Lakland Skyline Darryl Jones DJ-5 - White Pearl with Maple Fingerboard Review

I love this bass

This guy is a monster. It works great for so many genres. I play worship mostly with it, but I've done some metal and other genres and it's really nice. Deep sound, very heavy, and easily the best bass I know.

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Totally smitten!

First, the reason for 4.5 and not 5. This bass is surprisingly heavy! Okay, on to the good stuff. This bass is totally absolutely gorgeous. Photos don't capture how striking this is! From seasoned players to people that wouldn't know a bass from a mandolin, everyone commented on how beautiful! But that's just looks, right. The tone is very thick, Not muddy boomy thick,but very full… read more yet defined. The high G doesn't sound thin, like all your tone fell off, and the low B doesn't just rumble, it's also defined. Action and play ability? I've played 4 string (an old 4001 Ric) for 40+ years, and didn't know how I would adjust. Right hand string spacing was no adjustment at all, surprisingly, and adjusting to 5 was easier than I'd expected, probably because I couldn't put it down! A shout out to Sweetwater's inspection; no dead frets, great action, etc. Having had this about a week now, it already feels familiar and comfortable in my hands. In fact, the more I think about it, let's change this to a solid 5!!

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Fabulous instrument. Total work of art.

I was waiting for this bass to come back in stock and then I changed my mind and purchased a dingwall. Well, the bass came and I was going to just return it. My curiosity got the best of me so I opened the box. Needless to say, this bass isn't going anywhere. My only con is that it's on the heavy side for my old back. The design and layout are very well thought out. The maple neck… read more is smooth, comfy and really gets out of the way. Electronics are minimalist and it's very easy to build a tone relationship with this bass. The pickups sound fat and incredibly balanced. You can get a jazzy snarl or a warm P-Bass tone. This is a tool, built for getting down to business and despite me purchasing the dingwall, I'm going to put this thing to work. Highly recommend

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Blown Away

Wow I have had every fender p to jazz bass sire Ibanez all of um. This bass is by far the best jazz bass I have ever had I love the 35 inch scale beautiful to look at and play Im a Lakland fan forever now

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Near perfect!

This was not a surprise to me, since I read reviews on these basses before hand. Just vintage, fantastic sound and modern playability. The construction is as good as the Sadowskys I've owned (or anything else.) I managed to snag the light one at just over 8 lbs and it is very well balanced. It's 35" scale, which gives the B string a ton of boom. Haven't regularly played a 35" scale… read more for a while but I'm sure I'll adjust. So far no big deal. The vintage style pickups do have a little hum when they aren't both dimed but it's bearable. That's the trade-off: noiseless J style pickups just don't sound as good as the original vintage style. Big props to Richie's inspection and set up work at Sweetwater plus Mike Picotte's customer service. These guys are the real pros!

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