EssentialTension

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='923182' date='Aug 12 2010, 08:55 PM']Only if you're American! US: skeptic; UK: sceptic. Vive la différence![/quote] Yes, British usage is 'sceptic', 'sceptical' and 'scepticism'.

[quote name='Musicman20' post='922361' date='Aug 12 2010, 09:37 AM']They will deal with you direct for USA models. [/quote] Yes, any finish you like, and a variety of one-off variations available - and a long wait.

Apparently the pic is of a custom-build Lakland did, so I don't know whether the blocks and matching headstock would end up as standard, especially if it ever makes it to Skyline.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='921748' date='Aug 11 2010, 04:38 PM']Looks nice.[/quote] If the version in the pic is anything to go by, then I think they have the colour spot on.

[quote name='tredders' post='921752' date='Aug 11 2010, 04:42 PM']That's bloody lovely! I want..... Where did you find the info?[/quote] AT the LOG (Lakland Owners Group) forum: [url="http://www.laklandowners.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_kunena&Itemid=59&func=view&catid=3&id=16365"]http://www.laklandowners.com/joomla/index....=3&id=16365[/url]

Lakland are going to add a '51 style Precision to their catalogue. It will be US only at first, but maybe Skyline later.

[quote name='Sharkfinger' post='921548' date='Aug 11 2010, 01:07 PM']Could some of you helpful chaps stick your CV Squiers on some scales and tell me how much they weigh, please?[/quote] My CV Jazz, wearing Wizard 64 pickups, Schaller straplocks, and La Bella Black Nylons, weighs in at 8.9lbs

[quote name='Bilbo' post='920047' date='Aug 9 2010, 08:50 PM']It was a rock band that had its faults but it was ok and sounded like a rock band. It was rehearsed and it was tight (I was 17, the rest of the band were 30+). We did a Radio One session three months later so it couldn't have been that bad. Seriously, though. Check this out and tell me I am wrong. The piano solo at 1.00 is a doozy. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnrhE5ARc_w&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnrhE5ARc_w...feature=related[/url] This is even better... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2fl1_kqsas&NR=1"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2fl1_kqsas&NR=1[/url][/quote] Apologies to anyone involved, but that was bad.

[quote name='jakesbass' post='920094' date='Aug 9 2010, 09:31 PM']I wonder what you think of this Bilbo? yours truly on a twenties gig, what I love about this gig is how the guys just play it right, they are all good players in my view and do what is right for the gig each of them is capable of playing very convincingly in a myriad of settings. I get your point regarding quality but I get the feeling you'd not like to do this gig? am I wrong? [/quote] I really liked that. Are the two women dancing at the front with the band?

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='920098' date='Aug 9 2010, 09:33 PM']I have a couple of vastly different sized green ball ends here, different style of ball, so [b]someone else must colour them[/b].[/quote] I believe Giannini, Hartke & DR, and maybe others. D'Addario are now making Fender's strings so possibly those too.

[quote name='silddx' post='919599' date='Aug 9 2010, 01:39 PM']I've worn a small hole in the right hand index finger.[/quote] Sort of a glove blister?

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='918474' date='Aug 8 2010, 01:10 AM']Sounded pretty good to me although, as others said, the bass could cut through a little more.[/quote] I listened to that again with better headphones and I take back what I said about the bass not cutting through.

[quote name='socrates' post='918639' date='Aug 8 2010, 11:40 AM']hmm, no . . . is there something I should know? I spotted a bit of a motorbike thing going on - perhaps you mean bike gloves?? really nice guy, and nice to meet a local Basschatter too . . . but now after trying out his two lovely Warwicks I'm on the lookout for one myself (if I can fit it in with the three basses, three six-strings and a ukulele . . . oh and a toddler and a girlfriend and all that other stuff . . .)[/quote] You can get up to date on Nigel's gloves in this thread: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=90264"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=90264[/url]

Sounded pretty good to me although, as others said, the bass could cut through a little more.

[quote name='markorbit' post='918456' date='Aug 8 2010, 12:27 AM']Herbie hasn't had a manufacturer make a Signature bass (which is a shame, can you imagine a Fender Custom Shop model with the quality of the Pino?) so I got one built. It's Lake Placid Blue but not as dark as that 59. 7.5 inch radius Rio Rosewood fingerboard. It's strung with Trubass 88s. Pickups are Fralins. The custom switch is a series/parallel switcher. I've since removed the thumbrest.[/quote] That looks rather lovely. I guess if there was a Fender Custom Shop version it would probably be a relic like the Pino.

Hello Socrates, welcome to Basschat. I'm from Birmingham too (although I'd left before your bands were playing there) and I teach philosophy too (although no PhD) so we have some things in common.

Looks great Wes, very nicely done.

[quote name='2pods' post='918320' date='Aug 7 2010, 08:33 PM']Looking back I think that's one of the things I really liked about it.[/quote] I can't have disliked it very much because I had it for over twenty years - longest I've ever had any bass.

[quote name='derrenleepoole' post='918218' date='Aug 7 2010, 06:28 PM']Thanks, I've got my new born baby in one arm, so you've saved me some work [/quote] You're welcome. There are almost certainly many more - those were merely the first three I found.

[quote name='TomNicoBassman' post='918061' date='Aug 7 2010, 03:51 PM']Hey folks, I am considering moving to a short or med scale bass. I haven't been able to play one yet but I thought I would ask first what you folks thought. What are your experiences with the shorter scales? What do they offer in ways of tonality and playability? Will appreciate all advice. Cheers, Tom[/quote] You do need to try some. They vary just as much as 34" scale basses do.

[quote name='2pods' post='918079' date='Aug 7 2010, 04:05 PM']As I've posted elsewhere on the forum, I had an Aria TSB550N which was 32" medium scale, with a through neck, and I loved it. Very comfortable.[/quote] I had an Aria TSB550 too. It's a very nice bass. My one criticism of it would be the narrow string spacing at the bridge but that might not bother you.

[quote name='derrenleepoole' post='918199' date='Aug 7 2010, 06:14 PM']I couldn't happier after making the move to shorties after 20+ years of playing. Do a search, as this topic is cropping up more often on BC and quite a few threads discuss the pros and cons of the move [/quote] Here you go: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=97762"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=97762[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=95334"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=95334[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=90957"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=90957[/url]

For an overview of the real complexities of prototyping see [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototype"]here[/url] at Wikipedia.