G&L in trouble...?

[funkle]

I have had 2 problems that have stopped me wanting to own or play a G&L bass. 
 

1.  The headstock, apart from the CLF version, is awful. 

 

2. Nut width on most of their 4 strings is P bass, not J bass. And I have no need to buy a G&L Jazz bass when I already have a Jazz. And the headstock if I bought a G&L Jazz would still be fugly. 
 

I rehabbed an old L2000 with a CLF headstock that sounded great. Nut width was too wide for me to be comfortable though, so I sold it. Lots of folks want a Jazz Bass nut width. 

[neepheid]

5 minutes ago, funkle said:

I rehabbed an old L2000 with a CLF headstock that sounded great. Nut width was too wide for me to be comfortable though, so I sold it. Lots of folks want a Jazz Bass nut width. 

 

And lots of folks don't... like me.

Edited 3 hours ago by neepheid

[funkle]

45 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

And lots of folks don't... like me.

Fair enough. But all of us are united on the headstock being fugly…lol. Well, I know some people love it…but I have a feeling the market has spoken here…

[Stub Mandrel]

54 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

And lots of folks don't... like me.

 

We love you Neepsy.

[Mokl]

36 minutes ago, funkle said:

Fair enough. But all of us are united on the headstock being fugly…lol. Well, I know some people love it…but I have a feeling the market has spoken here…

But I quite like the headstock 😂 

Edited 2 hours ago by Mokl

[neepheid]

All this talk of nut widths reminds me of another sign of decline - I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that they reduced the variety of neck options for their made to order basses.  If I'm remembering correctly, then that's not a good sign either, is it?