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Tim Commerford using Lakland Basses.

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Pearl_jammin

Apr 13, 2004
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Bristol. England
#1
Ok this might not interest many of you. But Tim Commerford is the reason I'm playing bass, and he has just started using a Lakland Jazz, this is a big deal for me because he has used nothing but a Fender since about '93.

I was wondering what exact model this is?

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I'm guessing the Joe Osborne sig?
 
#6
Pearl_jammin said:
Ok this might not interest many of you. But Tim Commerford is the reason I'm playing bass, and he has just started using a Lakland Jazz, this is a big deal for me because he has used nothing but a Fender since about '93.

I was wondering what exact model this is?

TimLakland.gif


I'm guessing the Joe Osborne sig?
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It looks to be a "vintage" Joe Osborn. The newer ones don't have "Joe Osborn" written under the Lakland logo on the headstock. I'd say its probably one of the first 100 that Joe personally signed and played.
 
#7
I wonder if Tim put his pickups in the Lakland. Didn't he spend a few days hand wrapping a set of jazz pups for his bass a long time ago? I also wonder if his Fender might not have been wore out. Recently I read an article about Geddy Lee and he had to put a replacement neck from one of his signature models on his original 70's jazz because the neck was shot to hell. It happens.
 
#10
Timmy C just OWNS!!!

And the fact that he is playing Laklands has a lot say about the tone that those monsters (JO´s) churn out, i was gassing big time for one exactly like that ´burst because of MR. Ben Kenney, but now that i saw TIM playing it, this is out of control, i mean i need a friggin JO NOW!!!

It can be a Skyline, almost every review encourages you to get IT.

(Besides i don´t think i can cough up the cash for a USA)
 
#11
I've noticed quite a few fender players switching over to Laklands over the past year including

Nate Mendel- who originally play a lot of Fender p basses, he now uses Lakland P basses

Ben Kenney-(incubus) uses fenders and laklands

Juan Alderete- (mars volta) used fender for years, and i recently saw them play and he had the Daryll Jones signature.
Juan and timmy C are really good buddies, so I think Juan may have had maybe some sort of influence on Timmy's decision to try the lakland out.

Chris Chaney- Uses Laklands among other basses
 
#15
Why Fender didn't grab him up for an endorsement whatever it took is a mystery beyond me. RATM is all over the "Youth Market", and those that couldn't afford his "Signature Bass" would easily pick a "Standard" version or have their pick of many types of Jazzes. Unless he was dead-set against the idea, this was a huge misstep on Fender's part.

[Speaking-to-baby-voice]...and look how cute that tiny Jazz neck looks in his hands after he's been playing P-width neck for years! Who's playing traditional Jazz spacing?!?[/Speaking-to-baby-voice] :smug:
 
#16
Ian Perge said:
Why Fender didn't grab him up for an endorsement whatever it took is a mystery beyond me. RATM is all over the "Youth Market", and those that couldn't afford his "Signature Bass" would easily pick a "Standard" version or have their pick of many types of Jazzes. Unless he was dead-set against the idea, this was a huge misstep on Fender's part.
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+1...I guess it seems like, with their "corporate America is evil" stance, a sig model would not come across as anything but hypocritical. However, they could have set it up where the proceeds benefit the organization of Tim C's choice or something. There should have been some way to make it happen, but they probably didn't pursue it enough.
 
#18
Tim is very picky about his tone- especially since RATM and Audioslave tune down- and has constantly tried to find body and neck combinations that suit him.... perhaps he found something with Lakland that he wasnt/couldnt get w/ Fender?

And on a side note- add Geezer Butler to the list of former Fender players now stroking Laks :D
 

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