Has anyone ever seen a Lakland this weird??

Yeah, that the Mandola 512-94. Very rare!

 

Mandolin? Bass? They both have strings, right?

 

Thats the same bass i have!!!!!

 

Once. I think it was called A Gibson Madolin.

I had no Idea Mandolin MADE Gibsons. I thought Madolin only made Laklands...

 

Man, Lakland is really on the cutting edge of instrument manufacturing! That's the first mandolin I've ever seen with through body stringing and active electronics.

I wonder where the controls are? They did a real good job of concealing the pickups too.

I did not know that Joe Osborne played mandolin too. He must be the only musician with a signature model of two different kinds of instruments.

 

and the headstock is custom made from weber marelli fuel ignition systems

 

Those skinny strings obviously make it a piccolo bass. Stanley might like it!

 

Oh sure, you didn't know that Joe played Mando?

It's a copy of his original, and it has flatwounds on it - and you have to play it with a pick.

 

Herm, being an ex-Lakland employee, I should have known that you would be able to shed some light on this. Thanks!

 

Yeah, being an ex-Lakland employee compels me to reply to most any thread with the name Lakland in it. Good or bad. I just can't help myself.

 

Very bizarre. What it that, a short scale 8 string? Looks like a real expensive version of an Ashboury.

Rock on
Eric