Series 750 L-1000

[Bluepop]

As the proud owner of a new Series 750 L-2500, I was excited to find out about the introduction of the Series 750 L-1000! Looks amazing,, but suffers, imho, from the same malidy as my L2500 - a 1.775" nut width. With all the care they took to upsize the bridge and design a new bigger, rounder body for the 750, why would they leave the small nut?? I know that G&L have historically built basses with the medium spacing,, which is why I never consider one until the introduction of the 750. I see that they're using a 1 7/8" but on the Kiloton 5, so it's not a foreign concept.

Hoping they'll offer the 1 7/8" as an option at the very least in future.

[Ken Baker]

Looks amazing,, but suffers, imho, from the same malidy as my L2500 - a 1.775" nut width.

You might take a close(r) look at the L-1000 Series 750 specifications, which like all the Series 750 basses, lists 1.78" as the nut width.

I see that they're using a 1 7/8" but on the Kiloton 5, so it's not a foreign concept.

Again, take a close(r) look at the Kiloton 5 specs. Like all the non-Series 750 5 string basses, it has a 1.75" nut.

Hoping they'll offer the 1 7/8" as an option at the very least in future.

Well, they're way ahead of you.

Ken...

[Bluepop]

"You might take a close(r) look at the L-1000 Series 750 specifications, which like all the Series 750 basses, lists 1.78" as the nut width."

Yes,,1.78", which isn't the same as 1 7/8". 1.78 is roughly 1 3/4". 1 7/8" is roughly 1.85".

Also,, yes. The Kiloton 5 spec is 1.78",, but I've seen several new ones for sale on Reverb that include the spec sheet that accompanies the individual bass and it clearly states it has a 1 7/8" nut

G&L Kiloton 5, Jet Black Frost / Ebony. https://reverb.com/item/53358748-g-l-ki ... t=53358748

This is why I thought I'd check with knowledgeable people online about G&L.

[Ken Baker]

<shaking head...>

This is kind of typical G&L. We have published info to work with and then we find these sorts of things. I'd guess that this one was a custom one-off built for someone "in the know". Kind of makes things exciting for us.

If you're new to G&L, you may find things like this from time to time. If you start delving into the old instruments, even more variability will become apparent.

Ken...

[Bluepop]

Not trying to be argumentative, but there are several K5s on Reverb with the same spec that seem to be stock items;. Planet Bass, Drum City Guitar Land, etc. Is it possible the person entering the info on the direct sheets is simply entering 1 7/8" instead of 1.78" because they don't the difference or are just entering a slash where a period should be used?

At any rate,, I'm still hoping for a full 1 7/8" nut at some point. As I said before, from my point is view (and several others I've spoken to online) it's really an oversight, given the pains obviously taken to uniformly upsize the design.