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[quote name='MikanHannille' timestamp='1389282617' post='2332335']
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Pink, anyone? :lol:
[/quote]WOW! That works for me; looks great contrasted against the Warwick.

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[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1389287185' post='2332421']
WOW! That works for me; looks great contrasted against the Warwick.
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Thanks. That is actually my intention. Pair it with Warwick when doing gigs.

[quote name='Platypus' timestamp='1389306545' post='2332776']
Gotta love the pink Lakland
[media]http://youtu.be/lwJwKDH2Rt8[/media]
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They are not for everyone though. :ph34r:

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[quote name='Etienne' timestamp='1389653884' post='2336712']
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My Skyline Decade, after surgery... :)
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ooooh, lovely !

i bet it sounds insanely good. it's something i've wondered about doing on mine.

do you have any problems with the pickup earthing if you touch the pickup surrounds ?

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[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1389654647' post='2336729']
That's gorgeous - I love the Decade
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Thanks, it now sounds as good as it feels to play!

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1390141273' post='2341822']
ooooh, lovely !

i bet it sounds insanely good. it's something i've wondered about doing on mine.

do you have any problems with the pickup earthing if you touch the pickup surrounds ?
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Thanks! I was weighing it up for a while before taking the plunge, but it's turned out great- better than I hoped! I had the talented chaps at KGB Music in Birkenhead relocate the neck pickup and fabricate a custom scratchplate- it looks like a factory job. The neck pickup's poles are now in exactly the same position as they would be on a Jazz Bass neck pickup, whilst the bridge pickup's poles fall pretty much exactly between 60's and 70's Jazz spacing. As you'd expect, the tone falls squarely into classic Jazz Bass territory, but with an extra kick to the low end- cops the aggressive Geddy Lee tone with ease with the tone full up, and a floor-shaking dub reggae tone with it rolled off.
I don't recall any pickup earthing problems with mine before the work was done, but I'm sure that a thorough copper-shielding job would probably cure the issues you describe. I got KGB to copper-shield all the cavities whilst the bass was in bits, and it's now super-quiet with both pickups on full... :)

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[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1390141273' post='2341822']
ooooh, lovely !

i bet it sounds insanely good. it's something i've wondered about doing on mine.

do you have any problems with the pickup earthing if you touch the pickup surrounds ?
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I have, on almost all of the (now 5) decades I've owned. I do have a possible solution for you. See below :)

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Well, I've been wanting one of these forever so I couldn't really pass up the opportunity now could I?

Well, maybe I could....but I didn't :)


I had this in my ebay watch list when it was sold in the USA last year, but a combination of factors meant I never ended up making a bid so it slipped by and I regretted that decision. Luckily for me, the new owner realised he had been a little impulsive and the sound wasn't for him.
Immediately it feels normal, like all the other decades I've owned. The short scale just makes it more ergonomic than a normal decade, it actually *feels* like a normal bass still.
Buzzed like mad when I touch the pickup surrounds however, so I did my previous tried and tested trick - I cut a small spring in half, soldered a ground wire to it and put it between the pickup body and one of the screws. As you tighten the pickup screw down, it squashes the spring underneath the pickup body, grounding the chromed plastic surrounds. So now when I rest my thumb on the pickup surround it's totally silent. I also did a full shield job on the cavity (getting good at it now). Amazes me that at this price range Lakland do not shield their basses.
The Rob Allen probably has to go now :(

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[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1390731342' post='2348617']
Sounds like a good fix.

I think Lakland were aware of this problem and it's why they had alternative pickup covers for the Skyline Decade for a while. So presumably they too have a fix for it now.

My 2008 Skyline Decade has no issue at all.
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Agreed. One of my previous decades (the sunburst US one I think) had an attempt at this, but it was done by running a bit of conductive adhesive copper tape from the bottom edge of the pickup surround to a ground soldered on the bottom of the pickup itself. Unfortunately the adhesive had lost its conductive properties and so the grounding failed eventually. Something to look out for.

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[quote name='Legion' timestamp='1390738480' post='2348769']
Agreed. One of my previous decades (the sunburst US one I think) had an attempt at this, but it was done by running a bit of conductive adhesive copper tape from the bottom edge of the pickup surround to a ground soldered on the bottom of the pickup itself. Unfortunately the adhesive had lost its conductive properties and so the grounding failed eventually. Something to look out for.
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Ah, I see what you mean. Thanks Jas.

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[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1390740039' post='2348794']
What strings have you got on that? And does it sound very dark?
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Currently has DR sunbeams fitted. Bit dead, which is how I like them anyway. Not sure if its my idea of dark as the Chisonics still have that open frequency response. Sounds like a decade to me...I've done you a small clip to demonstrate (might sound like a familiar riff!)

