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Lakland Owners Group #69

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vivaknoxvegas said:
I posted about gasing for a 55-01 but it hasn't got any traction so far. I'll ask here.

This bass is on my radar. I want to jump into the 5-string world. I like what I have read about the 35" scale and the low B. The 01 models have Bartolini pickups and eq and the 02 has Lakland. I don't see a lot of difference outside of that, but the 02 is $400-ish more. What am I missing there?
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A bit late to the party, but I'll agree that as others have said the 55-01 is a fine instrument stock, but is a completely different animal than the 55-02 which does sound a bit better (to my ears) and is more versatile. As has been said, the weakest link is probably the preamp. had a 55-01 and it was my only 5 stringer and main player for a few years. Never felt that it let me down in any way. I eventually turned it all-passive with a set of Chi-Sonics and it was also good sounding, but not as good sounding as the Carlo (basically a 4-94 with 35", modfied neck profile and different wood choices) that ended up supplanting it. Also, mine was an early'ish MIK that was gorgous, but quite heavy.

I ended up putting the 55-01 back stock and selling it and the chi-sonics.

I spoke at length to Carl Pedigo about the 55-01 and he said that guys are always swapping pup's and pre's on these but the most common arrangement they settle on is the stock Korean MK1 pickups with a new pre, most often the Lakland LH series.

So do with that what you will. One thing I would put out there is that it if you do end up swapping in a new pre, it might be worthwhile trying out the addition of a series-parallel switch. You rarely hear about guys doing this on 55-01's, but I've got a S/P switch on a J-bass that has Dimarzio Model J's (basically J split like a P). It's a really usefull mod that introduces a very nice alternate tone and just about the cheapest electronics mod you can do to a bass.
 
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Polk Salad said:
Interesting, every time I've tried they insist that they do not sell pickguards.

Also, I would suggest Pickguardian. I have bought from Mike Quick more than once and his stuff is nice but - the number of times I have emailed him repeatedly to try and order something and he NEVER responds to me outnumbers my number of actual purchases. He could have had a lot more money from me but he doesn't respond to emails. I'm done with that.
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Another vote for Tony Dudzic (sp?) at pickguardian... great guy to work with!! I'll be hitting him up again, for the 4the time in a few weeks!
 
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