Not certain, but in the vague recesses of my memory I seem to recall that the primary UK retailer for Lakland is GuitarGuitar, here's the current selection:
Lakland Bass | guitarguitar
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Not certain, but in the vague recesses of my memory I seem to recall that the primary UK retailer for Lakland is GuitarGuitar, here's the current selection:
Lakland Bass | guitarguitar
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If there is a Decade sub-thread please let me know, otherwise if ok to post here, has anyone replaced their pickups on their Decade without having to make any adjustments to the existing body routings? Am wondering which pickups would fit without modifications and that would not have any spaces.
Sorry... No Decade subforum.
It all depends on the pickups you have....
I'm sure some current Decade owners will come in
I would think Nordstrand and Howard Ulyate could make pickups that would fit perfectly.
Hopefully, you will get a helpful response regarding your Decade.
While we are summoning Decade owners...I often think, if I were to get another Lakland, it could be the Decade 6. So any Decade 6 owners out there, please do share your thoughts and experience. It seems like such a cool instrument-- different enough from a regular bass.
Although I doubt it, would the Decade 6 suffer from the famous intonation issues that plague the Squire/Fender Bass IV (bridge low E string)?
While we are summoning Decade owners...I often think, if I were to get another Lakland, it could be the Decade 6. So any Decade 6 owners out there, please do share your thoughts and experience. It seems like such a cool instrument-- different enough from a regular bass.
Although I doubt it, would the Decade 6 suffer from the famous intonation issues that plague the Squire/Fender Bass IV (bridge low E string)?
Pretty sure Lindy Fralin and Curtis Novak do custom size orders too.
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There is a Decade club thread. It hasn't been very active recently, but you may find some alternate pickup suggestions in there. Club Decade!
The Decade 6 looks super cool, but the number of owners appears to be very small. Gigging pro Julie Slick (of Adrian Belew's band, among others) has used one pretty extensively. I haven't seen her post on TB in quite a while, though.
I also know that @saltymonkey has or had one, maybe he can chime in.
Yes, I've checked out some of Julie Slick's YouTube videos--very inspiring!
I've researched on YouTube, checked Reverb and the internet in general, and I agree there probably aren't that many Decade 6s around. I've only seen one once on Reverb (it was a NAMM demo model), and it was gone in a blink of the eye. I guess its uniqueness when coupled with its price point requires either major chops (like Slick) or a huge leap of faith (like me, where playing bass is not my day job
) to commit to a custom order. That's fine by me, just gives me an excuse to practice harder.
I sold my Decade 6 a few years ago. I wasn't playing it much at that time. I've owned a bunch of sixes, some before and some after. The Decade was by far the best made and the three P-90s sounded great. There were no intonation issues with the low E. I don't remember what the string spacing was but I remember wishing it was a little wider. If I was thinking about getting a bass VI now I'd go with the Eastwood Peter Hook pro signature model. It's modeled after his Shergold Marathon VI. It has probably the widest string spacing of any VI out there. It gets great reviews and if you decided it wasn't for you you could sell it for close to what you paid for it. You'd take a heavy hit if you ordered then sold a Decade 6.
Thanks for sharing your experience @saltymonkey and dispelling my concern regarding the notorious low E issue. I'm going check out the Eastwood too. You did not help my G.A.S. 
Hello Ladies, Gents, and everyone else:
These are my two Laklands. The '08 55-94 is new to me, having just received it two days ago (thanks Doug!). The '08 Skyline 55-60 I've had for about 6 years now. The most astounding thing about Lakland is the feel of the neck and the world-class fretwork. They are easily the most comfortable necks I have ever played in the 35+ years I've been playing. I've just scratched the surface of what the preamp can do with the Barts in the 55-94. It's the most versatile bass I own.
I've previously owned some nice basses - an incredible Carvin 5-er and an overrated Alembic Persuader (never did like the narrow neck or the 32" scale), but this Lakland is on another level. They say "you can't take it with you" but when I move on the the great jam in the sky, I just might.
These are my two Laklands. The '08 55-94 is new to me, having just received it two days ago (thanks Doug!). The '08 Skyline 55-60 I've had for about 6 years now. The most astounding thing about Lakland is the feel of the neck and the world-class fretwork. They are easily the most comfortable necks I have ever played in the 35+ years I've been playing. I've just scratched the surface of what the preamp can do with the Barts in the 55-94. It's the most versatile bass I own.
I've previously owned some nice basses - an incredible Carvin 5-er and an overrated Alembic Persuader (never did like the narrow neck or the 32" scale), but this Lakland is on another level. They say "you can't take it with you" but when I move on the the great jam in the sky, I just might.
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2008 was the year that Lakland went to their own pickups vs Barts, Fralin, Aeros etc and its the year that Skyline production moved to Indonesia. It also might have been the year that they started bringing more of the build process in house but I am not positive on that. My brain is fuzzy on that specific topic.
The pickup rollout was gradual. The active Bart system was replaced by the LH-3 in 2005-06. Both the DJs and Joe Osborns (now known as 44-60s to the newer folks) got Lakland pickups in 06-07, and finally the P basses switched over in 07-08.
Skyline production moved to Indonesia in mid-late 2008, around the time the Plek machine arrived. (I saw it in the shop before they'd started using it.) Side note: I *think* the first Skyline Decades were the first Indo Skylines to arrive.
In 2010, Dan sold the company to the Pirrucellos. They started bringing the US build process more in-house (cutting bodies and painting) probably a couple years after that. For those that don't know, fretwork, installing pickups and hardware, etc. were always done in the shop.
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We're glad that Lakland was able to help you with your new bass. When you do take it out for a gig, feel free to send us a picture of you playing it for the customer page on our website!
Welcome Joe!
Glad Tabby is in a good home...
Didn't know you had the 5560... They do make a great pair!
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