This is a DI (no EQ) out of my Puma into a focusrite and then Ableton live with no tweaking at all
[url="https://soundcloud.com/sakura-1-1/shorty/s-muOgO"]https://soundcloud.c.../shorty/s-muOgO[/url]

Edit: oh yea, its both/bridge/neck in that order

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[quote name='Legion' timestamp='1390727067' post='2348559']
Well, I've been wanting one of these forever so I couldn't really pass up the opportunity now could I?

Well, maybe I could....but I didn't :)


I had this in my ebay watch list when it was sold in the USA last year, but a combination of factors meant I never ended up making a bid so it slipped by and I regretted that decision. Luckily for me, the new owner realised he had been a little impulsive and the sound wasn't for him.
Immediately it feels normal, like all the other decades I've owned. The short scale just makes it more ergonomic than a normal decade, it actually *feels* like a normal bass still.
Buzzed like mad when I touch the pickup surrounds however, so I did my previous tried and tested trick - I cut a small spring in half, soldered a ground wire to it and put it between the pickup body and one of the screws. As you tighten the pickup screw down, it squashes the spring underneath the pickup body, grounding the chromed plastic surrounds. So now when I rest my thumb on the pickup surround it's totally silent. I also did a full shield job on the cavity (getting good at it now). Amazes me that at this price range Lakland do not shield their basses.
The Rob Allen probably has to go now :(
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[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1390731342' post='2348617']
Sounds like a good fix.

I think Lakland were aware of this problem and it's why they had alternative pickup covers for the Skyline Decade for a while. So presumably they too have a fix for it now.

My 2008 Skyline Decade has no issue at all.
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I have never personally encountered any grounding problems with the chrome shells on these pickups, but I do know that Lakland had a manufacturing problem with the Chi humbuckers - a large proportion of them were not usable from new after due to grounding issues after they had been potted in wax and had to be discarded at the factory - so much so that they discontinued those humbuckers in the chrome shells for a while last year . They have, apparently, remedied the problem and are now offering them in the chrome shells again, as well as a new version using anlico magnets as opposed to the neodymium ones used in the standard Chi Sonics. That problem, however, only applies to the humbuckers, whereas the standard Decade uses single coils housed in humbucker shells purely for cosmetic effect. The single coil version in a humbucker shell was not affected by the same problem of shorting out like the humbucking version was, and was never discontinued. I haven't heard about this problem with the hum before now, but I suppose using chrome surrounds you are asking for trouble.

Lakland never stopped using chrome shells on the Skyline Decade, but rather offer it , as with the other Chi Sonics, in a plastic shell as an alternative option if the customer prefers it.for whatever reason. A couple of basses with that option were pictured on the internet and some people started to assume that the chrome covers were no longer standard, when in fact they still were . When the Chi humbuckers were discontinued in the chrome shells they were still available in the plastic covers because the problems were specific to the chrome version.

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[quote name='Legion' timestamp='1390727067' post='2348559']
Well, I've been wanting one of these forever so I couldn't really pass up the opportunity now could I?

Well, maybe I could....but I didn't :)


I had this in my ebay watch list when it was sold in the USA last year, but a combination of factors meant I never ended up making a bid so it slipped by and I regretted that decision. Luckily for me, the new owner realised he had been a little impulsive and the sound wasn't for him.
Immediately it feels normal, like all the other decades I've owned. The short scale just makes it more ergonomic than a normal decade, it actually *feels* like a normal bass still.
Buzzed like mad when I touch the pickup surrounds however, so I did my previous tried and tested trick - I cut a small spring in half, soldered a ground wire to it and put it between the pickup body and one of the screws. As you tighten the pickup screw down, it squashes the spring underneath the pickup body, grounding the chromed plastic surrounds. So now when I rest my thumb on the pickup surround it's totally silent. I also did a full shield job on the cavity (getting good at it now). Amazes me that at this price range Lakland do not shield their basses.
The Rob Allen probably has to go now :(
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Lovely bass, by the way. I bet these are a lot of fun to play.

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[quote name='Legion' timestamp='1390744564' post='2348869']
Currently has DR sunbeams fitted. Bit dead, which is how I like them anyway. Not sure if its my idea of dark as the Chisonics still have that open frequency response. Sounds like a decade to me...I've done you a small clip to demonstrate (might sound like a familiar riff!)

This is a DI (no EQ) out of my Puma into a focusrite and then Ableton live with no tweaking at all
[url="https://soundcloud.com/sakura-1-1/shorty/s-muOgO"]https://soundcloud.c.../shorty/s-muOgO[/url]

Edit: oh yea, its both/bridge/neck in that order
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Very nice. It took a while but I eventually realized the familiarity of the riff.

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