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Lakland Owners Group #68
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Yeah, sorry about that. The Cody's two now, so she's a lot of work.
Here's a pic from my FB page to show you what she looks like now. Seems like a lifetime ago that I was telling you we were pregnant, eh?
I also went through a bit of a mini crisis re: what I do for a living versus what my film degree says I should be doing, so I went out, got a hottt camera and started a YouTube channel so I could tell myself that I'm not totally wasting it.
Uh, I also started a podcast with a friend at Harvard. All this stuff makes me feel a lot better about myself professionally, even though none of it pays. But it does munch away at my TB time...
I had a US Custom Shop Cirrus that I traded to get the Dude. It was definitely a sweet bass, tiger's eye flame top, ebony board, BEM neck... I just couldn't fall in love with the sound.
Did they ever offer a Skyline 55-64 in White with Tortoiseshell pickguard? I'd like to find one to pair with my 55-60...
No sir, sorry. I believe it's only been offered in butterscotch (the LOG bass) and sunburst thus far.
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That looks like it's going to be epic.
Since I haven't been around much; what sort of effect are you looking for with the three pickups?
Frumpy New Year all! Check the Link Removed, you'll see what I mean
This is fantastic Brian!
Thanks Everybody! I think it will be pretty awesome.
I think for me, with this last Lakland (set up passive as 3 single coils, with 3 volumes and a tone) I had a light bulb moment for me personally in regards to how I want to craft my tone.
I tend to mostly leave my amp controls alone to get a good basic tone, and then rely on the 3 pickups to cop and mix of them I want. Between that and hand position and technique, I really don't feel like I'm missing out by not having an onboard Preamp. I feel like the versatility in tone I would achieve with eq would make things too muddy or trebley. Don't get me wrong, I love to tweak knobs but I just find it more insightful having 3 pickups to choose from.
Are the neck pickup and furthurmost bridge coil (typical jazz bass positions) too scooped for fingerstyle? Add a touch of the middle pickup.
When just using the neck pickup to cop a P tone, it sounds very "neckish" but considerably thinner than a real split coil.
-Add subtle amounts of the other pickups to taste.
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When I started playing bass, I would play a game with myself where I would really think about the bass and pickups needed to achieve the tone on the song I was listening to. Perhaps this came from playing in contemporary worship bands where really all we were doing was playing others' songs. Now when I feel a song is calling for a particular tone, a few knob turns and I can get a tone 80% of the way there in a live environment.
It's like having a personal mixer on your bass
Seriously I think Lakland should offer this "super passive" setup as an option on their 94 line, but how many people would really take to the approach I've fallen in love with? Probably not many.
So, with the new bass I wanted the same thing except for a completely different tonal realm. 5 string Ash body/maple fretboard/single coils/tuned E-High C will be about as far away as you can get tonally from 5 string Mahogany body/ebony fretboard/humbuckers/tuned standard Low B-G. I always wanted a Wal listening to those great humbucker tones by Geddy, Flea, and the like and while it defintely will sound different from one, if I can get close, it's good enough for me in a bass that does not cost $6,000 new and will most likely be lighter. Double Win!
I think the general consensus is yes, and I think it's expected to be announced at NAMM 2014
I loved my 3-pickup bass from a different manufacturer. It was active passive with a 4-band pre, almost too many sonic options for some people (hence, not many owners out there).
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