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LAKLAND OWNERS GROUP #44

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#221
blondmix3 said:
So did you end up playing through that albino Ampeg rig at all, or did the Aguilar get replaced right away? And btw, the tone was still pretty killer even with the dying cab, lol.
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I used the Ampeg for one gig. It was the classic SVT tone we've all come to love. But the Aguilar 810 came right away and has been pushing some serious air! It's crazy loud.
 
#223
Thanks for the congrats, everyone.

When I came home from a gig last night, I saw the box in the living room where my wife left it after picking it up from Bass Central earlier in the evening. She was unable to get home before I left for the gig (we live in Tampa Bay which is two hours away from Bass Central) so I was thinking about it the entire time I was on-stage, knowing that it was at home already. When I got home, my wife woke up so that we could open it up together and see it together for the first time.

Although I've owned several 55-02 models and 55-01 models this is the first Indonesian built PLEK'd one that I've owned. My others were all Korean built pre-PLEK. This bass ROCKS!

If anyone is concerned about Lakland's newer ownership or quality of these newer Indonesian built ones, don't be!
 
#226
Just a small "testimonial" if you will.

Tonight I was playing my 55-02 at my youth group, and I had some enhance dialed in on my Eden head, everything else flat, and everything at it's center on the bass (apart from volume :p) and I left it like that for the night and adusted my right hand placement when I needed to, and it felt great to not worry about my sound, I was fizzing!


In short,

I love my Lakie :D :D :D!!!!!
 
#227
sitonmybass said:
Thanks for the congrats, everyone.

When I came home from a gig last night, I saw the box in the living room where my wife left it after picking it up from Bass Central earlier in the evening. She was unable to get home before I left for the gig (we live in Tampa Bay which is two hours away from Bass Central) so I was thinking about it the entire time I was on-stage, knowing that it was at home already. When I got home, my wife woke up so that we could open it up together and see it together for the first time.

Although I've owned several 55-02 models and 55-01 models this is the first Indonesian built PLEK'd one that I've owned. My others were all Korean bullt pre-PLEK. This bass ROCKS!

If anyone is concerned about Lakland's newer ownership or quality of these newer Indonesian built ones, don't be!
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Cool story. Very. Uh, though if if I *were* concerned about Lakland's new ownership (which I'm not), your bass woudn't affect that; it's a remnant of the Dan period rather than a sign of the new company's product line.

BTW, your wife picks up the axe for you, then wakes up in the wee hours so's she can be there when you open it? Holy keeper...
 
#229
So I'll be sending my 55-94 to Pat in the next few days and I'm super excited!! I've decided on Teal Metallic and I'm still destroying myself internally as to whether I should get the matching headstock. It's a great deal being that it's painted by a master! only 65 to match the headstock.

but as I was disassembling my bass I notcied the tuning keys were a little grimey as was the fingerboard and teh back of the neck isn't as sexy as teh day i got her.. or even as sexy as those amazingly smooth rosewood musicman basses.

Who has info on neck cleaning? I've seen it around here before but it's too broad to find anything concise. I want the back of the neck silky smooth when the other half comes back in a month or so.
 
#231
I use FastFret on the fretboard. So is this a maple or rosewood board? I'd go matching if RW.

Bass. said:
So I'll be sending my 55-94 to Pat in the next few days and I'm super excited!! I've decided on Teal Metallic and I'm still destroying myself internally as to whether I should get the matching headstock. It's a great deal being that it's painted by a master! only 65 to match the headstock.

but as I was disassembling my bass I notcied the tuning keys were a little grimey as was the fingerboard and teh back of the neck isn't as sexy as teh day i got her.. or even as sexy as those amazingly smooth rosewood musicman basses.

Who has info on neck cleaning? I've seen it around here before but it's too broad to find anything concise. I want the back of the neck silky smooth when the other half comes back in a month or so.
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Wouldn't we need a few years (at least one) before we could fully come to a conclusion about the transfer of ownership?

I would be hard pressed to think that they didn't have at Least a few months worth of basses in their indonesian plant as well as don't they let their wood sit for a while?

etc. etc.
 
#235
Bass. said:
It is RW.
it's tempting..

That'll clean up all the finger gunk from a few years of playability?

what about for the back?
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I've posted this a couple times before, but here it is again (it's been a while). This is what Kirk had sent me a few years back when I inquired about neck cleaning...

We use the grey scotch-brite pads. They are comparable to #000 steel wool. 3M used to be the sole producer of scotch-brite but now several other companies manufacture it which makes it easier to find. Generically, it is called a nylon abrasive pad. We have used Klingspor, Norton and 3M. You should be able to find it at any hardware store that sells sandpaper. If you prefer searching online, one site at which I know it can be found is Link Removed. We generally use orange oil for cleaning the necks and fingerboards. It works well and is healthier to handle than most solvents. Do this before going at it with the scotch-brite. You may not need to go any further after the neck is cleaned with the orange oil. You really only need to use the scotch-brite to maintain the satin feel of the neck, so go easy. If you have a maple fingerboard, there isn't much else to do than to clean it periodically. With the ebony and rosewood fingerboards, we treat them with Howard's feed-n-wax after cleaning. Follow the directions on the bottle and you should be fine. Hopefully you can find all of these things in one visit to the hardware store. They are not expensive or exotic and keep well. One bottle of each and a couple sheets of scotch-brite should probably last for years depending on how many instruments you own.
Good luck,
Kirk
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This would probably be a good sticky for the LOG forums.
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#238
Luke.Walton said:
Just a small "testimonial" if you will.

Tonight I was playing my 55-02 at my youth group, and I had some enhance dialed in on my Eden head, everything else flat, and everything at it's center on the bass (apart from volume :p) and I left it like that for the night and adusted my right hand placement when I needed to, and it felt great to not worry about my sound, I was fizzing!


In short,

I love my Lakie :D :D :D!!!!!
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It is very nice to not have to worry or tweak knobs.
 
#239
Bass. said:
Awesome! this is exactly what I was hoping for

+1 for sticky

this woudl work right?

howards feed-n-fax

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That appears to be the stuff. I've never actually used it (yet).

Should also probably note, that that info was for US models with the different, natural neck finish on the back (not the satin poly finish like Skyline's), so those with the Skyline models don't get confused. However, you could still follow that for RW fretboard mainteneance.
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