New G&L tribute

[budget bassist]

So here's my new G&L tribute L2000 i bought off stingrayfan (thanks again) it arrived today and i thought i'd get some shots of it while i still could. Might take some outside later this week. As you can see, it's very pretty, i love the grain on the body and the maple board is very nice, it wouldn't be right with rosewood IMO.





And here's my full rig I should have another new addition in a few weeks too.

[Kev]

seems nice, definatly agree with the fretboard

how do these compare with the US made ones?

Edited August 12, 2008 by BassManKev

[budget bassist]

Not a clue mate, i've never even seen one let alone tried one, but i hear they're definitely not far off.

[Thunderthumbs]

I bought a L-2500 off yorks5stringer, and it's quickly become my main bass. Fantastic basses for the money.

And the wood combination on yours is great.

Have fun with it.

Edited August 12, 2008 by Thunderthumbs

[budget bassist]

Thanks they are rather nice. I was going for a blue burst one but i rather like natural ash too. I still prefer my SUB bass, it's a very similar sound but the SUB has that extra bit of oomph, the G&L does play nicer though...

[silverfoxnik]

Lovely looking bass and I imagine it sounds pretty good too!

[OutToPlayJazz]

Excellent looking G&L

[dub_junkie]

I sold one exactly the same as this to DLloyd on this forum back in february of this year. they are great basses!

congrats!

[budget bassist]

Thanks all

[dub_junkie]

[quote name='budget bassist' post='261089' date='Aug 12 2008, 07:08 PM']Thanks they are rather nice. I was going for a blue burst one but i rather like natural ash too. I still prefer my SUB bass, it's a very similar sound but the SUB has that extra bit of oomph, the G&L does play nicer though...[/quote]


just goes to show how we all perceive tone differently - in a band setting I found my Asat (same electronics)had much more oomph than the Sterling(ok a teeny little less bottom end than a Ray)I had at the time.

No weak G on the G&L and in series with both p/ups on its huge sounding,in parallel with both on it has a great slap tone,in series on the neck p/up in passive mode you can get a woody P sound and in passive/bridge pup and parallel a not too bad burpy J bass sound (new USA L2Ks now have a single coil switching option which can only improve on an already great range of tones)
In isolation/solo'd they may not be spot on in each case but when in a mix with guitars and drums the L2K/Asat do a great job on these standard tones imo.

[budget bassist]

I agree there with you, it does seem to be a bit more flexible, and from what i've heard today (just playing along with music) it seems to cut through a bit more, but the SUB just has that indescribable musicman growl that the G&L doesn't. Don't get me wrong, they're both great though!