Does a Lakland 55-01 really sound this good??

Swipter · #1 12-30-2012, 08:32 AM

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k1S01T9JLWQ

Still researching basses. I found this on YouTube and absolutely love the tone and versatility shown here. Is this a stock Lakland 55-01?

pedulla-2007 · #2 12-30-2012, 08:47 AM

Don't worry, I just picked mine up and mine doesn't sound like that. Must be photo shopped, or pleked, or something like that. Seriously, I believed Mr.Wrobel could make a Rogue or a Silvertone bass sound good. Enjoyed the videos, thanks!

Nightvision · #3 12-30-2012, 09:40 AM

Don't forget EBS amp...

pedulla-2007 · #4 12-30-2012, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Nightvision

Don't forget EBS amp...

You sure know your amps! The video is kinda fuzzy from my computer. By the way, who is that guy?

mmbongo · #5 12-30-2012, 10:13 AM

Love my 5501. Easily one of the best sounding basses I've ever encountered...and this is coming from a guy who also currently owns two USA Spectors.

Of course, I put USA Barts and an Audere preamp in mine. Stock..it's kinda 'meh'. It's made to be upgraded.

DWBass · #6 12-30-2012, 10:15 AM

I can't get any of those links to play. Stock 55-01 can play and sound very good. Folk modify them due to the sound they want to hear. I trashed the pickups and preamp and installed a US Bartolini 5.2A/P preamp and Nordstrand Big Splits pickups! It is now a Jazz bass on steroids!

smeet · #7 12-30-2012, 11:01 AM

Wow, that is a GREAT modern tone. That actually makes me want to try one of these to see if it sounds that way when I play it.

DWBass, try this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1S01T9JLWQ

bubinga5 · #8 12-30-2012, 11:09 AM

we have no idea whats going on in his signal chain... stock laklands dont sound that good im afraid... i had a deluxe cherry burst with a glock preamp and nordstrands and it sounded great...

wvbass · #9 12-30-2012, 12:10 PM

I don't have an -01, but I do have basses with those pickups and electronics. I definitely hear the microbass "crispiness" in there. The bass could easily be stock. String and fingers make a lot of difference to tone.

dfinnegan71 · #10 12-30-2012, 12:26 PM

+1 on the fingers making tone. It's the most important variable out there. This had become most evident to me one night back in 1999. I was giging with a blues band at an establisment know by all the great local musicians. When the trail boss asked me "do you mind if my buddy dave sits in on bass for a few tunes?" I tell ya what I never heard my bass sound so good before. Fingers man!! It's all in your fingers!!

dfinnegan71 · #11 12-30-2012, 12:33 PM

+1 on the fingers making tone. It's the most important variable out there. This most evident to me one night back in 1999. I was giging with a blues band at an establisment know by all the great local musicians. When the trail boss asked me "do you mind if my buddy dave sits in on bass for a few tunes?" I tell ya what I never heard my bass sound so good before. Fingers man!! It's all in your fingers!!

pedulla-2007 · #12 12-30-2012, 01:39 PM

That ain't no EBS amp, it's an ASHDOWN 300 Mag! After watching TB member "smeet's" better video, it looks like he is sitting in front an Ashdown rig, with an EBS box going into that rig!

Swipter · #13 12-30-2012, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by DWBass

I can't get any of those links to play. Stock 55-01 can play and sound very good. Folk modify them due to the sound they want to hear. I trashed the pickups and preamp and installed a US Bartolini 5.2A/P preamp and Nordstrand Big Splits pickups! It is now a Jazz bass on steroids!

Sorry about that. Probably because I used my iPad. Smeet's should work.

jmattbassplaya · #14 12-30-2012, 02:21 PM

I owned a 55-02 Deluxe for several months. It was a beautiful bass and it played and sounded fantastic, BUT it had trouble with getting lost in a mix. No amount of EQ'ing seemed to fix that issue, so I wound up selling it.

Swipter · #15 12-30-2012, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mmbongo

Love my 5501. Easily one of the best sounding basses I've ever encountered...and this is coming from a guy who also currently owns two USA Spectors.

Of course, I put USA Barts and an Audere preamp in mine. Stock..it's kinda 'meh'. It's made to be upgraded.

So I have a Pedulla Thunderbolt 5 string. If a Lakland was upgraded like yours would it sound a lot like the Pedulla since they both have Bart pick ups?

What is the extra cost to modify a Lakland like yours?

Jazzdogg · #16 12-30-2012, 03:31 PM

My 55-02 D sounded a lot like that when I first got it. Thankfully, adjusting the truss rod to provide a bit more relief, and ditching the rounds it came strung with for TI flats got rid of the sound of bees buzzing.

I was having a little trouble getting lost in the mix on stage until I set the dip-switches that control the mid-range for ~200Hz and cut some of the low-mid rumble; then it cut through just fine.

matti777 · #17 12-30-2012, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by dfinnegan71

...This had become most evident to me one night back in 1999. I was giging with a blues band at an establisment know by all the great local musicians. When the trail boss asked me "do you mind if my buddy dave sits in on bass for a few tunes?" I tell ya what I never heard my bass sound so good before. Fingers man!! It's all in your fingers!!

I had that happen to me. Its one of the most dejecting bass experiences I have had

I prefer the sound of his Michal Wrobel's Mayones Jabba Custom

mmbongo · #18 12-30-2012, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Swipter

So I have a Pedulla Thunderbolt 5 string. If a Lakland was upgraded like yours would it sound a lot like the Pedulla since they both have Bart pick ups?

What is the extra cost to modify a Lakland like yours?

I can't really say, as I've never played a Pedulla. They are some high quality basses though, and they are handmade in the USA. 5501's are awesome, but maybe not THAT awesome

If you buy the pickups and preamp I have new, the pickups are $200, and the preamp is around $175.

But luckily I got both used..$100 for the pickups and $120 for the preamp

Swipter · #19 12-31-2012, 06:23 AM

Thanks for the info.

mmbongo · #20 12-31-2012, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by jmattbassplaya

I owned a 55-02 Deluxe for several months. It was a beautiful bass and it played and sounded fantastic, BUT it had trouble with getting lost in a mix. No amount of EQ'ing seemed to fix that issue, so I wound up selling it.

Did yours have the Lakland or Bart pickups?