Scooby Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) Lado? No, me neither until I bought this bass It turns out that JK Lado make high-end boutique basses in Canada. Highly respected bass makers with equally highly respected basses! Steve Harris is a long time player of Lado basses. To find a Lado bass in the UK is like the proverbial rocking horse excrement! I bought this Studio Custom 4 because not only does it look superb but it simply exudes quality. The Lacewood top is sublime with a through neck design, PJ Bartolini pick-ups and a 2-band active pre-amp (Vol, Pan, Stacked Bass/Treble). It is a 34" scale with a 42mm top nut and 18mm string spacing at the bridge (string centres). It has a very shallow neck (back-to-front) and, as such is so easy to play. The bass weighs 4.3kg and is very well balanced either standing or sitting. The bass has just had a full, professional service and is fitted with Elixir 45-100 strings. The Lado comes with a fitted, plush-lined hard case. Edited January 12, 2015 by Scooby
RhysP Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Blimey, haven't seen a Lado for a long time! First came across them at the Frankfurt trade fair in the early 80's. Very high quality instruments.
Scooby Posted January 5, 2015 Author Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1420455169' post='2649426'] Blimey, haven't seen a Lado for a long time! First came across them at the Frankfurt trade fair in the early 80's. Very high quality instruments. [/quote] Glad someone else has heard of them I have found some sound samples from Adrian Davison who uses Lado basses: [url="http://www.adriandavison.com/cd.html"]http://www.adriandavison.com/cd.html[/url] Check out Alibi or Dorian's Mode - Sounds good to me! Edited January 5, 2015 by Scooby
White Cloud Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 I love Lado basses. Iremember meeting Steve Harris before a gig on the Powerslave tour and asking him about his. He replied "Oh yeah, thats my F##k knows bass....nobody knows F##k all about them!"
Bassmachine Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 This is a nice bass .... i m fan of the non wellknown brands because they are unique .. Steve Harris as i remember had a unicorn signature model ......
Scooby Posted January 7, 2015 Author Posted January 7, 2015 (edited) Added picture of this Lacewood loveliness Edited January 12, 2015 by Scooby
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