner (Aberdeen!!!). Welcome aboard the good ship Basschat. At this rate there might be enough people to get a local Bass Bash together [/quote] I'd be game for that. Welcome aboard, OP

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1373971764' post='2143659'] Looks very nice, like a P with a R*********r pup. How many slight variations of a theme can they make? Does it sound like a Precision? [/quote] I dunno. It does sound nice - it was this fact, coupled with the big fat chunky neck (and the lesser spotted Scottish summer) that made me think "ah, go on!" The pickup is more Gretsch-y than Ricky IMO - Fender's take on a TV Jones Thundertron, I presume.

Fender Cabronita Precision Bass:

If I had to choose, P all the way. Mostly because I dislike skinny necks.

Second hand Epiphone Jack Casady.

I have no practical help to offer as I'm in the triple privileged position of 1) being able to practice in my lunch hours at work, 2) having a separate and distinct outbuilding at home that I can make noise in and 3) not giving a monkeys what my next door neighbours think seeing as they think it's perfectly acceptable to leave their dog's faeces in the shared garden.

I haven't seen a DAW yet that hasn't had a learning curve like the north face of the Eiger and a user interface that's more complicated than a Boeing 747 - and I've been using computers since I was 8. I've gone "erm, what?" at every single one I've looked at, mostly because it's looked defiantly right back at me with giant, mesmerising yet frightening compound eyes.

Sounds like something you'll have to get custom made. This guy makes his own mudbuckers, maybe he could make a 5 string variant? [url="http://curtisnovak.com/pickups/EB-0.shtml"]http://curtisnovak.com/pickups/EB-0.shtml[/url]

That's quite endearing, in a "slightly melted P bass" kind of way

A few too many pints of Skull Splitter?

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1373464254' post='2137897'] No , he's bald . [/quote] Does he look like a ... never mind, I was about to take that train of thought too far

I always use those mini Hercules stands, even with my RD Artist - simultaneously my most expensive and strangely shaped bass. I only leave it on the stand if I'm first on (and soundchecked last), so before we play there should be no-one (save for the sound engineer) on the stage. Otherwise it's in the bag. I think would be quite rude of me to leave my bass on the stage whilst others are performing considering the size of some of the stages I play on so I don't and therefore the antics of others don't really factor in the equation. Other than that the stand is used simply as a place to put the bass while setting up/breaking down that is preferable to laying it on the floor or leaning it against an amp. It serves this purpose well. Of course if you're big enough to be playing big enough places that you can leave your stuff out then I guess something more solid would be a good idea. I'm just offering an alternative point of view

[quote name='Hutton' timestamp='1373395190' post='2137126'] BTW Matt, I'm going to be moving to Aberdeen in the next couple of months. The big smoke beckons! [/quote] Heh, nice one. Taking over the place, one bassist at a time

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1373365327' post='2136641'] That bass is disgusting though. Probably what would happen if a blind man tried to describe a Sabre bass to someone who'd never seen one before. [/quote] Did you even read what I wrote?

Is it a boxset if there's no box?

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1373354748' post='2136445'] "You can never trust a Gibson, they get it wrong" [attachment=138660:Gibson-EB-Bass-Satin-Ebony.jpg] [/quote] OK, time out. It's one thing to have a celebratory Fender thread - god knows it's happened before and it'll happen again. But when the "headstock fell off because I breathed on it" anecdotes and random but specific piss taking of other brands start appearing then that's when I hold up my yellow card. It's one thing to be happy with what you've got, but it's quite another to scoff at what others hold dear.

If it's double humbuckers you want then you have two choices in the Tribute range - the L-2000 and the M-2000. The Tribute L-2000 has one of the fattest 4 string necks I've ever encountered (1 3/4" or 44.45mm at the nut and really chunky, deep profile). Which is great if you like that sort of thing Passive/"active" (I put active in quotation marks because the EQ is passive, cut only before it hits the preamp, which is either simply a line boost or there is a setting that gives a treble boost), switches everywhere (pickup selector, parallel/series, passive/active/treble boost). A lot of folks get confused about the EQ, I did when I first picked up an L-2000 but you get used to it. If you'd like a thinner neck (and perhaps an easier life) the Tribute M-2000 has a lovely neck that's 1 5/8" (41.275mm) at the nut and a good bit shallower. 18V active only 3 band EQ and pan, simpler (for some) to get along with versus the switches of the L-2000. I guess that's more in keeping with a 3EQ Stingray but lacks the coil switching options that an HH Stingray would have on the 5 position switch. I own both and I like 'em both.

My wife has a subscription which I occasionally use - very handy in band rehearsals for those "doesn't that sound a bit like..." or "why isn't this working? Let's hear the original" or "why don't we cover this?" moments. Just plug the phone into the aux in and away you go

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1373269826' post='2135375'] In making a set neck, it's clamped together while the glue dries and is then left to relax upon removal of the clamps. [/quote] I'll bite (owning several set neck instruments) - why do you think the joint moves in any way after the clamping pressure is released? Wouldn't that defeat the purpose? If it moved after the clamps are released then I would guess it would pull apart like a Curly Wurly when string tension is applied.

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1373041107' post='2133150'] I didn't know that you learn something new everyday So I presume it is an original bass that's been "pimped up" for want of a better word? Well it didn't sell seller may relist it at a lower price? [/quote] It's an interesting concept - a "posh G-3".

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1373030685' post='2132992'] Could it be an Epiphone reissue? with Gibson decals etc lots of faker basses on the bay at the minuite, whatever it is its a bit of a bitsa [/quote] Unlikely, as the Epiphone Ripper is bolt on and has a different shaped headstock - a lot of work to replicate.