They do have straps now, but they are not these old wide ones made of wool. They are very basic. I can send a picture of the current ones if you want.
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They do have straps now, but they are not these old wide ones made of wool. They are very basic. I can send a picture of the current ones if you want.
That bass is truly great. I’m happy you landed it! I don’t remember exactly why I got it refin’d, but I can tell you I was on a HUGE refin kick at the time
and I don’t think I really liked the Inca silver. When I got it, the wiring was literally falling apart and the neck shim was like. Some piece of metal. I sent it to Carl for wiring, a bone nut, and a maple neck shim and WOW. What a difference! This bass kills. Enjoy!
Are you sure this isn't a catalog?Nice collection!
I think it is essentially a catalogue photo, Jim is the Lakland Canadian dealer if I remember correctly.
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I think the "little brown truck map" is simultaneously the coolest and the most irritating thing I have seen today.
Cool, because you can see where the truck is (allegedly).
Maddening because it seems to get further and further away from your house the more you look at the damn thing.
Cool, because you can see where the truck is (allegedly).
Maddening because it seems to get further and further away from your house the more you look at the damn thing.
2ndBassGuitar
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Oh man, I’ve chased that thing when I had a bass coming. I teach and had 2 periods in a row off so I went home. I live close to my school and the truck was in the neighborhood and then it turns and completely goes the opposite direction. I didn’t arrive until a few hours later. It could be maddening
Hello I got a brand new Jsonic a while back and I wrote Lakaland asking what are the stock strings on a Skyline, they mentioned they come with D'addario, so I purchase a set, today i was changing the strings and turns out they are not the same strings at all, the B string on the lakland is tapered, and definitely not d'addario, would anyone know what strings are this?
They look like Laklands own strings as they have grey silks on the tuner end . GHS makes their strings for them . They fit through body perfectly I use their stainless steels .
Strings - Lakland Bass Guitars
Strings - Lakland Bass Guitars
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thanks Kevin, this is what I thought, now the problem since they normally use D'addario for skylines, i assume they ran out of the D'addario and put whatever was close at hand, I dont have anything to measure to see if they used the light or the medium size, the reason for my obsession is, I really like the feel of the strings, and i would like to get the exact same.
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I was under the impression (I could be totally wrong) that they have a custom gauge that is made by D'addario for them. I believe they are also the pro-steel line. I personally use D'addario EXL-170-5's on all of my basses. I string through the bridge and that allows me to use the standard long scale.
No, Lakland strings are made by GHS. The ones that come from Indonesia on Skylines are D'Addario.
Looks like a Lakland set. You can order from them. They got a new batch around June.
