Lakland Quality at an Amazing Price!
Combining premium features and eye-catching looks, the Lakland Skyline 55-02 Custom simply oozes quality. It all starts with an ash body and flat-sawn maple neck. Its electronics are top-shelf all the way, with a versatile pickup configuration and the same preamp as Lakland's higher-priced basses. The result is the thump, punch, and drive that you'd expect from a boutique instrument. Beyond that, its satin neck feels great, and its deep cutaway provides exceptional access to the entire fingerboard. The Skyline 55-02 Custom delivers classic style, amazing tone, and modern performance.
Longer scale length for better B-string tone
Bassists at Sweetwater especially like Lakland 5-string basses because their longer 35" scale length holds the low B string at a higher tension. This means that your lowest notes will have more punch and impact, with more note definition, too. If you've played a few 5-string bass guitars, you know that some of them can sound quite flubby in the lowest registers. With the Skyline 55-02 Custom, your tone will stay tight and pronounced right down to the low B.
Premium active electronics
No matter what style of music you play, the Lakland MM-J pickup system will give you every tone you could want. The Skyline 55-02 Custom sports the same amazing pickups and preamp found on (much more expensive) USA Series basses. These active electronics give your instrument serious punch, plus extra expression across the whole fingerboard. A dual-coil MM-style humbucking pickup in the bridge gives you fat, aggressive tones. Meanwhile, the Lakland Split-coil J-style humbucking pickup in the neck position offers mellow, warm tones without any of the hum that plagues vintage designs.
Excellent quality at an affordable price
The Skyline 55-02 Custom gives you amazing quality for a great price. That's because the Skyline 55-02 Custom, like all Skyline Series basses, is made overseas and finished in Lakland's stateside shop. So regardless of where it was originally made, each Skyline 55-02 Custom passes through the hands of Lakland's US luthiers long before it finds its way to you. And when you add to that the fact that your Skyline 55-02 Custom comes equipped with the same pickups and hardware as its US-made cousin, you know you're getting an amazing deal.
Lakland 55-02 Skyline Custom Series 5-string Electric Bass Features:
- Comfort-contoured ash body; polyurethane finish
- Flat-sawn maple neck with graphite reinforcement bars; satin urethane finish
- Ebony fingerboard, 10–13" compound radius, block inlays
- Lakland MM-J configuration pickups
- Master Volume (push/pull for preamp bypass)
- Pickup Blend control
- Bass Cut/Boost
- Midrange Cut/Boost
- Treble Cut/Boost
- 3-way bridge pickup coil split toggle
- 35" scale length, 22 frets
- Plek Pro fret treatment for optimized playability
- Lakland Dual Access bridge, .75" string spacing
- 1.81" plastic nut
- Hipshot Ultralight tuners
- 5/32" truss rod, neck heel access
