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Lakland Owners Group #63

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#281
JimB52 said:
We all miss you too Ms Heart.


Our band finished a music video, prominently featuring the Lakland Decade used to record the song. Not something you see every day. Lots of closeups, since the video was cut by a bass player (me)



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I like it!!

JEDI BASS said:
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Enjoying my 4-76.
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Nice color! Liking it so far??

JEDI BASS said:
No excuses... get back on here! This thread needs ladies!
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Thanks, hon. As soon as my world gets un-topsy-turvy, I'll be back more. I'm trying to start a new job (same company) and get moved from Florida to Georgia and find a new band and yeah....life.
 
#282
Lloydtownsend said:
Hey I have to vent! So I have a USA 5 with a maple board that I love! Laklands are really great instruments. I've always hated the chrome hardware and wanted to change it, I heard I could buy black tuners but not a bridge (who is going to purposely make your $3k mismatched in color? ...yea, me either) so I wait, and wait...,and wait

So I saw someone changed their bridge color to gold and also had a chrome one, okay sweet. Now I can just order a black bridge and be happy as a pig in poop, right? Wrong.

I wrote Lakland so finally I could just drop a bit of coin and boom have a bass that rules all with black friggin' hardware. You know what I heard back?.... "Pound sand" (not an exact quote but that's the idea). I can't even buy the bridge without a new US bass order?!?!! Seriously?! What kind of service is that? It's not like I have a cheapie bass!?!? so just to change the color of the hardware, I have to drop $3k!?!

Anyone else get great customer service like this?

I read a quote from Lakland that said "we need to be the best, now."

Well I'm no detective but think I see something to address!!!

Let me offer a bit of help that apparently all of those guys (and a board) can't figure out. At least offer the upgrade by sending the bass in! I have no problem (even over) paying for the color change!

Seriously?! I have to buy a new bass! That's asinine.
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I have heard that all you have to do is send in the old bridge in trade for a black one (plus some coin I assume). I believe gold hardware was offered on some limited runs, not aware of people buying it separately.

"Lakland" stamped bridges don't need to be popping up on non-Lakland basses. That's why it's not an easy process. I would call Lakland instead of emailing them.
 
#283
Lloydtownsend said:
Hey I have to vent! So I have a USA 5 with a maple board that I love! Laklands are really great instruments. I've always hated the chrome hardware and wanted to change it, I heard I could buy black tuners but not a bridge (who is going to purposely make your $3k mismatched in color? ...yea, me either) so I wait, and wait...,and wait

So I saw someone changed their bridge color to gold and also had a chrome one, okay sweet. Now I can just order a black bridge and be happy as a pig in poop, right? Wrong.

I wrote Lakland so finally I could just drop a bit of coin and boom have a bass that rules all with black friggin' hardware. You know what I heard back?.... "Pound sand" (not an exact quote but that's the idea). I can't even buy the bridge without a new US bass order?!?!! Seriously?! What kind of service is that? It's not like I have a cheapie bass!?!? so just to change the color of the hardware, I have to drop $3k!?!

Anyone else get great customer service like this?

I read a quote from Lakland that said "we need to be the best, now."

Well I'm no detective but think I see something to address!!!

Let me offer a bit of help that apparently all of those guys (and a board) can't figure out. At least offer the upgrade by sending the bass in! I have no problem (even over) paying for the color change!

Seriously?! I have to buy a new bass! That's asinine.
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I asked the same thing a few months ago. They wanted me to send in my old bridge and the charge a pretty penny for a black one....I'm going to see if I can have mine powder coated cheaper.
 
#284
Kinetic Shadow said:
Now that was a proper Doude Wave!!!
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thank you fine sir!
I feel like I have been gone too long




Kinetic Shadow said:
Doing some more pickup "surgery" soon. This time on the 44-94 with Delano pickups. Putting a JC 4 HE/M2 - Split-Coil Humbucker in the neck position and a MC 4 HE/M2 - Double SplitCoil Humbucker in the bridge position.
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Oooooo...sounds interesting!
..
 
#285
lowendmafia said:
I don't even know what to say... Anyway, its not quite Nevermore, but this just arrived this evening...

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That is hot! Not the grey color I expected.......the ones i told you about were lighter in color.

This was MrMatts....correct?

He had it done special like
 
#286
lowendmafia said:
Thank Greg, its an Audere... but I have a J-retro in the drawer. Unfortunately, Goldie and I finally parted ways in favor of the RW and blocks. I prefer brunettes anyway (but I still have an extra set of Chis just in case).

Upon first review, I really like the way the Chis and the Audere work together and the neck on this one seems a little sweeter (maybe has more orange oil?) than the Ice Blue bass. I thought about swapping for the J-Retro but it may color the tone of the Chis too much (which as many of you know, I am a big fan of... haha). To me, the Ice blue bass feels more "vintage" and this one feels more "modern" and although it is hard to really tell because of the preamp, the 2 sets of Chis sound different to me. Overall, they are fairly different tonally and will work well together well.

Oh, and there are some ugly marks on the new bass, especially in the neck pocket where wood is exposed... I am thinking I might send it out for a refin, probably BLUE :p
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Glad you like the tonal difference

Refin due to issues in the neck pocket?
Come on now! :confused: :rolleyes:
 
#289
Kinetic Shadow said:
Probably, but not always, and there is also the practice of using wood that has imperfections and subsequently filler for solid body colors.

Not saying Lakland does this as I don't know, but I just recently had another "high end" bass refinished as I found this out the hard way. Decided to give refinishing a go on my own for a little "project" so I broke out the sander and found that it was a beautiful flame maple underneath until I got to the upper horn... and there it was, automotive filler.
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Ouch!

What would you do except black anyways?
 
#291
bigdbass said:
You know what they say about assumptions...

I have an assumption that a bass (say, a Skyline DJ4..) finished in a solid color would likely NOT have pretty wood grain under the finish that would be suitable to refinish in natural or a translucent color. Safe assumption?
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...only one way to find out....strip it and see.....worst case? You get a unique solid color you love
 
#297
ScottyDont said:
Yeah its the CherryBurst BG Brad was sellling. I should have it in a few days. Lookin fwd to it. I bought my first Lakland 2 months ago(Skyline 44-64 custom). Loved it so much I had to upgrade :) I was actually checkin out a '60 Custom Shop Fender P, which was real nice and offered to me $100 over invoice. But I feel good about the BG and like the smaller neck.

This will compliment my Fender Jazz Deluxe well. Only down side is I'm going to sell my 2002 Modulus Q5, just wont have time to play it, and I've gotten away from 5 strings
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That is one HOT bass...congrats....very unique and gorgeous!

Congrats!

I think you made an excellent choice!

Modulus for a lakie? Sounds good to me....but what do I know?
 
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