Stick around, we regularly rib each other pretty good around here. We have a few resident jokesters as well and those that just try to be funny like myself
It's all good. No offense taken.
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It's all good. No offense taken.
Complete rubbish. It's got to do with the actual lumber cut and batch. Perhaps the batches used on the Korean Skylines were less consistent weight wise when compared to the Indonesian made ones although actual lumber and build quality was still top notch.
There definitely seems to be better weight consistency in the more recent batches and a lighter average weight.
Stick around, we regularly rib each other pretty good around here. We have a few resident jokesters as well and those that just try to be funny like myself
you are the biggest buzz kill since Buzz Killington.
Not in my travels. The sound is consistent with nuances. As much as it is an oxymoron, they all sound similar yet different. I went through three 55-02s, two 55-01's and four 44-02s before I found the basses that I bonded with. They were all very similar and consistent but had different "voices". Disclaimer: I'm REALLY weird and believe that because guitars are made from living things that they are as unique as people.
You can go back and read this discussion from a couple weeks back, I can't go through it again#1904
And you'll see why I was mentioning 'destinies'
Uh oh, I inadvertently reopened a can of worms. Forget I said anything.
I feel there are far more influential factors than weight that influence sound. That being said, any piece of wood is going to have it's own voice, to a degree. I've yet to come across a bad sounding/playing Lakland or Skyline.
The neck swap was a success. Time consuming to make sure everything was absolutely perfect, but well worth it.
I found that the tone difference was not as much as expected. Here's why:
The '08 maple neck is slightly heavier and a little thicker than the '07 rosewood. Simply more wood. They were also produced at different locations.
I used the same strings and tested both acoustically and plugged in.
My natural finger tone is more on the "warm" side, so nothing will ever sound "bright" to me, but the maple neck is a just a little more "snappy", if that makes sense. I think because the maple neck has more wood, it's closer to the rosewood neck than I expected. Both big, clear, and full sounding.
Bottom line: Both awesome and so well made.
Awesome looker there!!!!
Glad you like both....you can now have 2 basses for the price of one!
PS - I'M Baaaack!!!! not sure if you missed me or not but I missed TB! just been too busy!
Anyhow...Strap down people.....going to be a wild ride!
HILARIOUS!!!! I love that line....Used it my self and it worked! ........Of course I used it on my wife
Can someone help me work out the body wood in my fretless 55-02 ?
It's painted black (factory finish, not a refin) so I can't see the grain. The serial is 0805**** and as I said, it's fretless, lined ebony fingerboard.
Anyone know what body wood that might be ?
Real reason for asking is it's my favourite out of my 3 lakies. The others (a fretted '05 55-94D (quilt top, 'burst) and a fretted '10 55-02 natural) both appear to be ash bodied and don't sound as 'right' to me as the fretless 55-02 ... so I'm trying to figure out the differences. Could be that the major difference is the fretlessness
I tink it is the fretlessness...REALLY....My fretless basses do sound very different than my fretted basses....even without the Mwah....they are also more "freeing" to play if you know what I mean. i need to play them more.
Nice looking BEM, but now I'm hungry for split pea soup
yummy looking bass Markus...the BEM is killer!
Bart - I know of which you speak....me too...'tis getting a wee bit colder here...which means ham hocks and peas will soon meat (yup....meat) in a pot with some secret spices...yummy!
Halal wood harvesting; I dig it! ! In my family we try whenever possible to eat meat that has not been factory farmed, which often means meat that has been wild and hunted locally......we call it "happy meat"
happy meat!!!
