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  • Birthday 10/02/1989

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  1. Josh
    I’m actually really happy with the standard preamp, I’ve got the same in my older RSD 4 string and have never had a problem with it. I did upgrade my previous ME P/J 5 string with the VTC drop in replacement, and honestly the difference wasn’t that great. Maybe in the future, I might put a full EMG DC set in it, but until then I have no reason to.
  2. Josh
    The string spacing on Modern 24 models is 18mm from what I can gather. It’s a very comfortable spacing!
  3. Josh
    I just recently sold my 55-01 to Stuart and couldn’t have been happier with the whole transaction. He’s an absolute gent to deal with and pleasure to chat to in person!
  4. Josh
    I’ve just uploaded a quick snippet of the tone of this thing🤟🏻
  5. Josh
    Further price drop to £550. Delivery is now an option due to have many boxes and packing materials!
  6. Josh
    It is roughly 18 years old (2007) going by the serial number info via the Lakland website, and it weighs 4.4kg. Hope that helps!
  7. Josh
    Hey guys, I had been hoping ever since the inception of the ME range that they would eventually offer the Modern, as the German/Japanese models have always been rather expensive. So, I’d been keeping an eye on them to show up in stock on Thomann and pulled the trigger last week. Annoyingly they don’t help themselves by only having rendered images on the website, in fact it’s nearly impossible to find a decent photo or video (aside from the official release video) of them currently. I might even be in the very small amount of bassists here who even have one😂 First impressions so far have been great, loving the almost Spector-like tone with both pick ups. The only little niggle has been a high fret up in the dusty end which will be dealt with soon, otherwise it’s been a very easy bass to set up with a lovely low action. I’m thinking black hardware is the next step😏
  8. Josh
    I need to sell it to fund its replacement😂
  9. Josh
    And still not even a nibble😂
  10. Josh
    Price drop to £575.
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  12. Josh
    Hey Guys, Here we’ve got a lovely older Korean made Lakland 55-01 that I received in a trade only recently. The only reason I’m selling it is to finance a bass I’ve had my eye on for a while and now it’s available. This is a fantastic bass and like with all Laklands in my experience, they’re easily some of the most playable basses and have the best necks. It’s loaded with the Bartolini MK1 humbuckers which sound fantastic and it can go from nice and modern sounding to more traditional with a quick adjustment on the preamp. It has the option of either standard or through body stringing. I’ve currently got it strung through with a fresh set of Dunlop Nickels. Considering the age of the bass, it’s in good shape and there are few light surface dings close to the controls and a few marks on the headstock which I’ve tried to capture in the pics. Everything else works perfectly fine and has a lovely low action. I’m after £550. The bass is located in Bridgwater, Somerset. I can post but it would be at the extra cost of the buyer. Collection would be perefed but I can also deliver within a certain distance as well. Any questions please ask. Thanks, Josh.
  13. Josh
    I changed the original preamp in my previous ME P/J 5 for the drop-in VTC preamp. Honestly, looking back and listening to the recordings I did with it both before and after, it wasn’t the night and day difference some made it out to be. I’m sure changing the stock pick ups as well to the full fat noiseless sets in the Metro and NYC models would be more noticeable. I’ve been corrected on this before but I believe the VTC control acts as a low pass filter for the treble frequency, so you can adjust it so that it’s no so harsh/dark sounding. I can’t speak for the passive tone side of it as I don’t ever use any active bass in passive. Currently, I have a 4 string ME JJ and it is all stock and I genuinely enjoy the preamp and find (as even Roger himself has said) keeping the treble around 40/50%, the bass at 60%, and then adding some presence on my amp gets me the nice modern hi-fi jazz bass tone that I prefer. Here’s a recent cover with it: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCfOnJdOkgr/?igsh=MWQ1YzF3dHExdDdyeQ==
  14. Josh
    Christmas price drop to £600. I’m honestly staggered it’s still here!
  15. Josh
    8lb!! A healthy and much more realistic 3.6kg. Apologies for any confusion.
  16. Josh
    There are a few very light surface marks here and there on the neck but they’re barely noticeable, and a few on the top of the headstock.I could only find one little nick which is on the back of the volute. And it’s a healthy 8lb, not the weightless bits of driftwood the newer ones tend to feel like 👍🏻
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