cloudburst Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 Forgive me for taking the liberty to start a Steinberger porn thread. Say hello to The Iceberger - my white 1988 XL-2. CB Quote
Bill W Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 (edited) some company for your bass [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/92446774@N04/8437932085/"][/url] My red XM2 Edited February 5, 2013 by Bill W 1 Quote
markorbit Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 My trusty L2. the second one I've owned. Went to Brooklyn with me last year so you could say I brought her back to her roots! Quote
Bill W Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 (edited) Be interesting to see the response to this post, as you just don't see many Steinbergers these days. And I do think they will become very valuable in time but never fragile and always in tune I just love them all! Good old Ned Edited February 7, 2013 by Bill W Quote
MattM Posted April 12, 2013 Posted April 12, 2013 My new '84 Newburgh XL2. Import from France surreally enough, no duty . Couple of gel coat dings, apart from that zero fret wear and plays like butter. Delighted, rediscovering the joys of 20 second plus sustain.... [IMG]http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac162/MattM1314/aeec9b36260a4f78be64491b7b946f87_zps2b677976.jpg[/IMG] Quote
Bassman Sam Posted April 12, 2013 Posted April 12, 2013 [quote name='Bill W' timestamp='1360101858' post='1964969'] some company for your bass [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/92446774@N04/8437932085/"][/url] My red XM2 [/quote] That is lovely. I missed out a chance of 1 of these a few years back. Still regret it. Quote
Qlank Posted April 28, 2013 Posted April 28, 2013 Heres mine. An XQ or something. http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4370/dscf1443r.jpg Quote
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted April 28, 2013 Posted April 28, 2013 Nearly sold this...custom xm2 Quote
cloudburst Posted May 19, 2013 Author Posted May 19, 2013 (edited) What's the collective term for a white XL-2 and a black XL-2A? Would it be a Paddle of Steinbergers? CB Edited May 19, 2013 by cloudburst Quote
JapanAxe Posted May 20, 2013 Posted May 20, 2013 I don't want to rain on the Steiny parade, but I tried one of these at The Gallery early in my bass-playing career, and didn't care for the feel of the neck at all. However I am now strangely drawn towards an XT25... Quote
wombatboter Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 (edited) Used to work in a music shop in Belgium and this one was always great to play, a rare white Steinberger Elite with a D-tuner. A couple of weeks ago the shop closed and I got to buy this for a price which was affordable (2127 euros was a bit too much before the shop closed but I got it brandnew now for 1200 euros) My cat is cross-eyed since an accident by the way (glad he survived it) [url="http://s162.photobucket.com/user/wombatboter/media/P1020306_zps56dfc305.jpg.html"][/url] Edited July 13, 2014 by wombatboter Quote
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted July 14, 2014 Posted July 14, 2014 Fantastic bass , fantastic cat. Quote
backwater Posted July 29, 2014 Posted July 29, 2014 Are Spirit's acceptable? Picked up a second-hand XT-25 5-string in one of my local guitar shops yesterday. If I read the serial right it's a 2012 one and looks like it's never been played. Andy Quote
blablas Posted July 29, 2014 Posted July 29, 2014 It's being sold as a Steinberger. My mirror version of yours. Quote
ambient Posted July 29, 2014 Posted July 29, 2014 I love the look of these, kind of the epitome of the 80's. I'm teaching a guy who plays one, they sound really amazing, very versatile instruments. Quote
MELLOW Posted December 18, 2014 Posted December 18, 2014 My two loved basses : [url=http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=343869DSCF8914.jpg][/url] XL2 1986 XLD2ADB ELITE 1992 Quote
Truckstop Posted December 18, 2014 Posted December 18, 2014 Is it weird that I'm sort of forming a bit of paddle GAS? I've never ever liked headless basses and I've liked small bodies instruments even less! Truckstop Quote
bassmayhem Posted December 29, 2014 Posted December 29, 2014 [quote name='wombatboter' timestamp='1405263649' post='2500212'] Used to work in a music shop in Belgium and this one was always great to play, a rare white Steinberger Elite with a D-tuner. A couple of weeks ago the shop closed and I got to buy this for a price which was affordable (2127 euros was a bit too much before the shop closed but I got it brandnew now for 1200 euros) My cat is cross-eyed since an accident by the way (glad he survived it) [url="http://s162.photobucket.com/user/wombatboter/media/P1020306_zps56dfc305.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] Nice cat! Nice bass! Quote
bassmayhem Posted December 30, 2014 Posted December 30, 2014 (edited) Well, I kinda got me this one tonight: Steinberger XL2 from 1988! I had my first, a lined fretless L2 back in 1984. Missed it... Edited February 19, 2015 by bassmayhem Quote
sblueplanet Posted September 9, 2017 Posted September 9, 2017 (edited) Just acquired a lefty Steinberger XL2 from the USA. Could someone who has one explain how the controls are set up as are not, as I thought they would be, simply a V/V/T like a jazz bass. Also, an unforeseen problem for me is that the string slots on the headpiece are different widths and and I play with the strings in reverse order. This is currently not possible to do. Edited September 9, 2017 by sblueplanet Quote
dr bonkers Posted September 9, 2017 Posted September 9, 2017 Who out there has one with a bass with trans trem? I almost ordered a 5 string custom with trans trem from Ned in the late 80's and never pulled the trigger. I still regret it as they are like unobtanium at this point. Quote
MattM Posted September 10, 2017 Posted September 10, 2017 Re lefty XL2, its possibly an XL2A which are the latter active variants. Volume, pickup pan and bass treble boost/cut latter two of which have centre dentents. The bog standard XL2 would have no detents and a standard Jazz typ VVT. Quote
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