Terry M.

You'll be happy with either one I'm sure 👍

Absolutely mate and I wasn't trying to misquote you 👍 I once had a from new American Standard Jazz Bass V and really liked it. However I find the DJ5 better in every aspect apart from maybe the weight of my particular example will bother some.

I've tried one of those fine models but in my opinion the B string would lose in a battle with a Lakland one. Only my experience however. Lakland is also hard to take out the equation if low action is your thing and prefer the J sound over a P. Personally I would stick with the DJ5.

There's nothing wrong with either of these two choices. It might come down to whether you have a P or a J preference and/or are bothered by the longer scale Lakland. Big Yamaha fan here also. As you already know the Lakland will have a fraction more in the bridge string spacing.

Just nabbed a used 2006 Skyline DJ5 from Guitar Guitar,Korean built. I can't praise it enough. How they get the necks to play and feel like that is beyond my limited scope of understanding 🤔 She's not light though at over 11Ibs but balances excellently on a strap. The best B string I've ever owned on an all passive bass.

It could be because their two most famous designs look virtually the same since inception. A 2025 Volkswagen Golf looks very different from the version released in the 70s to use a motoring analogy. It's interesting that builders such as Sadowsky and Mike Lull don't appear to catch any heat from copying those same designs however and Fender got it in the neck when the Dimension was released for copying the Stingray concept.

That had nothing to do with your original question so fair enough. Not sure why I mentioned it 👍

Just curious if you tried any non Fender P type basses in your quest before settling on the Nate Mendel?

I haven't watched this but it's not sounding too good so far if even Andertons feel this way.

Okay then I'm not sure I understand your disappointment.

I thought you meant it was a 2006 bass rather than you ordered it in 2006.

I had a Squier Deluxe Active Jazz V with an ebonol fingerboard and really liked it. Not sure that helps. Can I assume you haven't received the bass yet?

I will say though that my front port facing Bergantino cabs are less sensitive to walls than rear facing port cabs I've owned in the past such as Markbass.

Yes!!! Totally agree with cab placement respective to wall position. Forgot about that.

Makes sense 👍

Will you leave the preamp as is or add the VTC?

What's weird is there are a few serial numbers that are 94/95 according to some reports. You probably already know the 5 string models were exclusively made in USA.

Actually I forgot because I rarely use it. I dig in a bit when using my envelope filter pedal to trigger it. But that's it ☺️

Good point but they were really tatty by the time I'd done with them and I just wanted them out my life. You are right though 😉

Probably best to contact Fender directly?

I may get arrested for doing this but I finally put my TI Jazz flats in the bin. I installed and reinstalled them on various basses over the two years I owned them but I have to admit to not understanding the flatwound appeal compared to rounds. They're not the first I've tried but definitely the most expensive as I wrote in a previous post.

What's the bridge string spacing on this? I always thought Sadowsky 5 strings were 19mm by default but I'm seeing 18mm recently on some specs.

This is me all day every day. I don't dig in. Might as well let the amp work for it's keep and turn up the volume knob as and when needed. My tone doesn't suffer one bit as a result.

It's not a walk in shop. There's no visible "store" front on the street. I made appointments each time I visited. Passers-by would never know it's there.