I can still see the reflection of the Smokies in the chrome of that Darkstar.
You responded to the wrong post JJ
I forgot to mention that though...the Darkstar was JJ's!
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LAKLAND OWNERS GROUP #44
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You responded to the wrong post JJ
I forgot to mention that though...the Darkstar was JJ's!
Chef
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so I'm in Austria (which is a very nice place to be actually), currently in Linz, and just made a 3hr. footwalk to look around. Found a music store with a dozen basses. No Laklands there.
It was for the first time that I tried F****r Standard P5, they had 2 of them. I gave them a try. Well... they say the quality has crucially improved in the past few years - that may be. I won't object. With a tag of 1650, which I thought was a bit too much, there were two basses, not bad ones, indeed. Different weight, different neck feel, they even sound different - one is a P just as one would describe a P-bass, another a bit crispier on the high end, just like I personally would like better. The B strings were good, better than many basses (save for Laklands). The intonation was nowhere near perfect, the relief differed on the two basses, action was, obviously, also different, there was a fret buzz at the 3rd fret of the B string, and a sharp edge.
Now, just a minute, the price was in Euro, which makes it... roughly $2300. Nein danke!!! I can get two Skylines for that and be two Skylines happier.
P.S. ... or a used or a new B-stock US Lakland. A BG5, for a start.
It was for the first time that I tried F****r Standard P5, they had 2 of them. I gave them a try. Well... they say the quality has crucially improved in the past few years - that may be. I won't object. With a tag of 1650, which I thought was a bit too much, there were two basses, not bad ones, indeed. Different weight, different neck feel, they even sound different - one is a P just as one would describe a P-bass, another a bit crispier on the high end, just like I personally would like better. The B strings were good, better than many basses (save for Laklands). The intonation was nowhere near perfect, the relief differed on the two basses, action was, obviously, also different, there was a fret buzz at the 3rd fret of the B string, and a sharp edge.
Now, just a minute, the price was in Euro, which makes it... roughly $2300. Nein danke!!! I can get two Skylines for that and be two Skylines happier.
P.S. ... or a used or a new B-stock US Lakland. A BG5, for a start.
Coolness, although a tad unexpected. I dig it! How does it sound compared to your other P and the neck pu of the Decade?
Mint to start off; thinking about pearl white. I'm open to suggestions (with pics would be awesome!).
Chef
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Much as I like those DS'd P basses Lakland do, I personally would prefer that they move the pickup more to the center of the pickguard.
That way, with enough extra wire on the pickup leads, one could spin the pickup one way more much deeper tone, and spin it the other way for nearly the same "P placement" it currently has.
just one man's devalued .02.
That way, with enough extra wire on the pickup leads, one could spin the pickup one way more much deeper tone, and spin it the other way for nearly the same "P placement" it currently has.
just one man's devalued .02.
I can still see the reflection of the Smokies in the chrome of that Darkstar
Wait... confusion... how did that apply to my comment? LOL
Thanks! Unexpected? Why?
Sounds totally different. The DS's tone is more round. The Neo P pickup gets angrier when pushed. More mids. The Decade's Chi in the extreme neck position is super thick, but not as defined as the other too. More of a dub sound with more mids.
But the DS the way it is is so thick already. Getting close to my Decade for earth moving.
Just seeing you without a Lakie pickup, lol. It was strange enough seeing a non Chi....
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