Steinberger L2

[Misdee]

6 minutes ago, roger said:

 

had one of those too!🤦 gotta say though if someone were to reproduce the L2 now I reckon it would fly off the shelves!

I actually put that to Ned Steinberger himself, and he said that for all kinds of reasons he will never be involved in reissuing that bass, and most likely no one else would either. It's a shame because if someone were to make a proper reissue of the original L2 then they could have my money, for sure.

 

I'd be very interested to know how you thought the Streamline (and S2) compare to the Steinberger.

[roger]

46 minutes ago, Misdee said:

I actually put that to Ned Steinberger himself, and he said that for all kinds of reasons he will never be involved in reissuing that bass, and most likely no one else would either. It's a shame because if someone were to make a proper reissue of the original L2 then they could have my money, for sure.

 

I'd be very interested to know how you thought the Streamline (and S2) compare to the Steinberger.

Well I prefered the construction of the L2, more of a resin with real density, I liked my streamline but just couldn’t bond with the shape, the S2000 was nice but I just couldn’t get the action I wanted, and having no truss rod there was nowhere to go in terms of adjustment (unless it went back to Rod involving heat treatment) it sounds cool all this no truss rod business but I don’t think they all stayed perfectly stable, and……i unashamedly cashed in on ‘Rob’s not making anymore’ hysteria🤣

[Bagman]

Ned was clear late 1980's that it wasn't going to work long term 

 

I have a beat up L2 April 1983 

no leg rest or head piece string adaptor 

 

whats the $ value now?

 

i paid $2200 NZ in 1993(?) 

[roger]

1 minute ago, Bagman said:

Ned was clear late 1980's that it wasn't going to work long term 

 

I have a beat up L2 April 1983 

no leg rest or head piece string adaptor 

 

whats the $ value now?

 

i paid $2200 NZ in 1993(?) 

IMHO £3-4K or if you actually want to sell it £2.5-3K, but if its that beat up less, but thats my opinion of course (i repaired some dings on mine it's not as big a deal as Headless USA will have you think, with the right stuff)

[Bagman]

i see here someone based in London selling 2 x L2 

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/326779921534?_skw=L2+Steinberger+Bass&itmmeta=01K5X794VND8SP66ZDZ0QPDWYT&hash=item4c1599e47e:g:88cAAOSwn6NoVnad&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1eE1ERGx%2B%2BTe%2BXrhphFUF9%2BuWtmq6AFznT687imJN8SSiT1PwKtcHe9ep4GqfbdC6HQfa%2FiJ2eQVriuWKhkjtf3HhFs4GTNRfZEIP26ccHPTgLyIFyoRLKrPmmfguIaQI5vhadL%2FQynTuzqExIPanYzTr2natWIF98nyd3qUnQTMqonyijPS8u4MSWVl9ZPfqJQu092ofHU643%2BAlwtvVtuh0tBWMq611EHcmIeYPv8vg61u8pfzL458xpyPEtO7MQ%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_rNpKevZg

[Bagman]

On 12/09/2025 at 20:36, roger said:

IMHO £3-4K or if you actually want to sell it £2.5-3K, but if its that beat up less, but thats my opinion of course (i repaired some dings on mine it's not as big a deal as Headless USA will have you think, with the right stuff)

I don’t want to sell mine but when I look at pricing it seems Steinberger has held it’s value 

[Hellzero]

I sold mine in the mid 90's for ... 750 €/£...