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[quote name='Bass_Guardian' post='1072686' date='Dec 30 2010, 01:26 PM']I personally think the bridge looks good on it [/quote] I'm fine with the bridge too but I don't like the stripy top or the four in a row controls. Not my cup of tea at all really.

[quote name='bigthumb' post='1072451' date='Dec 30 2010, 09:11 AM']But again wouldn't the fingerboard look better if stopped at the nut?[/quote] The fingerboard doesn't stop at the nut on any of my Fenders - and the thicker the fingerboard the further it extends beyond the nut. Are there basses (or guitars) where it does stop at the nut?

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1072501' date='Dec 30 2010, 10:10 AM'][url="http://shop.ebay.co.uk/yasmin21995/m.html"]http://shop.ebay.co.uk/yasmin21995/m.html[/url] Feedback of (0) - check Clearing a relative's stuff - check Not an expert - check Items to go to loving homes - check Value of items (even if they only sell for opening bid prices) - considerably more than £30k. I'm sure it's all totally genuine.[/quote] Jack, you forgot to mention: 'I will try and answer any questions in as much detail as possible'.

[quote name='KiOgon' post='1072454' date='Dec 30 2010, 09:13 AM']I can't see why they chose to fit a pick up cover when the matching bridge cover is never going to fit over that oval blob Why? Oh dear, I looked at their price list [size=3]3,800.00 USD = 2,452.22 GBP [/size][/quote] That's MSRP. Street price would be more like $3,000. Still best to wait for the Skyline version. I agree on the pick up cover but it will be optional.

[quote name='Sean' post='1072361' date='Dec 30 2010, 12:28 AM']I see that the 5 string is available as a 34" at no extra cost. I wonder if we'll see that option migrate to the Skyline range. I know that the 35" scale puts a lot of people off.[/quote] I think 34" five string is now an option on all the US five strings - I'd be surprised if it got to the Skylines any time soon. But maybe, who knows.

[quote name='Bass_Guardian' post='1072364' date='Dec 30 2010, 12:30 AM']Aargh they look so much cheaper aswell I've already ordered from thomanns At least I know for next time thanks how did I miss that though...[/quote] Well at least you won't be paying shipping from the US or tax when they get here - Thomann may be as cheap in practice.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='1072321' date='Dec 30 2010, 12:03 AM']Unusual because I think that it works for all their other basses... but that headstock, for me at least, just doesn't work with that body...[/quote] It's usually the bridge that gets the complaints. Oh wait a minute ... [quote name='KiOgon' post='1072337' date='Dec 30 2010, 12:10 AM']The bridge looks so wrong [/quote]

[quote name='tonyf' post='1072328' date='Dec 30 2010, 12:07 AM']Ooooooooooo no, it definitely works for me Apart from the headstock, it looks as though they've ripped off the idea of the Fender Mike Dirnt. Which, having owned one, isn't a bad thing to do.[/quote] I think the first (blonde translucent) in the picture is a 51 slab body with a single coil while the second (tobacco sunbust) is contoured with the split coil - like the Mike Dirnt. Personally I think I'd want the contours and the single coil. I imagine as it's a US they would do that if you asked.

US only at the moment - read about them [url="http://www.lakland.com/44-51.htm"]here[/url].

US only at the moment - read about them [url="http://www.lakland.com/44-55-AJ.htm"]here[/url].

Here they are at the Lakland site: [url="http://www.lakland.com/direct/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=LD&Category_Code=4STRS"]http://www.lakland.com/direct/merchant.mvc...gory_Code=4STRS[/url]

[quote name='Bass_Guardian' post='1072145' date='Dec 29 2010, 09:00 PM']Im looking for the best replacement strings for my lakland skyline 44-01. The strings on it according to the lakland website . What type of strings do Lakland basses come with? A. Most come with Lakland custom stainless steel roundwound mediums, .045”-.105” (add a .128” for 5-strings). What would be the best replacements using these same specs. (4 string) Thanks in advance Alex[/quote] You could always get some more Laklands (which are actually made by GHS, I believe)

'Don't give up your day job.'

