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LAKLAND OWNERS GROUP #49

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Supertanker said:
I hate that numbering system.

I think with a little thought they could have come up with a much better naming scheme.

In the future there will be more numbers and more confusion...
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Really? I love the numbering system, though I guess you might be right about the confusion. In fact, the new active Jazzes might be the first hint at that confusing future.

But I like it because they took one aspect of their naming mess and made everything match. They could have easily gone with names of some sort across the board and I'd have been just as happy, though not so much sig names.

But even then, the word 'custom' would still really P me off.
 
#462
Supertanker said:
I thought that might be the case.

I saw a Hawaii Blue Strat on TV (original Fender color).

I had never seen that color before and now it's stuck in my head...
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Oh, is that one of those early '80s "international colors"? I seem to remember seeing a Fender P with a finish called "Maui Blue" from that era on TB once, it looked great!

Here's the international colors thread: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/fender-international-color-series-440224/

And here's Maui Blue: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/fender-international-color-series-440224/index3.html#post5830129
 
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Poon said:
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wow nice looking bass. I want one!
 
#466
roadkill2309 said:
Really? I love the numbering system, though I guess you might be right about the confusion. In fact, the new active Jazzes might be the first hint at that confusing future.

But I like it because they took one aspect of their naming mess and made everything match. They could have easily gone with names of some sort across the board and I'd have been just as happy, though not so much sig names.

But even then, the word 'custom' would still really P me off.
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I'm with you on the "custom".

It's so overused it doesn't mean anything.

I just counted. There are 20 different basses with numbers on the Lakland site.

Of course folks like us who know the history, but if I were looking for the first time, I would say, what the ----?

Compare that to say Sadowsky, it's clear from the name what you're looking at...
 
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I'm pretty sure the custom refers to how in 1964, the P bass did not come with blocks and binding...therefore if someone had that setup, it would have been a J bass neck with 1.5" nut width...therefore custom.

Numbering
44= 4 string, 34" scale
55= 5 String 35" scale

Second set is when the bass was designed...by Lakland in the models that are Lakland's own design, by the original manufacture.
 
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Big deal . . . custom, kustom, 44, 55, Vintage J, JO5, etc . . . whatever, we just like saying "Lakland Custom," whether it means anything to anyone or not! It means something to me! Hell, according to the UPS online schedule, mine is supposed to be delivered today, and someone is already beating the bass up!
 
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MarkusBass said:
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Numbering
44= 4 string, 34" scale
55= 5 String 35" scale

Second set is when the bass was designed...by Lakland in the models that are Lakland's own design, by the original manufacture.
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Which also requires you to know something about bass history (Fender and Lakland) to decipher the code.

And even for someone (like me for example) :eek: I have to think about it to figure it out.

I just think it could be simpler...
 
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Supertanker said:
Which also requires you to know something about bass history (Fender and Lakland) to decipher the code.

And even for someone (like me for example) :eek: I have to think about it to figure it out.

I just think it could be simpler...
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Yes...but there are manufactures that have names for there bass that say nothing about pickup config. You just lean them by reading their material.

macribas said:
What happens if they decide to have two models inspired in basses created in the same year by the original manufacturer? Or if they create two original designs in a single year? :)
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Can you think of two?
 
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MarkusBass said:
Yes...but there are manufactures that have names for there bass that say nothing about pickup config. You just lean them by reading their material.
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So true.

If Lakland named their basses after streets in Chicago even though it has nothing to with configuration, a name provides an identity more so than a number.

Look at it this way what if "Markus Orange" was "110224" instead. I can get passionate about "Markus Orange", not "110224".
Markus Orange has become a brand unto itself.

It's all about branding.

I think simple is always best...
 
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