I Purchased A Lakland 5594 In The Early 2000s With The Bartolini Preamp & Pickups And It Sounded Fantastic ! I Sold It Like A Dummy And Now Can’t Afford One As Mine Back Then Was Around $2200, Now There Around $4500 ! I Ended Up Buying A Used 5502, I Believe Around 2011 With The LH3 And Lakland Pickups And Did Not Like The Bright Aggressive Tone So I Ordered Me The Bartolinis Like My Older 5594 USA And Now I’m More Than Happy ! The Skyline Is Still Close To $2000 Around $1800 New ! The Skyline Is Just As Good As My USA Version In My Honest Opinion, My 5594 Had A Quilted Maple Top And Rosewood Fretboard, My 5502 Is A 3 Color Antique Sunburst, Plain Ash Body With Rosewood Fretboard ! I’m Extremely Happy Since I Installed The BARTS ! Sounds Fantastic ! Most All Boutique Basses Used To Come With Bartolinis And I Now Know Why They Just Sound Amazing ! I Owned A Roscoe LG3005 With Barts Sounded Amazing As Also I Owned A Tobias Killer B5 With Barts Sounded Great ! Love My 5502 And Will Keep It !
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I Purchased A Lakland 5594 In The Early 2000s With The Bartolini Preamp & Pickups And It Sounded Fantastic ! I Sold It Like A Dummy And Now Can’t Afford One As Mine Back Then Was Around $2200, Now There Around $4500 ! I Ended Up Buying A Used 5502, I Believe Around 2011 With The LH3 And Lakland Pickups And Did Not Like The Bright Aggressive Tone So I Ordered Me The Bartolinis Like My Older 5594 USA And Now I’m More Than Happy ! The Skyline Is Still Close To $2000 Around $1800 New ! The Skyline Is Just As Good As My USA Version In My Honest Opinion, My 5594 Had A Quilted Maple Top And Rosewood Fretboard, My 5502 Is A 3 Color Antique Sunburst, Plain Ash Body With Rosewood Fretboard ! I’m Extremely Happy Since I Installed The BARTS ! Sounds Fantastic ! Most All Boutique Basses Used To Come With Bartolinis And I Now Know Why They Just Sound Amazing ! I Owned A Roscoe LG3005 With Barts Sounded Amazing As Also I Owned A Tobias Killer B5 With Barts Sounded Great ! Love My 5502 And Will Keep It !