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Thanks a lot! I really love it.
I’ve never put my 59 Fender Precision alongside my Lakland 55-94 to compare them. In doing that you can see where they altered the lower horn to make it smaller.
Hey fellow Lakland owners,
I have a 2008 Joe Osborn 5, and it's honestly one of the best basses I've ever owned.
I've even owned an Alleva-Coppolo LG5 in the past, and this bass is right up there with it.
I'm thinking about replacing the stock Lakland pickups with a set of Lollar Jazz Bass 5-String pickups, but I'm not sure if they'll be a direct fit.
Has anyone here done this swap on a Joe Osborn 5 or USA 55-60?
Any advice, measurements, or experiences would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
I have a 2008 Joe Osborn 5, and it's honestly one of the best basses I've ever owned.
I've even owned an Alleva-Coppolo LG5 in the past, and this bass is right up there with it.
I'm thinking about replacing the stock Lakland pickups with a set of Lollar Jazz Bass 5-String pickups, but I'm not sure if they'll be a direct fit.
Has anyone here done this swap on a Joe Osborn 5 or USA 55-60?
Any advice, measurements, or experiences would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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Wouldn’t 2008 still have Lindy Fralins if it’s stock? If they’re Lindy Fralins, then standard 5 string jazz style pickups should work. You can always measure yours to double check sizes. Most manufacturers are pretty good about publishing the physical sizes of their pickups.
I can’t speak to the bridge spacing. I have no idea on those specs. The wiring does look like Lākland wiring though. I believe the Fralins would be cloth wire, unless they had a Lākland specific spec.
sj_bass
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Wow, it’s been a while since I posted on this group! I’m looking for a pickguard for a DJ-4 (Indo), preferably in black, but I could also just borrow one to make a trace.
Can anyone here help a Lakland brother out?
Can anyone here help a Lakland brother out?
I'm pretty sure the switch from Fralins was made in 2007 in the J basses. The Glaub/Dunn/64 pickup switch was maybe 2008.
After i for the 55-01 set up with the Aguilar Super Doubles, I went through a couple of preamps trying to find that bite i was looking for. They're great pickups, but just like in the Spector I took them out of, they were darker than what i wanted here. I swapped the Darkglass out for an EMG BQC so i could tweak the mids a bit better and have actual highs, but that didn't do it. So i bought a set of Nordstrand Big Blades from the classifieds here and got them installed tonight. Wow! This thing just became the Super J bass i always wanted. They play really well with the BQC pre. Lots of bottom, lots of bite, and a very tuneable burp in the mids. This may be the best project bass I've ever done!
Definitely looks the part of a super bass!
Congrats
Just for something different I slapped on a mildly used set of TI jazz flats on my 55-94. Very cool sounds. Pleasenty surprised at how the longer scale seems to tighten of the notoriously loose feel of the TI's. Not saying thier stayin on for ever, but for now and maybe the next gig they are definetly worth a try.
Who gives out numbers for the LOG?
Nice pair! Love the green on the J Sonic! @basspraiser should be along to help with a #
Wow!
Interesting.
Have never seen that one before!
It would be interesting to find out if it's still exists and where it is.
It’s on the cover of American Basses by Jim Robert’s. A pretty great book!
Yeah, the pic I posted was from the inside back cover of that book, they were giving one away. Apparently a few were made for promo but I never heard more about them.It’s on the cover of American Basses by Jim Robert’s. A pretty great book!View attachment 7526985
