Johngh

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For sale is my Fender Jazz Deluxe. It's in fantastic condition. It's a 2014 model, with N3 noiseless pups. Putting a John East Retro pre amp (fit at John East) took this bass to another level. Super easy to get a full range of awesome bass tones. The neck is incredible, very fast and comfortable to play. Looks great too with block inlays and bound edges.

Strictly no trades. I bought this off a fellow Basschatter a few years ago and its never got played or been out the house.   Photo's are from the original add from who I bought it off. 

It comes with a very good Ritter Gig bag. I'm not going to post this so it's collection only from Derbyshire. I'm very close to the M1 J28 and the A38. I'm also willing to travel for a meet up if it suits.

On 15/01/2022 at 09:41, happysad said:

First picture of my newly acquired American Ultra V

Did you get it from Bass Direct by any chance, if so its my old Bass.

Daryl, PMed you 2days ago about this bass

Nice little combo 

1 hour ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

I was gonna say, that one actually looks alright. As long as it’s sorted for you, that’s all that counts 👍

To be fair to Guitarguitar they were brilliant, they actually compared my photo to the bass advertised in your photo and agreed it was not as advertised, had it been the one you have shown there would not have been a problem. 
I just couldn’t understand how Lakland thought my bass was ok especially as it had an endorsed players name against it.  

1 hour ago, FDC484950 said:

Obviously without a photo no-one can form an opinion as to whether the “quality” is or is not acceptable for a £1,200 bass. Fender, Warwick and many other manufacturers make basses where the body is made of 2, 3 or more pieces, and quite often the grain is not matched at all and doesn’t look great. I had a candy apple red precision where, when the light hit the body at an angle you could see the wood joins very clearly, and most of their American basses with natural finish have little or no grain matching and odd body joins, suggesting that any old bits of wood have been stuck together. And that’s instruments costing 50% more than this Lakland. 
Wood rarely has a consistent grain, even in the same tree, so with reduced wood stocks worldwide over time it’s not a surprise that maybe the wood isn’t available at this price point (or at anything below high-end prices).

What I’m less clear about is how this impacts Lakland’s quality as a brand. But as I said, a picture paints a thousand words. Odd you didn’t take one if it was so bad?

The thing is I did take photos and send them to Guitarguitar, but I since deleted them. The Lakland went on the guitar stand and just looked very odd. There was no feeling to actually pick it up and play it.

I used to own six basses before I packed up playing, I’ve started again and decided to limit myself to 2, so this one had to be right. 
I’m also a Quality Engineer, worked in all manner of trades including automotive and currently in Aerospace. 😁

1 hour ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

This about sums it up. Plus, as mentioned, it seems the OP has misunderstood the meaning of ‘book matching’ in it’s usual context. Slating a manufacturer for something that you personally don’t like the look of, is a little odd. Sounds like it’s personal taste and nothing more. Is it this one that they now have on offer?

 

I actually thought it was this one I was buying, they had 2, I must have had the other one obviously 

44 minutes ago, ped said:

An example from the interwebs 

 

TBH that’s not far off how mine was only on the other side of the body

55 minutes ago, ped said:

To be fair In my recent 70s fender quest I saw some natural bodies where the woods looked completely different , to the extent that they looked like ‘cut and shut’ jobs. Some had woods that reacted to the light differently so at some angles they looked similar but tilt it one way and the top half is totally different. It put me off definitely. Those ones should be painted!

Exactly Ped, this one should have been painted for sure

7 hours ago, bubinga5 said:

WOW..  40 years of playing and its a 2 piece book match body and your shocked and never even plugged the bass in. I would be amazed if its that bad. Got any pics.? Lakland are usually awesome on their build quality. Hey guess what some fenders are 4 piece bodies. 

Be amazed then ! Sorry no photos 

18 minutes ago, bassbiscuits said:

Is that seriously all that was wrong - that the body was made of two pieces of wood?  That’s hardly unusual.

What about the rest of it, the stuff that matters - the fit of the neck pocket, the nut, the fretwork, the electronics, the general build quality, and how it sounded?

 

 

If you think it’s acceptable to pay £1200 for a bass that looks rubbish then fine, in 40 years of playing bass it’s the worst one I’ve seen by a mile. 

I recently bought a new Lakland Darryl Jones Natural 5 string from Guitarguitar. 
When it was delivered I took it out of the box all exited like, as you do. 
The body was it turns out made of  2 pieces, the book matching was awful. For a £1200 bass it was shocking.

Never even plugged it in, sent a mail to Guitarguitar and got a phone call within 5 minutes of sending the mail. They were brilliant, took the Lakland back and I’ve had a new Fender Jazz ultra bass American 5 string which is awesome. 
 

God knows who’s in charge of Lakland quality, it’s shocking. 

Going on a bit of a nostalgia trip at the moment.

Bostons first album plus Follow up Don’t look back

Anything Rush plus Geddy’s my favourite headache, very much underrated record 

GLWTS 

Tinnitus.

The amount of Basses I got through was frightening now I look back, Had a least 5 custom made Status Graphite's made 4,5 and 6 string. I had a Shuker 6 string headless made, had Dingwalls, Alembic Mark King x 2 one only lasted a week as I couldn't get it set up right. Ricky's, Stingrays, Warwicks, Yamaha, Sei, the list goes on, all in the name of trying to find the perfect bass. Didn't own them all at once you understand !

Used to smuggle them into the house at one point :-) 

I also owned the Status S2 Classic "Miss Myrtle" that is beyond doubt one of the nicest Status S2's ever made. Sold it as I couldn't get it setup how I liked it.

Last bass i owned up till recently was a Fender Jazz Deluxe 5 string. Then I ended up with bad tinnitus that I've now had 24/7 for the last 5 years. The Jazz sat unused for 2 years so I sold it.

Not played at all for 3 years, but recently bought an American Jazz Deluxe 4 with an East Pre in it. Now I'm back on here trawling the basses for sale forum again, so God know's what will happen.

On 22/04/2020 at 20:54, TheGreek said:

@Johngh has one with Goodfellow pups which he brings to the SE Bash - sounds very punchy..

Not me, think you have me mixed up with someone else 😁

Want this soooo much trying to justify spending that much though

Used to be mine ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Final price drop, now £900. No offers below this will be considered.

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