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Your blue swirl look great. Mine in see thru red looks a bit more conservative though no less lovely. As said before, I think my L5500 sounds more like my Spector Euros I used to own than any other G&L I’ve owned and/or played. Don’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing and I don’t really understand some of the negative comments about the pickups/EQ on this model. The MFD pickups aren’t always the best fit for any genre and are not to everyone’s tastes either though I suppose they are the signature G&L sound. Each to their own I guess. Just realised I have three G&Ls and not one has MFD pickups. Enjoy your L-5500🙂

As an active, five string version of the full fat USA JB-2 basses I think they look bang on the money and no doubt sound and feel fantastic too. Was it the blue one with the empress body? Only thing I can guess at re the MJ-5 is that it likely wasn’t selling given that most G&L five strings ordered will be L-2500 or JB-5 models. I see that the passive JB-2 bass is discontinued from the USA line too after over twenty years or so in production. Still love the Tribute versions of those and will buy another soon! Incidentally I exchanged a couple of emails too with another basschatter today about another seemingly unloved and forgotten G&L five string - the L-5500. He just picked one up, his is a ‘95 and mine is a ‘96. Not for everyone with EMG pickups and preamp but a seriously well made G&L with its own vibe. Definitely good to have something familiar yet little known and/or under appreciated imo Keir

No complaints from me on how an MM or P sounds for slap. though have always preferred the tone of a J/J bass with both pickups on for that style of playing.

I know Cort may not be the usual fayre in Gear Porn but this one for sure is a looker. (quality right up there too) Introducing my recently acquired flame maple top Cort GB94 with the Seymour Duncan Basslines MM/J pups and Basslines BEQ-3 three band EQ. I’ve been after one of these for a while, flame or spalted top - wasn’t fussed. pictured below with my GB75JH five string and GB99F sunburst J/J four.

Hi Si, I use the LB100 as my workhorse P bass (I also have a MM Cutlass though that is rather stupidly rarely taken out of the case🤔😕) cant fault the look of the LB100 nor the sound. I do find the neck too chunky though especially down by the first few frets. Feels like a baseball bat compared to the Cutlass. I’ve heard a lot of complaints about the Tribute L2K neck and I’ve had a couple of those. The LB100 neck is bigger than that bass. I am debating at the moment whether the LB100 is a keeper. Think I prefer J and modern P/Stingray sized necks.

Mat very kindly agreed to ship his USA Fender Dimension V Deluxe HH to me and I’m extremely pleased he did! Gorgeous bass at a great price, sounds wickedly good. The bass was as described and arrived before the expected date. Many thanks Mat, much appreciated! Keir

Pete bought my Line 6 M5 pedal. Paid quickly and let me know when it arrived. Easy deal. Thanks Pete! Keit

Stew bought my Behringer BDi21 preamp pedal. Easy deal, top bloke. Cheers Stew! Keir

I have a Cort GB75JH 5 string. It’s 9.5lbs/4.3 kg. The one I sold on here a few months back, from memory, was lighter still (Had them both at the same time)

I’ve had my TC 3rd Dimension eighteen months now and despite planning another pedalboard then selling what I had collected halfway through completion, I hung onto the 3rd Dimension. Probably because of a mixture of regret at selling my DC-2 years ago (and a DC-3 Digital Dimension too), the fact I don’t use that type of effect enough to shell out on a Waza Craft and also it sounds extremely close to what I remember my DC-2 sounding like. Believe these are Behringer cc300 space chorus boards re-done by TC after their takeover. The metal case and jack sockets are a big improvement on the behringer ones. Only downside imo is the lack of stereo outputs. Otherwise a really great sounding pedal for peanuts.

Dougie came down In person to not so sunny Ayrshire this evening to buy my Roland GR55 guitar synth and GK3B pickup. really nice to meet you Dougie. Have fun with what is a great piece of kit. Keir

Because of other hobbies and interests eating at my disposable income too, I have largely been a bass bottom feeder of sorts lately. I’ve been mostly buying and playing Corts and G&L Tributes this year and genuinely have no complaints about them. I used to play pretty much exclusively USA Instruments at one point but nowadays I don’t feel I necessarily need to be doing that as the quality of the Indonesian gear is so good. That said I have bought a USA MusicMan Cutlass bass in 2020. This could all change again at some point as I rarely ever stay still on the basses I own. Maybe half as many basses that each cost twice as much will be the focus of the next overhaul. I do love seeing all the Super J, custom builds and high end exotica on here though. It’s like super cars on you tube. I will never own one but it doesn’t stop me wanting to look at them😍

My Cutlass. Finally got enough respite from rain yesterday to let me take some pics.

Cort GB99F and G&L Tribute JB

I have a couple of Sterling brochures which were in the gig bags when I bought their basses. The mint green was a launch colour in the 2011/12 brochure but had disappeared by the 2015 one.

I have one of the older Ray34CA ones.Great bass and my own humble opinion is these are better than the regular Ray34. The EQ has a fat sounding bottom end with just enough treble/click/sizzle and to my ears always sounds warm and musical. The whole thing is put together extremely well too. I honestly have trouble finding fault with mine at all. Yes the neck could be a bit wider at the nut to help further the illusion and yes, while I would love a pre EB, a Classic StingRay or a regular 2EQ USA StingRay, this does the job I need it to do. If you’re at home on a Jazz then the neck will feel familiar. MusicMan for a while did the SLO Specials which had a J width nut and those were always highly sought after by players wanting the MM tone with a J width neck. I haven’t ever played the newer Ray24. I like the finish options and the price is lower but beyond that I don’t know anything about them other than what’s on YouTube videos of them. The Ray34CA basses don’t pop up too often, though are probably going for near what you can get a Ray24 new for.

I have a GB75JH with the MM humbucker at the bridge. Speaking of which, I like the Omega high mass bridge, each saddle has four separate grooves for setting your own string spacing. The bass has some quality hardware (Hipshot Ultralite tuners too) and the fit and finish as well as the woods used are all very good. The figuring on the fretboard on mine is nice though would have been a classy touch to have continued the same flame maple onto a veneer on the front face of the headstock. The pickups/electronics package are certainly up to the job but given the quality of other aspects of the bass, it’s the one area I feel I may look at upgrading in the future. It doesn’t feel like an issue with the bass, like I said the electronics are fine, probably likely more me and an idea in my head of the sound I want. Nice to have the active/passive switch on the volume control but there is what feels like a fair drop in output when switching to passive even with the active bass and treble controls set flat at the centre detentes. I like mine a lot and I’m in no hurry to punt it on. I did actually have two when I planned on using these as my main gigging bass but that’s changed and I don’t need a back up the same now. Lastly, I like all the see thru colours on both the JJ and JH models. They all work well with the maple board imo.