NBD G&L SB-1

[4stringer77]

Two tone 'burst over alder body with flame maple cap. #5 quartersawn satin neck. #5 = 1-3/4" wide at nut, Vintage C profile with 7.5" fingerboard radius. Great powerful mfd pick up that can make pick playing sound godly. This is a tight piece of bass!

[Pilgrim]

I like that finish and wood cap a lot!

[jumbodbassman]

very nice.

[Denis]

Finally some G&L love!

[Spiritbass]

That's a beautiful and (potentially) deadly weapon there.  That split MFD may be the most powerful precision pickup on earth.

[gweimer]

I almost got an SB-2 a few years back.  Wickedly aggressive and powerful tone.  I do like G&L.  I also love the bridge.  When I had my L-1000, I lost a saddle screw and never lost tune.  I ended up finding the screw by going back to the club the next morning.

[Denis]

The pickups in my LB-100 are really strong. It's the loudest bass I own.

[Psycho Bass Guy]

That's one gorgeous bass. I'm a HUGE G&L fan, but I just realized both of mine are fivers: an L2500 I bought new, which G&L actually featured on their website and in print ads for a few years (ironically, I have no pics) and an L5500 in the transparent green that most shipped with: it's a G&L with EMG's as stock, and weighs about 12-14 lbs. I love them both.

[4stringer77]

Dennis, if you think your LB100 is loud you wouldn't believe the nuclear output of the mfd in the SB1. I had to lower the pickup, got TI Infeld superalloys that have a sound which works well with the mfd, and I'm going to add a bunch of shielding in pickup and control cavaties. Was thinking about having Tone Guard make me a gold or black anodized aluminum pg. They want me to send them my guard to make an exact scan, a process they want around $150 for and that dosen't include the cost of the guard at around $89, so kind of a lot to spend on a pg. Does your LB100 have an adjustable pole piece gotoh or is it the Kent Armstrong?

[Pilgrim]

Dennis, if you think your LB100 is loud you wouldn't believe the nuclear output of the mfd in the SB1. I had to lower the pickup, got TI Infeld superalloys that have a sound which works well with the mfd, and I'm going to add a bunch of shielding in pickup and control cavaties. Was thinking about having Tone Guard make me a gold or black anodized aluminum pg. They want me to send them my guard to make an exact scan, a process they want around $150 for and that dosen't include the cost of the guard at around $89, so kind of a lot to spend on a pg. Does your LB100 have an adjustable pole piece gotoh or is it the Kent Armstrong?

You might want to buy some PG material from Stew-Mac and a PG router bit...wouldn't work on metal, but you could make yourself a bunch of PGs for less $.

[4stringer77]

Got my bass back from the shop with Infeld Superalloys on and it sounds mighty fine. Turns out the extra shielding may not have been necessary since my tech found a bad ground wire connection but I figure it's good to have either way. This bass with these strings is truly a marriage made in heaven to my ears!

[rexdiablo]

Ooohhhhh. More G&L's! I have an SB-1, but it's the old style. This is the only photo I've got, and it may not be too easy to see.  Favorite 50's P-bass I've ever played!

[Denis]

Ooohhhhh. More G&L's! I have an SB-1, but it's the old style. This is the only photo I've got, and it may not be too easy to see.  Favorite 50's P-bass I've ever played!

Mike! Welcome aboard!

[4stringer77]

Hey Rex Is that SB1 the same bass in your avatar pic? How'd it get green? blue nitro shade change or refin? and welcome.

[rexdiablo]

Thanks yall! Nah, the avatar pic is one of my L-1000s.  The SB-1 is actually red. You can see it in my band's newish video. I don't know if this will link or not, because I'm a luddite, but here's a try!  We made the video about a year and a half after making the record, and I've changed the way I play the song, so please excuse my un-synced right hand.  The recording was on the L-2000 that was stolen along with Denis' Jerry Jones, but was recovered.