Welcome to the new G&L forum!

[rockinrayduke]

I just got my first ever L2000 and I'm loving it. So I asked Dave & Uwe for a place to discuss. So let's see some pics and, you know, discuss.

[uwe]

They bolt the necks on their basses, don't they? 

[Barklessdog]

Hey this is one of Leo's creations, his become popular and become the industry standard, not like other basses made of stick & string.

He got it right three times!

[uwe]

Admittedly so. No doubt about the quality of G & L. I just always wondered why Leo's touch for practical, yet visually striking design didn't really show on his "Fender Mk III" brand. While a P Bass is an ugly beast in my eyes, I can appreciate its brutish utility look. The J Bass lines are feminine and elegant. The Stingray made an immediate visual statement in the midseventies with that 3 + 1 headstock, the oval pickguard and the idiosyncratic pup. The G & L stuff seems to be a lot more careful, even "un-rock" (I miss the pickguards I guess). Was he under pressure not to emulate Fender or MusicMan too much? G & L have pretty instruments no doubt (I like the ASAT), but no other icon. But then three bass design icons (P, J & Stingray) is probably enough from one man.

But enough from me ... I'll retreat to my Gibson cave. Have fun G & Lsters!

Uwe

[rockinrayduke]

The L2000 to me at least, looks like a combo of MM and Fender, but more Fender than MM.

And I DO love that ASAT....I want one badly.

[Barklessdog]

The ASAT is the one G&L I have seriously considered.

I have never heard anything but great things about other G&L's- the ASAT you hear about it being a neck diver, but that is common acceptance being a Gibsonite

[Dave W]

The ASHAT is the one G&L I have seriously considered.

I have never heard anything but great things about other G&L's- the ASHAT you hear about it being a neck diver, but that is common acceptance being a Gibsonite

ASHAT -- is that an ASAT played by an asshat?     

I've long been tempted because I love the Tele shape but I'd have to get one of those extender things that you can install on the upper strap button location.

[Barklessdog]

No, it's a AHOLE?





No one does that with Gibsons. I imagine a wide strap would do the trick?

[rockinrayduke]

Dave I saw an ASAT on the G&L site that had 2 strap buttons on the butt end. That should help, right?

[Dave W]

Originally they only had a single lower strap button. Now they have two, and using the one toward the bass side will help balance.

What I'm talking about was a little extender arm. I said above that it attached to the upper strap point, but after thinking about it, it may have attached to the neck plate. It extended out a few inches and you attached your strap to the far end. I remember that somebody at the Pit had one, whoever it was may have actually been making and selling them. This was a good 5 years ago.

[ilan]

ASAT bass strap extender:

[Dave W]

A-ha! I wasn't imagining things!

[rockinrayduke]

Damn!! I want that green ASAT!! That'll match my L2000.

[gweimer]

Since we're starting a new G&L forum, I guess I'll post pics of mine.

The "rat bastard" '81 L-1000 was my mainstay for a few years when I could no longer play the Embassy without feeling like I got run over by a train next day.  For my money, it's a better bass than my '64 Precision was.  Here's my son with it.  I paid $250 for it about 8 years ago



I also picked up an L-2000 Tribute last year.  Haven't really spent a lot of time on it yet.  I let my son have it when he moved into his own apartment.  I felt better bringing the L-1000 back where I could keep an eye on it.  My son likes it, but prefers the old pink bastard.  This one cost me $260 last year, with the gig bag and cord. 

[bdgotoh]

Congrats on the new G&Ls Ray, it's nice to see more people playing them.  I'm down to just two L-2000s now but I've had so many over the years.  Here are just a few of them.