My first custom coming from 2 previous deluxes, it was slim pickings but got new old stock pricing, it is flawless and have to say the appointments and finishing on this one are stellar - score
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Any of you guys have experience using your five string Lakland's with a pair of Aguilar DB or SL 112's. Curious how they handle the low notes on the B string in a band situation. I mostly play in small to medium size bars, often times without any PA support. Probably a different discussion for a different thread. Thanks again guys.
I've had good experience with both those cabs with 5 strings... as with most 1x12's, a pair (or even 3 ) is where it's at
It's great to see all you folks taking the big step up to a 55-94 it's a considerable investment, but well worth the money. I have two 55-94's that are
now going on 25 years young. The 55-94 is a bass that will give you years of great playing.
Everyone I talked to that makes pickguards has refused to make any Lakland guards at all unless they have the original because they have had too many issues with consistency. Being CNC made I just can't figure out why its a problem but apparently it is. I was told even the USA models are problems. Quickguards won't even do them off of an existing guard anymore because he doesn't want to do custom work. If its a USA model then Lakland will likely sell you one.
Hi David, I just had 2 pickguards done for my JO 44-60 - Anthony at Pickguardian does stellar work and provides personalized service. He was recommended to me from Brian at Lakland - Brian also suggested sending the original pickguard in to him to ensure a proper cut, which made sense to me given that the slightest margin of error could compromise a proper fit.
Looks real nice!
I guess the part I don't understand is why this is an issue. One would assume that since these are all CNC built that the pickguard would be standard across all basses. Do they custom make pickguards for every bass off the assembly line? Or inbetween builds when they are re-tooling the CNC, is there a margin of error that makes them incompatible with each other? Like all 55-60's built on a specific run would all fit a certain pickguard, but that may not be compatible with prior or subsequent runs.
Fender doesn't seem to have this issue, even with Squier, but maybe they have enough volume that the machines are perpetually set for their body styles, whereas Lakland might "rent" the assembly line every 6 months and every time it gets re-tooled there is enough margin that pickguards are specifically built for that particular run and any tolerance offsets.
Just me speculating, always been curious about this.
I guess the part I don't understand is why this is an issue. One would assume that since these are all CNC built that the pickguard would be standard across all basses. Do they custom make pickguards for every bass off the assembly line? Or inbetween builds when they are re-tooling the CNC, is there a margin of error that makes them incompatible with each other? Like all 55-60's built on a specific run would all fit a certain pickguard, but that may not be compatible with prior or subsequent runs.
Fender doesn't seem to have this issue, even with Squier, but maybe they have enough volume that the machines are perpetually set for their body styles, whereas Lakland might "rent" the assembly line every 6 months and every time it gets re-tooled there is enough margin that pickguards are specifically built for that particular run and any tolerance offsets.
Just me speculating, always been curious about this.
Hello, All!!!
Just feel like showing off my '06 BG. Every time I think I found a new favorite. I pick it up and knocks sense into Me!!
Just feel like showing off my '06 BG. Every time I think I found a new favorite. I pick it up and knocks sense into Me!!
Awesome bass!!!!
I agree ... I've been gravitating more towards a standard P pick up bass recently myself.
Not that I can help you on the pickguard, but you have the rosewood fingerboard version of my 44-60. I did swap out my stacked pots though for a more traditional VVT (with linear volumes).
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Beautiful! Well pearloid is the second option I would like to have - looks great, too.
It's actually JO I used to have 10 years ago, just previous owner changed it to tort. I now had a chance to trade it back and want to revert it back to that "light" design..
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I think that tortoise shell looks pretty good. I have an original mint green one but it's drilled for the pickup cover and doesn't have the central hole above the neck pickup. My bass is a 2022(I think based on the original pot dates - JO916). I don't know how different it would be than yours.
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NBD an as promised the photographic evidence! Spent the last couple of nights getting aquatinted with this 97 55-94. After giving it a bit of a cleaning and a set of new strings I can say I'm really pleased. I'm definitely happy with the weight of it. Haven't gotten an exact measurement but I don't think it's much heavier than my chambered Sadowsky four string tbh. It's been a long while since I've owned a fiver but I'm already starting to get used to the neck. Very smooth and comfortable with a nice thin profile front to back. Quite the variety in tones that's for sure. So far the surprise setting for me is front coil of the MM pickup by itself with a little bass and mid boost and some of the highs rolled off. But I also like the same EQ but favoring the front pickup just a hair with the MM switch in any of it's three positions really. It's definitely a lot more mellow in the highs than my Sad which has a 70's spacing. Exactly what I was looking for. Can't wait to get it out with the band!
Soloing the front coil of the MM pickup can give some great sounds!That's what I do if I want something a little less smooth sounding, with pretty EQ similar settings.
My other favorite is slightly blended towards the bridge, all coils on, with a small boost to bass and a slightly larger boost to treble. I get a sound with clarity and fat punchiness that sits really well in the mix.
Nice set up man! must sound killer! thanks for sharing, we like pictures around these parts
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Bass arrived today! There's a chip on the headstock that was not pictured and I'm going to have to decide how much it bothers me, unfortunately.
Put some DR Pure Blues on it and did my best on a setup, plays pretty darn well but I'm going to get it to a pro before taking it out. If I keep it there's just not going to be any reason to keep my 4-string Fender MIM jazz. It sounds worlds better.
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