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G&L Tribute basses--any good?


Snowdog79

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Mmmmmm....gear lust....and I'm getting a new bass sometime this winter....

 

So the review of the G&L Tribute L-2500 Premium in the May 2004 Bass Player caught my eye, and I've been pondering it ever since. I know Tribute is the foreign made "cost-conscious" version of their venerable line of basses, but does anyone have any opinion as to how they stack up against their American-made brethren? And if anyone here has a G&L, how happy are you with your purchase? Is the B string nice and tight? Are there some killer tones lurking within all the knobs and switches, or just lots of merely okay ones? Do you get more chicks playing a G&L?

~Jeremy Hull

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Mmmmmm....gear lust....and I'm getting a new bass sometime this winter....

 

So the review of the G&L Tribute L-2500 Premium in the May 2004 Bass Player caught my eye, and I've been pondering it ever since. I know Tribute is the foreign made "cost-conscious" version of their venerable line of basses, but does anyone have any opinion as to how they stack up against their American-made brethren? And if anyone here has a G&L, how happy are you with your purchase? Is the B string nice and tight? Are there some killer tones lurking within all the knobs and switches, or just lots of merely okay ones? Do you get more chicks playing a G&L?

1.) i think personally they are rreally great basses. i am a four string player myself, so i dunno about the B-string.

 

2.) the knobs and switches are really a good a kewl feature (once u figure out what they do, lol).

 

3.) chicks dig bassists, don't worrie bro, just as long as ones in ur hands, :thu:

 

welcome to the Low down.

 

peace

-BGO

 

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Music is its own reward

 

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My Band: www.Myspace.com/audreyisanarcissist

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Thanks for the info! And the "chick" thing was just a throwaway joke that leaked out of my head due to the lateness of the hour...my apologies to any ladies on this board if it was in any way offensive. And, more to the point, I just convinced a pretty cool chick to marry me, so I don't have to worry about that angle any more. At least until she wises up and realizes she's doomed herself to a life of poverty by marrying a musician....

 

Besides, if girls were all I was after, I would have been a drummer :P

~Jeremy Hull

hullbass@gmail.com

 

www.myspace.com/Jeremyhull

 

www.myspace.com/cowpunkHolyMoly

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Besides, if girls were all I was after, I would have been a drummer

 

lol.

 

if girls were all you were after, you would have bought a guitar, learned "smells like team spirit" by Nirivana, and calle yourself a guitairst.

 

if you wanted to have hundreds of friends, and have relitives in every corner of the world, you would have become a drummer.

 

if you wanted to have a head the size of the Pacific ocean....you would have become a lead singer.

 

;):D

-BGO

 

5 words you should live by...

 

Music is its own reward

 

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My Band: www.Myspace.com/audreyisanarcissist

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The Premium Tributes have an Ash body and exact same electronics as the "real" G&L's. The neck is not the same (G&L's have a bi-cut, split down the middle neck) and the bridge is made overseas but is supposed to be an exact replica. I know a few people that have bought them and they are thrilled with them.

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I own an american L-2500, and i have no complaints about it. If you're interested in knowing some more about the Tribute, go and search here

 

http://p219.ezboard.com/fthedudepitfrm44

 

or at

 

http://www.guitarsbyleo.com/gldp/index.php3

 

:wave:

www.myspace.com/fabrizioruggiero

www.myspace.com/vanalientribute

 

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