karlfer Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 I was torn between one of these and the Lakland Daryl Jones. Tried a few of both. Nothing really varied on the Laklands unlike the Fenders. I also found the Japanese reissues to be considerably weightier. Ended up with Lake Placid Blue, matching headstock, rosewood board and pearl inlays on my beautiful Lakky. Plays like a dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinehead Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 [quote name='karlfer' post='747986' date='Feb 17 2010, 07:47 AM']I was torn between one of these and the Lakland Daryl Jones. Tried a few of both. Nothing really varied on the Laklands unlike the Fenders. I also found the Japanese reissues to be considerably weightier. Ended up with Lake Placid Blue, matching headstock, rosewood board and pearl inlays on my beautiful Lakky. Plays like a dream.[/quote] The Lakland are undoubtedly lovely basses but all three I looked at weighed between 1 and 2 lbs more than my US 75 reissue jazz? Work that one out. And I weigh using fishermans scales which are reasonably accurate - unlike the method of holding the bass while standing on the bathroom scales. I love the smaller body size on the Laklands. Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 [quote name='machinehead' post='748329' date='Feb 17 2010, 12:44 PM']The Lakland are undoubtedly lovely basses but all three I looked at weighed between 1 and 2 lbs more than my US 75 reissue jazz? Work that one out. And I weigh using fishermans scales which are reasonably accurate - unlike the method of holding the bass while standing on the bathroom scales. I love the smaller body size on the Laklands. Frank[/quote] My MIA 75 Jazz is much lighter than the Darryl Jones I had. I think the DJ weighed about 10lbs from memory and the Duck Dunn was 9lbs. My MIA 75 Jazz feels light and well balanced. Saying that I am thinking about selling the 75 Jazz and going back to a Daryll Jones for some very weird reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOSCOWBASS Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 [quote name='retroman' post='745936' date='Feb 15 2010, 03:08 PM']Thanks Chaps The radius of the board doesn't put me off too much. I have a Squier Jazz, that has quite a heavily radius on the board, and that chokes quite easily when bending a string. Never realised that the CIJ versions were heavier. The main thing that puts me off the Jap basses is the resale value seems to be pretty poor, considering that the retail on a new one seems to be around £1K now. A well looked after MIA seems to hold it's value really well, and I keep all my gear minty mint I'm not doubting the build quality of the CIJ, I've heard nothing but positive comments about them [/quote] Watch out for slight offset bridges, making the G string a bit close to the edge of the neck. I had an 75 jazz back then and most seemed to have the same problem. I notice on the reissues I've seen, they have the same "problem". Maybe some like this, but I was forever pulling the string off the side of the neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plux_the_Duck Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I'm expecting HoweDy to come here and say get the MIJ one any second... but they are great basses, and you have to love the look of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 [quote name='Plux_the_Duck' post='751760' date='Feb 20 2010, 02:24 PM']I'm expecting HoweDy to come here and say get the MIJ one any second...[/quote] He had opened a whole thread about it here But it was moved to Gear Porn by a moderator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plux_the_Duck Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 [quote name='LeftyJ' post='751768' date='Feb 20 2010, 01:32 PM']He had opened a whole thread about it here But it was moved to Gear Porn by a moderator.[/quote] I know, so I'm expecting him to come preach to retroman about how good his MIJ is.... I was having a convo with HoweDy about the marcus miller jazz... :wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroman Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 Thanks Chaps Interesting about the offset bridge problem. Would probably work in my favour, as on my Ricky, I have a tendancy to push the E string off the edge of the board! If I see a '75 Reissue in a shop, I'm definately going to be trying it out. Thanks All, for the advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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