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[stevehill1000]

Hi, thanks for allowing me into the forum. I've had an L2500 since 2009, having owned an L1505 briefly around 2002/3, I sold that one on not really knowing what I had, still back with G&L now and can't imagine wanting to play anything else! I play through an Ampeg rig, SVT CL and classic 15 and 210 cabs. It really is great to find a forum full of like minded people!

[GentlemanJim]

Welcome from the deep south, Mr Bassman

[KenC]

Welcome Steve! It's good to see another low-ender around here. I stick to four strings, but one day I will find the right L-5000 to round out my harem of Leo-era basses.

The L-1500 (and L-1505) is overlooked way too often IMO. My L-1500 is one of the few post-1991 G&Ls I've owned. I thought it was pretty decent, and then I switched it over from rounds to flats. To my ears, it went from decent to incredible. It goes from reasonably close to a Stringray sound over the pickup, into L-1000 in OMG mode territory when played fingerstyle at the end of the neck.

I'm an Ampeg fan too. My main bass rig is an old B-15N. I used to chase after bass effects to try different sounds, but since I found the B-15 I've sold most of them. Nothing sounds as good as a G&L straight into that amp. A couple of days ago I tried a guitar through a '59 Ampeg Jet. It was desperately in need of a tune-up, but between the crackles and pops the tone was amazing. I may need to circle back around and check it out again.

Ken

[stevehill1000]

Hi, thanks for the welcomes. I'm from Somerset in the UK by the way. I've tried a few amps over the years but settled on Ampeg in the end, as you say, a G&L straight into an Ampeg is an amazing sound! My drummer keeps trying to get me to try pedals, I don't see the point though, one of our bands is a classic rock covers band and the other is an originals band doing a heavy kind of blues rock where our guitarist has such a huge sound any effects would just get lost!

I sold my 1505, which was a beautiful translucent red finish, to fund a Maverick 5 string...big mistake but I needed a double octave neck for the stuff I was doing at the time. I was happy enough with that until I got the hankering for another G&L. I saw my bass for sale in London and so drove 160 miles to do a dodgy deal out the boot of a car on the outskirts of London. Never looked back though, I wouldn't play anything else now.

[KenC]

I'm from Somerset in the UK by the way.

I did some genealogy with my son recently for a school project, and found that quite a few of our ancestors came from your neck of the woods. We hope to get over to see it some day.

Ken

[stevehill1000]

I'm from Somerset in the UK by the way.

I did some genealogy with my son recently for a school project, and found that quite a few of our ancestors came from your neck of the woods. We hope to get over to see it some day.

Ken

Hey, all the best genes come from Somerset ha ha!