Just wanted to share a little Lakland love. You may have seen my thread about searching and searching for a 5 string that would have the big, bold low strings of my old Quantum 5, while having a great slap sound and warm/wet tone like my old MTD535 .... well, I think I've found it. Whenever I thought of a 55-94 I thought it would sound somewhat J-bass-like or Musicman-like, and it does but only to a certain extent ... it really has its own voice. All of the various pickup settings are different shades of that basic voice, and they're all great! Slap, finger, and pick all sound great, and moving between them is seamless. The feel is also incredibly sleek and nimble, and it hangs confidently in just the right position on a strap. It does NOT feel like a 35" 19mm spacing bass.
I took this on a rehersal this week, and there were quite a few songs that I played the best I ever have (most notably Ben Harper "Fight For Your Mind"). The notes really "jump" off the board like they do on a sadowsky, and the range of tone is just what I need for my eclectic cover band.
When I got this bass it was N-A-S-T-Y. Just covered in gunk and grit, unplayably high action, mismatched strings that weren't long enough for the scale (silk wrapping past the nut!). But there didn't appear to be any major damage, and the frets looked OK so I went for it ... and I'm really glad I did. It took about 3 or 4 hours of tweaking to get it clean and set up, but now it just plays like butter. Next, I'm going to try some Naptha to get the stains out of the neck and the rest of the gunk off of the frets.
If anybody knows what to call this model, let me know. It has a quilt top like a "deluxe", but a pickguard like a "classic". The wood grain on the back looks like Ash. I emailed Dan earlier this week but have not heard back. It sure is a great looking bass.
P.S. I used to have a Skyline DJ5 and I'm here to tell you that a USA bass is well worth the extra $$$$ ... not that the Skyline wasn't a great bass for the money, but this 55-94 is on a whole other level. Up there with Sadowsky.
I took this on a rehersal this week, and there were quite a few songs that I played the best I ever have (most notably Ben Harper "Fight For Your Mind"). The notes really "jump" off the board like they do on a sadowsky, and the range of tone is just what I need for my eclectic cover band.
When I got this bass it was N-A-S-T-Y. Just covered in gunk and grit, unplayably high action, mismatched strings that weren't long enough for the scale (silk wrapping past the nut!). But there didn't appear to be any major damage, and the frets looked OK so I went for it ... and I'm really glad I did. It took about 3 or 4 hours of tweaking to get it clean and set up, but now it just plays like butter. Next, I'm going to try some Naptha to get the stains out of the neck and the rest of the gunk off of the frets.
If anybody knows what to call this model, let me know. It has a quilt top like a "deluxe", but a pickguard like a "classic". The wood grain on the back looks like Ash. I emailed Dan earlier this week but have not heard back. It sure is a great looking bass.
P.S. I used to have a Skyline DJ5 and I'm here to tell you that a USA bass is well worth the extra $$$$ ... not that the Skyline wasn't a great bass for the money, but this 55-94 is on a whole other level. Up there with Sadowsky.
