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Hey Laklandians. I have a 2009 USA Glaub that I really like. I'm looking to pair it up with a 44-60 USA J bass. Is there much difference between Classic and USA series? How can you tell what series the instrument is by looking at it? There is one listed on Reverb but I'm not experienced enough to know what it is..... Any advice appreciated.
 
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projectapollo said:
Hey Laklandians. I have a 2009 USA Glaub that I really like. I'm looking to pair it up with a 44-60 USA J bass. Is there much difference between Classic and USA series? How can you tell what series the instrument is by looking at it? There is one listed on Reverb but I'm not experienced enough to know what it is..... Any advice appreciated.
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If I remember correctly it's basically you get a little bit cheaper tuners and the neck is not quarter saw.

Others may correct me but I think those are the main differences.

You also have limited color choices but that is usually not an issue.
 
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The necks on all US Lāklands are quarter sawn. The Classic uses imported hardware, gets PLEKed and not nearly as much time is spent on the neck. They offer limited colors on their website, but I bet you could contact them and they’d do a different color. They probably would also do a roasted neck on it as well since they offer a ton of Sweetwater exclusives with roasted necks. A US Series is all hand done, no PLEK. A lot of time is spent on the neck and fretwork to make it perfect. The edges are nicely rolled. They use all US hardware. I talked in depth with Steve P at Lākland about this before getting my 44-60. He was pretty certain I’d be happy with the Classic. That being said, I went with a US Series because a local store had a few in stock and I played them first. Until last weekend (I visited Fort Wayne IN and went to Sweetwater), I had not played a Classic. I’ll tell you, the Classic is no joke. I probably would have been perfectly content with one. The biggest thing for me is the pots. They use nice CTS pots on the US Series. They’re smooth with a decent amount of resistance. The pots on the Classic were not nearly as smooth. I’d imagine they use something cheaper. I swapped my US Series to VVT anyway because I like it better. I probably could have upgraded the pots on a Classic and I would have been fine.

Hell, I’ve played a ton of Skylines and they’re always awesome as well, although some of them are pretty heavy.

No matter what you pick, you’re not going to go wrong.
 
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Incoming!

Picking this bad boy up from Carl next week.

It is a fretle
ejschultz said:
The necks on all US Lāklands are quarter sawn. The Classic uses imported hardware, gets PLEKed and not nearly as much time is spent on the neck. They offer limited colors on their website, but I bet you could contact them and they’d do a different color. They probably would also do a roasted neck on it as well since they offer a ton of Sweetwater exclusives with roasted necks. A US Series is all hand done, no PLEK. A lot of time is spent on the neck and fretwork to make it perfect. The edges are nicely rolled. They use all US hardware. I talked in depth with Steve P at Lākland about this before getting my 44-60. He was pretty certain I’d be happy with the Classic. That being said, I went with a US Series because a local store had a few in stock and I played them first. Until last weekend (I visited Fort Wayne IN and went to Sweetwater), I had not played a Classic. I’ll tell you, the Classic is no joke. I probably would have been perfectly content with one. The biggest thing for me is the pots. They use nice CTS pots on the US Series. They’re smooth with a decent amount of resistance. The pots on the Classic were not nearly as smooth. I’d imagine they use something cheaper. I swapped my US Series to VVT anyway because I like it better. I probably could have upgraded the pots on a Classic and I would have been fine.

Hell, I’ve played a ton of Skylines and they’re always awesome as well, although some of them are pretty heavy.

