About This Listing

Drum City Guitarland ~ Family Owned Drum & Guitar Shop Since 1965

NEW OLD STOCK

SOLD WITH WARRANTY

 

 

The new Wide•5 of Fender Avenue is the biggest thing since Leo’s L•2000 hit back in ’81. We call it the G&L L•2500 Series 750 and it’s packing everything that makes the L•2000 and L•2500 icons. So what’s new? The Series 750 is a fiver with a full 3/4-inch string spacing at the bridge, just like Leo’s four-string basses – that’s why we call it a Wide•5.

After all, it’s in the name: Leo’s four-strings have “three-quarter-inch” string spacing, so we’ve got 3/4″ > 0.750″ > 19.03mm. When someone says a five-string has “nineteen millimeter” string spacing, that’s just a metric conversion of Leo’s original four-string spec, so here on Fender Avenue it’s gotta be “Seven-Fifty.” The CLF Research L•2500 and other G&L fivers continue with narrower 11/16” string spacing at the bridge, as popularized on 1980s for fivers. The L•2500 Series 750 is for players who want the full three-quarter inch spacing on the most iconic of G&L designs.

Series 750 means there’s a new Wide-5 Saddle Lock bridge plate housing five of the same saddles you’ll find on an L•2000. This new bridge is all about maximizing string energy transfer to the body – especially that knockout B-string. The new body shape draws on classic Fender Avenue forms, melding them into a fresh hit for the ages. That’s a sweet story in itself, as Series 750 arrives exactly forty years after the G&L L•2000 did. And those big pickups are more than stretched out brutes: all the harmonic detail of the best MFD humbuckers speak in a clear voice over massive B-string energy.

Sure, Series 750 is a brand new model but classic Fender Avenue details are everywhere. That graceful early CLF/G&L headstock flows into a slim, rounded neck profile that’s rock solid thanks to a true dual-action truss rod and twin graphite reinforcement rods. And those big, beautiful machined CLF knobs popping against the sweeping chrome control plate that houses the Trig-Tone Preamp.* Even those little color-coded mini toggle switch tips have outsized mojo. This is retrofuturism of the very best kind.

The CLF Research L•2500 Series 750 can send you on a trip in a DeLorean or keep it fresh with these four destinations:


Ruby Red Metallic over Basswood with Caribbean Rosewood Fingerboard, Vintage Gloss neck finish

*Tri•Tone Pre-Amp-Active Bass Pre-Amp Circuitry. Treble and Bass controls, Series/Parallel Selector Switch, and a 3-position switch for pre-amp ON/OFF and treble boost. Incredible sonic versatility for any playing style from poppin’ funk to high-tech-fusion to pounding metal.

  • PICKUPS: Two G&L Magnetic Field humbucking pickups
  • BODY WOOD: Ruby Red Metallic   over Basswood,  
  • NECK WOOD: Hard Rock Maple with  Caribbean Rosewood  
  • NECK PROFILE: CLF/G&L 1.78" nut width-slim C with 9 1/2" radius
  • FRETS: Medium Jumbo, Jescar 57110 18% nickel silver
  • TUNING KEYS: Custom G&L "Ultra-Lite" with aluminum tapered string posts
  • BRIDGE: Leo Fender-designed 19mm Saddle Lock with chrome-plated brass saddles
  • ELECTRONICS: Tri-Tone™ system with 3-position pickup selector, series/parallel switch, 3-position pre-amp mode switch, volume, treble, bass
  • CASE: Deluxe Tolex hardshell included
  • 9.65 lbs

Condition
Brand
Model
  • USA Series 750 CLF Research L-2500
Finish
  • Ruby Red Metallic
Categories
Year
  • 2022
Made In
  • United States

About the Seller

Drum City GuitarLand

Wheat Ridge, CO, United States
(1,860)
Joined Reverb:2016
Items Sold:3,092
G&L USA Series 750 CLF Research L-2500 Ruby Red Metallic 5-String Bass w/ Black Tolex Case NOS
G&L USA Series 750 CLF Research L-2500 Ruby Red Metallic 5-String Bass w/ Black Tolex Case NOS
Originally $2,185, now $1,799 ($386 price drop)
$386 price drop

