Lakland Jazz

[Stealth]

Hi

Does anyone know if Lakland and Fender Jazz Bass control plates are interchangeable ?

[machinehead]

I remember reading that they are not interchangeable. I've never owned a Lakland or tried to swop control plates but since there are no other replies I thought that might help.  They even look different though.

Frank.

[NJE]

I may well be wrong but I thought a lot of the skylines Used to have the option to come fitted with an East J retro? I think those are on a standard plate so by default that would make the Lakland fairly compatible.

I know John used to make one that fitted on the Darryl Jones plate so silly that it wouldn’t fit a ‘normal’ jazz.

[Stealth]

Lol 

so 1 all so far 

 

[leroybasslines]

I've got a Lakland Skyline 55-60 into which I put my J Retro which was on a Fender Jazz. It fits pretty close but not exactly - the scratch plate and the bell plate don't exactly line up. It's close enough for me to not be bothered, but some might be driven crazy by it! Depends on your tolerance for such things. I *think* the J Retros that used to be an option on the Skylines have a slightly different bell plate or scratch plate to make them fit. 

If you're thinking of adding something like a J Retro, I'd say go for it - it'll be close enough and pretty easy to cheat it.

Just took some pics for reference. It's pretty hard to tell from any kind of distance but close in you can see that they don't quite fit.