Was the 55-14's cavity not as nice?
Shielded but no inserts and the wiring is not nearly as clean.
55-14
55-94
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Was the 55-14's cavity not as nice?
Totally agree, I keep coming back to the Streamliner as an amp, teamed up with the Greenboy 12/6 it sounds fantastic, I am keen to try the new MB TT800 though. The shame is the church I play at has gone to IEM so all I hear is my Trace Elliott B Transit pre amp and a tiny ear piece.......A Lākland and a GB Streamliner.... there’s no better combination, at least for me :-D. Add in my Aguilar DB112nt cabinets and I’m in heaven!
Changing topics: do you have any digital calipers? I’d love to see the measurements of your 44-94’s neck and compare to the 2 first year basses, that I made a post about a few weeks back.
out of interest... do you know what size those threaded screws are? Previous owner of my 55-94 lost half of them - I'm guessing its a... erm, what do you call non metric size? One of them?Couple questions for the experts in the group and my
...and use sleeved screws for the cavity cover?
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No question here; just a picture of the fretboard and BEM dots.
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Thank you for your help!
Buy some from the source... Lakland.out of interest... do you know what size those threaded screws are? Previous owner of my 55-94 lost half of them - I'm guessing its a... erm, what do you call non metric size? One of them?
out of interest... do you know what size those threaded screws are? Previous owner of my 55-94 lost half of them - I'm guessing its a... erm, what do you call non metric size? One of them?
Buy some from the source... Lakland.![]()
Buy some from the source... Lakland.![]()
This was going to be my suggestion as well.![]()
Ahhh sorry to hear that. I’ll try to get that info for you.they are a whole continent away- that would be a very expensive way to buy two generic threaded screws!
When I got a set of knobs I managed to get them delivered to a friend in philly and then she brought it over when we saw her at christmas - just not worth it for a few swrewsAhhh sorry to hear that. I’ll try to get that info for you.
That’s some gorgeous ash grainage! And, I’m a big fan of that look: natty ash, black blocked maple board, and BWB pickguard.
Is that a PLEK’d neck?
From the master himself... Carl Pedigo:out of interest... do you know what size those threaded screws are? Previous owner of my 55-94 lost half of them - I'm guessing its a... erm, what do you call non metric size? One of them?
Yes, not every bass gets the sparkle treatment LOL!!Yeah, she's a beauty, and the setup was almost perfect out of the box. I would assume it's PLEK'd, since it's a fairly new bass.
Pretty sure she will be staying exactly as-is... no trips to Marty for her, lol.
Major Droolage ... is that even a word?! Please post more pics of this magnificent looking Bass; Mh next P/J Bass will be VERY similar to this; Congrats, it's Awesome!Proper photo shoot to come, but had a NBD this week! Been trying to play more 4 string this year, and this one worked out perfectly! It's replacing a Fender Player P, which was actually surprisingly great, but it just felt wrong to not have a Lakland in the stable. View attachment 3881558
Remember all that Reverb BS from March/April regarding my purchase of the fake 55-94?
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Ooops, I did it again.
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2006 55-94 in dire need of a cleaning and new strings but in overall great shape. The quilting is quite beautiful in person and am loving the oiled neck already.
Will post a couple more pics when I get it cleaned and set up.
Couple questions for the experts in the group and my apologies if I show my naïveté.
Did all earlier US Laklands use the smaller post Hipshot tuners?
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Is it customary that they were fully shielded?
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...and use sleeved screws for the cavity cover?
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No question here; just a picture of the fretboard and BEM dots.
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Thank you for your help!
Awesome. Thank you for confirming. Having only had Skylines and 1 US 55-14, I was caught off guard by how clean the electronics were. Usually see a jumbled mess of wires when I open 'em up.
Proper photo shoot to come, but had a NBD this week! Been trying to play more 4 string this year, and this one worked out perfectly! It's replacing a Fender Player P, which was actually surprisingly great, but it just felt wrong to not have a Lakland in the stable. View attachment 3881558
That’s some gorgeous ash grainage! And, I’m a big fan of that look: natty ash, black blocked maple board, and BWB pickguard.
Is that a PLEK’d neck?