USA G&L L1000 - Unique / Unusual / Curiosity - Sold £899

[bagsieblue]

For sale or trades is my Unusual USA G&L L1000.
Regarded by many as Leo's best bass.




The previous owner advised me that he believed this to be a custom / special order G&L.

Curiously this has the headstock normally found on the SB 2 - The decal does have a just about visible outline - possible overlaid - around it, so possibly a rebadged SB 2 Neck? Please see photos.





I have also shown photos of neck heel / pocket in the photographs below.

I can't see a serial number in any of the usual G&L places.

The micro tilt mechanism appears to be over a partial date stamp, as can be seen on the photographs below.

Very good overal condition given the age, say 8.5/10 - a few dings, scrapes here and there, some of the finish has chipped away near the neck pocket - I have shown this in the photographs.

Plenty of life in the frets.
There are hairline scuffs on the fretboard, the sort you get from cleaning / polishing too much from the looks of them.
Again, I have tried to show this in the photographs.

Passive electronics ,series/parallel switch.
More tonal options than a Precision.
Passive but powerful MFD pickup in the Precision spot.
The pickup is a monster with three settings to give a variety of tones.
The three way switch is parallel, single coil and series with bass boost for the single MFD humbucker.

I'm in Chorley ,Lancashire.

Edited December 7, 2017 by bagsieblue

[ikay]

Very nice indeed. What is the weight please and the nut width? Does the finish have a slightly metallic sheen, hard to tell from the pics.

[Bass_Guardian]

Aw man. I really REALLY want one of these my fav G&L

[bagsieblue]

[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1495182830' post='3301867']
Very nice indeed. What is the weight please and the nut width? Does the finish have a slightly metallic sheen, hard to tell from the pics.
[/quote]

Weight is 4.4kg.

Nut is 38mm:

[IMG]http://i64.tinypic.com/2s0g3yt.jpg[/IMG]


On the finish, Yes -I described it as a sparky colour above - a subtle metallic flake, sheen. Difficult to describe and photograph.

[ikay]

Thanks for info. It does look like an SB-2 neck then. I found a 2010 thread on bassesbyleo.com about what I think must be this same bass (I don't think there are too many like this around!) which also mentions a 1992 date in the pickup cavity.

[DoubleOhStephan]

Beautiful bass mate, very tempting

[gthyni]

lovely, it should be pre-late-1985 since they started routing the control cavity from the back then, thus by metall plate under the pots and switches.

[gareth]

Nice bass

Is there a photo of the neckplate?

[bagsieblue]

[quote name='gareth' timestamp='1495223806' post='3302344']
Nice bass

Is there a photo of the neckplate?
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Yes, on the link to the 24 photos on the original post.
Attached here for easy reference.

Edited May 19, 2017 by bagsieblue

[gareth]

[quote name='bagsieblue' timestamp='1495229234' post='3302399']


Yes, on the link to the 24 photos on the original post.
Attached here for easy reference.
[/quote]thanks

Edited May 20, 2017 by gareth

[gargouill]

[quote name='bagsieblue' timestamp='1495270884' post='3302558']
Yep - full neck plate here:
As a non G&L expert can I ask the significance of the neck plate?


[/quote]

G&L changed the 3 bolt neck plate for 6 bolt around end of 90'..
Morover serial numbers appears on neck plate so i guess here are the reason of the question.

Edited June 21, 2017 by gargouill

[MrPring]

Beautiful Bass!

Apologies for the slight hijack but how do you find the output of the pickup?
I've got a 2015 L1000 and even on singlecoil mode i have to use the active input of any amp otherwise it sounds like its overloading the input and i get what i term as compression distortion on the low E.

It sounds heavenly when i get the right input and dial it in

[bagsieblue]

[quote name='MrPring' timestamp='1510090343' post='3403985']
Beautiful Bass!

Apologies for the slight hijack but how do you find the output of the pickup?
I've got a 2015 L1000 and even on singlecoil mode i have to use the active input of any amp otherwise it sounds like its overloading the input and i get what i term as compression distortion on the low E.

It sounds heavenly when i get the right input and dial it in
[/quote]

Yes - High output, by design, on the MFD Pickup.

Bump....