neepheid Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 I'm a bit grumbly, just finished sorting out my G&Ls. I did the Tribute LB-100 last month. The factory "shielding" was comical - it had some shielding paint daubed/smeared in there but it was bloody pointless, looks more like the bottom of a dried out puddle: Bloody awful job. It's now copper foiled and shield connected to ground - now whisper quiet in the RF room, I mean rehearsal room. What bothers me more is my G&L CLF L-1000. It was also hating the rehearsal room so I opened it up tonight and found... nothing but body colour. Not even a scrap of a suggestion of shielding. On a circa £1500 bass. Am I right to be a bit miffed at having to shield a bass myself at this price point? Or is it my fault for rehearsing in a room lit with ancient strip lights? Anyhoo, they're both done now so unless I've managed to screw up the soldering, I shouldn't have to go in there again. Was too annoyed to photograph the L-1000 before i started and I was too keen to reassemble and test to photograph my handiwork post copper foil application, sorry! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 There is no denying it, a £1.5K bass with no shielding is sub-optimal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMoon Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Try looking inside a Rickenbacker if you want to get angry at the shielding. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twincam Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 I feel that poor shelding on basses above the more value end of the market is a poor show. So basses 600 and up there's no excuse really. And certainly above the 1k mark as the marketed as professional, "working" instruments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cribbin Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Did you pay extra for relic shielding? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munurmunuh Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Looking at how much G&L charge to paint the front of a headstock black, I hate to think what factory shielding would add to the price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 21 hours ago, John Cribbin said: Did you pay extra for relic shielding? I actually got a very keen price on the Tribute LB-100 so at least I feel like I got the incompetent shielding paint application thrown in for free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 9 hours ago, Ricky Rioli said: Looking at how much G&L charge to paint the front of a headstock black, I hate to think what factory shielding would add to the price How much do they charge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 See, G&L? If an amateur duffer like me can do it, surely you can too! I haven't done around the pickup yet - couldn't be bothered with the ballache of taking off the strings and removing the pickup so I'll try it this week in the offending room and see how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 On 13/02/2022 at 20:33, neepheid said: What bothers me more is my G&L CLF L-1000. It was also hating the rehearsal room so I opened it up tonight and found... nothing but body colour. Not even a scrap of a suggestion of shielding. On a circa £1500 bass. Am I right to be a bit miffed at having to shield a bass myself at this price point? Or is it my fault for rehearsing in a room lit with ancient strip lights? My 1982 L1000 didn't have shielding... it's not something Leo seemed to do much of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 3 hours ago, LukeFRC said: My 1982 L1000 didn't have shielding... it's not something Leo seemed to do much of. Well, that's +1 for authenticity for the CLF L-1000 then, yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munurmunuh Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 On 14/02/2022 at 10:30, Ricky Rioli said: Looking at how much G&L charge to paint the front of a headstock black, I hate to think what factory shielding would add to the price On 14/02/2022 at 19:59, neepheid said: How much do they charge? The MSRP for — — a non-standard neck profile: $72 — upgrade white pg to tort: $72 — upgrade alder body to empress: $143 — upgrade neck to quartersawn: $143 — tinting the satin neck: $143 — painting front of headstock black: $215 Actual prices are lower: once you've removed a typical discount from the $215, then added on UK customs charges, about £140 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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