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New basses coming from Lakland

#122
C.Linton said:
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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I am just talking about 5 string basses where the dots and the A string go right down the middle of the neck. Please educate me on why you can't have both? Especially for that price. I even see it at times on Alleva Coppolo 5 string basses which cost a pretty penny as well.
 
#124
feelinlow said:
It would be nice to custom order a 55-94 in 34" scale. I bet they would have enough buyers to justify tooling up for it.
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Actually, they started offering that a few months ago. There's a TBer who has one already and is very happy with it, but I can't recall his username.
 
#125
feelinlow said:
I am just talking about 5 string basses where the dots and the A string go right down the middle of the neck. Please educate me on why you can't have both? Especially for that price. I even see it at times on Alleva Coppolo 5 string basses which cost a pretty penny as well.
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This may be too simple an answer to be true but I believe it is because that the A isn't really right in the middle. Because the B and the E are thicker, to maintain even string spacing the A is actually a little further to the treble side on the nut.

I'm looking at a couple of my 5'ers right now and they all do that.
 
#126
ModuMan said:
This may be too simple an answer to be true but I believe it is because that the A isn't really right in the middle. Because the B and the E are thicker, to maintain even string spacing the A is actually a little further to the treble side on the nut.

I'm looking at a couple of my 5'ers right now and they all do that.
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I think you have a very good point. Thanks for educating my on this. It will not bug me as much anymore.
 
#130
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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This is the truth, if Bongo's where flying of the shelf you would see more copies in the stores. I am purchasing a Lakland 55-02. Now I love MusicMan but I hate Fenders, I mean hate. Some reasons being that I don't want to sound like everyone else, but I just don't like the way they play. What Lakland did with this series is brilliant IMO. They took the Fender and MusicMan design and combined them.

Sure they have other models that are Fender copies, but as far as a company goes, they have my money. For innovation and for being smart enough to leave pride alone in the name of profits.
 
#131
I hesitate to say anything about copy-cats, but...there are only so many ways to ergonomically design a guitar for maximum comfort and functionality. Period. Any deviation from those standards leads to inefficient and uncomfortable design. Most all cars sold in America comply with a given design principle for instrument layout. It works. Fender and Gibson, by virtue of age, evolved their designs from the old acoustics, which evolved from centuries of development. Companies that wish to stay in business are smart to design and sell products that people will buy. Guitarists like the shape of the generic Gibson/Fender.

The difference maker from there is the quality of the electronics and care of construction and finish.
 

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