Lakland (pronounced lake-land) Musical Instruments, LLC, produces
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s. Lakland was founded by Dan Lakin and Hugh McFarland, and is based in
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,
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,
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. Lakland basses officially went into production in 1995. Lakland's success has been detailed in numerous publications including
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magazine and Music Inc, Magazine.
The first Lakland prototype began creation in January 1994 and was first shown at the
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in July 1994.
Lakland (pronounced lake-land) Musical Instruments, LLC, produces
bass guitarThe electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....
s. Lakland was founded by Dan Lakin and Hugh McFarland, and is based in
ChicagoChicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and with more than 2.8 million people, the 3rd largest city in the United States...
,
IllinoisIllinois , the 21st state admitted to the United States of America, is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern state and the fifth most populous state in the nation...
,
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Lakland basses officially went into production in 1995. Lakland's success has been detailed in numerous publications including
ForbesForbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, Forbes magazine, is published fortnightly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published fortnightly, and Business Week...
magazine and Music Inc, Magazine.
Prototype
The first Lakland prototype began creation in January 1994 and was first shown at the
NAMM ShowThe NAMM Show is one of the largest music product trade shows in the world, its only major competition being the Musik Messe in Frankfurt. It is held every January in Anaheim, California, USA at the Anaheim Convention Center. The January 2008 show had 1,560 exhibitors and a record-breaking 88,100...
in July 1994. The prototype was a blend of a
Fender Jazz BassThe Jazz Bass was the second model of electric bass guitar created by Leo Fender. The bass is distinct from the Precision Bass in that its tone is brighter and richer in the midrange with less emphasis on the fundamental harmonic...
and
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. It was made of ash with a quilted maple top and featured a 22-fret quartersawn rock maple neck (no graphite reinforcement) with a birdseye maple fingerboard. The headstock was altered after pressure from Fender to change it due to similarities. The prototype featured the now classic "dual-access" (strings-through-body/top-load) Lakland oval bridge plate but was made from aluminium which Hugh McFarland felt offered a better sound. This was later changed to chrome plated steel.
Lakland basses came with graphite-reinforced maple necks featuring rosewood, maple or ebony fingerboards, solid alder or ash bodies, active Bartolini humbucking pickups (since then, they have replaced by similar-type pickups of Lakland's own manufacture); 3-band active EQ, in 4 and 5-string versions, fretted and fretless. Some models are available with a pickguard and
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Basslines pickups.
Lakland also produces "signature" instruments for
Jerry ScheffJerry Obern Scheff is an American bassist, perhaps best known for his work with Elvis Presley in the early 1970s as a member of his TCB Band and his work on The Doors final recordings....
,
Joe OsbornJoe Osborn is an American bass guitar virtuoso, notable for his work as a session musician in Los Angeles and Nashville during the period from the 1960s through the 1980s...
, Donald "Duck" Dunn,
Darryl JonesDarryl Jones , also known as "The Munch", is an American bass guitarist. He is highly regarded for his stylish bass-playing in jazz, blues, and rock music....
and Bob Glaub. These instruments featured
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pickups, and were also available with "Dark Star" pickups (similar in design to the pickups used on
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basses of the '60s and '70s). As of 2008, the Fralin pickups were replaced by similar units of Lakland's own manufacture, as well as the newly-created "Chi-Sonic" pickups, whose name came as the result of a contest staged by the company.
USA Series
Current US models include 4-94. 55-94, Decade, Bob Glaub, Joe Osborn, Jerry Scheff, Darryl Jones, Duck Dunn, and the Mike Tobias co-created Hollowbody.
