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I fully agree. Doesn‘t help that there’s less contours and the edges are less radiused / more angular than on ABs. I‘d be pleasantly surprised if these were revealed to be hollow builds weighing in at 2.x kg - otherwise, I don’t really see a reason why these exist, except everyone and their mum urging Dingwall to come out with a headless.

That would be a dream scenario, but I expect that in the current economic climate and, let us say, governmental unpredictability in the USA I doubt that EBMM would be likely make that kind of a committment. . The tragedy is that G&L have got terrific products, a great heritage and so much to offer to the marketplace. Once any company gets a reputation for sub-standard quality it's a long way back to regain their reputation. As you pointed out Russ, G&L used to be a byword for build quality and solid, reliable instruments.

Even if it's easy to accidentally release them? I don't know whether it is or not, I'd like to find out. Not that I want one, I've found that I prefer parallel-fret basses.

The LACS I ended up with has a mere 11mm (ish) spacing. For babies maybe?? 🤔 Horror I know! This is Sam Totman's (from Dragonforce) LACS Iceman... Well, it's mine now. 👍

Been getting hum through the PA speakers (RCF 932 and previously 912s) at certain venues. Assuming it's down to the electrical interference from the wiring. Is there anything that can be done to minimise?

Apparently these started shipping last week. Only one review so far though... Uninspiring sound, not Bongo or really Music Man. Looks fantastic though, and £899 at GuitarGuitar.

My mate has 4 of these to put around the band, he's using an cheap keyboard case to transport all 4, but agrees it's not particularly protective. I would have thought a pole bag with as many slots as you need could work and not break the bank?

It's been a minute, sorry. I dug up a transcription I did years ago of John Patitucci demonstrating walking bass on Stella by Starlight and synced it with the clip. Some very useful vocabulary in there that can be stolen for your own purposes: You can download the transcription PDF here: John Patitucci - Stella by Starlight

Are they? That's new, quartersawn used to be the default on US G&Ls. In which case, I agree with you. They're not doing themselves any favours if they're cheaping out on what are supposed to be their prestige products. I wonder if a merger with Ernie Ball could be on the cards? It'd make sense to consolidate all of Leo Fender's post-FMC instruments into one company.

Quarter sawn necks are an extra-cost option on current USA G&L basses. A very worthwhile upgrade, in my opinion. There's also some confusion about the hardware in so much as I read on Talkbass that the Tribute basses were no longer using the same hardware as the USA models, and indeed that the USA models were now using the imported hardware previously for the Tribute series. If that's true then G&L have been trying to keep prices down by cutting corners on costs. That's never a good strategy, and smacks of desperation. If you want to be a prestige brand, once you degrade your own product it's very hard to recover from that.

I'm sure the djent crowd will lap these up. And I like the idea of the flip-out "wings" so a regular guitar stand or hanger can be used. Only problem is, to my eyes, the aesthetics look wrong. The body shape is the same as the Combustion shape, and the proportions look wrong without a headstock. The body should have been downsized to compensate.

Tread carefully. He's the one in a crisis and has tried to help out. If you make him feel like you're having an even bigger one as a result, it adds to his burden and retreating from the situation may be all he's up to.

For me the main problem with ear plugs is they compress any earwax you might have right down on top of you eardrum when you insert them.

I suppose 'I’ve got a lot going on and I’m not in a good place' can partly explain his non communication. To be fair I think I would have got annoyed as well, but without knowing what his issue's are it might be a bit of an over reaction. The world is a global place, you could still do a zoom or group call from anywhere.

Played a gig at the Glaven Bistro at Glandford near Holt yesterday evening with Bandwidth (covers and originals). This is our third gig there. Unfortunately our keyboard player had a lurgie and couldn’t make it. TBH I don’t know how we managed to fit all 5 of us into the available space before. It felt cramped last night. Essentially we get the space against the wall half way down a very long converted barn. Hard walls and floor, straight up to the roof. Acoustics are tricky and I wasn’t happy with my sound all evening but apparently the overall band sound was good out front. It is very intimate, with the dinners literally a couple of feet away and I always wonder if we are an appropriate act. Smooth jazz or lounge music might be more appropriate but we always get a great reception. I guess we are people of a certain age, playing music for people of a certain age 😏. We got lots of praise from the punters and another invitation to return early next year, plus the possibility of playing for a Christmas party to celebrate their 2 year anniversary. Lovely people who looked after us as always. Free coffees to start and bowls of chips during our break. Home by 10pm (result)! Sorry no pics yet. Gear: Guild Starfire 1 and Sire U5 fretless, Bass Flyrig 2 into Harley-Benton GPA-100 power amp (and the PA), LFSys Monza sitting on Auralex isolator. Black suede desert boots.

Also, take a look at the Retrovibe webpage.

I've not found any problems without a finger rest... I like to pluck from different places to get different tones.. right up the neck end is quite upright sounding...

US G&Ls use better wood (usually lighter wood too), have quartersawn necks (as opposed to flatsawn like the Tributes) and are available with a much wider range of finishes and various custom options are available. Other than that, the hardware is the same and the pickups and electronics are the same. Tonally, they're very similar. Compared to a Sterling By MM bass, a G&L Tribute is a much closer facsimile of its US-made sibling.

Eat The Rich - Aerosmith

Went to the SireUSA sight and found this... (copyright SIre obviously)

Yeah knew to do that, but neither switch position deactivates a coil..

Yeah, and if you don't need a tool to do a quick string change, it seems like a better alternative.