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Lakland 01 Club

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#603
Mr. P,

Fancy meeting you here! In a strange twist of fate, I am awaiting delivery today of a 55-01 from Lakland. I called yesterday and they had one Natural/Maple in stock. It apparently had my name on it.:hyper:

Photo forthcoming...
 
#604
My 55-01 has been on the sidelines for almost 2 years since I quit my rock band and joined a country band. This thread has made me miss it, so yesterday I put a fresh battery in there and played it for a while. It sounded great! The B string is really nice, and it still has the best action of any of my basses.

I decided to take a bit of a risk and bring it to my country band practice that night. It sounded good, but when I switched over to my Jack Cassady pickup equiped artcore I realized that no matter how nice it may sound and play, a stock 55-01 is not a great country bass. Changing the pups or pre, or perhaps going passive might change this analysis, but stock is just not the bass for the situation.

I could play a country gig with it and be ok, and the look is not nearly as jarring in a country setting as would be a soundgear or similar modern bass, but with my current stable of instruments, there's no reason.

I was already thinking about potentially modding the electronics/pups on this bass, but playing it in the country has got me thinking about getting a 5 string jazz or precision someday. Being able to hit that low Eb or D without messing with the string intervals, like d-tuning does, is very nice.

The 55-01 is not going anywhere, but I have gotten a renewed appreciation for the idea that some basses are much better suited for some applications than others.
 
#605
Stock... I loved the feel/action of my 5501
Sonically, stock-for me-bites it.
Lots of low end, glassy over the top treble. Noisy preamp with lots of eq, not much of it usable because the sweeps are so big.

Nord Dual coils cured the heck outta that. I might have been able to leave the pre in, but I wanted to try the LH3 system. The combi of the two flat freakin kills.

End of story, and maybe the best bass ever, once mod'd. Not expensive for what you get either.
$550 for a used 5501, $200 for the pups, $200 for the prea; all done for ~$1000.
Bargain, compared to a Sadowsky, Lull, Alleva or similar...
 
#610
mrpackerguy said:
I wanna 55-01.
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hmmm,, look familiar ?

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i hope you find another that plays as nice as this :bassist:
 
#611
NorCal Dog said:
hmmm,, look familiar ?

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i hope you find another that plays as nice as this :bassist:
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:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
A failed 5'er experiment that saw me going from Fender Jazz Deluxe V to MM SR5 to 55-01 back to MM SR5 Martini bass to Fender Am Std Precision V and now back to wanting another 55-01. Live and learn. At least I know what I want/need now. The 55-01 has it.

Norcal - glad you are enjoying that bass - it's schweet!:)
 
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Eilif said:
My 55-01 has been on the sidelines for almost 2 years since I quit my rock band and joined a country band. This thread has made me miss it, so yesterday I put a fresh battery in there and played it for a while. It sounded great! The B string is really nice, and it still has the best action of any of my basses.

I decided to take a bit of a risk and bring it to my country band practice that night. It sounded good, but when I switched over to my Jack Cassady pickup equiped artcore I realized that no matter how nice it may sound and play, a stock 55-01 is not a great country bass. Changing the pups or pre, or perhaps going passive might change this analysis, but stock is just not the bass for the situation.

I could play a country gig with it and be ok, and the look is not nearly as jarring in a country setting as would be a soundgear or similar modern bass, but with my current stable of instruments, there's no reason.

I was already thinking about potentially modding the electronics/pups on this bass, but playing it in the country has got me thinking about getting a 5 string jazz or precision someday. Being able to hit that low Eb or D without messing with the string intervals, like d-tuning does, is very nice.

The 55-01 is not going anywhere, but I have gotten a renewed appreciation for the idea that some basses are much better suited for some applications than others.
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:eek: I bought my 55-01 for use in country bands. I don't need 5 strings for classic rock.

However, I haven't used it yet since I have gone from 99% country to 0% country (not counting rock bands playing country songs). I bought it in advance so I could get used to the five.

However, I am planning to go passive and get flats. Hope that makes it more suitable.
 
#614
OK, it's here! Very bold grain, I like it.

This is my maiden voyage on a 5 string and I am pretty stoked. I had Brian send a set of their flats and I'm slapping them on tonight.:)
 

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seanm said:
:eek: I bought my 55-01 for use in country bands. I don't need 5 strings for classic rock.

However, I haven't used it yet since I have gone from 99% country to 0% country (not counting rock bands playing country songs). I bought it in advance so I could get used to the five.

However, I am planning to go passive and get flats. Hope that makes it more suitable.
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Don't give up on it yet. I found the 55-01 to be great for the pop-rock I used to play, so you're playing more modern country it may be workable for you. Passive and flats might also help, but in the end analysis, I've got several great passive instruments that I prefer for playing country. (p-bass, t-40 and semi-hollow to name a few)
 
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Eilif said:
My 55-01 has been on the sidelines for almost 2 years since I quit my rock band and joined a country band. This thread has made me miss it, so yesterday I put a fresh battery in there and played it for a while. It sounded great! The B string is really nice, and it still has the best action of any of my basses.

I decided to take a bit of a risk and bring it to my country band practice that night. It sounded good, but when I switched over to my Jack Cassady pickup equiped artcore I realized that no matter how nice it may sound and play, a stock 55-01 is not a great country bass. Changing the pups or pre, or perhaps going passive might change this analysis, but stock is just not the bass for the situation.
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I used my 55-01 (with TI flats and stock pickups/preamp) in a country band for several years. It sounded great. It was my main bass in that band for 2 years.

That said, if you want to change the pickups/preamp I would recommend the U.S. Bart MK5 pickups and Bart NTMD preamp. Very warm sounding, and would work better for country than the stock ones (although as I said they sounded great for me).

This is me playing that 55-01 in my country band (both now gone...).

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#620
Supertanker said:
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Lovely!

Lakland just keeps it rollN!!!
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Thanks! The flats make a huge difference to me. I tend to have a noisey attack and the combination of the active high exaggeration and rounds was way too much for me. Now I'm getting the creamy nougat center I crave tonally and can relax. Everything is nice and tight. I wish it was about 1 lb. lighter, but it's no heavier than my favorite Jazz. This is going to be a lot of fun!

Question: How do I get my photos bigger than the thumbnail like that?
 
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