Lakland Owners Group #55!

[JEDI BASS]

I wonder if somehow the nut is not quite cut right, or the bridge position of the string is off somewhat. Have you done any measurements vs. other basses? And it appears this is a Skyline, right? Tolerances have been known to wander on some of those. just my random thoughts.

Very true of the Sky's unfortunately... but IME it's bridge positioning :-(

Hopefully a neck shift will work.

 

[GregC]

Greg, no doubt you've posted them already but for those of us who haven't seen do you have any pics of the surf green Glaub and the DS Glaub?

I have posted pics, but they honestly haven't been very good ones. Here's what I have at the moment, I keep forgetting to take better shots.

Here are my Dark Star Lakies:

Here's a bad picture of me and the Glaub right after I picked it up at Lakland:

 

[SJLee]

Sweet!!! Christmas present?

 

[Tat2dHeart]

I'm in. And with pics.....

 

[Dr_Funkdamental]

Man I thought I was in on this group. I LOVE my Laklands. The JO5 w/J Retro is my main go to these days. The Roscoe is the army's, but I dont really like it anyway lol.

 

[BassAgent]

Hmmm...planning a mega(re)post with lots of pics (and chicks) and videos. Is that ok?

 

[topcat2069]

Just to remain included

 

[NAtterberry]

Speaking of changing strings, I'm loving the DR nickel lo-riders I put on my Skyline 44-60. It's made me enjoy playing it so much more. Had no idea what it had on it before, whatever it came with haha.

 

[GregC]

Sweet!!! Christmas present?

Thanks! Nah, I ordered it in late July, it just happened to be done 10 days before Christmas.

 

[SJLee]

Perfect timing.

 

[Black Bart]

Loosen the strings, loosen the neck bolts, hold the bass in playing position, grab the headstock and lift up toward the ceiling (or E string side). If you're lucky, you'll have enough room in the neck pocket that the neck will shift. You can usually see the strings migrate north across the fretboard. This can be done on a tabletop also, btw. You may need someone to tighten the neck bolts while you hold pressure on the neck.

This is what Sheldon Dingwall had me do to one of his basses that I used to own and I've used it on many since then w/ great results.

Worst case scenario: no neck pocket room = no change which means repositioning the bridge = headache!

So basically you want me to wring it's neck for getting out of line? All the whilst yelling "Why I otta..."

Actually saw this method described elsewhere here on TB, may give it a try at some point. Just seems sad to have to do this to a Lakland - just sayin' especially since it was already back at the mother ship under warranty for a pickup issue late last year and this wasn't spotted.

Hoping it's just a string tension issue as Nat mentioned.

 

[Black Bart]

You know on looking at this image Jedi might have something. That G string looks awfully close to the edge.

Sorry about the other fodder in the photo

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[nonohmic]

I want a Bob Glaub or a Duck Dunn in LPB with a tort guard. Lotto this weekend i can feel it!

 

[Johnny Alien]

 

[Mrfstop]

ahhhhhh ha, I see how it is..
Well better get postin bro.
Hey beautiful girl in that shot.
And ummm nice bass too

well, in that case, here's one with a little more *ahem* action in it

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Got to jam with two of my favorite people at their wedding day this past winter. I was sick as a dog, but managed to have a great time. And my girlfriend said I looked sexy on stage all dressed up

edit: I'm trying to give Mrfstop a run for his money on posts in this thread so far

 

[Mrfstop]

hhhhhhmmmmmmmm for some odd reason that Adams family theme song pops into my head when viewing your family photo brotha Complete with finger snappin.

You know on looking at this image Jedi might have something. That G string looks awfully close to the edge.

Sorry about the other fodder in the photo

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[Mrfstop]

ooooooops, seems I blaaabed a bit more than I planned in this one. I tried holding back. really. I did. umm kinda? Sorta? I think?

Here we go again--wow, 6 weeks or so! The leaders are the same, although the distribution is a bit wider. I didn't cut off the count at 10 posts this time; using Chrome instead of Explorer this time allowed me to be more "inclusive." Sorry if that offends any conservatives.

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[Mrfstop]

My wooden kids from Chicago

 

[Mrfstop]

Awesome basses Greg! Man I love those Darkstars!!

I have posted pics, but they honestly haven't been very good ones. Here's what I have at the moment, I keep forgetting to take better shots.

Here are my Dark Star Lakies:

Here's a bad picture of me and the Glaub right after I picked it up at Lakland:

 

[Black Bart]

I decided to take a look at the nut, neck, bridge and strings a bit more closely, so I took out a set of digital calipers and measured the distance from the outside of the E and G strings to the edge of the fretboard from nut to heel.

I found that the distance from the E to the edge was consistently 12/64" and the G to the edge was 8/64" all the way down.

In the process of doing this as I got to the heel on the G side I happened to notice that the saddle for the G string was slightly misaligned in that it was pointing out to a minor degree. I loosened the string and then pushed it back flush against the D saddle, tuned back up to pitch and remeasured.

The result is that the G string is now 10/64" from nut to heel. I ran through the progressions that previously would result in the G slipping off the board and found that the string was now staying on the fretboard. Hopefully this has fixed the issue.

I will still be putting the Cobalts on later this week and will report back on those separately. Thanks for everyone's suggestions and helpful hints, very much appreciated.