Versatile Electric Bass Designed in Collaboration with Darryl Jones
The Lakland Darryl Jones Signature Skyline DJ-4 solidbody electric bass guitar delivers impressive playability and an extremely wide tonal range, making it suited for a variety of styles. Whether you're aiming for smooth low-end thump in an R&B band or fast-moving metal bass lines, you'll dial in the sound you need with the DJ-4. That's because the Skyline DJ-4 combines the harmonically rich sound of a swamp ash body and a maple neck with Lakland's potent Vintage J single-coil pickups. Based on a custom bass designed for Darryl Jones (Miles Davis, Sting, Madonna, the Rolling Stones), the Lakland Skyline DJ-4 bass is a versatile instrument that bassists here at Sweetwater absolutely love.
Based on Darryl Jones's original custom bass
When Darryl Jones commissioned fellow bass legend Albey Balgochian to create his first custom bass back in 1985, the two began a friendship that gave birth to the original Darryl Jones Signature Model Lakland Bass. Decades later, Lakland is proud to offer the Skyline DJ-4, an affordable instrument modeled after Darryl's original bass. The Skyline DJ-4 even gives you the same custom-contoured curves and special Vintage Wound pickups as the original US version, plus extra touches such as the elegant block inlays.
Lakland Vintage Wound single-coil pickups deliver clear tone with tons of definition
From tubby neck tones that are perfect for R&B to sizzling, aggressive, rock-style attack back at the bridge, the Lakland Skyline DJ-4 arms you with an absolutely epic range of usable bass sound. That's thanks to its pair of Lakland Vintage J single-coil pickups. These extraordinary single-coils give the Skyline DJ-4 the kind of low-end clarity you'd expect from a classic bass, but with added bite and top-end definition.
Ash and maple: an ideal bass tonewood combination
Beneath its remarkable duo of classic single-coil pickups, the Lakland Skyline DJ-4 bass features the perfect combination of tonewoods, giving you a harmonically rich and hard-hitting sound like no other. What's more, its smoothly contoured swamp ash body makes the Skyline DJ-4 one of the most comfortable basses you'll ever pick up, and its solid, flat-sawn maple neck adds extra punch and sustain to every note you play.
Lakland Darryl Jones Signature Skyline DJ-4 4-string Solidbody Electric Bass Guitar Features:
- An amazing electric bass based on Darryl Jones's original custom Lakland model
- An all-around workhorse bass you can use for any playing technique or musical style
- Specially contoured swamp ash body provides a resonant, full-bodied tone
- Rounded maple neck with maple fretboard feels amazing and delivers excellent sustain and punch
- Lakland Vintage J single-coil pickups give you classic sound with crisp highs and phenomenal low-end definition
- 4-saddle Lakland Dual Access Bridge makes string changes fast and easy while accommodating a wide range of string types
- Additional fine touches include block fretboard inlays and matching headstock finish
