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Lakland Owners Group #24

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#981
basspraiser said:
Lakland pickups....late 2008...doubt it's PLEK'd.....Plek did not come in until 2009.

Any new news? I know you were not very happy with the sound....
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No news other than to say ive ordered some Elixirs to put on it and hope that helps. They should be here by the end of the week.
I did another gig at the weekend and the tone is usable, no doubt about it. The band like the tone and im sure i could get used to it but i really do want my P tone back.
i'll need to mess around with the EQ on my amp as well over the next few gigs.
The DJ5 is a much better bass IMHO so ill stick with it but i think ill end up putting a P pup in it sooner rather than later.
Im almost tempted to take the pup out of my P5 but would be silly as i need to sell it at some point.

Still open to ideas about pup options though. And still waiting to order the black scratch plate.

Got a few more pics up.

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#984
dave_bass5 said:
No news other than to say ive ordered some Elixirs to put on it and hope that helps. They should be here by the end of the week.
I did another gig at the weekend and the tone is usable, no doubt about it. The band like the tone and im sure i could get used to it but i really do want my P tone back.
i'll need to mess around with the EQ on my amp as well over the next few gigs.
The DJ5 is a much better bass IMHO so ill stick with it but i think ill end up putting a P pup in it sooner rather than later.
Im almost tempted to take the pup out of my P5 but would be silly as i need to sell it at some point.

Still open to ideas about pup options though. And still waiting to order the black scratch plate.

Got a few more pics up.

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Nice! I LOVE the Nordy NP5 in the BG5. Also, Roger should be able to make the pickguard with the P opening in it without a problem. Good luck!
 
#986
basspraiser said:
Lakland pickups....late 2008...doubt it's PLEK'd.....Plek did not come in until 2009.

Any new news? I know you were not very happy with the sound....
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I'm with Randy on this. They got the Plek machine in late 2008. My Skyline Decade's serial number starts with "0811", and it's Plek'd.
 
#987
Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders are pretty P bass sounding in my opinion. I had them on a F&^@$% J bass.

dave_bass5 said:
No news other than to say ive ordered some Elixirs to put on it and hope that helps. They should be here by the end of the week.
I did another gig at the weekend and the tone is usable, no doubt about it. The band like the tone and im sure i could get used to it but i really do want my P tone back.
i'll need to mess around with the EQ on my amp as well over the next few gigs.
The DJ5 is a much better bass IMHO so ill stick with it but i think ill end up putting a P pup in it sooner rather than later.
Im almost tempted to take the pup out of my P5 but would be silly as i need to sell it at some point.

Still open to ideas about pup options though. And still waiting to order the black scratch plate.

Got a few more pics up.

641876891_CmNZF-L.jpg


641877188_Cz8jG-M.jpg
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#989
dave_bass5 said:
Well as you can see, im in that thread as well but i do want to stress that im happy with the bass and while im not 100%with the pick tone i had already aired my worries about going back to a Jazz after really getting in to my P sound before i got my DJ5 so for me its just a transitional thing, i hope.
I play 99% with a pick and while im not really digging the tone (yet) im going to change strings and see how things develop.

For me its just a lack of punch and thickness that im missing.
Im hoping a set of elixirs will do the trick as i dont really like SS strings as i find them too bright and playing with a pick seems to exaggerate this.
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I've said this a bunch, but it's worth repeating... Get a tech to wire up a series switch for those jazz pups. The 2 halves of a P pup are ran in series. My jazz has a much fatter tone in series, I never use parallel anymore.

With DR Loriders and pick, I'm able to get the Shinedown "Save Me" tone and am very close to Duff's Velvet Revolver tone. I think Shinedown's is a Stingray bass, but that's what I'm gettin. A lot fatter than a typical jazz IMO.
 
#991
Cheers guys.
Jedi. yes, ive not forgotten your suggestion and its on my list but my thinking is why go half way when i can go all the way?
Saying that, if its something i can do myself i might give it a try. I dont suppose you have any wiring diagrams do you? I'll not bother with the switch, just wire them together and see how it goes. Like you i doubt i would need the typical jazz tone.
 
#992
dave_bass5 said:
No news other than to say ive ordered some Elixirs to put on it and hope that helps. They should be here by the end of the week.
I did another gig at the weekend and the tone is usable, no doubt about it. The band like the tone and im sure i could get used to it but i really do want my P tone back.
i'll need to mess around with the EQ on my amp as well over the next few gigs.
The DJ5 is a much better bass IMHO so ill stick with it but i think ill end up putting a P pup in it sooner rather than later.
Im almost tempted to take the pup out of my P5 but would be silly as i need to sell it at some point.

Still open to ideas about pup options though. And still waiting to order the black scratch plate.

Got a few more pics up.

641876891_CmNZF-L.jpg


641877188_Cz8jG-M.jpg
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Dave:

sticking a P pickup in there would be GREAT! Lakland can do that and can match the set for minimum hum and interfearance...that would be a HOT P/J!

On my "someday Maybe I should" list is exactly that.....black DJ5 with P/J...actually like the JO body better but cannot get the blocked neck on a Skyline so......
 
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