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Yes. The helix grows with you. So any new fx, upgrades, ideas, settings you get for free. It's an astounding piece of kit. It really is. The routing is superb. Having the ability to send an amp sim to your cab, but the same amp sim and a cab sim to the desk is magic. It allows you to get a proper sound to the desk, but full control over your stage sound without affecting the desk.

The M I have has the following: 1. X1 master volume. 2. X1 pick up blend. 3. Eq - hi. 4. Eq - mid. 5. Eq - lo. It is permanently active.

I've got rotosound 77 flats on my m2000. Lovely. Growly low end and smooth top end.

I love the look of those l100s! What are the main differences between the l100 tribute and l100 USA?

Ive never had a lesson in my life. Completely self tought. I used to learn songs using the "hit every note on every string until it sounds right, then remember it, and move on to the next note" method. I burned tapes out by continually rewinding and playing songs using the above method to learn them. If i wanted to learn the official tab to a song, a book from the local music shop would cost around £20. Which when i was younger that was a substantial outlay - i got around £5 a week spending money. The song i wanted was always in the same book as 10 i didnt want to! (remember that!). There was no internet to get sheet music from, or to source any tab, tutors where very expensive (and tought the same old same old rubbish), there was no method of getting hold of backing tracks without bass on to play along to - AND now i come to remember there was no way of getting a song to learn unless you bought it! So, all in all, ANY lessons online - given the millions out there - has to be good value in comparison!

Edit. I've sorted it. I used the 'simple pitch'. Simply whack 'mix's to 100% then each increment of the first dial is a fret up or down depending on what you want. Works amazingly well. Cheers.

Does anyone still have a template for the tortoise shell one pictured above? It looks fantastic.

I've also learned quickly to roll the bass back a tad to get the sound tight, then have the mids at the middle, then increase to cut through. What I really have appreciation for though is, you can play any note and it's super responsive. From staccato type runs to full on resonance, it does what you want. It's also the first bass ever that I can tickle the strings and still get a thick loud sound. All my previous basses I've had to dig in just to get a normal sound. I can now see how all these jazz funk players manage to hit so many notes and still sound great!

Which pitch shift patch are you using? I'm struggling to work it out.

I've heard of G&L in the past. I knew of the fender association etc. However, i like many never took much notice. If I was going to spend that amount of money, it would probably be on a fender. As luck has a way of doing things, I managed to pick up a g&l m2000 tribute for a great price. So good that if I didn't like it I could easily sell without much loss. Having had it a week, all I can say is wow! What a bass. The craftsmanship, build quality and design include balance etc is absolutely superb. It just feels lovely to hold and play. The active eq is brilliant. Go from a p bass to jazz to stingray in a second. The sound is true from growly low end to super smooth high end. Everything just fits lovely. Having done a bit of reading too, the bridge us an interesting unit. It also has an Allen screw that if you tighten it it makes it a mass bridge which really improves sustain and tightness of the bass. Ed friedlander has a great video on YouTube about it. In all honesty I'd love it to have an active and passive option (just as emergency back up) but hopefully it'll be possible for some tech to sort that with a push pull switch. I'd also like to design a p bass scratchplate for it, which would look wonderful. In summary though, I honestly don't think I'll ever look at another brand of bass. I've had all sorts over the years including: westones, fender p USA, jazzes, headless, Yamaha bb424s, v4s, and these g&ls are just a big step above them all in design, quality, finish and sound. I've played over a few backing tracks, from sabbath to u2 and disco to jazz, through headphones and it took seconds to find a sound that sat perfect every time. That really is good design. I'd love to try a L100, which will go on my list, but maybe a L2000 too! Great stuff G&L. Much impressed. Here is a stock photo.

Whoa, brilliant! I'll take a look at that asap!

How does this work?! I must have completely washed over that effect? Sounds brilliant. Is it a standard effect on the helix?

Good stuff. Does make you think though. This parcel was obviously not lost. It was somewhere in the system. So what would have happened if you accepted their £25 last week, then it turns up? Do they keep it? Sell it? Return it? Post it anyway? It's just not right.

Its alleviated my worry a bit, as by everyone elses experience they will last at least a month. It makes sense to have a over ride switch to make it passive, so I may look into that.

Thanks. I had it a day and last night at practice it slowly went quieter and quieter until it ran out of juice. So I'm guessing that's how it will work - slow lack of volume. I put x2 new Duracell in and it was like a turbo charged machine. I'm guessing the batteries had been in the bass for months previously. Loving the active part of the bass. Found cutting the bass eq is much more beneficial so far for getting a nice tight sound.