This is an absolutely beautiful “one of a kind” bass built by Carl Pedigo. The pictures don't do it justice and you can email me for more pics if you desire.
Here's my problem. I don't want to take it anywhere to play because I'm afraid something will happen to it. I can imagine all kinds of horrible things, I turn and hit a symbol, it falls off the stand, a bar fight breaks out, etc. I can't bring myself to take this bass out of the house. Since I'm not a collector (I'm a player), it isn't doing me any good.
I acquired this bass off TB back before Christmas from Kevdel, who bought it a few months earlier from Hollow Man. Here is the story as told by Aaron, aka "Hollow Man."
"So last year, for some stupid reason, I decided to email Dan Lakin and ask him why he wouldn't build a 34" scale 5'er (this is before he sold the company). Everyone knew he wouldn't do it; I guess I just wanted to hear it for myself. I was surprised when he came back and, rather than giving me a flat 'No', he suggested I contact Carl Pedigo, former master luthier at Lakland who started doing his own custom builds. When I contacted Carl, he told me that he was authorized by Lakland to build custom Laklands under the full factory warranty... basically, he was (and as far as I know, still is) a functional Lakland custom shop! Anyway, he was psyched to build a 34" 55-94, which is technically called a 54-94 due to the adjusted scale length. We used Lakland LH-3 pickups and passive electronics, and Carl even talked me into doing a three-volume approach: one for the neck pickup, one for the forward (neck) coil on the MM pickup, and one for the rear (bridge) coil on the MM pickup (and also a passive tone control). The result is the most tonally flexible passive Lakland ever! It's amazing to hear the variety of tones you can get by tweaking the exact ratios of each coil. The finish was an idea I had that came out perfectly; it's a deep blue that transitions into a vibrant amber, and the transition leaves a gorgeous teal ring between the two.”
The specs:
ash body, maple neck, quilted maple top
light birds-eye maple fingerboard
three-tone "Jamaica Burst" (Carl's term) finish
34" scale, 19mm string spacing
stock Lakland LH-3 pickups
passive vol-vol-vol-passive tone electronics
string-thru bridge or body
extremely light, between 8-8.5lbs
Dunlop Dual-Design strap-locks
The bass is in great shape; there are no dings or flaws anywhere. Sorry, no trades, so please don't ask. The bass will ship in a very nice Lakland gig bag. I will ship internationally, but only via Fedex or UPS, but the buyer must pay the resultant exorbitant shipping fees.
The price is firm at $2400. She's still in perfect condition. Carl Pedigo’s (
Welcome to Chicago Bass Doctor) reputation is growing and this guitar is destined to become more and more a collector’s item. I'll ship it CONUS, insured, properly packed and eat the PayPal charges.
