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New basses coming from Lakland

#21
FlyLow said:
I agree...I like Laklands for their own unique qualities, but a Fender is a Fender. For me, I have a Fender for a Fender. And I have a Dingwall, for its unique B-string. And some point I would like to have a Lakland that is a Lakland.

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pretty sure Lakland already has plenty of Lakland exclusive designs... the 44-94 and 55-94 were their bread and butter for years, and they still make them in both US and skyline versions. then there's the Hollowbody, which is its own thing entirely. and can't forget the Decade... with a unique body shape, unique pickups, and completely different pickup spacing than any fender offerings. they used to offer a jerry scheff model with lipstick pickups too, but I think its been discontinued.

I don't own or plan to buy any Lakland stuff for a while, but I think their entire product line is solid as hell, and a LOT more diverse than most brands out there. they have original designs galore, and have fresh takes on some classic designs (you do know you can get chi-sonics in both the precision and jazz models instead of the standard fender-style pups, right?). its fine if its not your thing, but i don't see any reason to complain about a wide-ranging product line.
 
#29
esa372 said:
It seems utterly ridiculous to me.

One might as well say, "Well, Porsche nailed the best design for cars, so let's all make cars that look like that! Cool!"

...and that they're allowed to call them "P-basses" and "Jazz basses" is just wrong.

Sorry; not looking to get flamed here. I know that Lākland and Sadowsky get big love around TB, but it looks cheap and lazy to me.

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Unfortunately, you cannot re-invent the wheel. What sets Lakland apart from its contemporaries is their subtleties. Which, when I pick one up, I can tell a huge difference. Besides, in 2010, one could argue that Fender isn't even a Fender. Also, Lakland is pioneer of sorts. They produced the first mass produced bass with MM-J pickup configuration.
 
#36
Is it just me or does it bother anyone else that the dots do not line up with the A string on the 55-94 John is holding in the youtube video? When you spend that kind of $$ on their top of the line USA product I think there should be more attention to detail. I see this more often than not on the Skyline series but would not expect it on the USA models. JMO
 
#37
syciprider said:
I like Lakland and all but they should try to push the envelope forward. They have the Skyline series if their US volume cannot handle risk. Then again, in a world where many will get excited over Fender's latest Jazz bass pickguard/color combo while viewing something like EBMM's Gamechanger as unnecessary I guess we dictate where bass design will go and that is our fault.
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Everything I've read about the Gamechanger thus far has been rather cryptic, both here and on the EBMM forums. Is it souped-up electronics? The bass equivalent of the BMW I-Drive or Ford Sync? What, exactly, is it? It's hard to determine if something is necessary or unnecessary if one has no clue to what it actually is.

Sorry for the derail, back to the Lakland/Fender beatdowns.
 
#38
feelinlow said:
Is it just me or does it bother anyone else that the dots do not line up with the A string on the 55-94 John is holding in the youtube video? When you spend that kind of $$ on their top of the line USA product I think there should be more attention to detail. I see this more often than not on the Skyline series but would not expect it on the USA models. JMO
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It's just you.
Would you rather they line up with the strings, or would you rather have them centered on the fretboard? You can't have both.
 

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