Recent content by Mich656

Macribas thank you ! I would like a 5594 have a thicker neck ! I just wrote an email to Lakland to ask them if there is a model/year of US Lakland that would have thicker neck... I supposed it will be a big no, but we are never safe from a good surprise... Thanks Thom for your experience ...

Hello ! Does the 5501 and the 5502 have the same neck ? I am not speaking for the quality of woods, but the measurement specs... I tried a 5594 this past days (I use to play on a 5501) and the neck of the 5594 (2022 model with roasted neck) was smaller and a bit thiner than the neck of the...

Hello ! Thank you for your point of view ! I'm speaking about fretted instrument. And really wit my (little) expérience with other basses that Lakland, I hear a difference between maple and ebony fingerboard. I just wanted different point of view for ebony on a Lakland 5502/5594 Thank you...

Hello ! I am an Happy owner of a 5501, and I would like to have a review of ebony fretboard vs maple fretboard on a 5502/5594… I just made a new thread a few hours ago, so if anyone has informations about that, thank you very much ...

Hello ! I'm about to buy a new Lakland bass, I already own a 5501 with maple fingerboard. I love this bass. That said, I want a complementary bass with the kind of possibilities that a 5502/5594 offers. My experience with ebony is very limited, I've only try and compare Sire Marcus Miller...

@ixlramp thank you for the advices, I will try that

Ok thank you for your view of this situation... Despite the intonation adjustement, some notes ares still sounding bad, and in fact @ixlramp, out of tune (sorry for the unclear message at first place). It was not on the 145 A string, it was - for exemple - the A on the G string (2nd fret of the...

Hello ! I recently detune my 6 strings bass (a luthier handmade bass in Marseille, France) and put on it new strings with bigger gauge to make tension be there despite the whole step down. So here is the gauge : Bb : 40 F : 50 C : 70 G : 90 D : 115 A : 145 It's GHS Boomers Strings It's a bit...

Thanks :thumbsup: