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Official Lakland Owner's Group (#11)

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basspraiser said:
oooooo - fretless?! do tell.....what did I miss?
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OK, picked up a 44-01 with the intent of 'modifying' it to some point. Well, I happened across a fretless neck from a 44-01, bought it and had it installed, set-up, intonation, the whole 9 yards.
WOW - I played it for just a few minutes last night and cant wait to give her a real test drive. We may have a winner here...
 
#664
WHOA, I had high hopes for that one and WAS NOT disappointed. Great score, Doug!!!


basspraiser said:
So - I "heard it through the grape vine"....uh sorry - hadda do it....anyways - I hear I am getting gruff for waiting so long to post pics of my new beauty......sorry it took so long....lotsa good excuses, but will not bore you with them...

I will catch up on posts after this....

(YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!):):D

ANYWAYS:

here are some of the first pics....and what a better place to take them than in front of my new Digital HD TV (BTW: the Superbowl looked GREAT on it!):

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sorry - my poor photography skills and the lighting do not do the color or MOP blocks justice.....she is really one of the most beautiful basses I have ever seen and does she have a temper!!!!

I played it at church for the first time on Sunday and I will have to admit, it plays better than most of my other Laklands...they are all good, but this one plays sweeter than sweet! John and Greg can attest to that...

after the sevice the sound guy came up to me ans wanted to know what I did different than before because this was the best bass he said he has heard me play yet (and he admitted that was something since he LOVES the rest of the stable)...she growls and has some GREAT tones......inds like a J bass on steroids.....

I am sorry that "Project Ebony" did not come to fruition but this is easing the pain ALOT!!!

now: Surf's up!!!! Post 'em if you can fit 'em in between mine!!!
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#665
basspraiser said:
Get them put in...you WILL NOT regret it....they would go great with the new set of strings you should be getting in a few days!!

How's the house and studio?
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:)

I'd love to get them in, just don't know if I can live without my DJ for any amount of time...

Regarding the house and studio, we MIGHT have power today. It's been nine long days, but it really puts things in perspective (and it could've been SO much worse). Yesterday I was finally able to get in the studio, and it appears everything is OK, but we obviously won't know for sure until power is restored and we can test all the gear.
 
#667
i'm going to put some nordstrands into my lakland 55-01's. i still have to do some more research on what i want to use, but if possible, i might get a set of the big singles and the dual coils, and put one of each in both. dual coil in bridge, big single at neck - with switches for changing the pickup operation (series, parallel, etc.)
 
#677
Man! This thread really moves fast! I finally took pictures to justify my number. :) Granted, I already have one of Roger's pickguards ready to go it along with a few other mods in the works...
 

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