Lakland Owners Group #51

[MarkusBass]

Depends on the body.

That's for sure!

 

[roadkill2309]

4 strings is all you needs.

Clearly, you have bigger hands than I do.

 

[J. Crawford]

Clearly, you have bigger hands than I do.

Not sure why that applies but I have monkey arms and orangutan hands.. 6'3" helps a bit.

 

[roadkill2309]

Not sure why that applies but I have monkey arms and orangutan hands.. 6'3" helps a bit.

Yep, that works. I switched to 5 because I have crazy small hands and the stretch for the first 5 frets was damaging things. I almost never go lower than E, but I start at fret 5 instead of the open strings. Way more comfy, though it was a bit on an adjustment at first.

 

[MarkusBass]

I went the opposite way. Used to play fives 15 years ago.

 

[basspraiser]

Looks great!

sure does!!!!

You know I did some tracking down, and this is actually tomixx's old Amber he sold to Rev.Dr.
The Doc and I traded around and now I'm a proud member of the LOG!
First Lakland and I get 1 of 18 made like it. WOW. I also have Nubs' sparkle black DJ5 coming in tomorrow. Of course fresh pics of the new cousins will be posted.

Now I feel the irresistible need for something in Markus Orange! That's the way of G.A.S.

that is a GREAT bass! Nubbs DJ5 as well? sweet....do you know if he still has teh 5 string Scheff?

I'm pretty picky about stuff like a finish. I bought my forst 55-02 in Amber because the Doude had convinced Lakland to do a run in that colour. I'd almost laid down my money on a natural one when Doude PMed me to say they were doing amber.

I don't like most sunbursts or solids. I like the candy cola on my Fender P because it goes nicely with the maple fretboard, but that's about it.

Now, if I had a non-deluxe 55-02, I'd send it off to get it painted exactly like the old Music Man Blue Dawn. That was a solid that got me right in the mojo.

I liked that Mai-tai burst we saw a thread or two ago. I'd do that one in a Montreal minute.

the Mai Tai burts is sweeter in person...believe it or not....I love those ambers!!!

4 strings is all you needs.

but the 5the string DOES come in handy ALOT!

Yeah that orange is killin I thought about it on that natty 55-60 a few post above !

that might be nice...

 

[basspraiser]

Nude is a good look too!

Greg beat me to it..... see below!!!

Depends on the body.

...it REALLY does depend..ALOT!

 

[lfbassguy]

I went the opposite way. Used to play fives 15 years ago.

Same here. I used 5's for a good 15 years too. Now I just love using 4.

 

[MarkusBass]

Greg beat me to it..... see below!!!

...it REALLY does depend..ALOT!

It was a setup! I knew one of you fine chaps would pounce on it!

 

[GregC]

sure does!!!!



that is a GREAT bass! Nubbs DJ5 as well? sweet....do you know if he still has teh 5 string Scheff?



the Mai Tai burts is sweeter in person...believe it or not....I love those ambers!!!



but the 5the string DOES come in handy ALOT!



that might be nice...

*Nubs
*the
*burst
*A LOT

 

[roadkill2309]

*Nubs
*the
*burst
*A LOT

Hey now...

 

[MarkusBass]

*Nubs
*the
*burst
*A LOT

 

[firefighta115]

that is a GREAT bass! Nubbs DJ5 as well? sweet....do you know if he still has teh 5 string Scheff?

As far as I know Randy is hanging on to the Scheff. He is, however, starting a nice collection of Warwicks. One being my beautiful wenge-necked Thumb BO5. At least he still has the Scheff.

 

[RumbleBeeAL]

As far as I know Randy is hanging on to the Scheff. He is, however, starting a nice collection of Warwicks. One being my beautiful wenge-necked Thumb BO5. At least he still has the Scheff.

Did I see mention of a Sheff? JS5s are extremely rare indeed.

Everyone should try them at least once!

 

[MarkusBass]

JS5s...weren't there 30 made?

 

[MF_Maher]

Same here. I used 5's for a good 15 years too. Now I just love using 4.

Began playing bass with fours for almost twenty years. Then played a 55-02 as my main bass from 2003-2006 and had all sorts of pain/discomfort issues in my hands, wrists, and forearms. It hurt to shake hands with people, for example.

Went back "home" to four-strings in late 2006 and haven't regretted it at all!

 

[RumbleBeeAL]

JS5s...weren't there 30 made?

Good question, Markus. One would think so. However, I've only seen one US and two Skyline 5-String models surface on TB. Doug mentioned a 5-String a few posts back. In the earlier years, was a "Lot of 30" units required to be purchased at a time from over seas? Since the JS models cary the body of the 44-02/55-02 (Skyline) and 44-94/55-94 (US), maybe they were treated differently on build numbers for the Korean builds at the time and simply had different routings. Of the three Skylines I've had personally, they all had "Aug '02" stamped on the body at the neck pocket. Unless I'm mistaking (quite possible), I believe Gary's Shoreline Gold one was an '05. They stopped stamping the bodies with build dates at some point.

Per the Lakland s/n sheet (Invalid Link Removed), there's only 19 US JS models built to date. That number includes both 4 and 5 string models. Therefore, that makes the Jerry Scheff model the rarest of any "Lakland Signiture Series" in terms of US models. I suppose the Armstrong Chrome Lipstic Tube pickups scared the majority off. I'll admit at first, I too recall myself pushing back. As I played one more, I took the bait and got hooked so to speak.

I suppose the the "rare" is in reference to the on-line presence today. Ha!

If interested, you can click on my name below for more data and pictures of more Jerry Scheff models...

 

[JEDI BASS]

All I need!

All you need is.... a band!

 

[MarkusBass]

All you need is.... a band!

And more time!

 

[J. Crawford]

I want a band.

And more time.

What do I win?