FS Lakland 55-02 Deluxe

You might want to mention that it is a skyline right?

 

All 55-02s are Skylines.

 

*with a backhand to follow*

It's all good in the hood Mingus, we're all still learning

 

Not everyone is aware all 55-02's are Skyline's. I wasen't, but thanks for the education.

 

55-01, 55-02, 44-01, and 44-01 are Skyline models.

55-94 and 4-94 are the US models.

Someone who knows more about Lakland than I will explain the significance of 94 and why the five is doubled but not the four. FYI, BassCentral's advertised (i.e. pre-haggle) price on this same bass brand new is $1259, plus shipping.

http://www.basscentral.com/lakeland_usa/skyline_5501_5502.shtml

 

I know the difference and I knew it was a skyline but I wouldn't expect everyone out there to know.

Andrew

 

That's pretty, almost makes me wish I would have waited a few more weeks to buy. I just got a 55-02 in Natural with the standard finish. This one wouldn't have been much more.

Oh well.

 

...and the backhand...

 

Used 55-02 = $900

Just a suggestion.

 

This is not a bad suggestion.
I just bought the identical 55-02D, except with a Maple board, from a guy who had it on an eBay 7 day auction. Even though he had only had it a month (wanted to try a 5 string...didn't like it) and it was mint with the plastic still on the covers, he couldn't even get a $900 openning bid. Since it was the exact model I wanted, I waited until the auction closed and offered him his $900 openning bid if he would include 3 day shipping (he actually shipped it 2 day... ).

....and he didn't insist I, as the buyer, pay the PayPal fees either, which is always a deal breaker for me (eBay too).

Not knocking your asking price....just trying to save you some time and give you a realistic watermark on this (beautiful) bass from my recent experience with an identical one.

 

O yeah its a pretty bass and I LOVE Laklands, but honestly that is a tad high...

Good luck, But @ $900 you would sell it faster here then evilbay.

 

Sad, but very true. The new->used value drop is very real, even tho the bass might be barely touched... this is even true on the high end stuff like the USA Laklands. I see them sold used/mint for less than half MSRP... like as little as 1700.

The bottom line is, always buy used/mint if at all possible. You don't always get you're exact first choice, but if that's ok with you, you can save big.

 

Bought mine from supernaut on talkbass for $750. Practically mint although it had a sunburst finish instead of quilted. I then sold it to another talkbasser, forgot his name for $755 shipped to the west coast. Took a bit of a hit there. But i'm pretty sure he ended up selling it for a major profit. I think around 900.