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An early Christmas greeting from the Family...

On 07/12/2018 at 21:15, Cairobill said:

I'm Steinberger free at the moment but given available cash, I would jump on this in a heartbeat. I had a transitional XL2 and it was a beast. A very, very playable beast

I know you had, Cairobill. I know you had.  These basses are gorgeous!
There seems to be a lot of different knob configurations. My first and second hav volume, volume, tone, the third had 2 band eq, and the fourth has balance, volume,tone.

Wow!
This is a really nice bass. 34" scale? What string spacing? Weight? What preamp/controls? 
Do my eyes play me a trick, or is there an XLR connection on the bass?
Only sell, or open to trade?
//R

This bass looks very nice...

I've had a sh*tload of Laklands through the years. The first was a beautiful 55-94, the second a fretless 55-02. Then a third, a fretted 55-02. (One for rounds, one fretless and one with flats...)
I also had a US Joe Osborn 5, a US Bob Glaub 4, a Skyline Decade and two Skyline Hollowbodies. The only one I've kept is the fretless 55-02, the absolute favourite of them all. 
Your bass looks like the real deal, classy. Hadn't I 14 basses in my possession I'd buy it from you. Are you sure you won't keep it? You'll miss it...  

My baby:

J'78, all original from neck up, with the exception of a refret.  
It had originally athe weight of a small car; I played the bass from 1982 and forward, causing me a slipped disc on the way.
I retired it around 2000, but "revamped" it with a custom ordered body from guitarbuild.co.uk and made it look nearly the way it did when I got it.
Do I have to say it sounds and plays fantastic. This is the bass I bring to a deserted island...

This bass is a real beauty!
Is it a broad neck?

Bridgehouse, what are the specs for that bass? Scale length? String spacing? What pickup and electronics are in there? Is the fingerboard plain wood, or epoxy treated?
It is truly a stunner. I've had a quite a few fretlesses through the years, but tend to go back to my old Skyline 55-02 all the time. I don't know if I've had luck with that one. From what I've heard it is kind of a custom mix instrument, where the US Lakland facility picked the best Skyline neck they had lying around and added to the best ditto body. I've had Warwick, Sleinberger L2, NS Radius, some custom madebasses, but this old Skyline really is the fretless to play for me this far. 
Anyway - you got a very nice instrument there, had it only had five strings...  

I forgot to add my fifth...

Super J5 with J-Retro Deluxe. (I've equipped the SJ4 with the same preamp too...)

Message sent!

Once there was a finger ramp, but it is lost long ago...
The bass also has had a Roland synth pickup mounted.

Very nice bass!

2 hours ago, quenbrad said:

 

Thanks for the message. Reluctantly I have to thin out the herd. 

Thin out the herd... It doesn't work.  

This is a really nice bass!!!
Pity you are not interested in a trade, considering what I got in my dungeons...  

Well, TheGreek, you played the right notes there...

I found the bass being perfect in one specific meaning: it is light as a feather, but still has a big tone. Also the super nice slim profile neck, making the bass very playable. Only reason I let it go, is spelled Dingwall Voodoo Prima 6. When I got that one it was like coming home in more than one meaning. I own five Dingwalls now, and for me there is no way back. Still, my main basses are five strings, and just one six string is enough.

This is a seriously good looking instrument!!!

Well, well, well...
I thought about this bass today. A nice feather light instrument that sits perfect in the lap and hangs perfectly in a strap. Kind of miss it...  
This instrument has a very sonor voice. Nice! Good luck with the sale!

//Roger

The ABZ also has a very thin laquer to let the wood "breathe and resonate" more naturally.

1 hour ago, only4 said:

Nice setups, what lead are you using in the photos?

They are Vovox Sonorus; the best cable I've found out there so far. Vovox won't even call them cables: "Klangleiter" is the term used.  
They really do difference; they let EVERYTHING through. We had a cable shootout a few years ago, with a lot of different cables: everything from crap to expensive. "Is there any REALLY expensive cable here?" was a question asked. I offered my 20 ft Sonorus for a test. The test leader connected it and started to laugh in a very bullying way. "IT BUZZES!!!" All the crowd laughed, until I said: "It is your shitty P-bass that buzzes, but noone can hear it with all those lousy cables you use." Well, the guys with lousy cables chose to believe their cheap cables were better. None of my basses buzz through my cables. Never and ever. And - your fingers won't smell like old rubber... things when you have rolled them after a gig...  

My two (or three) new kind of midget setups:

Acoustic Image with AccuGroove Tri112L, and Vanderkley Spartan with the same AccuGroove Tri112L...

Well, three setups, I use the AI alone too...
I also use the Spartan with my big TKS 2126 cabs...

Here is my choice:

20 hours ago, ead said:

Does it have to be a USA made thing?  I have a simple UK made super J, no fancy tops, two slightly over-wound single coils and a flexible EQ.

 

What brand is that bass?

I bought an Acoustic Image combo from tharidla, it arrived well packaged after a swift and trouble-free deal. Nice amp, nice guy!

I bought Rorys Kala U-bass; it arrived in one piece, well protected in a coccoon of bubble wrap.
Rory is a nice guy to deal with, highly recommended!

I cannot say anything about the East MM-preamp, but I've installed the J-Retro Deluxe in my both Dingwall Super J basses. A most versatile preamp, and I doubt the MM model would be less versatile and well sounding. And - Mr East is the definition of a true gentleman. A pleasure to deal with...

This one has some really nice grain...
If the neck is anywhere near the neck on the US Bob Glaub I had, well, then it is just fantastic...