z G&L SB-2 Bass Clear Forest Green Rosewood w/Tone Mod

Here is the real Green New Deal: G&L's Clear Forest Green is not a finish you see every day, and it looks great with a tortoiseshell pickguard. The G&L SB-2 is Leo Fender's (The "L" in G&L is for Leo Fender) classic P-Bass shape updated and upgraded with two powerful Magnetic Field Design (MFD) pickups, a hefty saddle lock bridge and a PLEK® finished neck all standard. We’ve also upgraded this SB-2 with the “tone mod” option and Swamp Ash body, giving it everything one could want from a high performance bass.

This custom ordered USA G&L SB-2 features the following:

• Blonde finish on Swamp Ash, 8.6 pounds
• G&L #8 clear satin finish maple neck, 9.5" radius, 34" scale
• 1.5" width at the nut
• Indian Rosewood fingerboard option
  
• 2 G&L MFD pickups, P and J bass style
• Tortoiseshell pickguard
• Twin volume controls and a tone control
• Lightweight aluminum tuning pegs
• G&L hefty saddle lock bridge
• Plek® laser guided fret finishing
• G&L non-compression truss rod
• Tolex hardshell case

The SB-2 takes the best of both the P and J bass worlds and employs both a split middle pickup, and Leo Fender's multi-pole J-style MFD bridge pickup. The MFD bass pickups have what all MFD pickups are known for: Great clarity, a broad frequency range and plenty of output. The MFD’s invite exploration, and there is a broad spectrum of usable tones from mellow vintage, to bright funky slap, or rumbling growl. While the SB-2 comes standard with two volume controls, we added the “tone mod” global tone control, effectively creating a JB-style V-V-T arrangement. This provides an easy high-end adjustment without altering with pickup balance. Swamp Ash is perfect partner for the MFD's with it's clean, slightly lean midrange and excellent high end detail. While not as "thumpy" as Alder, we dig the articulate note separation that you get with Swamp Ash.

The G&L #8 neck with its JB-influenced 1.5" nut width is comfortable to play, and for guitar players who also play bass it's an easy transition and hands down our favorite. Now that Indian Rosewood has been exempted from the CITES export restrictions, it's our fretboard of choice for both looks and feel.

Like all G&L bass guitars, you also get a PLEK-finished neck, hand-wired full sized pots, lightweight aluminum peg tuning keys, and G&L's hefty machined bridge with saddle lock feature. The saddle lock set screw clamps the saddles together for better sustain and fewer sympathetic vibrations.

The G&L SB-2 is deceptively simple, but extremely flexible. While traditional in looks, the MFD pickups give the SB-2 a modern edge that can be snappy and driving, or dialed back for clean springy tones that are great for jazz or fusion. If you need a professional quality instrument to cover the bases (basses) that won't bust your wallet check out the SB-2.

We are an authorized G&L Premier dealer located in Bellingham, Massachusetts, and this is a new guitar with all tags, tools, paperwork and certificates. We have over 40 G&L’s in stock at all times, and please feel free to browse our other listings, or contact us for information on a custom order.