Scooby Posted January 5, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted January 5, 2015 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted January 5, 2015 Share 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!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassmachine Posted January 5, 2015 Share 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 ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 (edited) Added picture of this Lacewood loveliness Edited January 12, 2015 by Scooby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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