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Sold Gareth my Lakland. Clear, friendly communications, quick payment, perfect. Enjoy the bass!

Very nice, but I preferred the Telecaster! 😂

It's all her fault. Watching her perform 'Can The Can' on TOTP in 1973 did something to me.

I was thinking the same - it's in amazing condition! I was surprised it's the same price as the other, much more battered example they have for sale. That'll be why!

Absolutely lovely. But 12lbs? Yikes!

Yup. The seller seems to think it's a USP, which it is I suppose, just not a positive one in most people's estimation, I'll wager...

I sold Ben my EH Bass Balls pedal. Great communication, swift payment, perfect! Thanks Ben.

Despite being pricey it looks fairly legit, but by jove does it need a refinish! Or not. You may like that sort of thing. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256498300649

Currently £525, although the seller says in the listing he reserves the right to end the auction, presumably to avoid it going for peanuts 'cos they didn't want to pay for a reserve price. Not sure if that's strictly allowed under EvilBay rules. It still might be worth a punt though! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266810046646

Relisted several times, and the starting price has progressively dropped, now a measly £1800! A bargain. NOT. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145778258141

No, it has a Bartolini NTMB preamp with active/passive push/pull on the volume control - the second switch is for red neck-edge LEDs, which were installed by a previous owner. I’ll add a picture of them shortly.

My recently resurrected Lakland SK-5CL Skyline Japan, an ESP licensed version of their Skyline model, made for the Japanese market. I picked it up on here cheap a couple of years ago, but the pickups and electronics were uninspiring, and it had quite a few big chips and dings in the finish, so I dismantled it and sent the body off to be resprayed. But on the way there, somehow the courier lost it!! After much arguing via phone and email, they finally gave me the princely sum of £100 in compensation. Despite numerous emails, I couldn't get either ESP or Lakland to supply a replacement body, so I stuck the neck and the hardware in a corner and forgot about them. Months passed, and I stumbled on the bits again, so I decided to see if I could get a custom body made. The few places I found online quoted me a lot more for a body than the whole bass had cost me in the first place, so I parked the idea again. Then I came across a chap who reckoned he could make an accurate copy of the Lakland 55-94 / 55-02 body, which was assumed to be pretty much identical to the ESP version. There were no guarantees, and nothing to compare them with, but despite the fact he lived a very long way from me, I decided to take a punt and go ahead anyway. Much measuring of the neck end, pickup positions etc. went on, numerous photos were sent by email, and paper patterns sent by post. It took a while, but a solid mahogany body was fashioned and finished in satin white. When it arrived I expected there might be a few issues, but apart from a tiny bit of careful trimming to one corner of the neck pocket, much to my relief everything was an excellent fit. I managed to install the bridge, pickups and electronics without too much drama (a new Glockenklang 3-band preamp and Delano pickups) and it plays beautifully and sounds huge. It's even managed to unseat my Pearl White DJ5 (now for sale in the classifieds). In the intervening period I picked up a late-90s 55-94 as well (also pictured below) but they're very different animals, so I'll be hanging on to both of them. An excellent 'new' bass has risen from the ashes of a rather tired one!

My recently resurrected Lakland SK-5CL, an ESP licensed version of their Skyline model, made for the Japanese market. I picked it up on here pretty cheaply a few years ago, but the pickups and electronics were uninspiring, and it had a few quite big chips and dings in the body, so I dismantled it and sent it off to be re-finished. But on the way there, somehow the courier lost it!! After much arguing via phone and email, they finally gave me the princely sum of £100 in compensation. Despite repeated attempts, I couldn't get any sense out of either ESP or Lakland regarding whether they could supply a replacement body, so I stuck the neck and the hardware in a corner and forgot about them. A few months passed, and I stumbled on the bits again, so I decided to see if I could get a custom body made. The few places I found online quoted me a lot more for a body than the whole bass had cost me in the first place, so I parked the idea again. Then I came across a chap who reckoned he could make an accurate copy of the Lakland 55-94 / 55-02 body, which was assumed to be pretty much identical to the ESP version. There were no guarantees, and nothing to compare them to, but despite the fact he lived a very long way from me, I decided to take a punt and go ahead anyway. Much measuring of the neck end, pickup positions etc went on, numerous photos sent by email, paper patterns sent by post. It took a while, but a solid mahogany body was fashioned and finished. It arrived a few days ago, and apart from a tiny alteration to the neck pocket, much to my amazement, everything was an excellent fit. I managed to install the bridge and electronics (a new Glockenklang 3-band preamp and Delano pickups) and it plays beautifully and sounds huge. An excellent bass risen from the ashes of a rather tired one.

Enough already! Some jammy dodger's gone and bought it...

I'll get me coat. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/395329840640