G&L USA Kiloton Bass, Alpine White, Maple Fretboard

Player’s Perspective

Music Store Live is proud to present this newest addition to G&L’s bass offerings. The Kiloton may look familiar, with that big humbucker in the “sweet spot” but this is truly a new take on a classic design. It has a stripped-down look, comfortable styling and great build quality. The body is from G&L’s SB-1 and SB-2 design. So it is smaller than an L-series body or a traditional ‘Ray, or P/J-bass. This helps keep the bass nice and light so you can rock out for hours on end without any back fatigue.

The neck is wonderfully slim and feels like a great j-bass neck should. Open-position grooves are easy, and the upper register is very forgiving on your playing hand. Tone-wise, this bass manages to provide plenty of musical and usable sounds without offering tons of stuff you’ll never use. It’s a fully passive bass with all of the growl and punch you’ve come to expect out of something with a similar design and a powerful active preamp. The sound is aggressive and in-your-face with the tone rolled wide open but can also be dialed back into a warmer and rounder sound. The mini-toggle switch lets you run the bass in series, parallel, or single-coil mode and a simple 2-knob control is all you need to dial in some killer sounds without ever getting in your own way.

What happens when you pack Leo Fender’s potent Magnetic Field Design bass humbucker into the sleek shape of his SB-2? The new G&L Kiloton: explosive power that’s easy to handle.

Kiloton’s silhouette is the most comfortable bass body ever created by Leo. It’s compact and pure, with every curve and contour perfectly executed. And now it’s carrying more firepower than ever, with Leo’s G&L Magnetic Field Design humbucker placed right in the sweet spot he specified back when the sign over our door still read “CLF Research.”

Kiloton’s single MFD bucker fires without the aid of a preamp, while a 3-position series/split/parallel toggle harnesses the coils’ power. Simple volume and tone controls are devastatingly effective, revealing a wide range of textures Leo’s MFD bucker is famous for. What’s more, Kiloton is armed with a 6-bolt neck and Leo Fender-designed Saddle-Lock™ bridge to transfer all the energy right into the body end-grain for an incredibly resonant instrument.

Made in Leo Fender’s historic G&L facility on Fender Avenue in Fullerton, California, the Kiloton is available with a wide range of custom options including body and neck woods, body and neck finishes, neck profiles and pickguard materials. 

Music Store Live is proud to be an authorized dealer for G&L. This Kiloton is 100% brand new and is being sold with a full manufacturer’s warranty. Photos are of the exact bass you’ll receive.

Our in-house guitar tech will inspect, test, set up, and clean all of our instruments on site prior to shipping. All of our instruments are guaranteed to be fully functional upon arrival.

Music Store Live is one of the top authorized G&L dealers on the planet! We do our best to stock inventory of what our team of experts feels is the best combination of specs, specifically, so you don’t have to wait for a custom order from G&L. With that said, if you haven’t found what you’re looking for, we would be happy to custom order a G&L for you. G&L’s factory works like a big a-la-carte shop, so it’s easy (and affordable) to get what you want. Finish, body wood, fingerboard, pickguard, bridge, neck profile, neck finish, nut type, frets, tuners, binding – there are nearly 1 million possible combinations of specs on a G&L. They now also have a full-blown Custom Shop where they can build virtually anything you can imagine. 

We love helping our customers make their dream guitar, so don’t hesitate to reach out to us if you want to make your custom G&L a reality! Wait times are surprisingly short and most custom orders have an ETA of only 6-8 weeks from when the order is placed. As a premier G&L dealer, we are able to get expedited build times so we can get you the guitar of your dreams quickly. Call or message us for details!