DLB (Dan Lakin Basses) Coming Soon!

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Carvin (Carson and Gavin)

This I'd not heard before.

Back to Mr. Lakin

 

[MellyMel]

It's a good thing too, because I was worried there weren't enough Fender copies out there.

Best comment of all time.

 

[Avezzano]

Coming up with a name is hard.

no: that is easy; argueing with the wife, THAT is something "hard" ...

 

[endy_y_p]

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.

Who came up with the brand MusicMan?, Leo (Fender) did step out from his name...I should thanks to whoever came up with that brand.

 

[Avezzano]

"Sony": that is pure genius! Understandable and printed in the memory from the first time you hear it around the whole world....

"Ferrari" is not bad, either...

 

[GregC]

I don't like the name either. Lakin would be acceptable. Initials never seem to work well. MTD, DLB, FGN - All have no quality to them and sound cheesy to me. Such a name says - "We couldn't think of anything better and were too cheap to hire a naming consultant".

He probably can't make anything with LAK in the name, but surely can do better than DLB.

Oh man, naming consultants have given us some of the most cheesy or just plain nonsensical corporate names in history.

 

[andrew]

I think something people should consider with company names now too is internet search-ability.

A unique name will always bring you up right away.For example, Ampeg is a perfect name for the internet age; it's unique and not used in any other way to represent anything besides the Ampeg company.

 

[JTE]

Actually "MXR" was selected precisely because it didn't mean anything in any language, it was easy to remember, and with only three characters they could make a logo easily visible.

"DLB" sounds too much like "DMB"...
John

 

[MAJOR METAL]

will he continue to use the MM + J configuration?

 

[willsellout]

I don't know what the bridge design is going to be, but I hate it.

 

[IronLung1986]

ok im clueless...did lakin leave lakland? what happened there?

 

[SGD Lutherie]

ok im clueless...did lakin leave lakland? what happened there?

Lakland was sold to Hanson Guitars in 2010. John Pirruccello is now the President of Lakland Guitars LLC.

Seems he wasn't turning much of a profit.

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[JTE]

ok im clueless...did lakin leave lakland? what happened there?

Yep, a couple of years ago. Sold his share to the guys who'd been doing most of the managing for a long while. Old news- search the LOG.

John

 

[IronLung1986]

Yep, a couple of years ago. Sold his share to the guys who'd been doing most of the managing for a long while. Old news- search the LOG.

John

haha ya I figured it out right after posting but the mobile app wouldn't let me delete the post. thanks though!

 

[Avezzano]

first bass will be a hollowbody. With a traditional bridge, two "f" holes, this time, and also available as a five strings... just wishful thinkin'...

 

[SGD Lutherie]

first bass will be a hollowbody. With a traditional bridge, two "f" holes, this time, and also available as a five strings... just wishful thinkin'...

It doesn't look like he's making basses. He's selling other brands:

"The Bass Playground"

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[Avezzano]

did you read the thread? The trigger of the entire thread is the return of Dan on the market. For the moment he is just back to business selling used (new?) basses / amps, as at his beginning pre Lakland. Better news to come soon.

 

[MultiScaleMale]

It doesn't look like he's making basses. He's selling other brands:

"The Bass Playground"

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I think he just pointed that URL to his bass playground website, or non website depending on how you look at it.

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I still think he's coming out with his own brand, but it will likely (IMHO) be made by someone else.

 

[Avezzano]

just read Jauqo entries above: he seems to know much more...

 

[nukes_da_bass]

Just like trying to come up with a name for a band

Evacuation Point 7. Theres your band name. I saw it on a sign in a corporation parking lot Friday. I don't know what it means, but I got an instant vision of Gay Nazi Industrial Metal from South Africa.