krazy_olie

There was a rumor going round that production had switched to Mexico but as far as I'm aware it was just rumor probably started at talkbass.

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The title will make sense after playing it a bit... how about 90 minutes!

I think it was replaced by a signature model of some sort, which looked a bit odd because it had oak in it.

That's a lovely bass there

I wasn't aware we could get them here.

So you started at 15 then, what is society coming to?

Welcome back.

Don't know about the 75 but the '62 is lovely, for some reason it's cheaper too. Maybe the lack of black inlays. I've seen the wood on these listed as "light ash". I have heard of a few people preferring the '62 sound wise, but the '75 looks the shizzle with the blocks/binding.

[quote name='Beedster' post='8852' date='May 29 2007, 10:10 PM']Is that a condom between the 18th and 20th frets [/quote]

lol I think it's one of those silica gel packs that absorb moisture

They look really great in red in the flesh, sunburst looks pretty sweet too.

Ah explains that then, they still look quite nice.

More cheapo bass companies, be good to find out which ones are worthwile. Good luck, they certainly look the part.

Nice!, just noticed that this guy has Bacchus basses at good prices.

Ash is pretty heavy, and that's a big body. Could just be an ash top with something like a mahogony core

Product: G&L Tribute L-2000
Price Paid: £460 (I think) From the Bass Cellar in Denmark Street
Submitted by krazy_olie

Features : 9

Mine is...
Swamp ash body
Maple Neck
Rosewood Fretboard
2 Rather large Humbuckers
Volume/Bass/Treble Controls
Pickup Selector, Series/Parallel, Passive/Active/Active with Treble Boost Switches

The electronics package is the same as the U.S version so this gives it good marks in this department. I would probably give 10 if there was an easy open battery compartment. Having the passive option is handy.

Sound : 8-8.5


So the sound. This is a bit of a monster, it has a massive variety of tones with all the knobs and switches. The disadvantage to this is that it's not really a plug and play instrument, it can take a while to tweak your sound, and you can't say that this bass has a particular sound. Whilst I'm on negatives I'll just get them out the way... This bass is AGGRESSIVE, it can really require some taming, sometimes there's a bit too much there and you feel like you head is about to be ripped off. So now on to the good stuff. The large array of controls really mean that you can get most sounds out of it. It does particularly good Musicman and Precision impressions, I haven't managed to get a particularly good jazz bass tone out of it but if you a jazz bass, get a jazz bass . My favourite tone is a series 2 pickup in active, it's modern but got a bit of a vintage vibe, warm, punchy and a nice snappy top.
Having the Series/Parallel switch is quite amazing, you can change your tone so much just by the flick of a switch, one tactic I sometimes employ is tweaking the control to give me 2 different tones, usually 2 pickup in parallel, then flick to 1 pickup in series. The bass/treble controls work in active and passive, but in passive they only cut. Turning the active circuit on seems to give it some predefined boost, quite a lot on the mids, which is rather good.
It is possible to shape the mids by playing around, if you cut the bass completely you get a very midrangey sound without losing much low end at all, great for driving fingerstyle. In short there's a LOT of tone here, possibly too much, but you'll find some really good ones, suitable for pretty much everything. I compared it to a U.S version in the shop and tone wise there was nothing in it.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 7

The sunburst in quite beautiful, and the grain comes through really well (NB. Non premium versions use basswood bodies with solid colours). I haven't been able to get a great action on this, if I lower it it buzzes, I'm not sure why to be honest, maybe if I take it to get set up properly they could do a better job than me. It's not like the action is ,miles off or anything, just not really low.
Worth noting that newer models are made in a different factory, I think mine is '04 from the serial, the newer ones have G&L on the headstock and bridge instead of Tribute. Mine is made in Korea, I don't know where the newer ones are made. they did have a couple new ones in the shop but they were either 5 string or basswood versions. The neck is nice, similar to a musicman, it can work my hands a bit more than my old ibanez but has a feel of a solid fit to it. IMO the head is unnecesarily large, but it looks cool so I won't complain. It's worth noting that I had the option of walking away with a U.S version (2nd hand) and it did feel a bit nicer, but it was too heavy for me, more expensive and had a really nasty green finish. It's got a big body so having a light wood like swamp ash is good, the U.S must have been been regular ash or alder with an ash top. Everything else about the bass is nicely done, no issues I can think of.

Reliability/Durability : 10

It feels like it's built like a rock, I reckon it could take a few bashes quite well.

Customer Support : No Opinion

Haven't needed it. But I will just add that I was surprised by the bass cellar, I had been in there before and not felt very welcomed, and not heard great stories, but it was reasonably priced and the price of this bass in particular was certainly acceptable, especially as it's not too easy to find.

Overall Rating : 8.5

I initially went to the bass cellar because I was on a day of bass trying. I was pretty sure I was going to get a jazz of sorts, I tried loads of basses, Fenders, Ibanez, KS design, Yamaha and probably some other stuff and noticed this one, picked it up thinking it was a bit out of my price range, until the guy at the counter said the price was old. I was immediately impressed just by all the tones I could get, it played well, looked good and most importantly it just felt right. So a week later I went back, tried out some more basses just to be sure and then bought it. I'm still looking for the perfect string for this bass, I have some worn in thomastik superalloys which seem to work quite well at the moment, but I am very tempted to try out some flats on it.
It is my second bass, I plan on replacing it with the 5 string equivalent and a fretless 4 when I can afford to.
It's a great bass, one of the best in this price range. There's a lot of good basses to choose from, this one could well be for you.

On the old bassworld wasn't there an actual review section?

hey hey, nice to see you here.

Cheapo fretless or 6 string, maybe both in one package.

Could get some interesting results with a proxy

Nice, another cheap bass company. Maybe we should have a directory.

Don't know about elm bodies tough :s

I would have expected the fanned frets to be a bit hard to play but if you say it's not an issue it does intrigue me.

The Reggie Hamilton is supposed to be fantastic, though I haven't been able to find one to play. I quite the Geddy if you are looking for a classic jazz bass sound but you might be looking for more power.

Usually use d'addario XL nickels, trying out some Thomastik superalloys but I might switch to flats or something I know to be less ringy/zingy, as the G&L is very aggressive sounding.

Are you talking about the coated ones? They do look nice. I've read good things about them.

You'd be surprised, ever noticed those dating ads. "looking for someone in (insert town here)"

[url="http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/u_box/"]http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/u_box/[/url] search bacchus. They are rather lovely.

The bacchus is rather lovely,as is the vigier The alembic looks "glorious"