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tomy the cat 42 « I always come back to it! »
Published on 11/11/13 at 11:13
Value For Money :
Excellent
This is a G & L U.S. ASAT Bass all are U.S. to my knowledge. Very good quality violin, better than Fender in my opinion.
Ash body, maple neck, maple fingerboard. The bass weighs its weight! For fragile back it exists in "semi-hollow" with the partially hollowed therefore lighter and therefore body with, I think, a different sound.
G & L bridge massif (the bridges tend to oxidize).
Mechanical aluminum house classic fender type, but better.
Pad 2 Microphones G & L guy.
Active electronics (can be passive), 1 switch selection miros, 1 switch for setting serial / parallel microphones, 1 switch passive / active bass / treble and midrange assets. 1 volume knob, 1 treble knob, 1 knob serious.
UTILIZATION
The handle is very nice, a little thicker than a jazz bass or a not too recent large precision, the patent is fine. Of course all this may differ from one model to another as G & L offers several configuration handle. I had a semi-hollow asat to Rosewood who sound less "flashy" key (the hollow body may also have played on it ...). The handle is long to set (the luthier struggle to adjust, he has to proceed by small buttons on the trussroad)
The weak point is that the low slumps despite tether lower side easel. This is the Telecaster shape that does it, the absence of dorsal horn imbalance instrument (if Leo Fender had put a horn to his P51 is that there was a reason ...). It is not dramatic but it just endolorit my left shoulder when the concert lasts. I would have bought a nice thick strap (it has been 5 years since I say it!). Nevertheless we must admit that this is precisely the form of Asat which first attracted me ...
Regarding the sound, then it's really good. This bass is versatile, it is a kind of jazz-bass/Precision boostable. Whatever happens we always get to juggle electronics for the correct sound worse (in rotten parts) best excellent (in a suitable room). She still bore the mix, which is to my eyes the most important, even degraded sound conditions.
SOUNDS
The possibilities are wide sounds (see above). I never use the knob in series, I find the sound too bold. In general it happens quickly find the sound you want, whether traditional or modern. It is, I think, suitable for most styles. I use it on an Ampeg SVT CL or a Carvin PB300 for rock, blues, funk ... mostly on neck and bridge pickups in assets is net configuration is full, c ' is great!
If you want a sound that is rotten as possible.
OVERALL OPINION
I've had five years. I had U.S. Precision, Precision a vintage american jazz bass, a Leduc U-Bass, a Warwick Thumb ... this is the first review that I can post two decades of practice as to Whenever I resume it gives me bananas. This is an effective low in the direct line of Fender and Musicman, reliable, well finished, versatile, powerful and only low quality with a guitar-shaped Telecaster, Leo Fender's soul hovers over this instrument.
Its price / quality ratio is good and even better in time. G & L guitars are little known in France and that's a shame. This weekend, neglected for six months for other basses, I replayed it with pleasure, it is the most "good" bass I've owned. It fully deserves a good review Audiofanzine.
With the experience I would choose to buy it.
Ash body, maple neck, maple fingerboard. The bass weighs its weight! For fragile back it exists in "semi-hollow" with the partially hollowed therefore lighter and therefore body with, I think, a different sound.
G & L bridge massif (the bridges tend to oxidize).
Mechanical aluminum house classic fender type, but better.
Pad 2 Microphones G & L guy.
Active electronics (can be passive), 1 switch selection miros, 1 switch for setting serial / parallel microphones, 1 switch passive / active bass / treble and midrange assets. 1 volume knob, 1 treble knob, 1 knob serious.
UTILIZATION
The handle is very nice, a little thicker than a jazz bass or a not too recent large precision, the patent is fine. Of course all this may differ from one model to another as G & L offers several configuration handle. I had a semi-hollow asat to Rosewood who sound less "flashy" key (the hollow body may also have played on it ...). The handle is long to set (the luthier struggle to adjust, he has to proceed by small buttons on the trussroad)
The weak point is that the low slumps despite tether lower side easel. This is the Telecaster shape that does it, the absence of dorsal horn imbalance instrument (if Leo Fender had put a horn to his P51 is that there was a reason ...). It is not dramatic but it just endolorit my left shoulder when the concert lasts. I would have bought a nice thick strap (it has been 5 years since I say it!). Nevertheless we must admit that this is precisely the form of Asat which first attracted me ...
Regarding the sound, then it's really good. This bass is versatile, it is a kind of jazz-bass/Precision boostable. Whatever happens we always get to juggle electronics for the correct sound worse (in rotten parts) best excellent (in a suitable room). She still bore the mix, which is to my eyes the most important, even degraded sound conditions.
SOUNDS
The possibilities are wide sounds (see above). I never use the knob in series, I find the sound too bold. In general it happens quickly find the sound you want, whether traditional or modern. It is, I think, suitable for most styles. I use it on an Ampeg SVT CL or a Carvin PB300 for rock, blues, funk ... mostly on neck and bridge pickups in assets is net configuration is full, c ' is great!
If you want a sound that is rotten as possible.
OVERALL OPINION
I've had five years. I had U.S. Precision, Precision a vintage american jazz bass, a Leduc U-Bass, a Warwick Thumb ... this is the first review that I can post two decades of practice as to Whenever I resume it gives me bananas. This is an effective low in the direct line of Fender and Musicman, reliable, well finished, versatile, powerful and only low quality with a guitar-shaped Telecaster, Leo Fender's soul hovers over this instrument.
Its price / quality ratio is good and even better in time. G & L guitars are little known in France and that's a shame. This weekend, neglected for six months for other basses, I replayed it with pleasure, it is the most "good" bass I've owned. It fully deserves a good review Audiofanzine.
With the experience I would choose to buy it.