Lakland Skylines - Don't even think about it...

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Frenchy-Lefty
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Lakland Skylines - Don't even think about it...

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I sent an E-mail the Brian Gringrich from Lalkand asking whether they planned to release any Left-handed Skyline Basses.
I copy/paste his response:

"unfortunately there are no plans to offer skylines in a lh version. however, we do offer us models in lh versions at no extra charge".

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Yes, unfortunately... Otherwise I might well have bought a Darryl Jones instead of waiting for a MIJ Fender '75 Jazz reissue to come by. I think they're incredibly attractive basses. I love the Decade too, from what I've seen and heard...
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We tried unsuccessfully a couple times in the past to get Lakland to do a run of Skyline lefties. They need 25 orders to do a lefty Skyline run, and trying to get 25 lefty guys to agree on the model and get 25 orders is a lot tougher than it seems.
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Lakland is definately unfriendly to lefties.

Oh sure you can get a US model lefty, of course that's $3-4000 dollars!

Also a while back I saw a comment from Dan Lakin concerning an inqiry for a lefty version of their hollowbody bass (can't remember what it's called), his response was " Turn it upside down"! Not only is that insulting, but for an instrument that costs as much as that one does......words fail :evil:

Suffice to say Lakland will never be getting any of my money!
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I've known Danny for many years and doubtless he meant that remark to be humorous. Like most other manufacturer's, if there was a buck in it for Lakland, he'd be making them
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