Lakland Owners Group #69

[Tom P]

I’ve fallen in love with a redwood burl/swamp ash bodied bass w/ ovankol neck and ebony fretboard. I think my next Lakland or Carlo bass may use a similar wood combination.

Still waiting on my dual P Carlo. It should be close to finished.

Those Redwood builds get my GAS ️ kicking!

 

[inthebassclef]

I love pistachios. I'd just get a craving every time I played it or even saw it. and pistachios are expensive, so there goes my gig money...

Nice

 

[MattLplaysBass]

Those Redwood builds get my GAS ️ kicking!

You and me both...

Lakland USA 55-94 Custom Deluxe 5 String Bass Quilted Redwood #7672

Lakland USA 55-94 Custom Deluxe Flame Redwood 5 String Bass #7565

No affiliation, fyi, although they are local-ish. I just like the purty pictures

 

[overbybr]

^ It's completely irrational, I know, but I've never liked the look of a wood-stained exotic wood top on a Lakland (I don't mean like a cherry-burst quilt-top). I suspect it's the body-shape, but if a Lakland isn't painted or burst colored, it just looks wrong to me. The same way that a solid-colored Fodera would just look all kinds of wrong.

I know, I know - irrational, but those two basses don't look like Laklands to me.

 

[JEDI BASS]

^ It's completely irrational, I know, but I've never liked the look of a wood-stained exotic wood top on a Lakland.

I know, I know - irrational, but those two basses don't look like Laklands to me.

I’ve never cared for the burl this or blah blah that (exotic top) on a Lakland either. But, I’ve owned two basses now with redwood sandwich bodies and they both KILT IT!! So, there must be something to it! The swamp ash component must be present though! All my favorites have had swamp ash in the equation!

 

[JEDI BASS]

It could be the Nordy big blades and Nordy pre. But, I think the redwood/swamp ash sandwich plays a part.

 

[overbybr]

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I’ve never cared for the burl this or blah blah that (exotic top) on a Lakland either. But, I’ve owned two basses now with redwood sandwich bodies and they both KILT IT!! So, there must be something to it! The swamp ash component must be present though! All my favorites have had swamp ash in the equation!

I almost bought one of those Warwick redwood burl's a few years back - they're sick! But Warwick is a bass I expect to have a wood-stained finish - it looks right. A painted Warwick looks gross.

FYI, a Warwick 2006 LTD Dirty Blonde is my unicorn bass. I've never owned one and any time I've had the ability to own one, they've not come up for sale.

 

[MattLplaysBass]

Too each their own. I have been VERY tempted by many of the exotic topped laklands myself...

 

[3bc]

I really like the lighter burls on a lakland with the dark streaks, the darker wood tones never did it for me, but that would apply to all instruments.

 

[inthebassclef]

Too each their own. I have been VERY tempted by many of the exotic topped laklands myself...

As am I.

 

[JEDI BASS]

Play what you like, to each his/her own for sure!

 

[JEDI BASS]

I’d still like to see if they’d top a bass with birdseye maple.

 

[basspraiser]

I have numerous family members with different levels of disabilities. None in wheelchairs. I don't need to lighten up I just don't think it's a subject matter that deserves levity. Just my opinion. Some things you just don't poke fun at.

Sorry Johnny... Wasn't meaning any harm or malice

 

[MattLplaysBass]

I’d still like to see if they’d top a bass with birdseye maple.

Yup...

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[Tom P]

Yup...

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The Eyes have it!

 

[soundsupport1]

I like pistachios, I also like mangoes:
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[soundsupport1]

Just noticed, the same music shop in Germany still has the NAMM show 44-07 from four or five years ago?!
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[melloncollie]

This may be an odd request but I wondering if any of you guys knew where I could find the old sound samples of the Jerry Scheff model that used to be on the Lakland website. I tried searching around for them but to no avail. There’s a scheff in reverb I’m very interested in but I’d like to hear the bass again and there’s no good sound samples anywhere else.

 

[soundsupport1]

This may be an odd request but I wondering if any of you guys knew where I could find the old sound samples of the Jerry Scheff model that used to be on the Lakland website. I tried searching around for them but to no avail. There’s a scheff in reverb I’m very interested in but I’d like to hear the bass again and there’s no good sound samples anywhere else.

PM sent.

 

[basspraiser]

Just noticed, the same music shop in Germany still has the NAMM show 44-07 from four or five years ago?!
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I think that's used....I think that had been owned by a couple of people