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LAKLAND OWNERS GROUP #31

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JEDI BASS said:
is it bad that when I heard the world would sorta end (almost all human life lost) in 2012, my first thought was: How can I preserve my Laklands? :hmm:

But, then I realized, it'll probably take a hundred years or so for electricity to be reestablished :mad:, and I'll be dead.... unless I get to the top of that mountain range in Africa....

Hmm, maybe Dan will build me a washtub bass w/ BEM stick and chrome handles :hyper:.
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you would need built-in cnandeliers to see the beauty
 
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denchiq said:
You're right in the B&B way, but so much gold is just too fussy for the european mind :D:D
As for Nessie, part of the task for Leo said it was a worker bass so it didn't need bells and whistles and could have any cosmetic faults. I would've been glad with a used/demo/parts bass as well. But in the end, it turned out for sooo much better! And the price, it just seals it.
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Amen brother. A steal. :hyper::bassist::D:smug::smug:
 
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Eublet said:
haha, you posted that while I was putting in my post. That echo's exactly what I've heard.

So the TI's...are the tighter than rounds? I think for me, something that approached the tension of rounds is best. For reference, I string my jazz basses with Hi-beams, and play with a lighter touch. The Dunn has the Lakland SS strings on it right now, which I like since they are higher tension than the Hi-beams, at least for that bass. I don't konw that I'd want Chromes if they're a whole lot tighter than that, so maybe I should go with the TI's.

What's the tonal difference to you? I've heard the Chromes will deaden a good bit after a month or so and sound more like other flats.
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I've actually got an unopened set of Fender flats that I could send you if you cover shipping (not sure how I ended up with them, and I don't own a four-banger). Just PM me if interested.
 
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Grateful said:
At this point, it's going to be a 55-10 if that pickup doesn't get here soon from Nordstrand!
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he he! Just make sure it is not later than 55-11, as there might be no 55-12 they say :D

Grateful said:
I don't know what to call it. I barely understand the Lakland numbering code as it is. I'm wide open to suggestions!
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1) It will be 55 for sure.
2) I think active "optional" versions of serial basses tend to have numbers, passive ones - letters (E.g., the 55-63 vs. 55-JJ or, Dual J as Leo put it and, IIRC, the 2006 Shoreline catalogue tells). Thus, the 55-P (as opposed to the BG5, BG5PJ based on other basic model).
3) Also, basses modified with pickups sometimes have the letters to describe that (E.g., the 44-02 CS tells us it is a Skyline with Chis*, 55-JJ CS or 55-Dual J CS tells it is either Midas or Nessie ;)). However, Doude's and Randy's basses with pups similar to yours don't, neither does the BG5 @BassCentral, and three makes a rule. So you do not ad -NP in the end

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* you want to include the idea of land of origin, and that would normally make it a 55-01P. But this would confuse it with, firstly, a double pickup design bass; secondly, an active version of the bass.




Everything is quite easy as you see :D











As a footnote, I think it is a shame Lakland did not celebrate the 15-th anniversary with a LE, save for a model.
 
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