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Lakland Owners Group #55!

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#662
Johnny Alien said:
I don't know guys....a Dark Star Decade probably sold for around $3600 new. So new prices for used basses are alot but here's the bottom line. How many Deark Star Decades were made? Even if Dark Stars were still getting made Lakland would not install them for you. Chi-Sonics are larger than Dark Stars so it's impossible to mod a new Decade to have Dark Stars even if you paid the obscene ebay price.

So what you have is a very rare Lakland that cannot be replicated anymore. How much is that worth to you? If it had both necks and he did $3500 I would say that's not out of the question.
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I hear ya on all the above.
I would think this bass is like anything.
It is worth whatever someone will pay for it.
Sure there is someone out there someplace who will pay asking price.
But if they want to increase their odds of finding a buyer they should come down on it to well under $3,000.00 IMO.
But who knows? Someone could buy it tomorrow for asking price. Stranger things for sure have happened. :D
 
#665
Johnny Alien said:
It looks like it does come with both necks and they are both serial numbered to the same number. So how much money does lakland charge for a US neck?
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Ah HA!
It comes with two necks.
Well that I am sure is part of their reasoning for the asking price.
But the thing is from a marketing standpoint, not everyone wanting that bass plays fretless.
Fretless is a much harder sell than fretted I have found.
I bet if they lowered the price on the bass with the fretted neck. And then listed the US lakland fretless neck by itself, they could still make a good deal on the two items. But sold separate they could maybe sell them quicker.
Again just an opinion.:D
 
#666
Johnny Alien said:
I don't know guys....a Dark Star Decade probably sold for around $3600 new. So new prices for used basses are alot but here's the bottom line. How many Deark Star Decades were made? Even if Dark Stars were still getting made Lakland would not install them for you. Chi-Sonics are larger than Dark Stars so it's impossible to mod a new Decade to have Dark Stars even if you paid the obscene ebay price.

So what you have is a very rare Lakland that cannot be replicated anymore. How much is that worth to you? If it had both necks and he did $3500 I would say that's not out of the question.
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I'd pay $1900, but I'm sure someone will pay $3600. The '51 proto P that I had bought new sold to it's third owner overseas for twice what I paid for it.
 
#667
Johnny Alien said:
It looks like it does come with both necks and they are both serial numbered to the same number. So how much money does lakland charge for a US neck?
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Ah, well that certainly changes the game quite a bit. Although I again agree with Dan, the seller will have a much easier time offloading the second neck separately. Only a few weirdos like Doug want two necks for the same bass.:D
 
#669
Mrfstop said:
Ah HA!
It comes with two necks.
Well that I am sure is part of their reasoning for the asking price.
But the thing is from a marketing standpoint, not everyone wanting that bass plays fretless.
Fretless is a much harder sell than fretted I have found.
I bet if they lowered the price on the bass with the fretted neck. And then listed the US lakland fretless neck by itself, they could still make a good deal on the two items. But sold separate they could maybe sell them quicker.
Again just an opinion.:D
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I'm not sure if it does, the description seems a little ambiguous to me. Doesn't state explicitly that it comes with both necks, nor does it say it doesn't, just "available at this point."

"Description: Super deluxe USA Lakland Decade bass with Rosewood neck, Came as a fretless, sent back, fretted neck also serialed to the bass, fretless neck available at this point. Has the unobtanium "Darkstar" pickups and super deluxe hardshell white case, About drop dead mint and rarin to go!"
 
#670
if there is anyone in the NYC or Rockland, Westchester, Orange County area that has a Lakland 55-94 that would be willing to let me come over and try it i would be forever grateful. i would bring my 55-02's fretted and fretless so we both could see and feel the difference. i would even bring my promethean 5210 amp with me. i really want to try out an American Lakland before plucking down such a large investment to really see if in my opinion they are worth the extra cost but i just cant find a 55-94 in the tri-state area, Leo even looked up dealer inventory for me and nothing ;-(. so if you would be willing to help a fellow Lakland lover i would be forever grateful.

Peace
Dave
 
#672
Kinetic Shadow said:
I'm not sure if it does, the description seems a little ambiguous to me. Doesn't state explicitly that it comes with both necks, nor does it say it doesn't, just "available at this point."

"Description: Super deluxe USA Lakland Decade bass with Rosewood neck, Came as a fretless, sent back, fretted neck also serialed to the bass, fretless neck available at this point. Has the unobtanium "Darkstar" pickups and super deluxe hardshell white case, About drop dead mint and rarin to go!"
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Nor does it state the s/n of both necks are identical - "fretted neck also serialed to the bass" that could simply mean the s/n on that neck is merely documented to be with that bass model?.

I find it best not to read too much into any ad and avoid any surprises. A better approach would be to simply ask the seller via PM or email what all is included for the $3,500 or $3,600 discounted price.

If you start playing with the price from the original $4,000, things seem to slowly disappear if not documented and made clear.
 
#676
Mr Matt said:
Seriously, has anyone actually seen the ad? That seems to be missing in all these posts as well.
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Matt, someone copied and pasted some of the text in an earlier post here; I Googled it last night, it's on Gbase. (Sorry, don't have the link now.) It's at Rockin' Robin.
 
#677
I sent them an email to see if they can give more information. Not because I am interested but just for the sake of conversation. I will post the info here so if anyone else is thinking of doing the same you don't need to bother them. If they get 10 emails in one day about the bass they may think they have it priced too low. :)
 
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