LAKLAND OWNERS GROUP #43

[basspraiser]

yup!

atill no answer to my trivia question?

do i need to offer a prize???

PS - so do I.....I still try to see what others are playing...

Great story! reminds me of myself when I was younger. Well, not really. I still do that)))

So, the 35-inch 4-string, it has some index of its own like 'XS' or something, doesn't it

 

[basspraiser]

yeh- I forgot...Cetera left a while before that...knew I waas wrong but decided to leave the post anyways...

ahve not seen Jason live...only on video....talent galore!

Chicago has alot of talent and energy for a bunch of well preserved seasoned citizens!

Yeah, it was Jason. I could be wrong about the time, maybe it was 11 yrs ago.

 

[basspraiser]

Nice TIM!!!

love the color...

feel free to post more pics anyime (PLEASE???)

where/when did you get the BG?

snapped a quick pic: JO now w/3 knob plate and my new-ish BG

 

[basspraiser]

AMp'D.2play:

a Skyline is NEVER a "settle for".....one thing with Lakies (IMHO) is that the "more cost effective" line of the 2 lines is MUCH closer in quality and playability and sound than in ANY other line I have seen!

I still have 2 Skylines and they get alot of play!!

As hinted at 2 months ago, and (finally) paid off in full & picked up yesterday. My new Skyline 44-02 Deluxe in Natural Translucent! Not flashy, but I love it ... and find I'm having a hard time putting it down.

I must've tried out 15-20 basses, and even though I liked a few, I couldn't bring myself to plunk down a deposit. Once the shop owner brought out this 44-02 and I played it for a while, my search was over. Budget couldn't swing a US-made 4-94, so I had to "settle" for this Crafted in Korea Skyline instead.

 

[basspraiser]

congrats!

cannot wait to see how you like it...

I have an active Decade (Skyline) coming soon. Excited for a different Lakland, as my last 3 bought have been P's. And I'm stoked for an active bass. Haven't really used one for the last 5 or 6 years.

 

[basspraiser]

See Jes...Amber is "part" of you....

Is it going to see stage time? I just bought my first P specifically because I wish I'd had one on two songs of the CD I just recorded. I brought it out to a gig, and people were kinda weirded out by the sight. I've sort of made the Amer 55-02 part of my... I dunno, 'stage persona,' I guess.

 

[basspraiser]

calm down Terry...same GREAT P - different moniker!!!

Seems like every time I get on the road a bunch of stuff happens...
NO MORE GLAUBS??!?!??!?!????
that's crazy talk!!

 

[basspraiser]

...and sincere it was....I did not think I was "that" tough on you.....he he!!! as I said (and you obviously did not get a chance to read)...all is good!!!

conversation is a good thing....

not sure on more customization.....will have to wait and see...

Damn, and after I spent all that time typing a sincere reply to doug/basspraiser, the press release thread...

Well then, I wonder how much more customizable US lakies will be, now that the constraints of a single man's "signature preferences" are out the window. I'd love to have some medium-jumbo frets on an active, heavy-ash slapper bass.

 

[basspraiser]

More variability in the 55-02 and a more versatile pre-amp....I have been impressed with the 55-01s I played but like the variability an -02 allows....

Let's say I was in the market for a new bass from Lakland since the LOG bass won't be out for a while.

What are the main differences between the 55-01 and the 55-02? General thoughts would be appreciated - sound, brightness, etc.

Thanks!

 

[basspraiser]

Very nice!!!

so you like "real music" too huh??? (just kidding!!)

Thought i'd share this awesome video I found.

 

[jarrhead]

Very nice!!!

so you like "real music" too huh??? (just kidding!!)

Stuff like this too. ;D

 

[fergbassplayer]

I saw it.....just got back from Walgreens with a Large Jar of Tums!!!!

Killer deal alert (should've linked this yesterday) on a sunburst fretless 44-02. No affiliation, but the seller is a cool TBer who's been very helpful to me in the past. He's in the Bay area, Ferg!
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=653681

 

[blondmix3]

yup!

atill no answer to my trivia question?

do i need to offer a prize???

PS - so do I.....I still try to see what others are playing...

Beach Boys?

 

[jarrhead]

I saw it.....just got back from Walgreens with a Large Jar of Tums!!!!

 

[TheOldFlatwound]

Nice TIM!!!

love the color...

feel free to post more pics anyime (PLEASE???)

where/when did you get the BG?

Thanks!! I ordered it directly from Lakland--it's been great.....

 

[denchiq]

Seems like every time I get on the road a bunch of stuff happens...
NO MORE GLAUBS??!?!??!?!????
that's crazy talk!!

UH?!!

 

[denchiq]

Thought i'd share this awesome video I found.

very nice. Wish I could think like that


P.S. on a second thought, I think it is too long or a bit monotonous

 

[denchiq]

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Cool! The upper horn brings other sleek shapes to mind. What exactly - Spector-y? Jag-like? Hanson-styled? Can't make it out yet.
Only it seems the cutout under the upper horn asks to be a bit deeper because the horn looks somewhat short

P.S. Intonation problems, eh? That's always the trouble with Photoshop



P.P.S. just read the comments. Randy, John, jcorbeil (sorry I don't knw yor name [just yet]), I'm with you

 

[denchiq]

Denis;

I WAS a "bender" still getting used to the sliding thaing!

get it epoxied by a WELL trusted Luthier and you will love it...make sure you play the guy's work thoguh first...a bad epoxy job can kill a neck...

well I read your warning about not bending first (when the work on your bass was in progress), and then when Nessie arrived I watched Steve Bailey's video course.
BTW, it did give me some 'idears', but Steve isn't really a guy I wood choose for a teacher - he's just too good, just over the edge!

can kill a neck! I can't do that! Nessie's neck is easily the best I ever played, fretted or fretless

 

[Gecko 5]

Alright boys and girls, help a brother out.
Got this DJ5 last week. Then today I get a big old envelope from our guy Terry ( no good scents coming off this one) with two sweet pickguards.
Help me choose.....

I REALLY didn't think this one would work....but it totally does.
Plus the wife likes it (always a good thing), (shes still mad I sold my 55-02 Cherry Sunburst Deluxe....It was "pretty"..She was right....it was)

#1

This one is more subtle.
#2

Discuss........