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I bought it used. It had this defect but it was just a small crack.
Roasted and toasted maple! Yikes!
What year is this? Can you send it back to Lakland to have them either replace the entire neck or just the fretboard? I don't believe you can oil a maple fretboard so not sure if this is a harbinger of what's to come for the roasted necks.
I thought it was that laurel stuff. I do see now it's baked maple. I know Suhr said he wants to stop using it because it's brittle and he's not sure how baked maple necks will hold up long term.
I asked about a roasted neck when Carl Pedigo made mine a few years ago. He said nay to toasting, he didn't like the variability it introduced to BEM and simply would not do it. I'm very happy in retrospect.
And color me ignorant, but that crack looks like it would be fairly unnoticeable once strung up. If it's stable, and only cosmetic, I would ignore it and play the heck out of it.
I got a new 55-02 with a roasted maple neck last year, and it came with a small crack running length-wise like that from around the 18th to 22nd fret. Ended up returning it as it's certainly not acceptable in a brand new full-price instrument. I actually returned another one just previous to that as well due to some scrape marks on the fretboard. Decided not to try a third time as then I was paranoid about the neck issues and ended up going with a different bass.
I agree...it probably will not effect playability but I'd send a picture to:
[email protected]
And see what they say....
Either Leo, Brain or someone else will help....I'm sure of that
I'm sure they will still help you out.... They are like that
Well...Carl may have changed his mind on roasted necks...
Or he was waiting to see some history..
Jus' sayin....
That roasted neck I posted earlier is going on a Carlo...
Well...Carl may have changed his mind on roasted necks...
Or he was waiting to see some history..
Jus' sayin....
That roasted neck I posted earlier is going on a Carlo...
That's interesting. I am seeing more and more top tier builders moving away from it. I know its popular with budget basses and I think its because they can 1. get dryer wood quicker 2. use it as a "prestige" sounding spec. I have no issues with it and I do think it looks cool but I am not sure I would request it. I would need to see them in 10 years and in 10 years I won't be buying many basses.
Carl Pedigo has warned me, as well as Jeff, about roasted maple being brittle. Screw holes strip out much easier, and now we're seeing cracking fretboards.
My opinion differs from Jeff's when it comes to the neck in question. I think the neck is compromised and needs to go bye bye.
Lakland fretboards are glued directly on top of the truss rod route. So, I would venture to say that the splitting fretboard directly affects the strength of the neck, and could be happening from the pressures exerted on it (the fretboard) by the truss rod doing its job.
Also, how much has the splitting fretboard affected the height of the frets that are seated along the crack. There has to be some fret movement when the crack started, and while it spreads.
My opinion differs from Jeff's when it comes to the neck in question. I think the neck is compromised and needs to go bye bye.
Lakland fretboards are glued directly on top of the truss rod route. So, I would venture to say that the splitting fretboard directly affects the strength of the neck, and could be happening from the pressures exerted on it (the fretboard) by the truss rod doing its job.
Also, how much has the splitting fretboard affected the height of the frets that are seated along the crack. There has to be some fret movement when the crack started, and while it spreads.
I've had several bass necks get cracks like that, but at the top closer to the nut. When the crack gets bad enough it caused the neck to bow, and tightening the truss rod only opened the crack up worse. I'd try to get it fixed, maybe a luthier can glue it, if not the best thing would be a new neck. Replacement under warranty would be best, if you have a warranty. Good luck
Gonna sneak this one in here. We just released our latest song today, "Better Off." This one has been a long time coming for various reason as I recorded my parts dang near 10 months ago. My signal was my 55-94, using the bridge coil and the neck pickup with a slight mid-boost at 600Hz into an OvniFX Smoothie compressor, Genzler 4otF overdrive set to a very light breakup, into my Noble pre with the hi-pass on and a small bump in the bass.
Of course all of that get's lost as the recording progresses and the smooth out the bass mix but that's how it started. Here's the lyric video on YouTube.
I'm kinda stoked as it's been played on multiple radio stations this morning across Minnesota. And while having something played on the radio isn't quite the same today as to when I was younger, I still get excited when it happens. I hope you like it.
Of course all of that get's lost as the recording progresses and the smooth out the bass mix but that's how it started. Here's the lyric video on YouTube.
I'm kinda stoked as it's been played on multiple radio stations this morning across Minnesota. And while having something played on the radio isn't quite the same today as to when I was younger, I still get excited when it happens. I hope you like it.
Hi LOG,
Looking for a 55-64 if anyone is selling.
(I did see there is one in the classifieds but sadly a little too heavy for my liking)
I hope I’m not breaking any rules by inquiring.
please and thank you.
Looking for a 55-64 if anyone is selling.
(I did see there is one in the classifieds but sadly a little too heavy for my liking)
I hope I’m not breaking any rules by inquiring.
please and thank you.
