Wilson Pickett´s bass

Donald “Duck” Dunn, known for his syncopated grooves on classics like Wilson Pickett’s “In the Midnight Hour,” “Knock on Wood” with Otis Redding, and “Time is Tight” by Booker T and the MGs, says it was the effects of the wear and tear of four decades of touring and studio gigs that started his search for an instrument that would make playing easier.

He found it in one he had originally purchased for his son, a precision-style bass fitted with a jazz-style neck. He says the thinner neck “let him play a little faster.” Then in 1999, Lakland artist and first call session bassist Bob Glaub introduced him to Lakland.

Dunn was impressed with the quality and feel of Glaub’s bass, particularly the feel of the neck, which he described as “strong and powerful.” One thing led to another, and soon Dunn and Dan Lakin were discussing basses – specifically the creation of a new model of Lakland bass with a precision-style body and a thin jazz-style neck. Says Dunn, “We designed it together – and it’s fantastic!”