barnyscotheque's Reviews

Very good, BUT

I was looking for a polyvalent 5-strings and thought of the G&L Tribute Series used by many artists I liked, so I acquired a second hand L-2500. Nice bass, but there was one MAJOR flaw.

Some metallic resonance, whenever I was playing, making it unusable in a record context, or even live. You could hear this resonance by knocking the body. As I write this review, it's been 10 minutes since I found and solved the problem.

The resonance came from the springs below the pickups !!! I took out the pickups, and shoved the tip of a foam earplug in the middle of each spring to mute them. Problem Solved !!! I you have the same problem, now you know the easy trick.

Now, after nearly a year, I can finally enjoy the full potential of it !

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Made in France quality

It's light, pleasant to touch with its satin open pore finish, the double cut shape is elegant. And I have been fascinated with P90, especially humbucker shaped ones, and they did not disappoint. The sound is neither too thin nor too fat.

I discovered this guitar in the hands of Klone's guitarists at the time of their Here Comes the Sun era, they recorded the album with it and it's one of the best sounding albums I know, I was so pleased to own the guitar that offered such tasty riffs and lines.

I'd trade it for nothing in the world

Bass compression should be mandatory

Bass compression is essential. Have a compressor pedal and any sound engineer dealing with you will bless you for centuries. The M87 is perfect if you know sound engineering and wanna have control on parameters rather than a one-knob thing. Make it fast to avoid popping everyone's eardrums when you slap hard, or reduce the volume gap between low and high notes without affecting your tone in any way. I simply can't play without it

Definitly a reference

This bass is reputed for slap and funk, but this is definitly a must-go in rock and metal as well. It has a grit in the tone that is unique and immediatly identifiable. RATM, Fugazi, Refused and At the Drive-In defintly led me to it.

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