Eye-catching Custom Finish with Matching Headstock
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 P- and J-style pickups and the same preamp as Lakland's higher-priced 44-94 electric bass. The result is the thump, punch, and drive that you'd expect from a boutique instrument. And it feels great — its deep cutaway provides exceptional access to the entire fingerboard. Complete with attractive pearloid block position markers and a custom finish with matching headstock, 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 five-string basses because their longer 35-inch 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 five-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.
Active pickups and preamp
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.
Ash and maple — an ideal bass tonewood combination
The Skyline 55-02 Custom features the perfect combination of tonewoods, giving you a harmonically rich and hard-hitting sound like no other. What's more, its smoothly contoured ash body makes the Skyline 55-02 Custom one of the most comfortable basses you'll ever pick up, and its flat-sawn maple neck adds extra punch and sustain to every note you play.
Lakland Skyline 55-02 Custom Features:
- 5-string electric bass with eye-catching custom finish and matching headstock
- Top-shelf electronics, MM-J pickups, and the same preamp as Lakland's higher-priced 44-94
- Delivers the thump, punch, and drive that you'd expect from a boutique instrument
- Deep cutaway provides exceptional access to the entire fingerboard
- Longer 35-inch scale length holds the low B string at a higher tension for a tighter sound
- Attractive pearloid block position markers
