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Lakland- the great imitator

#41
I am really amazed how much better the real deal sounds!

That 70s Jazz sounds 1000 times better than the Lakland!

That P is much warmer and nicer sounding!

And the Laki´s Ray sound is simply not there, it still has that harsh nasal J bridge snap to it!

This is espicially surprising considering the vintage SVT tube head he uses that is nice sounding and heavily coloring and in that way very very forgiving .

I betcha, especially considering afore mentioned amp, give the guy a 400 $ Yamaha BB (mod it with a blend knob so you can favour the bridge a bit to emulate the Ray sounds). You guys be amazed how far a 400 bucks can go!

Just my 2 cents...

I am not hateing Laklands... I highly higly appreciate their work and I have serious gas for a DJ5 ...or if they only came out with a Dunn or Glaub 5er!

But that youtube performance just realy dissapointed me, sorry guys!

cheers
zeb
 
#42
#50
OK, the J-bass was pretty good, IMHO.

The Stingray was less exact, but usable.

The P-bass wasn't really that close.

Furthermore, however, I'm listening to this on a good 5.1 system, with a healthy sub...

Something odd happened when he went to the 'Ray sound. It sounded like he was using a Boss OC-2...but it's much more noticeable on the Lakland. There was suddenly some major sub-harmonic $#!+ going on.

Either he had some setting slightly different, or that's how much differently the Lakland hits the front end of the Boss.

I'd say overall, the sound is more modern. It probably covers all 3 basses for all practical purposes, and in fact, lends just an edge of modern tone.
 
#52
Well, I wouldn't want a bass to clone the sound of other VERY distinctive basses... how could I ever convince the wife I still need more?

Personally, I think the Lakie sounds great all by itself. And having A/B'ed 55-94s with Barts and the Lakland system, the new system is a huge improvement IMO.
 
#53
ModuMan said:
Well, I wouldn't want a bass to clone the sound of other VERY distinctive basses... how could I ever convince the wife I still need more?

Personally, I think the Lakie sounds great all by itself. And having A/B'ed 55-94s with Barts and the Lakland system, the new system is a huge improvement IMO.
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+1... still 'close but no cigar' on the sound clips to my ear, but much better all around tone with the new pickups versus the Barts to me... nice!
 
#54
i find it highly ironic how they switched from barts to their own brand of electronics to gain more individuality or origonality or w.e he said then proceeded to show us how it can suposedly imitate 3 very different basses to a reasonable degree... kinda shooting himself in the foot there me thinks.:hmm:
 
#56
I thought it was a very good demo and very helpful. I think if you took 2 identical jazz basses...2 identical pbasses and 2 identical stingrays they would sound a bit different between themselves also. The Lakland is very close in my opinion and the new pick-up and electronics are awesome. Mine has the good ole barts in it and I'm quite happy with them.
 
#58
I think a Pbass is the hardest to nail. Especially if you play one regularly or have for years. However, there are so many usable tones in the Laklands that make it easy to take 1 bass to a gig and get done.

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#59
Well i really don't like the idea. So, let's say, one bass can copy any bass.. It would be pointless. It's better that every bass has it's sound.
I would rather have a bass with one pickup and try to achieve different tones and find my sound.
 

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