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[quote name='loweringthetone' post='847940' date='May 25 2010, 09:15 PM']For those who've never tried one of these, I would recommend it. Has the power of a musicman but with a greater variety of tones. The L1500 is not a one pickup G&L L2000 either. It's more aggressive and powerful, and of course you have the space and freedom between the neck and pickup to slap. At lower volumes will remove hardened earwax from the landlord's ears, and at high volume likely to disembowel cats. One of my fave basses. Only selling because I have acquired the special bass of my dreams, an Alembic.[/quote] +1 sits in its own space in a band mix and I think they have quite a unique sound. passive/series is a great fingerstyle funk tone on the L1500. I also love playing mine with a pick,it cuts through a lot more than the L-2000. -
sorry to hijack the thread,but I just got a black USA Asat Special on Sunday. Not vintage like this one but still very,very lovely indeed. I've found in the limited time I've had it the MFD pickups are somewhere between a regular single coil and a P90 and sound absolutely top drawer. I was initially after a Classic but I'm glad I got the Special instead - better (stronger) tone and more variation imo. definetely a keeper! this one looks a seriously nice guitar. best of luck with the sale/trade -
[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='839846' date='May 17 2010, 03:57 PM']So, which band are you playing with then?[/quote] Duran Duran tribute. which is fine with me as I love playing John Taylor's basslines
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great looking bass I had a Sterling in the same candy apple red/maple,great combo imo
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[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='839802' date='May 17 2010, 02:57 PM']Seeing as you have one... where does the Bongo sit in all this?[/quote] A lot more hi-fi sounding with more extreme EQ. plugging in the SR5 after the Bongo it feels like a fair bit of tone and volume just dropped out -[u][b] but[/b][/u] a couple of minutes with the stingray and I know why I like that bass so much. theres no messing about with it. just a great solid tone without fiddling about with EQ. I can never settle on EQ with the Bongo - I'm always fiddling with the hi and low mids. It was hard work settling on a tone the few times I gigged it but I love it for recording. Mine is an HH and imo none of the settings sound like the classic MM tone. Although It sounds great and is a lot more versatile I prefer the SR5 just because its an unfussy plug in and play bass I'm only down the road and starting rehearsing with my new band up in glasgow in the next couple of weeks.If you ever want to audition the Bongo just give me a shout.
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solo'd maybe the L2000/Asat can be a bit aggressive but in a band setting/mix they come into their own imo. my only complaint is the series v parallel outputs are not as well matched as those on a SR5/Sterling [quote name='thepurpleblob' post='839735' date='May 17 2010, 01:16 PM']Just throwing in something irrelevant.... it's surprising how big a difference in sound there is between my StingRay 5 and StingRay 4, never mind between them and the G&L.[/quote] I love the tone of the 5. a bit more polite/subdued with less sizzle compared to the 4 . but works better from my experience with both
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2004 EBMM Sterling for sale/trade - SOLD + PENDING THE USUAL
dub_junkie replied to MatG87's topic in Basses For Sale
in the pics it looks the same as my old white sparkle Sterling :wub: lovely bass! -
Valenti No.70 - Sunburst. Mint. £900. NEW PICS!
dub_junkie replied to discotim's topic in Basses For Sale
best made bass I ever owned was a Valenti (Rich's no42) good luck with the sale! -
lucky fella! I miss my Albert lee guitar. I had it 3 years and then traded it last year against a Steve Morse Y2D. I love the Morse,just wish I could have kept the AL I'll have one of the Big ALs in the future
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you are buying some great musicmans at the moment. this is another one imo. the wait on all three will be worth it!
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are you going to change your order and go with the Big AL 5? I owned an Albert Lee guitar for a few years. great shape imo. they've discontinued the ice blue now but I guess I'll take whatever I can when the exchange rate gets better and I can import a used one.
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back up for sale -
I had a go on this one too and loved it. beautiful neck with great tone - one of the nicest basses I ever played.
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PM'd you Nig -
the Axis Sport is a fair bit overpriced as well. probably of all the MM guitars the Sports held their value the worst - I've owned three of these - still got one of them - an HSS with the pickguard and two MM90s Sports with the P90 pickups,both without the guard and they all cost £550 or under. I've seen a lot of regular Axis and Supersports with quilt/flame tops for less.
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that trans purple is a great looking SR5. anodised gold would work (I think) but +1 on pearloid just to be safe
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very nice Joe. isnt it just an ebony facing on the headstock? I had one of these for a week on trial about 10 years ago. loved the really tight compressed tone off it,would have traded my SS1 I had at the time against it but alas the deal didnt go through. always had a hankering for one ever since. if you ever want to move it on to a loving home let me know!
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I normally prefer rosewood boards but with white its maple. I'd love to own one just like this someday [attachment=47615:NewMusic...hite0209.jpg] I dont think it would look so good on the HS though with the black pickup covers I think the rosewood boards look great with sunburst,especially with a matching headstock. have you already discounted tobacco burst and honeyburst? out of your two options I'd have the 3TS/rosewood/tort/non matching. sorry never been a fan of white/rosewood
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good for you! purple/maple - I guess your name was on it -
yes I did get it from Si in June of last year. I had an Asat off him before this L2K. he's a man who definetely knows his G&Ls re the avatar,G&L FTW!
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yes USA model with CLF serial # you cant get the J neck option on Tributes either
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still looking for some sort of deal against a SR5 or L-2500. will consider other 5 strings
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super price for this tone monster of a bass! -
vol/vol the idea behind the SB-2 layout is to use the single coil at the bridge as a sort of tone control to colour the split P
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Stingray 5 has a great low B,real comfy neck profile and feel,is warm fat and punchy sounding all at the same time and blends in with everything. Leave the switch on the parallel setting,add a little bit of bass boost and forget about the controls after that. imo an easy bass to love for its simplicity and for doing what it does so well without fuss.
