Custom Shop Colors
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Custom Shop Colors
by bigej2 » Thu Nov 08, 2018 8:22 am
Anyone know if retired colors are available for custom shop orders? I'm specifically curious about Yellow Fever.
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Re: Custom Shop Colors
by Ken Baker » Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:18 am
As a very general rule, retired colors seldom return.
There's another general rule that goes along with G&L and that rule is "Never Say Never".
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Contact a dealer and ask them to contact the factory for you. Explain that this would be a Custom Shop instrument and see what they say.
And yeah - Yellow Fever was pretty cool.
Ken...
There's another general rule that goes along with G&L and that rule is "Never Say Never".
--So--
Contact a dealer and ask them to contact the factory for you. Explain that this would be a Custom Shop instrument and see what they say.
And yeah - Yellow Fever was pretty cool.
Ken...
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Re: Custom Shop Colors
by bigej2 » Tue Nov 20, 2018 11:09 am
Wanted to follow up with the good advice Ken provided.
I contacted my G&L dealer who the contacted the Custom Shop. To save details, a deposit has been made. I'm excited and now the waiting begins.
I contacted my G&L dealer who the contacted the Custom Shop. To save details, a deposit has been made. I'm excited and now the waiting begins.
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Re: Custom Shop Colors
by Ken Baker » Tue Nov 20, 2018 1:06 pm
bigej2 wrote:Wanted to follow up with the good advice Ken provided.
I contacted my G&L dealer who the contacted the Custom Shop. To save details, a deposit has been made. I'm excited and now the waiting begins.
Excellent!
Don't forget pics!
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Re: Custom Shop Colors
by tonymannara » Tue Nov 20, 2018 5:31 pm
You have a FEVER...and the only cure...is more YELLOW!
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Re: Custom Shop Colors
by bigej2 » Thu Apr 30, 2020 12:19 pm
This is long overdue!
It has been a little over a year now since the bass was delivered. It took almost exactly five months from order to delivery, which is not long at all for a custom instrument. Quality is everything you would expect from a G&L. To be completely honest, overall workmanship is not materially different from what you would find on an off the shelf USA or option order model. The most noticeable feature is the finish. This one is what the Custom Shop calls thin urethane and I went with a satin neck. Both parts have a great feel to them. I found the body finish to be not quite as durable as poly but playing acoustically, is very resonate. The neck also feels great and it came setup perfectly. I opted for handwound pickups but keeping the same windings as the standard version. Compared to a late model Fender American Standard and MIM Standard jazz bass, the G&L has a little more clarity and sounded more organic if that makes sense. I found no dead spots on this bass and with even tone throughout the fretboard. The Custom Shop case is also pretty nice being just a tad more posh than the standard G&G one.
So to make a long story longer, I am extremely pleased with the way it turned out. Would I do it again? Absolutely! It took me a while but I finally figured out how to post a photo here.
It has been a little over a year now since the bass was delivered. It took almost exactly five months from order to delivery, which is not long at all for a custom instrument. Quality is everything you would expect from a G&L. To be completely honest, overall workmanship is not materially different from what you would find on an off the shelf USA or option order model. The most noticeable feature is the finish. This one is what the Custom Shop calls thin urethane and I went with a satin neck. Both parts have a great feel to them. I found the body finish to be not quite as durable as poly but playing acoustically, is very resonate. The neck also feels great and it came setup perfectly. I opted for handwound pickups but keeping the same windings as the standard version. Compared to a late model Fender American Standard and MIM Standard jazz bass, the G&L has a little more clarity and sounded more organic if that makes sense. I found no dead spots on this bass and with even tone throughout the fretboard. The Custom Shop case is also pretty nice being just a tad more posh than the standard G&G one.
So to make a long story longer, I am extremely pleased with the way it turned out. Would I do it again? Absolutely! It took me a while but I finally figured out how to post a photo here.
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