There's a Lakland Group on Facebook; organized by Andrew Bladen from London. Check it out.

http://www.facebook.com/reqs.php/group.php?gid=4508716857

Cheers, Helena B.

Check out the Lakland Web site for lengthy informative interviews with Chicago theater and studio bassist Tom Mendel and Nashville bassist John Howard.

http://www.lakland.com

Coming soon: Interview wtih Geoff Templeton, bass tech for the Foo Fighters.

Check it out.

Helena B.

Congrats to Jennifer Ellis, winner of a brand new Lakland 44-02 at the Monsters of Bass II event at the Elbo Room Chicago on May 13, 2008.

Check out the photo of Chicago Academy for the Arts student Greg Feingold demonstrating a Lakland Duck Dunn Signature Model bass at the 2008 Irv and Essee Kupcinet Leadership Award Lunch. Thanks Greg.

Steven F. Stratton, a Trustee at the Academy, and president, Midwest Region, Corporate Services, of The Staubach Company, won the live auction then donated the guitar back to the school.

Yay, Steven!

We are happy to contribute to Chicago Academy for the Arts' success and know they'll get great use out of the instrument.

Heads up!

Jauqo III-X and The Elbo Room present "One Night of Bass.
Tuesday May 13th at the Elbo Room/Chicago

http://www.elboroomchicago.com/elboroom/index.html

The Elbo Room
2871 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657
Phone: 773-549-5549
Fax: 773-549-4495

Artists Scheduled to Perform:

Jauqo III-X
http://www.myspace.com/jauqoiiix

Trentin Lee Manning
http://www.myspace.com/trentinleemanning

Will Howard
http://www.myspace.com/willhoward1

Doug Johns
http://www.myspace.com/dougjohns

Bill Dickens
http://www.myspace.com/billdickens

Mike Sterling
myspace.com/mikestermusic

Andy DeLuca
http://www.myspace.com/andydeluca


Sponsors

Ashdown amps and cabs
Thunderfunk Amps
Lakland basses
Bag End cabs
Henman-Bevilacqua basses and guitars
Labella strings
SIT strings
Mono gig bags
Peterson tuners
Morley pedals
Pigtronix pedals

There will be giveaways!! You must be present to win.

Current list of goodies include:

Ashdown: amplifier,
Lakland Basses: Five-string bass model 55-01
Mono gig bags: Bass gig bag and a strap,
Peterson tuners: one tuner
Morley: a couple of pedals
Pigtronix: a pedal

Additional items will be added!

Doug (basspraiser on talkbass.com) from the Lakland Owner’s Group wanted us to let you know about their first event. If you’re not a member of the LOG, go join! www.laklandowners.com. You don’t have to be a member to attend the event, however.

On Saturday May 10th, 2008 the LOG will be hosting its first "official" event in Milwaukee Wisconsin at Lakland’s newest dealer , Cream City Music, 12505 W. Bluemound Rd. Brookfield, Wisconsin.

Included will be a performance and clinic By Jauqo III-X and his band the Jauqo III-X Reality. www.jauqoiii-x.com. Things will kick-off at 4pm. In addition, you can meet Lakland President Dan Lakin who will be available for a question and answer session . But that’s not all! There also will be drawings for cool stuff and giveaways.

Admission is free and Cream City will also be offering special pricing on all Laklands in stock.

See you there!

Hello all,
Here is a message from the newly formed Lakland Owner’s Group, an independent organization of Lakland enthusiasts.

(Mar. 18, 2008) The Lakland Owners Group ("LOG") is an organization set up for those who appreciate Lakland basses and the company that manufactures them.

Members of the LOG will receive various LOG and Lakland merchandise throughout the year and will be offered the opportunity to buy certain Lakland branded items at a discount.

As time goes on, we will be offering special deals and "supporting members only" exclusive offers and get-togethers!

As an added bonus, we will be holding a "supporting members only" drawing each month for a specified LOG or Lakland item!

As a member of the LOG, you will be getting advanced notice of new models, and new merchandise and will have opportunities which, up until now, were reserved only for "endorsed artists".

We have plans for a LOG CD, opportunities to advertise your band free online, an official LOG limited edition bass and other "cool stuff" as time goes on.

This is YOUR club and we want to know what we can do to make your membership meaningful and useful to you…as such, let us know any suggestions you may have!

You do not, necessarily have to currently own a Lakland bass in order to be a member.

To find out more (and to register as a "supporting member" of the LOG), go to www.laklandowners.com and click on the "Create an account" option.

After receiving your confirmation e-mail, you can use your user name and password to access other portions of the website including News, Events, the Forum, the Stable, and other great information!

Lakland would like to thank to the members of this organization in advance for their support and enthusiasm for the Lakland product!

Cheers,
Helena B.

Hey there,

OK, I put up the last of my NAMM pix. If any of you took pix at the Lakland booth and want to share, send them over and I'll post them in the album and credit you. I'm especially looking for pix of Jan-Olof Strandberg, who I missed while wandering the show!

Thanks in advance. Enjoy!

Helena B.

I added a bunch more pix to the NAMM album, check 'em out! Helena B.

Hey there...I just downloaded a few pix from the NAMM show, will try to hang around the booth more today to see if I can catch more visitors! Enjoy! Helena B.