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DLB (Dan Lakin Basses) Coming Soon!

#543
gwangi said:
Okay I'm not trying to sound stupid or anything but did I miss something here on TalkBass,
did he sell his company Lakland Basses to start another company or what is exactly going on?
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Dan sold lakland a few years ago.....the new owners are doing a great job with innovations and new models.

Dan recently came up with some new basses....

We have tried to get together so I can try them but my work travel schedule has been way too crazy...
 
#544
ModuMan said:
I think this will qualify as news... Dan finally got the samples he was waiting on and is happy with the necks.

Aaaaaand....I made the payment for my JO! Fiesta Red, matching headstock.

To answer the first question, no, I don't have a delivery date.

Another new feature, Dan said that the bass will have a truss wheel adjust. Personally, that's a big plus!
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Congrats!

AFAIK all of the first run will get matching headstocks.....which I love
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He is not sure about making 5 string basses yet...if ever :(
 
#545
ModuMan said:
I think this will qualify as news... Dan finally got the samples he was waiting on and is happy with the necks.



Aaaaaand....I made the payment for my JO! Fiesta Red, matching headstock.



To answer the first question, no, I don't have a delivery date.



Another new feature, Dan said that the bass will have a truss wheel adjust. Personally, that's a big plus!
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Seriously -- he's calling them the Osborn and the Glaub??? Did they "go" with him when he sold Lakland? Also, why create confusion with all the current Lakland Osborns and Glaubs? It's like the "Sterling by Music Man" v. Music Man Sterling controversy/confusion.


I guess I also hoped he'd do something more original rather than give the appearance of seller's remorse.
 
#550
I've been following this thread from the beginning, and it's not just GAS that has me feeling like there's a Joe Osborn in my future. I feel like Dan has taken the high road to do things on his terms. Leo did such. Build the bass, Dan, and the buyers/enthusiasts will come ;)
 
#551
pudgychef said:
well it seemed to work okay for Michael Tobias....or Leo for that matter.
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Did Leo go to Music Man and just release another P and J bass and call them the Precision and Jazz? Same with G&L...

MTDs are also pretty different than the Tobias basses were.

Look, I own a USA Joe Osborn and USA Glaub and I'm a fan of Lakland and Dan Lakin himself, but it seems strange and is somewhat disappointing to me that he'd sell his namesake company and then come out with just another P and J and actually call them the Glaub and Osborn. And I don't understand why anyone is gushing over it. I actually think it shows a lack of originality.
 
#552
I doubt Dan cares about originality. I think he wants to sell basses, and knows what sells well. The new basses are like the Skyline line with imported body and neck, but with higher quality hardware, a bone nut, etc normally reserved for American made basses. And I can understand a little gushing over a bass with all those high quality components at this price point.

Sure, it would be cool if he had a new innovative bass to hit the market like when the Lakland 44-94 first came out. That would be a big economic gamble, though, and I don't see how you can cut a guy down for going with a classic, tried and true design. Maybe down the line, with a stable company bringing in money, he will be more adventurous.
 
#554
boristhespider9 said:
Did Leo go to Music Man and just release another P and J bass and call them the Precision and Jazz? Same with G&L...

MTDs are also pretty different than the Tobias basses were.

Look, I own a USA Joe Osborn and USA Glaub and I'm a fan of Lakland and Dan Lakin himself, but it seems strange and is somewhat disappointing to me that he'd sell his namesake company and then come out with just another P and J and actually call them the Glaub and Osborn. And I don't understand why anyone is gushing over it. I actually think it shows a lack of originality.
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Fair enough..i (mis)took the original sentiment to be 'why sell your name sake company only to re-enter the same industry with similar products (in the grand scheme of things...an SB1 is much closer to P than say a tuba)
 
#556
SGD Lutherie said:
Who uses a naming consultant? People come up with names for companies based on either their name, or something that matters to them.

Look at some examples, some names: (Orville) Gibson, (Leo) Fender, (Stuart) Spector, (Gary) Kramer, (Grover) Jackson, (Wayne) Charvel, (Dave) Schecter, (Ned) Steinberger, (Jim) Marshall, (Fred) Gretsch, (Adolph) Rickenbacker, (Heartly) Peavey, Ken Smith, etc.

Then you have combinations, or initials of names; G&L (George & Leo), Lakland (Dan Lakin and Hugh McFarland), Gallien-Krueger, Hughes and Kettner, B.C. Rich, Dobro (Dopyera brothers), Carvin (Carson and Gavin), Epiphone (Epi Stathopoulos/phone), Mosrite (Semie Moseley/rite), SGD Lutherie (Schwab-Gagliano Design) ;) etc.

Then initials of names; SWR (Steve W Rabe), PRS (Paul Reed Smith), , etc.

Sometimes the names are fake, like Trace Elliot, or Betty Croker. Ibanez (originally Ibanez Salvador because the Hoshino Gakki company was making Spanish guitars in 1935... they have been around since 1908!). Eden, while not his name, he used it as a name. Roland, etc.

Then you have acronyms; ESP (Electric Sound Products),

Sometimes a builder sells his company, and along with that his name. Then they want to keep building, so they have to come up with a new name, usually having to do with their real name. So Tobias sold to Gibson, an now he's MTD. Ned Steinberger sold to Gibson, so now he's NS Designs. Dean Zelinsky sold Dean, and then started DBZ.

Then there's names that have hidden meanings like MXR (mixer), Line 6 (while the founders were working at Fast-Forward Designs designing things for Alesis, the receptionist used "call on line 6" as a code so they would stop working on the guitar products, which they were dong in secret).

Then there's the names that are just names; Alembic, Guild Guitars, Reverend, Ovation... But they are much rarer than brands based on people's names or initials.

Coming up with a name is hard.
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Sadowsky, Fodera, Kubicki
 
#557
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I guess some of you have already seen this:
 
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