G&L Launches Detroit Muscle Series: SS Collection LB-100 Basses
If you love cars and basses, you’re in for a treat. G&L has revealed the Detroit Muscle Series SS Collection, which brings their instruments together with four historic color finishes from ’60s-era GM Motors muscle cars. The lineup includes the recently reissued LB-100 in either Daytona Yellow, Hugger Orange, Cranberry Red, or Marina Blue. Its aesthetic appeal is rounded out with a color-matched headstock and a 1-ply black pickguard for what G&L calls a “clean, sleek look.”
Besides the finish, the SS Collection version of the LB-100 retains the same details of the new LB-100. It’s built with an alder body, hard rock maple neck, and either a maple or rosewood fingerboard. The pickup is a G&L Alnico V humbucking split-coil matched to passive electronics with volume and tone controls. Hardware includes a saddle lock bridge, PLEK-processed medium jumbo frets, and utlra-lite tuners with aluminum tapered string posts.
The G&L Detroit Muscle Series SS Collection LB-100 bass is shipping soon with a to-be-determined street price.
G&L Detroit Muscle Series SS Collection LB-100 Bass Specs:
| Finishes: | Daytona Yellow, Marina Blue, Hugger Orange, or Cranberry Red |
| Body Wood: | Alder |
| Neck Wood: | Hard Rock Maple With Rosewood or Maple Fingerboard |
| Neck Profile: | G&L #12 With 12″ Radius and 1 5/8″ Nut-Width |
| Frets: | Medium Jumbo; Processed by Plek |
| Tuning Keys: | Custom G&L “Ultra-Lite” With Aluminum Tapered String Posts |
| Bridge: | G&L Saddle Lock With Chrome-Plated Brass Saddles |
| Pickup: | G&L Alnico V Split-Coil Humbucking |
| Electronics: | Volume, Tone |
| Case: | Deluxe Hardshell Tolex Case |
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For moment here I was excited because I thought the SS stood for short scale. This is just a slightly different batch of paint jobs. Nice bass, but no big deal.
Don’t get me wrong, I’d happily play one, but it’s kind of a ” Meh” bass.
Some racing strips would have been a nice touch