minty Lakland JO 5 on the bay

Jeroen · Post by **Jeroen** » February 14th, 2009, 1:35 pm

I'm starting to dislike you

Post by **gravesbass** » February 16th, 2009, 11:59 am

Hey Jeroen,

If you only knew what I had to do to restore this bass... you would respect me.

Pain in my ass. It's a good bass but I pressed the button from it listed as "Pristine", not fixer upper. It is not prisine but definitely worthy now after all the work I did... I suspect more killer basses will be on the bay soon. People are getting desperate "especially" the stores. There's a nice Roscoe SKB 5 string at Bassalone

http://www.bassalone.com/product_detail_1.php?id=173

Post by **pjmuck** » February 16th, 2009, 1:28 pm

gravesbass wrote:People are getting desperate "especially" the stores.

Great news for somebody who does manage to have some money right now, but I'm starting to feel a little desperate myself.

Jeroen · Post by **Jeroen** » February 16th, 2009, 2:14 pm

gravesbass wrote:If you only knew what I had to do to restore this bass... you would respect me. Pain in my ass. It's a good bass but I pressed the button from it listed as "Pristine", not fixer upper.

I know, I was just kidding

Consider it envy. I would love to own one of those, in a playable condition!

Post by **gravesbass** » February 16th, 2009, 2:49 pm

I know, man. Lots of respect to all on this board.... especially Andrew who started it. If I decide to sell it at a later date, I'll put it up here first but I needed a Jazz bass and after all the work, this one is a good feel.

Post by **gravesbass** » February 19th, 2009, 1:28 am

Some updated news.... to Andrew and bbl..... there are only 6 Joe Osborn basses made in Left Handed as of last week. 4 of them are JO4's and 2 are JO5's. I have the only one that was built with block inlays and binding and was completed June 2007. That answers the Lakland JO story. Not 3 or 4 but 6 total.

Now "WHO" owns the other 3 ???????

tallboybass · Post by **tallboybass** » February 19th, 2009, 10:52 am

gravesbass wrote:Some updated news.... to Andrew and bbl..... there are only 6 Joe Osborn basses made in Left Handed as of last week. 4 of them are JO4's and 2 are JO5's. I have the only one that was built with block inlays and binding and was completed June 2007. That answers the Lakland JO story. Not 3 or 4 but 6 total.

Now "WHO" owns the other 3 ???????

So my dream of finding a used lefty JO5 is resting on ONE bass?????

Jeroen · Post by **Jeroen** » February 19th, 2009, 11:30 am

Either that, or ordering a brand new one

Post by **andrew** » February 19th, 2009, 3:32 pm

I sold my JO to a fella in the UK. Chuck has one. I believe Bass Central has one in stock.

Post by **AzWhoFan** » February 19th, 2009, 6:20 pm

andrew wrote:I sold my JO to a fella in the UK. Chuck has one. I believe Bass Central has one in stock.

Someone ought to give them a call. In their lefty section, they list one 3TS as sold. In their USA, JO section, they list 2 3ts's, one of which is sold.

Psycho Ward · Post by **Psycho Ward** » February 20th, 2009, 5:07 am

Wow only six? I love mine, I figured there would be way more than that, great jazz basses.

Musicfreak1988 · Post by **Musicfreak1988** » February 21st, 2009, 8:51 am

AzWhoFan wrote:
andrew wrote:I sold my JO to a fella in the UK. Chuck has one. I believe Bass Central has one in stock.

I had one too... A 4-string sunburst... Sold it a few months ago.

bbl · Post by **bbl** » February 21st, 2009, 4:05 pm

gravesbass wrote:Some updated news.... to Andrew and bbl..... there are only 6 Joe Osborn basses made in Left Handed as of last week. 4 of them are JO4's and 2 are JO5's. I have the only one that was built with block inlays and binding and was completed June 2007. That answers the Lakland JO story. Not 3 or 4 but 6 total.

Now "WHO" owns the other 3 ???????

Whoa! Only 4 JO4's, and through this site, we know a little something about all of them? I wonder if they're all sunburst/tort.

Thanks for getting that info.

tallboybass · Post by **tallboybass** » March 2nd, 2009, 1:51 pm

gravesbass wrote:Some updated news.... to Andrew and bbl..... there are only 6 Joe Osborn basses made in Left Handed as of last week. 4 of them are JO4's and 2 are JO5's. I have the only one that was built with block inlays and binding and was completed June 2007. That answers the Lakland JO story. Not 3 or 4 but 6 total.

Now "WHO" owns the other 3 ???????

I just put a semi-joking ad on bassgear.com....looking for a lefty JO5! I'll keep you posted as the e-mails roll in!!

Post by **gravesbass** » March 2nd, 2009, 2:44 pm

Het tallboybass,

I also see a post for a Darryl Jones 4 or 5. I assume it might be someone else from this board. I don't think they ever made a DJ5 model in left handed... or did they?? Does anyone here have a lefty DJ4? Pics?

tallboybass · Post by **tallboybass** » March 3rd, 2009, 12:21 am

gravesbass wrote:...It's a good bass but I pressed the button from it listed as "Pristine", not fixer upper. It is not prisine but definitely worthy now after all the work I did...

Definitely feel your pain. Paid $2,260 for my 55-94 off eBay listing that said "mint"....it wasn't even close! That hurt but it's a great bass now. I'm going to keep it 'til they plant me.

Have you guys thought about what will happen to your prized basses when you're gone? It's not a big deal for righties (or is it?) but I'd like to think someone might be rockin' my Lakie after I'm gone. (sorry for the downer

)

Must be time for bed,
Alan

Jeroen · Post by **Jeroen** » March 3rd, 2009, 1:02 am

gravesbass wrote:Het tallboybass,

I also see a post for a Darryl Jones 4 or 5. I assume it might be someone else from this board. I don't think they ever made a DJ5 model in left handed... or did they?? Does anyone here have a lefty DJ4? Pics?

You're absolutely right. The DJ5 is only available as a Korean-made Skyline. There are no lefthanded Skylines whatsoever, only some US-made Laklands.

tallboybass · Post by **tallboybass** » March 3rd, 2009, 1:14 am

Jeroen wrote:The DJ5 is only available as a Korean-made Skyline.

Wow, never knew that...I wonder why?

bbl · Post by **bbl** » March 3rd, 2009, 10:35 am

tallboybass wrote:
gravesbass wrote:Have you guys thought about what will happen to your prized basses when you're gone? It's not a big deal for righties (or is it?) but I'd like to think someone might be rockin' my Lakie after I'm gone. (sorry for the downer )

What?!? You mean you're not going to be buried with all your basses like the rest of us?

Basshappi · Post by **Basshappi** » March 3rd, 2009, 11:42 am

Awesome, congrats!

LeftyBassist.com

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