Hey W!

[spideyjg]

Lookee what I got today....




This should replace my other 5 stringers

Jim

[Steph Harris]

Wow ~ that looks really great. I picked mine up the other day .. they made yours with a way nicer looking piece of wood than mine (lucky!) and mine has a rosewood fingerboard. But I do really like it.

[Metallicat180]

Now Jim, do you REALLY need another bass???

[spideyjg]

Originally Posted by Metallicat180

Now Jim, do you REALLY need another bass???

Well in fact I do. My other 5 strings are older G&L L-5000s which only have a single pickup a volume and a treble cut control.



More and more I find that the L-2000 with the dual pickups and the broad controls, the L-2500 is the same just with a 5th string, is what I prefer to use and can cover anything with it. I most often run it using both pickups at once. On occasions I will one pickup alone such as Black Sabbath's Heaven and Hell I'll run the front pickup solo and Nightwish Dark Passion play I'll run the bridge pickup solo. Rush

The L-5000 can do a lot but nothing that uses a dual pickup sound.

Makes sense?

Jim

[spideyjg]

Originally Posted by Steph Harris

Wow ~ that looks really great. I picked mine up the other day .. they made yours with a way nicer looking piece of wood than mine (lucky!) and mine has a rosewood fingerboard. But I do really like it.

Matt had 2 maple necked ones delivered and this was heavier but had much better grain. I can cope with a little more weight. This is a little over 10lbs.

Didja get the switch/tone control primer I sent?

Jim

[Metallicat180]

Your bass geekage never makes sense to me!! You might as well tell me in Russian!!

What's your count up to now? Last time I heard I think it was 15. It is a gorgeous bass tho!! Love the finish.

[spideyjg]

Originally Posted by Metallicat180

Your bass geekage never makes sense to me!! You might as well tell me in Russian!!

I know but someday you will experiment and get it. Guitar or bass it doesn't matter. Two pickups used together will sound different than just one, and one alone will not sound like two.

What's your count up to now? Last time I heard I think it was 15. It is a gorgeous bass tho!! Love the finish.

How many?.....

[Steph Harris]

Originally Posted by spideyjg

Matt had 2 maple necked ones delivered and this was heavier but had much better grain. I can cope with a little more weight. This is a little over 10lbs.

Didja get the switch/tone control primer I sent?

Jim

I didn't get it ~ was G&L supposed to give it to me? BTW, let Matt know that if anyone is looking to get rid of the orig BABE 4 strings w/ the ebony necks (yeah, right), I may be interested (even though the BABE logo isn't perfect) . I'm jonesing for an ebony neck but I can completely understand why G&L decided not to use those this time. Wasn't there going to be a reissue? I guess it doesn't matter since we probably won't be able to get the ebony.

[Steph Harris]

[quote=Metallicat180;7226787]Your bass geekage never makes sense to me!! You might as well tell me in Russian!!

Me either ~ haha!! Quite honestly, I've never gotten into the "geekage" part of being a bass player..although I sure appeciate people who are. I've always preferred keeping things simple: my amp is always set up to where all I have to do is plug in..although there has been a time or two where everything got completely undone by well-meaning people just trying to help - it took me a little while to get everything sorted out again. I think my perfect amp would only have an on/off switch and magically sound great all the time (not likely to happen though, haha!)

[Acujer]

This thread is hilarious!

[Metallicat180]

Originally Posted by Steph Harris

Me either ~ haha!! Quite honestly, I've never gotten into the "geekage" part of being a bass player..although I sure appeciate people who are. I've always preferred keeping things simple: my amp is always set up to where all I have to do is plug in..although there has been a time or two where everything got completely undone by well-meaning people just trying to help - it took me a little while to get everything sorted out again. I think my perfect amp would only have an on/off switch and magically sound great all the time (not likely to happen though, haha!)

Same here!! I just want to plug in and play! It's like cars - as long as it gets me from A to B, then I don't care what horsepower it's got or what the engine size etc!