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The first Lakland 4 string

#28
Very cool. There's a nice review of the new electronics in the most recent Bass Player magazine. It sounds like they really got the electronics/pickups right this time. I found the original Barts a little too mid woolly and slightly clanky in the treble area. I swapped out the Barts for the Seymours, and while that sounded great, it was more of an 'aggressive rock' sort of grind than a crisp, clean pop/funk sort of thing.

From what I gather, these pickups and pre's are right about in the middle of those two extremes... a little more glassy, clean treble but still plenty of warmth and punch.

BEAUTIFUL bass.... very unusual with the blocks and binding... I totally dig it! Enjoy!

K
 
#29
The Lakland electronics are much more versatile than the Bart's,the Bart's are warm compared to the Laklands,the Lakland pre and pickups can nail the Bart's sound over all and add more flexibility with tonal options and seriously their even more versatile than the Duncans,the Duncans can give you a lot of brightness aggressive edge and even pristine grit but their not as versatile as the laklands.I have nothing against Bartolini's products(the Bartolini's treat me like a grandson)or Duncan it's just Lakland knew what they wanted in their electronics and took the time to bring it,I've been back and forth over the last few months with them on working to get the system perfect and they really did deliver.The E string response on this Bass has strong response characteristics that are usually associated with a very clear resonating B string(a lot of bottom from a E string and it's a 100 gauge).

for those who didn't read the review of the Lakland pickups in the latest issue(Sept)of Bass player mag.

this is from the conclusion of their review

Pros-Crisp tone with sweet treble,tight bottom,and contemporary edge.

cons-none.
 
#32
JAUQO III-X said:
Thanks Steve.

The Bass sounds great and it's very very versatile,you barely turn a knob and you'll notice a change in tone.If you want to go from killer slap to the growliest finger playing in seconds this Bass delivers.I had the fb covered with a high gloss clear finish and that makes even more snappier.
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gloss maple necks rule, I wonder why only fender on a couple models does them stock, even EBMM has stopped yeeaaars ago, Anyway, I refinised my atk with gloss trans finish and the feel is much better!!!

btw, it's the best looking 44 i've ever seen!!!
 
#33
lowmid said:
gloss maple necks rule, I wonder why only fender on a couple models does them stock, even EBMM has stopped yeeaaars ago, Anyway, I refinised my atk with gloss trans finish and the feel is much better!!!

btw, it's the best looking 44 i've ever seen!!!
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Thanks lowmid,
the high gloss finish on my Lakland is not an option at all and Dan stressed that he will not do another one because it's really a task to do but since I wanted it Dan was kool enough to do it for me(he even signed the back of the headstock and it's sealed under the gloss finish).That's one of the reasons you don't see them offered on most modern Fenders or EBMM.

also on a lot of Basses that have pearl blocks on the FB's it's not real pearl at all,it's plastic but the Abalone on my FB is real and I got to see it before the high gloss finish went on it.
 

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