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Question on lakland

casio

casio

Aug 1, 2007
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Croatia
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#1
hey man,
first things first I gotta say I'm pretty stoked about hearing that you're working with NIN and wish you all the best on tour!
I wanted to see if you happen to own any laklands and what your opinion of their basses would be?
from a guy who knows his J and P basses pretty well, I wanted to see what you thought of their capturing the sound of fenders good ol' days!
I managed to get my hands on some vintage J's and P's (the oldest being '73, Croatia doesn't get that huge a variety of axes), but however blown away Imight have been, never had the money to purchase one!
In any case, the post came to get a bit too long for my own taste, just tell me what u think!:D
 
#2
I don't have any Laklands like a P and a J. I've got a Decade and a Hollowbody, both excellent.

I think they are pretty smoking. A very wise purchase, though I don't really have enough experience with something like a Joe Osborn or Bob Glaub bass.

Best,
JMJ
 
#4
casio said:
thanks a lot for the input!
I'm thrilled with the whole look of the decade and where they seem to be going with the bass!
My thought was getting darkstars on their bass if I'd be purchasing one anyway!:D
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The darkstars, to my ears, sound similar to the Mike Dirnt P-bass stock pickups. They have some nice dark sound to them.

The Glaub sounds really good too. Geezer Butler, I believe, plays one now. It's basically a punchy, more hi-fi version of a Precision bass. Perhaps hi-fi isn't the best term, but it's the best I can think of. It's not brighter, but it seems a lot louder to me especially since it's passive (as far as I know). Think of a really high-quality P-bass with a Jazz-neck and you have the Glaub.

The Osborn is like a Jazz, but less honky, thicker and again louder. I perfer that sound to a Jazz.
 
#5
MrBorisSpider said:
The darkstars, to my ears, sound similar to the Mike Dirnt P-bass stock pickups. They have some nice dark sound to them.

The Glaub sounds really good too. Geezer Butler, I believe, plays one now. It's basically a punchy, more hi-fi version of a Precision bass. Perhaps hi-fi isn't the best term, but it's the best I can think of. It's not brighter, but it seems a lot louder to me especially since it's passive (as far as I know). Think of a really high-quality P-bass with a Jazz-neck and you have the Glaub.

The Osborn is like a Jazz, but less honky, thicker and again louder. I perfer that sound to a Jazz.
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I own a Fender P, as well as a Glaub with a Darkstar in the P position. I would describe the tone of my DS as really fat (much fatter than a P), all the way across the fretboard, and clear. (You can get some dirt when you dig in.) It doesn't have the (to my ears) inherent low-mid hump of a P, for better or worse. Tone is subjective, of course, so we can disagree.:)

As for a 'regular" Glaub, the tone depends on which pickup is in it, the Fralin (which came stock until sometime in 07) or the new Lakland P pickup. I think the Fralin is a little sweeter and sounds more old school, while the Lakland pup is punchy and a bit hi-fi, based on those I've tried. And the Glaub does indeed come passive--and only with a 1.75" neck in the Skyline series. You used to be able to get a J neck on a Skyline (they come up used now and then), but now that's only the case with the U.S. models.

Side note: JMJ, you do great work and I admire your taste as a player. I'm a pretty big Beck fan, but the only time I've seen him live was in early '03 (?), and you weren't there, unfortunately. Congrats on the NIN gig! I admit, I haven't paid attention to Trent and company in years (despite digging the early work), but I'm really enjoying the practice clips. I'm sure I'll catch you live at some point, either with NIN or others. Keep holdin' it down.:cool:
 
#6
I like most Laklands I've played, but I wish they'd do something about that hideous oval bridge! I know it's shallow to dislike a bass over the bridge, and I know I could replace it, but replacing it would devalue it IMHO. So I will have to live with never owning one until they ditch it.
 
#8
thanks a lot for tje advice guys!
I have a modded '77 fender musicmaster (modded to be a P/J), but I wanted a classic P tone with a bit of the hi-fi feel of a modern bass, and I have to say laklands really caught my eye!
I only managed to play the joe osborn and darryl jones skylines - awesome basses, but I'm not quite in need of a J tone since I have basses kinda covering that!
in any case, after this, I'll give the glaub a serious look!:D
and thanks again Justin, the NIN clips are awesome!:D
 

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