No matter what you pick, you’re not going to go wrong.
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GREAT detail!
Thank you
 
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ejschultz said:
The necks on all US Lāklands are quarter sawn. The Classic uses imported hardware, gets PLEKed and not nearly as much time is spent on the neck. They offer limited colors on their website, but I bet you could contact them and they’d do a different color. They probably would also do a roasted neck on it as well since they offer a ton of Sweetwater exclusives with roasted necks. A US Series is all hand done, no PLEK. A lot of time is spent on the neck and fretwork to make it perfect. The edges are nicely rolled. They use all US hardware. I talked in depth with Steve P at Lākland about this before getting my 44-60. He was pretty certain I’d be happy with the Classic. That being said, I went with a US Series because a local store had a few in stock and I played them first. Until last weekend (I visited Fort Wayne IN and went to Sweetwater), I had not played a Classic. I’ll tell you, the Classic is no joke. I probably would have been perfectly content with one. The biggest thing for me is the pots. They use nice CTS pots on the US Series. They’re smooth with a decent amount of resistance. The pots on the Classic were not nearly as smooth. I’d imagine they use something cheaper. I swapped my US Series to VVT anyway because I like it better. I probably could have upgraded the pots on a Classic and I would have been fine.

Hell, I’ve played a ton of Skylines and they’re always awesome as well, although some of them are pretty heavy.

No matter what you pick, you’re not going to go wrong.
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Adding to what he said, the classics only have alder bodies, and the maple fingerboards aren’t figured (although there was a period where Lakland was having a hard time getting figured maple for fingerboards, so none of them were).

The easiest way to tell a USA from a Classic is the serial #- if it’s a JOxxxx, it’s a USA, if it’s a J4xxxx, it’s a classic…
 
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This has been a "work in process" for over a year...had to get it into Carl's Que!

Its a Fretless

Neck Pickup is a vintage and the bridge pickup is a NeoPunch!

Carl says the bridge pickup is nice and "burpy" and the 2 styles play well together!!!!

It is strung with flats (brand TBD as Carl is trying to find the best strings for the sound profile - He's thinking TIs)

I cannot wait to play it!

But that will not be until Friday the 14th as I have several things going on.

Here is the front:
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Here is the Back:

back.png

The stripe is some left over waterfall Bubinga from the Bubinga Brothers!!!

I was kinda going "restomod"....wanting the look of a 60's or 70's P bass that someone bought...stripped the paint off of and defretted.
...and of course "Leland Sklar'd" it by adding a second P pickup! Carl thought it would sound better without reversing the P at the bridge...so he didn't do that and I always TRUST his decisions!

There is no finish except for a bit of oil.

The fret markers are even figured! I cannot get a picture of those yet - but will!

Enjoy!
 
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basspraiser said:
This has been a "work in process" for over a year...had to get it into Carl's Que!

Its a Fretless

Neck Pickup is a vintage and the bridge pickup is a NeoPunch!

Carl says the bridge pickup is nice and "burpy" and the 2 styles play well together!!!!

It is strung with flats (brand TBD as Carl is trying to find the best strings for the sound profile - He's thinking TIs)

I cannot wait to play it!

But that will not be until Friday the 14th as I have several things going on.

Here is the front:
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Here is the Back:

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The stripe is some left over waterfall Bubinga from the Bubinga Brothers!!!

I was kinda going "restomod"....wanting the look of a 60's or 70's P bass that someone bought...stripped the paint off of and defretted.
...and of course "Leland Sklar'd" it by adding a second P pickup! Carl thought it would sound better without reversing the P at the bridge...so he didn't do that and I always TRUST his decisions!

There is no finish except for a bit of oil.

The fret markers are even figured! I cannot get a picture of those yet - but will!

Enjoy!
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Wow Doug, what a beauty!! so happy for you! Amazing Carlo specs and choices! Keep us posted!
 
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JB Player said:
The neck, amongst some of the rest, is stunning in itself - I dream of another fretless, one day...
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Carl is the master of wood selection!
Part of the delay was that he was looking for a piece of wood that he wanted to make the body out of.
He is very picky.
As you can tell all the wood is just absolutely beautiful.
 
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MaxSpinrun said:
What gives? I was getting alerts, then no Lakland alerts! Missing the Lakland posts, arg ! Help, am I doing something wrong with my settings?
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No, this "new" talkbass does seem to have issues with that, I get alerts sometimes and then sometimes not....
 
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