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A Value-packed Bass with Lakland Quality





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Whether you're playing the local bar scene Friday nights, carrying the rhythm Sunday mornings, or blazing the tour circuit seven days a week, the Lakland Skyline 44-02 Deluxe 4-string electric bass is the kind of instrument you want to have. The 44-02 Deluxe walks the line between premium quality and high-end price, giving you a fantastic looking, playing, and sounding bass at a down-to-earth price. So if you want more from your bass without spending more for your bass, take it from Sweetwater: the Skyline 44-02 Deluxe by Lakland is perfect for you!





Distinct Lakland body design





Lakland's Skyline 44-02 Deluxe 4-string electric bass features a distinct and recognizable body shape with a gorgeous spalted maple top. The comfortable offset-waist design has great balance and feel. The Skyline 44-02 Deluxe even gives you the same custom-contoured curves, bridge, and pickups as the original US version.





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Active pickups and preamp





No matter what style of music you play, the Lakland MM-J pickup system will give you every tone you could want. The Skyline 44-02 Deluxe 4-string electric bass sports the same amazing pickups and preamp found on the (much more expensive) 44-94. These active electronics give your instrument serious punch, plus extra expression across the whole fingerboard. A dual-coil MM-style humbucking pickup in the bridge gives you fat, aggressive tones. Meanwhile, the Lakland Split-coil J-style humbucking pickup in the neck position offers mellow, warm tones without any of the hum that plagues vintage designs.





Ash and maple: an ideal bass tonewood combination





Beneath its remarkable duo of active pickups, the Lakland Skyline 44-02 Deluxe 4-string electric bass features the perfect combination of tonewoods, giving you a harmonically rich and hard-hitting sound like no other. What's more, its smoothly contoured ash body makes the 44-02 Deluxe Skyline one of the most comfortable basses you'll ever pick up, and its solid maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard adds extra punch and sustain to every note you play.





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Lakland Skyline 44-02 Deluxe 4-string Electric Bass Features:


An affordable custom bass with active pickups and a beautiful spalted maple top


Same hardware and electronics as the US-made Lakland bass


Solid feel with active pickup punch


Same high-end preamp and electronics featured on the 44-94


9V-powered pre with snap-on cover ? no screws!


Comfortable for long gigs


Perfect for any style of music