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LAKLAND OWNERS GROUP #47
- Thread starter Bryan R. Tyler
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Markus I didn't realize you had sold your HB! Does that make me the only HB owner in this thread? 
Ahhh. By the way, who is the new contact over at Lakland to talk to about getting some repairs done? Brian? I was always used to just talking to Dan.
I really think something is a little odd with my electronics on the HB and the single-coil mode...
My Skyline HB with Dark Stars ain't goin' anywhere.Markus I didn't realize you had sold your HB! Does that make me the only HB owner in this thread?
My Skyline HB with Dark Stars ain't goin' anywhere.
Ok, whew! I knew I couldn't be the only one
Sweet, thanks! Single-coil mode when the neck pickup is selected seems fine, but when both or just the bridge pickup are selected, there's no change in tone. And an audible POP when I select the neck pickup.
Also, the volume pots seem to be all-or-nothing if both are selected. That is, if I have both on full, both selected, and then ease off slightly on the neck pickup volume, its like I've got just the bridge selected via the 3-way.
Nope ... there's my skyline CAR fretless, tooMarkus I didn't realize you had sold your HB! Does that make me the only HB owner in this thread?
Andy
Have US Lakland always come with a hard case? Did any ever come with a gig bag instead? Just curious...
I can't decide if those liik like breath mints or the ultimate surf-rock combo...
Wow, nice trade. I'd have done the same in a Monréal minute...
Hard cases have been included... I'm not sure about GigBags unless they were specifically ordered and declined on the HSC if permitted. My thoughts would be the cost alone would pretty much require the HSC for added shipping protection.
I'm pretty sure hard cases have always come with them. My '99 JO came with one. Maybe some of the really early ones didn't?
Sure, it's the famous Metallic Teal Green AKA "Lakland Greenfly finish"
LOL!!! Love it.....should we rename it?
Markus I didn't realize you had sold your HB! Does that make me the only HB owner in this thread?
Lost your avatar...sorry dude....time to renew....
Nope ... there's my skyline CAR fretless, too
Andy
OH man!!! GAS again....Like I always say...HBs (especially fretless ones!) are so hawt! they always 'slip out of the mind" and then - just when the coast is clear - WAMMO! a picture shows up and the GAS meter goes to 12!
I just gotta buy one someday and f'get about it!
I wish they made 5ers but alas, that will never happen! BUT JP does like gretch orange!
I've considered sending it to Carl more than a few times, but the long distance kept scaring me. I had suspicions that the month-long shipping time when buying the bass from Florida was what messed it up in the first place...
I also contacted the new owners of Lakland about this issue, and they said my warranty couldn't cover the problem, so I basically thought "screw it" and decided to get to know a local tech in SF.
And with the aggressive slapping I tend to do with this heavy-ash bass, I decided to "max it out" by giving it a preamp, too. I guess I AM finally happy with this thing, but it seems there truly is no cure for GAS.
(I can't believe I'm still looking for new places to blow my money on...) The playability is SPOT ON now, though. Where two other techs had failed, mine took a quick look down the neck and spotted a ski-ramp hump.
But yeah, the prices are definitely extremely high, and there WAS that whole ridiculousissue with the wiring, but they sent me a hundred bucks for my troubles.
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