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SOLD - Lakland 55-02 DLX sunburst


MoJoKe
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This is my Lakland 55-02 DLX in 3 Tone Sunburst dated August 09 from the serial number. I bought it here in January last year, its immaculate and it still has the plastic on the rear plate.

[b]This is now for sale, (I've been looking for a fretless , and been offered one but with no trade option). Its in 10/10 condition, an un-altered 55-02 DLX with Lakland pups and preamp, and a brand new set of Elixirs on, looking for [/b][s]£900[/s] [b][size=5]£850 [/size]in a ritter gigbag[/b]

New pics, just taken in the afternoon sunshine!

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HI, Yes spoken to Hugh, the rosewood grain is a bit too "open" so not sure this would be a good outcome. Theres a frtted neck for sale on ebay (somewhere in Malaysia I think), and I wondered whether to buy that, and get the fretboard swapped for an ebony one. still a bit pricy though after all work done.

I have also contacted Lakland, and they can sell me a fretless neck, but only rosewood, and i ideally want ebony.... They say they only do rosewood for skyline basses, but there are two ebony necked 55-02's on bassemporium.com, so maybe only available in US?

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The neck on EBay may be genuine and just have "fallen off the back of a lorry", but it could be a forgery.

I've asked Lakland for a USA rosewood neck and their price was $1000. A Skyline should be much cheaper. Drop them an email.

A rosewood fretboard will probably be too soft for round wound strings but should hold up with flat wound strings. A coat of epoxy on the board should give you the protection that you need.

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[quote name='MoJoKe' timestamp='1328354737' post='1525845']
They say they only do rosewood for skyline basses, but there are two ebony necked 55-02's on bassemporium.com, so maybe only available in US?
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I have a 2008, fretless, ebony 55-02. I'm second owner, but it was ordered by a UK customer. Either they've stopped doing them or else the ebony necks are not made available separately from the finished product.

Andy

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[quote name='BigBeatNut' timestamp='1328361228' post='1525957']
I have a 2008, fretless, ebony 55-02...
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You know you want to trade it for a lovely fretted one... ;)

Here's the[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-NEW-ORIGINAL-LAKLAND-5-STRINGS-BASS-GUITAR-NECK-/180794672549?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D6092473288525050383"] ebay [/url]one...

Lined ebony neck from Lakland $400, just had a quote...

This is still a lot of money on top of a bass which stands me for £900, so would rather sell/trade as cannot really afford until I sell my Wal...

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[quote name='MoJoKe' timestamp='1328366743' post='1526064']
You know you want to trade it for a lovely fretted one... ;)
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Uh-uh :) [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/30453-fretless-5-unlined-sorted/page__hl__fretless%20sorted"]took me two years to find the one I've got[/url]. Would have really like an [s]lined[/s] unlined (55-94 or modded 55-02) but I gave in and got a lined 55-02

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[quote name='BigBeatNut' timestamp='1328369688' post='1526119']
Uh-uh :) [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/30453-fretless-5-unlined-sorted/page__hl__fretless%20sorted"]took me two years to find the one I've got[/url]. Would have really like an lined (55-94 or modded 55-02) but I gave in and got a lined 55-02
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Oh, yeah, that'd do really nicely...

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