Lakland

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Lakland Musical Instruments, LLC, produces bass guitars. Lakland was founded by Dan Lakin and High McFarland, and is based out of Chicago, Illinois. Lakland basses officially went into production in 1995. Lakland's success has been detailed in numerous publications including Forbes magazine and Music Inc, Magazine.

1 Prototype
2 USA Series
3 Skyline Series
4 Shoreline Series
5 Artists
6 External links

[edit] Prototype

The first Lakland prototype began creation in January 1994 and was first shown at the NAMM show in July of 1994. The prototype was a blend of a Fender Jazz Bass and Music Man StingRay. 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 aluminum 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, 3-band active EQ, in 4 and 5-string versions, fretted and fretless. Some models are available with a pickguard and Seymour Duncan Basslines pickups.

Lakland also produces "signature" instruments for Jerry Scheff, Joe Osborn, Donald Dunn, Darryl Jones and Bob Glaub.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 design as the US basses, 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.