Soundclips: My Lakland vs. Squire vs. Warwick - which is which?

[chjohnst]

Still very different sounding basses, real cool of you for demoing this.

 

[SuperDuck]

A lot of people seemed to get the Warwick, while it was almost a toss up between 1 and 2. eenteresting

 

[j0n0j0n0]

Warwick
Squire
Lakland

 

[afroman]

Clip 1 = Lakland
Clip 2 = Squier
Clip 3 = Warwick.

I'd love to hear some discussion on this. Thanks for "participating".

Got them right!!!!

 

[flipper_gv]

1 is the lakland
2 is the squire
3 warwick

 

[EagleMoon]

Now that I know what they are, it makes perfect sense.

 

[flipper_gv]

id be interested in hearing another a/b with the squier wired up passive. almost all preamps ive tried with a jazz bass suck out at least a little bit of the single coil grind.

the fender pre is actually very grindy

 

[MascisMan]

Lakland
Squier
Warwick

 

[palmann]

THE ANSWER IS:

Clip 1 = Lakland
Clip 2 = Squier
Clip 3 = Warwick.

I'd love to hear some discussion on this. Thanks for "participating".

HTH

Gruesse, Pablo

 

[GassieBall]

Danke!

 

[Ezbass]

Based on those clips I think I prefer the Squier!!!! It's a close run thing between that and the Lakland though. How do they compare feel wise?

 

[JazzMarius]

i definetly prefer the WARWICK!!!!!!!!!oh Lord i'd so love to have a wick!!!! i do love my Bongo, and i would love to have a Wick ( a corvette ) 5 strings!!! any good samaritan???

???

 

[jhan]

Lackland
Squier
Warwick (Sounds exactly like mine)

 

[3toes]

Yeah, this challenge wasn't too hard (well, once I put my headphones on and could hear more detail ).

Now let's put some ears to the test... Someone post clips of a Lakland DJ vs. Lakland JO as well as a Lakland Glaub vs. Lakland Duck Dunn

 

[Ephminus]

Here is my guess.

1. Washburn
2. Cort
3. Dean

 

[rptrsn2]

makes me feel pretty damn good about my squier,if people who play vary their guess that much i'm thinking your average guy in the crowd isn't hearing any difference at all and i got an extra grand in the bank. lol

 

[Eublet]

makes me feel pretty damn good about my squier,if people who play vary their guess that much i'm thinking your average guy in the crowd isn't hearing any difference at all and i got an extra grand in the bank. lol

No way those three basses feel the same though. Having played many examples of each, the comfort level on each varies depending on the player. The Lakland's I've played have been infinitely more comfortable for ME than any Warwick or Squier. And the tone of a Lakland, at least for the 44/55 series instruments, is certainly more versatile than a Squier or a Warwick. (Caveat, depends on the model of the 'wick. The $$ are pretty impressive as long as you don't want any vintage tones from it.) So in the end a simple comparison of a single sound clip such as this doesn't even tell a small percentage of the story between all these basses. If simple and inexpensive is the goal, the Squier is a fine choice. But once you go beyond that, things really open up in a huge way favoring for one of the other two basses.

 

[rptrsn2]

point being that if you listened to alot of the gear snobs on hear with the opinion of ew its a squier everypost on this thread should have instantly recognized the lowly squier. i have owned and played more exspensive instruments and could afford to do so now if i wished,but in my opinion the new squiers are every bit as good as a bass priced a grand higher and i feel this thread just proved that!

 

[savit260]

Clip 1 = Lakland
Clip 2 = Squier
Clip 3 = Warwick.

I'd love to hear some discussion on this. Thanks for "participating".

Squier
Lakland
Warwick

Interesting.

I reversed the Lakland and the Squier.
Even more interesting ,as I guessed Lakland figuring that was the one that sounded more like a Fender to my ears. Funny, and kind of cool that it was really the Squier that sounded more Fendery to me.

Also figured the overly upper middy tone of the first track would be the Squier, as I've found those to sound a bit upper middy to me in person.

Very interesting indeed.

 

[Eublet]

point being that if you listened to alot of the gear snobs on hear with the opinion of ew its a squier everypost on this thread should have instantly recognized the lowly squier. i have owned and played more exspensive instruments and could afford to do so now if i wished,but in my opinion the new squiers are every bit as good as a bass priced a grand higher and i feel this thread just proved that!

Well, I don't feel Squier basses should be instantly looked down upon, at least not in a snobbish kind of way. They should be viewed as what they are, great budget instruments. I certainly wouldn't want to make anyone feel bad about owning one, but I have to disagree completely that you say they compare equally to other high quality instruments. I've probably picked up hundreds of Squier basses in stores all over the country, and they never feel or play as good as a bass costing a grand more. Pick up any Stingray, Skyline, or Fender MIA just to name a few and these basses feel MUCH better, have the correct shielding work, fretwork, finish, quality pots, non-corrosive hardware, richer sounding pickups, etc. That extra $1000 or so is easily detectable in both feel and sound.

I don't think these clips really prove anything in terms of comparing Squier to anything IMHO. I've simply played to many of each to know better. But every person should play what they like and can afford with confidence. In the end, any bass that is decently playable can be made to sound fantastic in a musical context. So you don't need to spend an extra $1000 to play music and make it sound great! But to say that a $200 instrument is the equal of a $1200 instrument just doesn't have any weight IMHO.

With all due respect.