About This Listing

Drum City Guitarland ~ Family Owned Drum & Guitar Shop Since 1965

NEW OLD STOCK

SOLD WITH WARRANTY

 

 

The new Wide•5 of Fender Avenue is the biggest thing since Leo’s L•2000 hit back in ’81. We call it the G&L L•2500 Series 750 and it’s packing everything that makes the L•2000 and L•2500 icons. So what’s new? The Series 750 is a fiver with a full 3/4-inch string spacing at the bridge, just like Leo’s four-string basses – that’s why we call it a Wide•5.

After all, it’s in the name: Leo’s four-strings have “three-quarter-inch” string spacing, so we’ve got 3/4″ > 0.750″ > 19.03mm. When someone says a five-string has “nineteen millimeter” string spacing, that’s just a metric conversion of Leo’s original four-string spec, so here on Fender Avenue it’s gotta be “Seven-Fifty.” The CLF Research L•2500 and other G&L fivers continue with narrower 11/16” string spacing at the bridge, as popularized on 1980s for fivers. The L•2500 Series 750 is for players who want the full three-quarter inch spacing on the most iconic of G&L designs.

Series 750 means there’s a new Wide-5 Saddle Lock bridge plate housing five of the same saddles you’ll find on an L•2000. This new bridge is all about maximizing string energy transfer to the body – especially that knockout B-string. The new body shape draws on classic Fender Avenue forms, melding them into a fresh hit for the ages. That’s a sweet story in itself, as Series 750 arrives exactly forty years after the G&L L•2000 did. And those big pickups are more than stretched out brutes: all the harmonic detail of the best MFD humbuckers speak in a clear voice over massive B-string energy.

Sure, Series 750 is a brand new model but classic Fender Avenue details are everywhere. That graceful early CLF/G&L headstock flows into a slim, rounded neck profile that’s rock solid thanks to a true dual-action truss rod and twin graphite reinforcement rods. And those big, beautiful machined CLF knobs popping against the sweeping chrome control plate that houses the Trig-Tone Preamp.* Even those little color-coded mini toggle switch tips have outsized mojo. This is retrofuturism of the very best kind.

The CLF Research L•2500 Series 750 can send you on a trip in a DeLorean or keep it fresh with these four destinations:


Ruby Red Metallic over Basswood with Caribbean Rosewood Fingerboard, Vintage Gloss neck finish

*Tri•Tone Pre-Amp-Active Bass Pre-Amp Circuitry. Treble and Bass controls, Series/Parallel Selector Switch, and a 3-position switch for pre-amp ON/OFF and treble boost. Incredible sonic versatility for any playing style from poppin’ funk to high-tech-fusion to pounding metal.

  • PICKUPS: Two G&L Magnetic Field humbucking pickups
  • BODY WOOD: Ruby Red Metallic   over Basswood,  
  • NECK WOOD: Hard Rock Maple with  Caribbean Rosewood  
  • NECK PROFILE: CLF/G&L 1.78" nut width-slim C with 9 1/2" radius
  • FRETS: Medium Jumbo, Jescar 57110 18% nickel silver
  • TUNING KEYS: Custom G&L "Ultra-Lite" with aluminum tapered string posts
  • BRIDGE: Leo Fender-designed 19mm Saddle Lock with chrome-plated brass saddles
  • ELECTRONICS: Tri-Tone™ system with 3-position pickup selector, series/parallel switch, 3-position pre-amp mode switch, volume, treble, bass
  • CASE: Deluxe Tolex hardshell included
  • 9.65 lbs

Condition
Brand
Model
  • USA Series 750 CLF Research L-2500
Finish
  • Ruby Red Metallic
Categories
Year
  • 2022
Made In
  • United States

About the Seller

Drum City GuitarLand

Wheat Ridge, CO, United States
(1,860)
Joined Reverb:2016
Items Sold:3,092

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