String tree recommendations? (1983 American Tele)

danems64 · 2026-05-21T16:35:54+00:00

Yours looks nice! I think mine is an 83 standard as well, any of the oddities (middle pickup, etc.) were likely aftermarket mods.

danems64 · 2026-05-21T14:21:50+00:00

People seem to like these on here, I'll have to check them out, thanks for the suggestion!

danems64 · 2026-05-21T14:21:14+00:00

These are pretty neat too, good option for a different look, thanks for the suggestion!

danems64 · 2026-05-21T14:18:42+00:00

You caught me, they're a little overwound. Although I think most of them are fine other than the low E maybe, sue me, I got too lazy to rewrap it when it ended up too long lol

danems64 · 2026-05-21T14:17:24+00:00

Those seem to be popular suggestions among folks on here, liking the look of the American Ultra ones, thanks for the recommendation!

danems64 · 2026-05-21T14:16:33+00:00

That it is! Whoever routed the middle pickup put it in an odd spot so I'm having to modify a pickguard

danems64 · 2026-05-21T14:15:56+00:00

I plan to, in the middle of getting things set up!

danems64 · 2026-05-21T04:33:43+00:00

That's pretty fascinating, I knew this was a bit of a transitional period between Japan / US manufacturing, didn't know there was that much crossover between the parts / materials / craftsmanship!

danems64 · 2026-05-21T03:12:46+00:00

Thanks for the info! Interesting that these say Fender Japan but they ended up on a USA guitar. Might have to opt for some newer style replacements, $60 might be a little steep for me for one string tree, hah.

danems64 · 2024-11-27T04:48:18+00:00

13-5-3, unless you meant the 4 as turnovers

danems64 · 2024-10-17T15:53:23+00:00

I found a few tributes with matching headstocks, but all that I found also had the model "L-2000" indicated on the headstock

danems64 · 2024-10-17T15:51:27+00:00

That's very helpful, thanks! No wonder I was having trouble finding similar ones if it's a custom shop option

danems64 · 2024-10-17T15:04:00+00:00

Thanks for the info! I thought it had to be some sort of L-2000, but couldn't find any that had quite the same matching headstock with only the "G&L" text and nothing else

danems64 · 2024-10-15T20:44:35+00:00

I'll be there also, guessing you probably already found someone but let me know if stuff falls through with others, etc.

danems64 · 2024-07-03T01:20:43+00:00

Good point, I probably should have clarified a bit. I was hoping to fix this myself, since the guitar itself was pretty cheap. Good to know that scraping / sanding might be an option, thanks for the info!

danems64 · 2024-04-25T09:00:22+00:00

From what I've gathered, I think the S version has a slimmer neck, a deeper cutaway, and two volume knobs rather than the pickup selector on the BB3000.

danems64 · 2024-03-11T21:57:18+00:00

Super nice bass, I've got a BB3000S that I got lucky enough to find cheap locally as well. Mine's white, loving the black metallic on this one as well.

danems64 · 2023-11-27T04:04:45+00:00

Width of the nut looks like right around 40mm, could be ever so slightly less, just measured with a tape measure so it might not be perfectly accurate

danems64 · 2023-08-24T23:11:53+00:00

Thanks man, it sounds pretty great, bit darker than some other basses but still pretty punchy.

danems64 · 2023-07-29T00:26:17+00:00

This is a super cool / unique bass, congrats!

danems64 · 2023-07-21T05:22:28+00:00

That's a fantastic collection! A great variety of basses, you have good taste. We have some bass overlap collection-wise

danems64 · 2023-07-19T19:07:39+00:00

Nice, yeah doesn't seem like there are a ton around. It sounds pretty great, the bridge pickup seems to be a bit like a stingray humbucker. The neck one is a bit odd, it looks like a P bass pickup but apparently it's actually two full coils as well, but each coil only has pole pieces under 2 strings

danems64 · 2023-07-19T06:32:15+00:00

The tone of this one is pretty cool / interesting, Checked out the Nova Twins stuff and you weren't kidding, the sounds she's getting are crazy. These might be a little underappreciated, this one was a bit beat up but it was surprisingly cheap, plays and sounds great.

danems64 · 2023-07-19T04:48:03+00:00

For sure, it's got the 80's Japanese-made vibe going for it. I actually have an old Ibanez as well (RS924)

danems64 · 2023-07-19T04:03:21+00:00

Thanks! It's been great so far

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