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 15 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 13 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?

[tauzero]

If Leo got it right with the G&L, why did he persist with that stupid overweight and oversized 4 inline/4+1 headstock when better-designed basses are 2+2 or 3+2, or headless? It's reminiscent of Edward Turner when he was brought back to Triumph to design a 350cc twin to compete with the Japanese and persisted with the vertically split crankcases, so there was no centre main bearing and the crankshafts kept breaking. Admittedly not quite as disastrous, but definitely a poor idea.

[neepheid]

There is no 100% correct bass for everyone. This forum would probably half in size if that were not true...

[itu]

Half? 1 % would be closer to truth. Some even think that P bass with flats is all I ever need. 

[ezbass]

 

[Musicman20]

12 minutes ago, ezbass said:

 

I can't handle watching any videos by that guy. 

 

G&L basses and guitars are great IMO. I would have bought one of their USA basses had I seen more stock over here.

 

I do like that they dragged out old paperwork over the past 10 years or so to build close new versions of old designs.

 

It'll be a shame if they go under, but someone will swoop in and buy them.

[LeftyJ]

9 hours ago, tauzero said:

If Leo got it right with the G&L, why did he persist with that stupid overweight and oversized 4 inline/4+1 headstock when better-designed basses are 2+2 or 3+2, or headless?

 

*ahem*

 

 

It's the one current G&L headstock I don't like the look of though. It's blobby, wonky, and the way the G tuner is positioned just feels like an afterthought. 

In the past there have been far worse offenses, like the headstocks (and everything else, really) on the Interceptor guitars and basses. 

[JohnDaBass]

Having moved to short scale basses because of my osteoarthritis I have a great deal of love for my G&L Fallout basses a CAR Tribute and yellow US with go faster black stripes. 

Happy Days  😃 

[Sean]

36 minutes ago, LeftyJ said:

 

*ahem*

 

 

It's the one current G&L headstock I don't like the look of though. It's blobby, wonky, and the way the G tuner is positioned just feels like an afterthought. 

In the past there have been far worse offenses, like the headstocks (and everything else, really) on the Interceptor guitars and basses. 

 

That’s what I had on my Trans Orange one. It looks like it went wrong in the wash.