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LAKLAND OWNERS GROUP #44

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As much as I love my DJ13 I just wasn’t digging the Olympic White, so off to Pat Wilkins it went for a make over.
After some consultation with Pat & playing with different schemes I decided to go with this really cool Black Pearl he had.
Conservative by 'some' standards, but much like the Lakland CAR it has to be seen in person to truly be appreciated!

It looks totally black from a distance, but up close it has pearl metallic & these really awesome pearl swirls that are next to impossible to photograph.

That said, here be a couple pics of the Geddy Pirate DJ, Yarrrr matey!

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#745
Very nice! Looks great!

Mr Matt said:
As much as I love my DJ13 I just wasn’t digging the Olympic White, so off to Pat Wilkins it went for a make over.
After some consultation with Pat & playing with different schemes I decided to go with this really cool Black Pearl he had.
Conservative by 'some' standards, but much like the Lakland CAR it has to be seen in person to truly be appreciated!

It looks totally black from a distance, but up close it has pearl metallic & these really awesome pearl swirls that are next to impossible to photograph.

That said, here be a couple pics of the Geddy Pirate DJ, Yarrrr matey!

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#755
GREAT Alan!

glad you like it.....the CHIs really stand out in a mix.....not sure if you will get the same highs you would with a Std J but I would say the CHIs are more evenly balanced....

Chef said:
Brief gig report:
The 55CS was immediately noticed by the band I played with last night, even while I was just tuning up the the M6>Henry 8x8 rig
"What is that thing, it sounds great!"

Nice hefty lows, but I'd like a little more mid push and a little more top end presence. I think fresh strings, and more specifically fresh nickles will probably get me there. I'm not a stainless rounds guy, and the lakland ss on there seem to not be so fresh either....

It plays out nicely. Sounds pretty good, so next step is fresh strings to see where that takes me.

So far, we've bonded more readily than the MTD535 I had recently (completely an "art bass" in terms of craft, but, complete fail, for me, sonically) and Sadowsky RV5-PJ (nice bass, just not my thing sonically either).
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Mr Matt said:
As much as I love my DJ13 I just wasn’t digging the Olympic White, so off to Pat Wilkins it went for a make over.
After some consultation with Pat & playing with different schemes I decided to go with this really cool Black Pearl he had.
Conservative by 'some' standards, but much like the Lakland CAR it has to be seen in person to truly be appreciated!

It looks totally black from a distance, but up close it has pearl metallic & these really awesome pearl swirls that are next to impossible to photograph.

That said, here be a couple pics of the Geddy Pirate DJ, Yarrrr matey!

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That is absolutely bassgasmic!!!!!

VERY NICE!
 
#757
Glad I could help with your decision!

Would Pat have taken your girlfriend in trade? hmmm.....maybe I CAN pay for another refin sooner than expected (just kidding!)

Pat is a great guy to deal with......hopefullty teh time will go fast.....doubt it...waiting is painful!

Bass. said:
So on Monday I went down to see Pat Wilkins:

He's got a small nondescript shop in a small industrial district of Van Nuys, so much so that I wasn't sure if I was at the right place. It's close enough to ride my bike so I made a little adventure out of the experience. When I got inside it was totally different. He had a couple of Laklands which had their first few coats and were waiting for their turn to be finished. (A nice blue Decade caught my eye) And I also learned how to pronounce Alleva-Coppollo!!

Dropped off my beloved lakland to get Teal Metallic with a matching headstock. That's Doude for getting your JJ it really pushed me over the edge on Teal Metallic! All in all I was there for about 10 minutes and got to check out the shop and Pat himself. So if you guys ever need to get your bass painted Definitely check out Pat's shop and his work. He had some amazing stuff on the walls some; quilted Laklands that just looked gorgeous I almost snatched everything and left my girlfriend as a trade ;)

4 - 5 Weeks and counting.


I can't wait
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