I have a Guitars By Leo L-2500, three tone sunburst/rosewood, with bookmatched top.
Purchased from a BBE employee, a few years back.
Is this a common bass, or perhaps a bit rare?
Thanks.
bookmatched L-2500
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Re: bookmatched L-2500
Pics, both here and in your ad, would be helpful.rsnell22 wrote:I have a Guitars By Leo L-2500, three tone sunburst/rosewood, with bookmatched top.
Purchased from a BBE employee, a few years back.
Is this a common bass, or perhaps a bit rare?
Thanks.
As to rare; probably not so much. Pretty much anyone with the fundage can order a capped L-2500, and G&L is pretty damned cagey when it comes to bookmatching cap halves. If you're talking about a normal two piece body that is bookmatched, that's the luck of the draw or the eyes and influence of an employee.
Good luck with your sale.
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Is the top Maple or Swamp Ash?rsnell22 wrote:I have a Guitars By Leo L-2500, three tone sunburst/rosewood, with bookmatched top.
Purchased from a BBE employee, a few years back.
Is this a common bass, or perhaps a bit rare?
Thanks.
G&L did the L-2500 Custom model which had a bookmatched Swamp Ash top.
It had a limited production run of one year (1997).
Here's the 1997 G&L Catalog page for it, from our Gallery:
Does this looks similar to yours?
Hope this helps.
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Re: bookmatched L-2500
I have the custom L-2500 which is pictured in the catalogue page in this thread.
How rare is it, do you have production numbers?
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How rare is it, do you have production numbers?
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Re: bookmatched L-2500
the L-* Custom basses were in production for 1 year (1997). We don't have them listed in theperbra wrote:I have the custom L-2500 which is pictured in the catalogue page in this thread.
How rare is it, do you have production numbers?
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G&L Rarebirds section of the G&L Registry because more than 400 of each model were thought to have been made.

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Re: bookmatched L-2500
Ok, thanks 
Is it possible to say anything about value?
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Is it possible to say anything about value?
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See Zachary Fjestads' Blue Book of Electric Guitars 13th edition.perbra wrote:Ok, thanks
Is it possible to say anything about value?
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