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[quote name='Ray' post='340312' date='Nov 29 2008, 10:01 AM'][url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NvZlTKIEW6Q"]Godfathers Of Groove[/url][/quote] I bought their CD only this morning! Absolutely knockout. And on sitting in ... I'd wait to be asked ... but then I'm probably not good enough to play with those guys anyway.

Great guy, very easy to deal with. Recommended. Dave

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='340324' date='Nov 29 2008, 10:15 AM']I played a new Lakland JO 4-stringer the other week. Lovely bass with through body stringing, etc., but it had very narrow string spacing. Definitely not 19mm. Is this normal on Lakland jazz models?[/quote] 0.78 inch on a 4 string says the website which is, I believe, in excess of 19mm. So, strange ...

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='340366' date='Nov 29 2008, 11:10 AM']Careful - I did that once and the little sh*t played it better than me [/quote] Oh. Boll*x.

Fortunately I don't play with any guitarists with those attitudes. But if I did, I'd just say 'Here, you try' and hand them the fretless.

[quote name='Shockwave' post='338980' date='Nov 27 2008, 10:08 PM']Dude, jakes pmed Gman and says he will post the bass tommorow. However having backups is a good idea. -Rob.[/quote] Rob, I'm in Brighton and I could, if needed, collect it tomorrow evening. But I'm somewhat tied up for getting to a post office with it both at the weekend and early next week - especially if it's not already packed and ready to go. Let me know if I can do anything useful.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='335899' date='Nov 24 2008, 10:33 PM']One thing I did do was to go straight out and buy some PP9's ... in the process discovering that no one calls them "PP9's" any more. [i]I think he means a 9-volt battery, you know, one of those funny square ones. Go on, ask him.[/i] I really am getting too old for this sh1t. [/quote] They still call them PP9s in my local newsagent but then the bloke in there is even older than me.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='338655' date='Nov 27 2008, 05:08 PM']I believe my Indonesian Daisy Rock Elite Bass & Peavey Millenium fiver came out of cort's factory. The quality is great. Both are very playable and very good sounding & looking basses and certainly giggable however one was £200 new and the other was £135 secondhand. Neither was amazing until I set them up though but at least the frets were good without needing a levelling. I guess Lakland will be putting the production savings into the work done in Chicago.[/quote] I think the likes of the Daisy Rock will be fully manufactured in Indonesia while the Lakland Skyline bodies and necks were CNC machined in Korea and now Indonesia but the electronics are still done in Chicago. Fret dressing is also done in Chicago, now on the PLEK machine.

Very nice Andy.

[quote name='GЯДИК' post='337682' date='Nov 26 2008, 08:33 PM']if this means lower prices I'm happy. My Indonesian Squiers are excellent and with Lakland construction ( Ibelieve they assemble the Skylines in their Chicago plant from foreign parts) then I'm sure they'll be as good as they are now[/quote] It doesn't mean lower prices. Skyline prices are staying the same. Although Lakland US prices increase 10% on January 1st. Lakland seem to think that the Indonesian quality is even better than the Korean and the benchwork and Plekking will still be done in Chicago. It's the Cort factory in Indonesia which apparently does the Squier VM series and the G&L Tributes. The Laklands will be their top of the line. There's lots of posts about this at Talkbass including from Lakland guys themselves.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='337813' date='Nov 26 2008, 10:32 PM']That looks really nice! Both retro & individual at the same time. I was listening to the recordings of the new inhouse pickups on the Lakland site this morning. They sound excellent! Rich.[/quote] Thanks, Rich. Yes, I really like the retro looks with the Gibson bass colours but it is individual at the same time. And yes, the pickups sound good to me too, I'm very excited about it. [url="http://lakland.com/ac_j-sonic.htm"]Hear the Chi-sonic pickups on a Joe Osborn[/url]

[quote name='thebeat' post='337243' date='Nov 26 2008, 01:52 PM']Ouch! looks very nice though...it's the only thing that's given me GAS lately...sort of glad you didn't say £700 quid or thereabouts...would have had to order one then maybe next year though [/quote] My guess is that they are going to be somewhere around £1200, maybe £1300 retail in the UK. The cheapest way to get one will definitely be used from the US. If I'm correct that Lakland are going to sell a lot of these there will inevitably be some going up for sale in the coming months. US ebay is the place to look I think.

[quote name='nash' post='337741' date='Nov 26 2008, 09:38 PM']probs one of the nicest basses i've ever seen. i love it.[/quote] Thanks.

[quote name='martthebass' post='337644' date='Nov 26 2008, 07:58 PM']Very nice Dave, well worth the wait. Thought I'd got rid of any Lakland GAS.[/quote] Thanks. Wait until you see the real quality pics of it I'll be taking.

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='336704' date='Nov 25 2008, 10:14 PM']No Darkstars then?[/quote] Nope, not Dark Stars but [url="http://lakland.com/the-decade.htm"]Chi-sonics[/url]

[quote name='thebeat' post='336798' date='Nov 25 2008, 11:47 PM']Now, that[i][b] is [/b][/i]nice...how much? [/quote] Well, including customs duty, at $2 to the £ I think it was going to be about £830 including shipping but at $1.50 to the fallen £ it's looking more like close to £1000. So, not cheap, but I think still cheaper than you'll actually be able to buy one in UK. Although I've not seen any UK/Euro dealers offering them on pre-order. I hope I like it.

Excellent collection, lovely pictures, and very nice garden furniture too. +1 on the Warmoth Dark Starred SG

[quote name='phsycoandy' post='336637' date='Nov 25 2008, 09:06 PM']Whos got my DPLE1 own up I want it back?[/quote] I knew you shouldn't have sold that.