Skyline Series
In 2001 Lakland introduced the Korean made Skyline Series. Developed with the help of importer-exporter Westheimer Corp., the midrange Skyline Series is constructed using North American wood and features the same overall design as the US basses (excluding the graphite reinforcement on the 4-string necks; all necks being half-sawn instead of quarter-sawn, and acrylic nuts instead of bone) but is assembled overseas. Once the instrument arrives in Chicago, the company's builders work to install its electronics and make sure the frets are leveled within specification of Lakland's US models. The Skyline 44-02 and 55-02 models originally contained the USA Bartolini MM\J pickups and NTMB preamp, the same system that was in the USA 4-94 and 55-94 basses. Currently all of those models (4-94, 55-94, 44-02, 55-02) contain the Lakland LH3 system. The Skyline 44-01 and 55-01 models contain the Korean Bartolini MK1 pickups and preamp. The Osborn,
Scheff, and Jones signature models previously featured Hipshot-licensed tuners and Lakland custom pickups. (Previously Lakland used Aero or
Lindy FralinLindy Fralin is a US manufacturer of "boutique" guitar pickups based in Richmond, Virginia. He got his start in the early 90's winding by hand on a homemade machine because he was not satisfied with commercially available pickups...
pickups.)
Shoreline Series
The Lakland Shoreline Series is manufactured to Lakland USA specs by the Japanese guitar company
ESP, located in North Hollywood, California, is a manufacturer of electric guitars and basses.- History :In 1975, Hisatake Shibuya opened a shop called Electric Sound Products in Tokyo. It provided custom replacement parts for guitars. In 1976, ESP gained a reputation as a provider of high-quality...
, and is available for sale exclusively in Japan.
Artists
- "Evil" J. McGuire (Otep
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- Nate Mendel
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)
- Darryl Jenifer (Bad Brains
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)
- Geezer Butler
Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler is the English founding bassist for the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He is currently involved in Heaven and Hell.-Career:...
(Black SabbathBlack Sabbath are an English rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1968 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple lineup changes, with a total of twenty-two former members...
)
- Juan Alderete
Juan Alderete is an American bassist known for his work with the band The Mars Volta. Prior to his work with that band, he was known for playing in Racer X, where he received credit as John Alderete.-Biography:...
(The Mars VoltaThe Mars Volta is an American Grammy Award-winning rock band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 2001 and currently based out of Mexico. Founded by guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala, the band incorporates various influences including progressive rock, experimental rock,...
)
- Ben Kenney
Benjamin Lee Kenney, Sr. , is a musician from Brielle, NJ United States, and the bassist for the band Incubus.Ben Kenney played guitar for the hip-hop group The Roots before he joined Incubus in 2003 after the departure of bassist and founding member Alex Katunich aka Dirk Lance...
(IncubusIncubus is an American Grammy Award-nominated rock band, from Calabasas, California. Formed in 1991 by vocalist Brandon Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger, and drummer Jose Pasillas while enrolled in high school. The band expanded to include bassist Alex Katunich , and Gavin Koppell...
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- Charlotte Cooper
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- Adam Clayton
Adam Charles Clayton is the bassist of the Irish rock band U2. Clayton has resided in County Dublin since the time his family moved to Malahide when he was five years old in 1965. Clayton is well-known for his bass playing on songs such as "New Year's Day", "With or Without You", "Get on Your...
(U2U2 are a rock band that formed in Dublin, Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr...
)
- Johnny Drugan (Beneathme)
- Duck Dunn
- Tobin Esperance (Papa Roach
Papa Roach is a four-piece hard rock band from Vacaville, California. They broke into the mainstream with their triple-platinum major-label debut Infest . The group's success continued with later releases Lovehatetragedy , Getting Away with Murder and The Paramour Sessions . Their latest album,...
)
- Lex Feltham
- Tim Foreman
Timothy David Foreman is the bassist for the band Switchfoot. He was born in Lake Arrowhead, California but grew up in Boston, Massachusetts and Norfolk, Virginia...
(SwitchfootSwitchfoot is an alternative rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman , Tim Foreman , Chad Butler , Jerome Fontamillas , and Drew Shirley .They are known for their energetic live shows , the three guitarists in the line-up often operate...
)
- Bob Glaub
- Darryl Jones
Darryl Jones , also known as "The Munch", is an American bass guitarist. He is highly regarded for his stylish bass-playing in jazz, blues, and rock music....
- Rick Johnson
Rick Johnson is an American musician who is best known as the bass player of Grand Rapids, Michigan's Mustard Plug. He also has worked with Bomb The Music Industry! and released solo material as "The Rick Johnson Rock And Roll Machine."-Early life:Rick Johnson grew up on the west side of the...
