Very high! And, it’s a NAMM demo.High price point.....but I guess if it's a USA made bass....
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Very high! And, it’s a NAMM demo.High price point.....but I guess if it's a USA made bass....
I like the headstock on there a LOT better than the last one... But he probably should get a better place to take pics than his bedroom
Skyline owners are VERY welcome among our group!This group for USA Lakland's only, or are Skylines welcome too?
I like the headstock on there a LOT better than the last one... But he probably should get a better place to take pics than his bedroom
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To be fair, the first few are professional...
This group for USA Lakland's only, or are Skylines welcome too?
Congrats on your first Lakie, and welcome. A wealth of Lakland knowledge awaits you here.
I just got my first Lakland, a 55-14. It's also my first 5 string bass. (I've been playing bass for almost 50 years.) It's a great instrument. The neck is very comfortable and the pickups offer a really wide range of sounds. I'm still adjusting to the extra string(there have been a few goofs at rehearsals) but I'm very, very happy with this.
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I don't know what type of music you play, but nothing is more enjoyable than laying down that low D (talking goosebumps). I find anything lower starts to sound . . . unmusical(?). Inevitably, at some point in a set, I will attempt to drop in a low C, but as soon as I hear it I say "nope." I even look at my fellow bandmates to see if they make a face to reflect what I heard, but I think they're too nice or it's just my ear that loses the fundamental below that low D. And it's been the same for every instrument I've owned. My DJ5 arrives today and I'll see if that affects my perception of the lowest notes on the B string.
I'm not doing much below that low D. Mainly I'm adjusting my technique to use the B string from the 5th fret up. It's surprisingly natural.
The E on the B string definitely sounds different and smoother. I don't care for the sound of open strings and virtually never use them, but our band plays a LOT in the keys of D and E, so playing a 5-string is a no brainer for me and I've been playing fivers for 25 years. If I were forced to play a 4-string, it would be tuned BEAD.
This bass overall sounds very smooth and full. The lower notes (first several frets) on the E and A strings in particular speak very well.
I've never owned a Lakland prior to this DJ5 I just bought, but I played a 55-02 in the Nashville Guitar Center years ago, and it had the clearest "piano-like" B and E strings I had ever heard.