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LAKLAND OWNERS GROUP #28

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basspraiser said:
thanks Mr. Secretary...will put the check in the mail for answering for me.....golly gee....seems like all of us are almost married to each other the way we complete each other's sentences and answer for each other.....

before you know it, we will be wipping curd and gravy stains off of each others cheeks....:eyebrow:
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LOL

I hope this is not an outline of the next GTG... but almost ANYTHING about each other's Laklands, I'm sure :D
 
#324
basspraiser said:
Sorry to cause sooooo much pain JJ...

BTW - I DID approach Dan about a LOG/Doude signature model (in Skyline)....OK - I DID not call it a Doude sig but I DID ask to see if he would be willing to do a BG5 with B&B and a std P pickup (since the current Skyline line just lost a B&B bass).....


His response was "Sorry - no yet...."

we'll have to keep on him....it WILL happen....someday....someday....
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Dangit!
 
#327
Mr Matt said:
This pimp machine can't help but be over the top, it NEEDS some crushed mother of pearl blocks to match that killer paint job.

Something like this...

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Randy should make them of pieces of real amber! Maybe a different shape tho
 
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jmfresh said:
Got a question for all of you very knowledgeable Lakland owners. In looking at the specs on the Lakland website for the 55-02, the neck width at the last fret reads 3.3 in, which correlates to 84 mm. That is a surfboard in relative terms for a 5 string. I seem to remember looking at the specs earlier this year when they read 2.9 in, which correlates to a much more manageable 74 mm. Is the 3.3 an accurate measurement? If so, I'll have to look for a used 55-02. Thanks.
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if noone answers this I can measure a US and a Shoreline with a metric ruler for you in a few hours. Don't have a Skyline at hand but it has been discussed recently and looks like they are sporting the same fretboard measurements
But come to think about it. The distance between the centers of the strings at the bridge is 19 mm. With 5 strings it is:
4 spaces * 19 mm = 76 mm. So it makes sense.
The spacing is equal to a F****r 4-string and is not unique. Zon and others that also use Hipshot bridges make basses with appr. the same width of the fbd.
As for the surfboard metaphor... or should it be hyperbole? Well who cares (Greg may :D)! Some say the 55 neck fit them as a glove. I took some time to accomodate but now I feel very comfortable with it and play far up the fretboard. Try one and you will not regret!

BTW, my calculator says 3.3 in * 2.54 mm = 83.82 mm... but that is about the same
 
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JEDI BASS said:
A nice merlot, sometimes a blackberry wine from a local vinyard, if it's not too sweet. Other than that... dark microbrews like Shakespears Stout by (IIRC) the Knoxville Brewery, Guinness will do too. Liquor, eh not my thing really, but I'll ocassionally have a black Russian or some tequila.
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What, no white lightning?;)
 
#339
basspraiser said:
:cool:So: a student of mine (I teach a few professional courses here and there) gives me a bottle of Puerto Rican Rum (He is from Puerto Rico) and I crack it open tonight......this is some of the BEST rum I have EVER tasted....and man is it strong.....just one drink and I am feeling happy.....:cool:
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Rum is my fave, and on our honeymoon, we spent a week in Jamaica.... worst water but best rum ever!
 
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Honk'n_down-low said:
Came upstairs - logged on, read the last few posts - had to go make a Drink. Rum sounded good all I had in the cabinet was Jim Beam - Jim Beam and Cream Soda < would make a nice finish color - soon I will be slurrring my typing.... :D

Back to your regularly scheduled Lakland thread.... ;)
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Must be something in the air tonight, wifey and I had date night- went to a movie (The Invention of Lying=4 thumbs down), then grabbed some killer sushi and plum wine, along with a nice custom concoction filled with wonderful rum :)
 
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