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G&L L2000 (US) vs. Lakland 44-02

Which bass does a better job at producing P, J and Stingray sounds?

  • G&L L2000 (US made)

    Votes: 64 67.4%

  • Lakland 44-02

    Votes: 31 32.6%
  • Total voters
    95
#21
StuartV said:
I've read (elsewhere here on TB) that the 44-94 (and thus, the 44-02) were designed to compete with the US Peavey Millennium (which is also mostly found in the J/MM pickup configuration).
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I don't think that's right.

The Millennium series were introduced by Peavey at/around the Winter NAMM in 2000 (Harmony Central's press release was Feb 23, 2000)

Lakland introduced their basses in 1994... hence the model 44-94 and 55-94.

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#22
For what it's worth, I play a 55-02, and I've spent lots of time with the L-2000 in a store. It took me a while to find the sound, but with my 55-02 I can get a passable P sound by soloing the front pickup boosting the bass, keeping the mid flat and cutting the high just a hair. I can get MM-ish sound by soloing the rear pu with the switch in the center, boosting bass, to 3:00 mids to 2:00 and high to 1:00, with the mid DIP switches set for 500hz.

With the L-2000, I've found a ton of different tones, but all of them tend to still sound more or less like itself.
 
#24
funkyebk said:
I don't think that's right.

The Millennium series were introduced by Peavey at/around the Winter NAMM in 2000 (Harmony Central's press release was Feb 23, 2000)

Lakland introduced their basses in 1994... hence the model 44-94 and 55-94.
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I went back and re-read and you are right. The suggestion was that the Skyline Series (44-01, 44-02, etc.) was brought out to compete with the Millenniums because the Mills were very similar to the US Laklands, yet much less expensive.
 
#25
Just picked up a Lakland Skyline 44-02 deluxe and the neck is absolutely addictive-its silky smooth and plays better than just about everything Ive ever owned (havent had the G&L) I looked it up and all Skylines and US basses are Plek'd.
See link:
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The tones thus far are great through my swr practice amp. The clip of the 44-02 on youtube is pretty convincing on emulating the tones of the basses you are referring to~P-J-Stingray..All of which I have owned and eventually let go for one reason or another. See Link:
Lakland LH3 Pickup Demo - YouTube

Really diggin the 44-02 deluxe in a cherry burst w rosewood-Looks, sounds and plays absolutely great!
 
#28
Johnny Alien said:
The killer is that the L-2000 cannot do a Jazz sound at all.
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You say that like it's a bad thing.... ;). But seriously, the L2K is capable of a good nasally jazz bass pop with the battery removed, bridge PU soloed and in parallel mode. Fretless helps that even more.

As someone else said, there's a single coil mod available which may get you closer to that sound if need be.

The neck PU dropped way down away from the strings and soloed in parallel mode gets you about 97% of the P bass sound. Again, use passive mode to further soften the tone.

No idea about the lakland, but it's a superb instrument also.

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#30
People saying that the L2K can't cop any P, J, or Ray tones surprise me. I found I can get in the area fairly easily with an L2K.

Also, if you custom order an L2K you can get the vintage fretwire and K switching, which increases the range of great tones. L2K for me.
 
#31
For me, the tone that the L series can get close is the P one.

The J tone is completely different to me... With the K-wiring I understand that it should get closer, but mine doesn't have it, I just played a little bit with one in a store so I can't really give my opinion on that.
 

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