(Mustard PlugMustard Plug is a ska band from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Their songs usually include raspy vocals, fast singing, sing-along choruses, an upstroke guitar technique, distorted guitars, power chords, walking basslines, 4/4 drumming, and catchy horn parts....
, The Stitch UpThe Stitch Up are an American punk band. Created by MU330 front-man Dan Potthast, The Stitch Up was the first band to have their album released under Tomas Kalnoky's record label, Pentimento Music....
, Bomb The Music Industry)
- Joe Osborn
Joe Osborn is an American bass guitar virtuoso, notable for his work as a session musician in Los Angeles and Nashville during the period from the 1960s through the 1980s...
- Tris "Duke" Carpenter
- Prince
- Aongus Ralston (Picture House)
- Jason Scheff
Jason Randolph Scheff is an American bassist, singer and songwriter. Since 1985 he has been the bassist and singer for the veteran pop-rock band Chicago. He is the oldest son of well-known session bassist Jerry Scheff, who toured for several years with Elvis Presley...
(ChicagoChicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and with more than 2.8 million people, the 3rd largest city in the United States...
)
- Jerry Scheff
Jerry Obern Scheff is an American bassist, perhaps best known for his work with Elvis Presley in the early 1970s as a member of his TCB Band and his work on The Doors final recordings....
- Scott Shriner
Scott Shriner is the bass guitar player for the alternative rock band Weezer.-Early life:Shriner took up bass in high school. After joining the Marines for two years following high school, he decided that he wanted to play bass professionally...
(WeezerWeezer is an alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1992. Initially, the band consisted of Rivers Cuomo , Patrick Wilson , Matt Sharp , and Jason Cropper . Cropper was later replaced by Brian Bell...
)
- John Stirratt
John Stirratt is the bassist for Wilco and the former guitarist/bassist of Uncle Tupelo.Stirratt was born in New Orleans in 1967 and grew up in Mandeville. John attended Mandeville High School and the University of Mississippi. He joined Uncle Tupelo in 1993 and founded Wilco with Jeff Tweedy in 1995...
- Paul Thomas (Good Charlotte
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)
- Skylark (The Doobie Brothers
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)
- Tetsu (L'Arc~en~Ciel
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)
- Toshiya
- Robert DiBlanco
- Ryan Stasik
Ryan Fabec Stasik is the bassist for progressive rock group Umphrey's McGee. Stasik originally hails from the Pittsburgh area, though he grew up in Portage, MI and is now based out of Chicago, IL. He is a founding member of Umphrey's McGee, having played in the group Tashi Station with guitarist...
- Tim Commerford
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(Rage Against the MachineRage Against the Machine , is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1991...
/AudioslaveAudioslave was an American hard rock supergroup that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 2001. It consisted of ex-Soundgarden frontman, rhythm guitarist, and drummer Chris Cornell and the former instrumentalists of Rage Against the Machine: Tom Morello , Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk...
)
- Tim Luckow (Emily Elbert
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)
- Harry Shearer
Harry Julius Shearer is an American actor, comedian, writer, voice artist, musician, author and radio host. He is known for his long-running role on The Simpsons, his work on Saturday Night Live, the comedy band Spinal Tap and his radio program Le Show...
(as "Derek SmallsDerek Albion Smalls is a fictional character played by Harry Shearer. He is the bassist for mock rock group Spinal Tap. He co-starred in the hit spoof rockumentary This is Spinal Tap with guitarists Nigel Tufnel and David St...
") (Spinal TapSpinal Tap can refer to:* Spinal tap, colloquial term for a lumbar puncture*Spinal Tap , a fictional hard rock band*This Is Spinal Tap, a mockumentary portraying the same band*This Is Spinal Tap , the film's soundtrack...
)
- Miiko Watanabe (Gwen Stefani
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- Paul Wilson
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- Nick Harmer
Nicholas Harmer is the bass guitarist for the group Death Cab for Cutie.-Personal life:He attended Governor John R. Rogers High School in Puyallup, Washington, and was President of his senior class...
(Death Cab For CutieDeath Cab for Cutie is a Grammy-nominated American indie rock band, formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band consists of Benjamin Gibbard , Chris Walla , Nick Harmer and Jason McGerr...
)
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