Description
The Lakland Skyline 55-60 Vintage J Custom 5-string bass injects your playing with that coveted forward-sounding bass tone that’s associated with a legendary electric bass guitar design from the early 1960s — with the added range of a tight, responsive low-B string. Although the versatile Skyline 55-60 Custom Vintage J5 sounds great in just about any context, it really shines on musical styles that rely on that classic scooped, growling bass sound. That being said, you can achieve a myriad of tones by blending the volume of both of the Skyline 55-60’s Vintage J single-coil pickups. And just wait until you wrap your hand around this instrument‘s ultra-playable maple neck!
Classic tonewood combo
Beneath its remarkable duo of Vintage J pickups, the Lakland Skyline 55-60 Custom Vintage J5 features a classic tonewood combination that delivers a growling, hard-hitting sound like no other. What’s more, its smoothly contoured, offset-waist ash body makes the Skyline 55-60 Custom Vintage J5 one of the most comfortable 5-string basses you’ll ever pick up, and its maple neck adds extra punch and sustain to every note you play. The Lakland dual-access bridge lets you choose whether you want to top load the strings or pass them through the body. No matter how you like your bass strung up, the Skyline 55-60 Custom Vintage J5 has you covered.
Vintage J pickups deliver legendary tone
The Skyline 55-60 Custom Vintage J5 features a pair of Lakland Vintage J pickups, which provide you with a bright and forward-sounding tone due to the pickups being at different points on the strings’ lengths. The bridge pickup kicks out more treble, while the neck pickup gives you a warmer, rounder sound. The real magic, however, lies in the Skyline 55-60 Custom Vintage J5’s dual volume controls, which allow you to blend the volume of both pickups for a massive array of great-sounding bass tones. Cranking both pickups to full volume yields a classic scooped, growling tone that will leave you speechless!
Lakland Skyline 55-60 Vintage J Custom 5-string Electric Bass Features:
- Ash body, maple neck, 35″ scale length
- Maple fingerboard, 10″–13″ compound radius, 22 frets, dot inlays
- Lakland dual-access bridge, 0.75″ string spacing
- 2 Lakland Vintage J single-coil pickups
- Per-pickup volume control; master tone control
- 1.81″ Delrin nut; Hipshot Ultralite tuners
- Quality crafted overseas; finished in Lakland’s US facility