Looks very good and very neat on the £38.

I rarely use a pick but I have a handful of 3mm Dunlop Big Stubbies in my kit and occasionally pull one out - most often in a bad blister situation.

[quote name='icastle' post='1071177' date='Dec 28 2010, 07:02 PM']Well that works both ways it seems. I suppose in 'recourse to fairness' they did eventually stop chasing the 56yr old granny (cogent presentation of factual evidence supplied earlier) for £2000 because she was singing in her shop - but then I suppose that was 'fair' because she isn't your granny eh?[/quote] She could have tried [url="http://www.rfmradio.co.uk/about.html"]Royalty Free Music Radio[/url].

[quote name='bolov' post='1068368' date='Dec 23 2010, 11:32 PM']I gig with a stingray 5 and a recently purchased lakland 55-60. They have quite different signal levels so was thinking of using a tonebone to dial them both in to the same level for my amp.. anyone use a tonebone or know of any alternatives ?[/quote] I use a Tonebone to double EUB and bass guitar. It works fine for me. I previously tried an EBS Microbass which I didn't prefer - although I'm sure many would. However, someone will be along in a minute to tell you a cheaper way of doing it.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1068550' date='Dec 24 2010, 10:08 AM']OK, I understand how the Ostrich guitar works. What I don't get is WHY?[/quote] Drone?

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='1068405' date='Dec 24 2010, 12:14 AM']Interesting, must have been a 60s thing. I can understand it more chordally for guitar though. It's a funny thing with forums - some people apologise for dragging up old threads & yet occasionally people post new threads on subjects that have been covered before and almost get corrected for not using the search function first. Ya can't win, I tells thee [/quote] Maybe my apology was tongue in cheek or head in sand.

[quote name='thunderbird13' post='1068346' date='Dec 23 2010, 11:05 PM']Nuts - I thought I'd just practice on a 5 string tonight and give the detuning a miss. My 5 string was slightly out of tune so being lazy I just used my tuner and forgot that the thickest string on a fiver is B not E - SNAP !!!! Wished I'd just detuned my 4 sting now [/quote] Sorry to hear that bad news but see what happens when you don't do as you're told.

Apologies for resurrecting this slightly ancient thread but .... .... on the subject of tuning all the strings to E (or any other note) I accidentally discovered this today: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich_guitar"]Ostrich guitar[/url] so there it is for anyone who's interested.

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='1068238' date='Dec 23 2010, 08:59 PM']Obviously if someone tunes differently to the standard, that makes them idiots to one degree or another. It's not like it's a creative art forum we're on, we should all stick to the standards. /sarcasm.[/quote] I can't see why tuning differently would make someone an idiot to any degree - people can tune their instrument how they like, and indeed they do. However, I can't see what's creative about a band [i]insisting[/i] (as the OP puts it) that the bassist tunes in a particular way - they are demanding he sticks to their standards. I've played with several blues or country guitarists who used a range of different tunings - usually open tunings of one kind or another but also other non-open dropped or lifted tunings. They would commonly have several guitars, one set up for each of the different tunings. However, I've never been asked and certainly no one has [i]insisted[/i] (as the OP puts it) that I tune my bass any way other than how I want to tune. I have on occasion been asked for a low Eb or low D and have supplied it but I'd be resistant to being told what tuning to use.

Double bass. That's it.

[quote name='jonnyfastfingers' post='1068055' date='Dec 23 2010, 06:19 PM'][url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/Pages/ViewItem.aspx?aid=120663178427&sv=120663178427"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/Pages/ViewItem.aspx?...sv=120663178427[/url] For a synth pedal?[/quote] They are fetching more than that regularly. Personally, I'd rather buy a bass or a rig.

[quote name='Clarky' post='1068080' date='Dec 23 2010, 06:38 PM']I predict you would hate Pyramid Gold flats which have a lilac or pale violet colour to the silks. Even the metrosexual Happy Jack thought they looked camp on my Precision![/quote] They look good on my translucent burgundy Decade though - I must take a pic.