SOLD Lakland SL 44-94 // Shoreline Series ESP made // €1070 shipped £1250 Villejuif France

[Hooch]

For your consideration my Lakland 44-94 which isn't a Skyline Korean-made but a Shoreline Series made by ESP in Japan in 2010. They're built exclusively for domestic market and combine Skyline (Hipshot licensed tuning pegs, regular and not quartersawn necks) and USA specs (graphite reinforced neck). 

The bass shows some signs of wear, but it's not worse than one could expect from a 10-year old bass being taken care of. Alder body and super comfortable to play, as it's light (4kg / 8.9 lbs), perfectly balanced and with a super fast neck (nut width: 38mm). Action is pretty low (2mm above 12th fret), no dead-spots, no fretbuzz anywhere. Neck's super stable, it just stay like this when season changes. Trussrod has loads of margin's left. Overall it's an instrument which received the same craftmanship and attention to detail as an American-made Lakland. 

As for tone, it's an amazing instrument. I dig the maple-alder combo, it naturally got the extra-sparkle and these sweet low-mids. Combined with Hanson/Lakland preamp and pickups, (Master volume / Blend / Bass / Mid / Treble and bridge coil selector), it's super effective. There are so many different tones in there ! Neck PU is thumpier and with more midrange than your 'usual' neck pickup on a jazz bass, and there many ways to use it with the quite versatile bridge pickup. Blend knob is super efficient. The bass nails the jazz 70s tones to me, and you can get pretty close to how a Stingray or a Precision sounds in a mix.

Choosing your mids frequency with dip-switches inside the cavity is icing on the cake. It's possible to choose a 250Hz center-frequency, and use your mids knob to get tighter or fatter bass tone in the mix... Brilliant.

It comes with an ESP gig-bag in nice condition, 45-105 fresh Lo-Rider strings. £1250 / 1380€, dropped : €1070 shipped to your door in European countries. These basses do sell for JPY 330 000 new in Japan : https://espguitars.co.jp/lakland/shoreline/sl44-94-classic/?variation=black_/_maple_fb

Edited February 21, 2021 by Hooch

[Hooch]

Price-drop bump £1140 / 1250€ shipped to your door. You get a lot of bass for that money !

Edited October 14, 2020 by Hooch

[Hooch]

£1050 / 1150€ shipped to your door in european countries.

[Hooch]

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[TheGreek]

Lovely bass - have a bump...

[Hooch]

Thank you, it's a lovely bass indeed, super comfy to play and with great tone. I know i should keep it, took ages to find one at a decent price and with the Classic wood combo (alder body). 

[Hooch]

Price lowered to 1070€ shipped. It's what Skyline Series usually go for, one opportunity to get a JPY300 000 ESP-made Shoreline instead ?

Edited February 15, 2021 by Hooch

[Hoffbass]

This is a rare one! I guess ESP only produces them for Japanese Market. This price is great for an MIJ Lakland!

 

[Hooch]

Absolutely, they're built exclusively for domestic Japanese market and are every bit as good as US-made ones. I do think it's a bargain indeed.

Edited February 16, 2021 by Hooch

[Hooch]

Sold

[TheGreek]

Somebody's just got themselves a cracking bass....