Lakland Skyline Decade arriving in Oct...anyone else?

[pmaraziti]

So, I bought one, I loved the tone with Darkstar and loved the look... of course mine will be with Chi-Sonics, I went for the single coil fully passive and I never had the baby in my hands, a leap of faith that will hopefully not be challenged when it'll arrive in Oct. I wanted a vintage sounding/looking 4 strings and I think the Decade would fit the bill nicely.

Anybody bought one/ tried one ?

 

[JimB52]

I'll wait until November, when the short attention span players sell on eBay.

 

[barroso]

Great looking bass!

 

[Barkless Dog]

I will be getting mine when they become available, I can't wait!

 

[roadkill2309]

I'll wait until November, when the short attention span players sell on eBay.

Classic.

 

[mattygbass]

wow, thats a gorgous bass

 

[pmaraziti]

I'll wait until November, when the short attention span players sell on eBay.

Make it Oct then. They come on sale in Sept...

 

[76Dub]

Wow. Put me down for one since I missed out on my USA Decade

 

[anyonefortennis]

I will be getting mine when they become available, I can't wait!

Are those the HB or single coils? Is there a size difference on the 'casing' of the pickups?

I'm going to take a guess and say those are HB's since the JO with chi-sonics on the lakland site look much skinnier.

 

[Tom Howland]

If they made them with a P-bass width neck.
I'd be all over one.

 

[Barkless Dog]

If you go to Lakland's site they say that passive are getting single coil Chisonics and Active are getting humbucker Chisonics with single coil switch.

 

[pmaraziti]

If you go to Lakland's site they say that passive are getting single coil Chisonics and Active are getting humbucker Chisonics with single coil switch.

So the ones here in the picture should be the single coils Chi Sonics right? That's what I thought to have ordered...

 

[Barkless Dog]

I believe so, but don't hold me to it. That was a first run prototype from Korea. The pickguard is not the final one.

 

[pmaraziti]

I believe so, but don't hold me to it. That was a first run prototype from Korea. The pickguard is not the final one.

Thanks, I'm going to drop a mail to Brian @ lakland.... I'll post what I hear back asap...

 

[mccartneyman]

You can't go wrong with Lakland, and I'm sure it will sound and play great. But am I the only one who doesn't like body shape?

 

[pmaraziti]

It's unbelievable the customer service that these guys have... between my last post and now I have exchanged 2 emails with Brian at Lakland who clarified.

The external case of the pickup in the above picture is the same whether single or humbucking coils. So, just from that you cannot tell which one the bass has....

 

[Barkless Dog]

You can't go wrong with Lakland, and I'm sure it will sound and play great. But am I the only one who doesn't like body shape?

Yes, it is different, kind of Wal, Gibson non reverse Tbird, but is Lakland's first real original design & now with their pickups, a true original Lakland. The shape grows on you, as many vintage bass shapes do.

 

[GregC]

It's unbelievable the customer service that these guys have... between my last post and now I have exchanged 2 emails with Brian at Lakland who clarified.

The external case of the pickup in the above picture is the same whether single or humbucking coils. So, just from that you cannot tell which one the bass has....

Yep, they're good people over there, I've had the pleasure of meeting Dan, Carl and Brian. I want a Skyline Decade (I tried one, briefly), but I have to thin the herd a bit first, I think.

 

[Barkless Dog]

I am getting mine first, then thinning the herd.

 

[mccartneyman]

Yes, it is different, kind of Wal, Gibson non reverse Tbird, but is Lakland's first real original design & now with their pickups, a true original Lakland. The shape grows on you, as many vintage bass shapes do.

It rather reminds me of a Teisco or Epi Thunderbird