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Basement find: G&L Interceptor 1984
Posted: July 6th, 2017, 8:33 am
by paulo
Re: Basement find: G&L Interceptor 1984
Posted: July 6th, 2017, 8:53 am
by tim
Wow, I've never heard of that either. Way cool!
Even BassesByLeo doesn't have much about it. 400 built. Same electronics as the El Toro.
Re: Basement find: G&L Interceptor 1984
Posted: July 6th, 2017, 8:56 am
by tim
This guy does good demos. Here's an El Toro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPKoUVRgDHY
Re: Basement find: G&L Interceptor 1984
Posted: July 6th, 2017, 1:12 pm
by bobjones2260
I slightly remember these basses but never seen one in Left Handed. Here is a nice summary on this model.
http://www.ggjaguar.com/intbass.htm
Re: Basement find: G&L Interceptor 1984
Posted: July 6th, 2017, 1:38 pm
by paulo
Cool, thanks for the info Tim and Bob!
Re: Basement find: G&L Interceptor 1984
Posted: July 6th, 2017, 3:25 pm
by superheavydeathmetal
Wow! What a cool find!
Re: Basement find: G&L Interceptor 1984
Posted: July 6th, 2017, 7:26 pm
by zecacosta
superheavydeathmetal wrote:Wow! What a cool find!
Ditto!

Re: Basement find: G&L Interceptor 1984
Posted: July 6th, 2017, 8:12 pm
by fivebass52
Great sounding bass, and the guy does a fine job of showing all of its abilities/sounds...
Re: Basement find: G&L Interceptor 1984
Posted: July 6th, 2017, 9:48 pm
by crescenze
And a true lefty case too!
Re: Basement find: G&L Interceptor 1984
Posted: July 7th, 2017, 8:09 am
by pjmuck
Nice score, Paulo
I believe I have seen other lefties before, maybe one or two, but definitely a rarer G&L. I dig the look, and the demo of that guy on the El Toro shows off some great growly tones too.
Enjoy!
Re: Basement find: G&L Interceptor 1984
Posted: July 7th, 2017, 2:00 pm
by paulo
The only Youtube video I found was not in great quality but good enough with headphones.
This guy has a lot of videos playing the Interceptor!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpvOoou_vJM
Re: Basement find: G&L Interceptor 1984
Posted: July 7th, 2017, 7:04 pm
by tim
Not bad! Who needs a guitar player anyway?
Re: Basement find: G&L Interceptor 1984
Posted: July 10th, 2017, 2:40 am
by fivebass52
A singing bass player - cool! He's a character....

Re: Basement find: G&L Interceptor 1984
Posted: September 13th, 2017, 5:35 pm
by paulo
After a little over 2 months I took this back and finally got a chance to enjoy it!

Re: Basement find: G&L Interceptor 1984
Posted: January 6th, 2018, 7:02 pm
by paulo
Today I took this bass to Upfront Guitars in Bellingham, MA and in a matter of 10 minutes Gordon figured out the issue, now I can officially say this bass is up and running like it should!
Also I removed the neck (I thought I did that before) and the stamp dates April 11, 1985 and the body says April 18, 1985.
Re: Basement find: G&L Interceptor 1984
Posted: January 6th, 2018, 7:11 pm
by Grant
So Paulo what was the issue???
Re: Basement find: G&L Interceptor 1984
Posted: January 6th, 2018, 7:38 pm
by paulo
Grant wrote:So Paulo what was the issue???
It was wired wrong and the passive/active switch (the white one) was working as a kill switch.
Not anymore!
