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Thanks, I do enjoy! I actually received an Allen nut from Brian Gingrich last week (had to pay a bit, fast air mail to Europe). I tried to replace it today, but the neck pocket was too tight for me to remove the neck. I need to take it to a luthier some day. Being careful, I am still able to adjust the truss rod with a slotted driver, so I am fine for now.
Managed to replace the strings though, and fine tuned for my taste. The bass is just perfect now.
Been slowly blacking out the hardware on my spalted maple 55-02. Looks much better IMO than all the glitzy shiny chrome that comes stock. Also did a nerve wracking mod to the headstock in order to install genuine USA Hipshot ultralites. Required careful use of a step bit and a drill to go one notch bigger in the hole on the back of the headstock.
Does anyone else find the LH-3 system to be sorta meh in passive mode but really come alive with the preamp engaged?
Just engaging the preamp on my 55-02 seems to bring out detail and make the lows more defined. Then add a dash of bass boost and 1/4 tsp treble boost and it really starts to sing.
This is making me consider experimenting with some different pickups. The best pickups I have heard recently are...Delano. Any experience with Delanos on a Lakland?
Just engaging the preamp on my 55-02 seems to bring out detail and make the lows more defined. Then add a dash of bass boost and 1/4 tsp treble boost and it really starts to sing.
This is making me consider experimenting with some different pickups. The best pickups I have heard recently are...Delano. Any experience with Delanos on a Lakland?
The passive mode is meant to be used only if your battery fails. You would have to add a passive tone circuit to have any tonal control.
Sometimes people really prefer the tone of passive pickups, especially if the preamp is suboptimal. In this case, though, I'd say that the pickups NEED the LH-3 preamp engaged.
I find my 55-02 in passive mode is blah without a preamp pedal. Add a Tone Hammer or SCR-DI and it comes to life!
It was kinda (read: absolutely totally 100%) designed that way. The passive is there as an emergency failsafe.
I thought the passive mode on Lakland basses don’t work if there’s no battery? I recall it was there as an option rather than fail safe so the circuitry doesn’t work without a battery even in passive.
On the topic of the 55-02 preamp, has anyone dumped a darkglass tone capsule on a 55-02 before? Will the coil tap work with it?
After 5 weeks of play these LaBella flats on the 44-64 PJ are really getting good. Still amazed with the quality and evenness of the tone from bottom to the top of this Lakland fretboard. It's a true pleasure to play and thanks go to everyone who posted detailed comments on this thread that helped me decide to go with a Lakland sight unseen or heard.
Deep Talkin' Bass 760FS, .045 .065 .085 .105 First time trying this type and stiffer than the TIs I was using but like the black winding cover matching the ebony blocks.
Yes, my experience is that LaBellas are the most stiff of the brands that I have used - Lakland JO's, Sad Black and Blue, TI's, Chromes.
