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Lakland Owners Group #64
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Also have a P-Retro on the shelf to try in the DPLEII (except I'm scared to find it doesn't fit plus might pass the Dude along (but probably not.))
If you decide to keep it and get Carl to route it, just have him add the routing for the p retro
Yup, already on the checklist. Haven't heard back from him yet but he's a busy cat.
You guys keep saying Lakland necks are so great...you're all a bunch of liars!
They're freeeeking awesome!! This DJ5 might just turn me into a Lakland-only nut like the rest of you whacko's!
They're freeeeking awesome!! This DJ5 might just turn me into a Lakland-only nut like the rest of you whacko's!
You guys keep saying Lakland necks are so great...you're all a bunch of liars!
They're freeeeking awesome!! This DJ5 might just turn me into a Lakland-only nut like the rest of you whacko's!
Exactly.
Some of us play more than just Laklands. But all my other basses have to be comparable to the standard (Lakland) or they're out the door.
I'm thinking about getting a simple 5 string passive Jazz and two Laklands seem perfect - The Joe Osborn and Daryll Jones
I'm concerned about the single coil pickups. Of course, all single coils are gonna hum! But I'd like to know from the people who play them here just how much hum do they get when they play.
I'll be using some effects - octave, envelope filter, overdrive, etc., and I want to know if I'll need to change to hum-cancelling pickups to do that.
Thanks.
I'm concerned about the single coil pickups. Of course, all single coils are gonna hum! But I'd like to know from the people who play them here just how much hum do they get when they play.
I'll be using some effects - octave, envelope filter, overdrive, etc., and I want to know if I'll need to change to hum-cancelling pickups to do that.
Thanks.
no Lakland hum is out of the ordinary when the pups are solo'd, in my experience. My skyline DJ seemed to have a little more, but that was it.
Okay, thanks. Are the pickups in different positions in the DJ and the JO? IS there a 60's spacing versus a 70's spacing thing going on there?
Says my guitar player too!! He plays a 63' strat and starts feeling lonely without the hum!
Yeah, no audience member ever left a show because pickup hum got on their nerves.
I've been close a few times! There's really no excuse for it IMO with the invention of hum-canceling pickups and lots of ways to influence the tone to be more single coil like.
There's single coil, and then there's single coil-esque. It's like actual tube warmth vs simulated tube warmth. No matter how much people claim they are the same, they're not.
I totally agree that they are not the same. That said I'm of the mindset that single coils and tube amps both belong in the studio where their shortcomings can be dealt with more effectively and their unique qualities appreciated better. For live use, the alternatives are "close enough" to justify the benefits.
After hundreds of practices & many shows running floor monitors & high quality IEM's, I've never once noticed my single coils causing noticeable hum during a song.
I'm with the no-hum crowd. I don't care if the audience cares or not, I know its noisy, and I prefer quiet to noisy. Probably why my preference gravitates to P-basses and humbuggers (MM), and why I have tried to love several jazz style basses (including several Laklands) but in the end they all have been sold, with the exception of my humbugging chis in Mai Tai and Nordy fat stacks in my Lull.
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