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Lakland Owners Group #22

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bamabass said:
I didn't start playing Laklands until I moved from Chicago....lol...my next trip home I need to make it to the factory. Last time I was home though I did get to go to Leo's house and play all the basses and stuff he had. That is where I became determined to own a 55-94 at some point.
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Come on down teh weekend before the Elbo Room! we can make it to the factory then!!!!
 
#366
denchiq said:
Lakland banner (N.) - a person who is banned by Talkbass moderators for excessive posting with Lakland content involved, which is known for being otherwise incurable.
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Hey!!! you talkin 'bout me????? huh?????
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#372
litoljon said:
I just saw Earth Wind & Fire with Chicago at the Nokia Theater in LA last night. awesome show!

As expected, Jerry Scheff was sporting his 4-94 all night. It was a deep red one instead of the white one he was using on the EWF/Chicago DVD. The color is very close to the custom black cherry 44-02 that buffordbass is selling. http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=566784.


His headstock had a sticker on top of the lakland logo ... 'XS'. Anyone know what this stands for?

Verdine was great and energetic as usual. Actually all of them still have 'it'. it was a great evening all around. Catch them live if you can.

->arthur
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wanted to go when they were in CHi Town but could not (:crying:)

I believe his are all "custom"....the white one is actually a modified JO......from what Dan tells me....

not sure what the XS stands for "eXtra Special"? maybe a good "ask Dan" question for the LOG site!?

actually - seeing Jason play the white one is what got me researching Laklands to begin with!!! (Jerry is his father and former Elvis bass player!)
 
#373
JazznFunk said:
It's actually Jason Scheff... Jerry is his dad (played bass with Elvis and the Doors). That bass is 2 or 3 years old at this point... XS stands for Extended Scale, and it's a 35" 4-string strung BEAD. I believe it was a prototype fro that model, and it also has Bartolini pickups as opposed to the in-house pups too. Hope that helps!
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well....you got your answer already!!!!
 
#374
bamabass said:
Well, call from the FedEx guy that he could not find my house....we have a new house in an area that GPS doesn't know of..lol. He said I would have to wait till tomorrow to get the new toy since he had other delivereies to make. Come to find out, his next delviery was at my place of employment...so I met him out back, showed some ID, signed for it and now it is in my Jeep!!!! Little freaked out though as I ordered a 3TB 55-02 with rosewood board and the box from Bass Central read LPB DJ5. The truth is I would have been happy either way...lol. I opened a bit of the box to peek inside and it was the proper 55-02 although the other would have been a pleasant surprise as well. So I will leave work here in about 15 minutes and get home and play it a bit and post some pics of the family tonight.
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Either would have been sweet!!! actually - at this point, I would have preferred the LPB DJ!!!

congrats!!!! have fun...the pics can wait until tomorrow!!!
 
#377
litoljon said:
hehe .. yeah, i meant to type Jason. had a brain fart.

Thanks for the info. yep, i figured they had bart from what i can tell. Also it also had no fret markers. looked awesome.


->arthur
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Yeah... Jason told me the details a while back about it when I first saw him playing it in '07 on the Chicago/America summer tour. i thought it had the LH3 system for the longest time though. his old 4-94 that he played from 1998 to around 2000 has the Bart system in it and he really seems to dig those pickups. that no-marker ebony board is indeed nice. quite drool-worthy! the only complaint I have from an outside perspective is that the sound is quite dark and inconsistent in the mix in the times I've seen them since J has been playing that bass, even with the treble almost dimed. the combo of the ebony board with the Barts seems pretty dark to my ears, but i blame it more on the front-of-house and venue engineers personally. his 4-94 was always very upfront, as well as the custom white JO he had for the longest time.
 
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