G&L CLF Research L1000 750 (US L1000 five string to you and me) Price drop £1200 £1650

[Owen]

I bought this. My first ever brand new bass. I do like a FSO. But another FSO has made my head snap sideways. I am so tragically bass-fickle, but there are worse weaknesses. This is a US built L1000 with that all important, most important extra string. Just so that we are clear, I care nothing for you opinions that 4 are enough. It weighs 8lbs 8oz and just feels really nice. It does the single pickup FSO thing exceptinally well. It is Leo's last pickup design I do believe. He knew about pickups. If you are looking carefully you will see the red switch of craziness. I am not entirely sure technically what goes on when you hit this, but it is intense and brings joy. In an enhanced LF/Grunt stylee. I have not had it long enough to damage it so it is in virtually perfect nick. Absolute perfection? Nothing ever is. But I cannot find any blems and I am SUPER careful with my kit. Unless it is a relic and then I just do not care. There is a joy in that. But I have cared for this a lot. It also comes with a G&L hard case. I have not used a hard case in any meaningful way since 1989 so it is shiny. It is passive so is, you know, like, real. And yet, the red switch of craziness sends the front end of my preamp into hyperdrive. That with flats sends people into raptures of delight.

 

The body is meant to be scaled up to get the 19mm (or .750" if you are that way inclined) spacing looking fabulous. The body is smaller that my Fender J5. And it is "sling it over you shoulder and play for 3 hours without worrying" light. 8lbs 8oz light. Did I mention that? The older I get, the more interesting those kind of figures look. I could be wrong (my family has suggested that sometimes I am) but I suspect there are very few, if any, others in the UK. I imported it from the US with all the Tax and "strach" (Welsh for hassle) (roll the "r" and gutteral the "ch") that entails. Let my fickleness bring you joy.

 

Given our present government's expertise with leveraging exchange rates and everything else, bringing one of these in would be a cool 2K+. To continue discussing the present government, they are very keen to let the market decide. I bet they are not so keen now but I do not want my thread to be locked before I get anywhere so will not follow that line of thought. I bet they wish they had not either. Anyway, if the market decides I should keep this then I am entirely cool about that as it is proper lush, but I am trying to be rational about how many basses I own. I do not want to get sucked into that particular aesthetic discussion, but this is my favourite version of any of the G&L headstocks. I was going to try and get an off white/cream pickup cover 3D printed. 2002 Owen would be horrified. But hey ho, what did he know? It would look absolutley banging, but that ship has sailed.

 

I am not looking for any trades, but thanks for thinking about it.

 

Having written all that and considered the bass again, I do not really want to sell it. But basses are not Pokemon and I do not gotta catch them all.

 

Ed makes all the sounds and notes happen here. I have embedded it to start when he starts playing. A decent pair of cans or speakers will let you hear what is going on.

 

 

 

 

Edited September 7 by Owen

[LukeFRC]

16 hours ago, Owen said:

sends people into raptures of delight.

There you go - I doubt many of the other basses on here do that.

looks amazing- I kinda miss my L1000

[dub_junkie]

No Owen don't do it! You wanted this bass so much!

 

Must be a real honey that's caught your eye 🎸

 

GLWTS!

 

Keir

[Owen]

The One there is not. The chase only there is.

[kuetsum]

Lucky it's a 1000 not 2000...

[LukeFRC]

6 hours ago, kuetsum said:

Lucky it's a 1000 not 2000...

Oh the 1000 are better!*
 

well different 

being all passive it’s like the best p bass type sound ever with a playing exp to match - the L2000 is more active and fiddly controls - and it has the OMG mode

[WishICouldWalk]

Lovely looking instrument. Where have they hidden the truss rod adjuster?

[Owen]

Here it is

[WishICouldWalk]

23 hours ago, Owen said:

Here it is

I see, nice and easy access.

[Owen]

I am deeply grateful for the extensive like-age for my opening post, but would prefer someone to like it enough to buy it!

[Owen]

So.... yeah.....

[Owen]

It has been suggested that my photography skill have not put this in the best light. And that is not wrong. I have done some in ordinary room lighting and some with a flash. Getting the colour right is tricky. It is slightly too "POPPING" with the flash, but without the flash it is not showing in all it's bubblegum glory. 

[Owen]

[LukeFRC]

10 minutes ago, Owen said:

Beautiful 

[spencer.b]

What's FSO?

[Owen]

Fender Shaped Object. 

[Owen]

This is going to Bass Bros next week, so if you have fancied it, now is the time to jump. 

[Owen]

I sent it to Bass Bros. Someone bought it. It turned out that the truss rod had snapped. So I took it back. This was mildly (!) disappointing on a brand new bass. But G&L have a 10 year warranty on their new instruments. I guess this stuff just happens now and again. So they just sent me a new neck. No sweat, no drama. As it happens it has a nicer fingerboard as well. I also had a white pickup cover made cos.....ummm.... I wanted one. However it is still not for me. It is not the bass, it is me. So it is up for sale again discounted to £1200. Like a five string P, but more I will do a picture with the white pickup cover in a moment.

[Owen]

[LukeFRC]

thats a lot of bass for the money

[Owen]

I cannot deny it.

[E sharp]

I wanted to try  that at Bass Bros, when it was in there, (when I went to buy another bass) but had just been sold. 

I think it looks even better now

[Owen]

5 hours ago, E sharp said:

I wanted to try  that at Bass Bros, when it was in there, (when I went to buy another bass) but had just been sold. 

I think it looks even better now

You clearly have exquisite taste. 

[dmckee]

How long did it take your new neck to come btw? My L2000 truss rod is also broken and am waiting on them to send a new neck…. 

[Owen]

It took about 5 months.