Jerry Has NOT Left the Building!
Jerry Scheff has spent a large part of his career as the first-call bass player for Elvis Presley. Following his 1964 move to L.A., he played on sessions and toured with artists like: The Monkees, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, The Doors, John Denver, Dionne Warwick, Barney Kassel, Howard Roberts, Larry Carlton, Tom Scott, Richard Thompson, Sam Phillips, T-Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, Sammy Davis Jr., and Neil Diamond. His first studio gig was recording the low end for The Association’s, "Along Comes Mary."
Y Pluribus Unum
Jerry dug the longer scale length and the improved intonation he got after picking up one of our basses, but most of the producers he was working with asked for that tried-and-true Scheff tone, and demanded he play his lipstick-style basses and out-board preamp. After years of carting this arsenal around from session to session, Jerry worked with us to combine his famous tone with Lakland design goals and construction methods to create one unit. We gave him exactly what he needed.
Scheff’s Special
Two Kent Armstrong Split-Tube™ low-output pickups deliver an oldschool thump that works good mojo with our on-board preamp to produce a beefed-up version of the vintage tone that Jerry achieved for so long using his old short-scale bass and separate preamp. Set respectively closer to both the bridge and neck, the pickups have a concurrently wide tonal palette. The pickups blend for a mid tone that is as smooth and sweet as peanut-butter and banana sandwiches.
The Scheff Signature basses (available as four and five string models) encompass many of the same physical aspects of our Classic 4 & 5 Dual J models, but are souped up with new features to meet Jerry’s unique studio and stage demands. The result of our collaborative experimentation with Jerry yielded a bass so cool, we had to add it to the Lakland line.
For more information including how to order please contact me.
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