Lakland Joe Osborne - a classic legend

A case can be made that Joe Osborn is the premier studio bassist of all time. Here’s the evidence … Joe played on: Travelin’ Man, This Diamond Ring, Eve Of Destruction, Monday Monday, Poor Side of Town, Windy, Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In, Wedding Bell Blues, Dizzy, (They Long To Be) Close to You, Cracklin’ Rosie, I Think I Love You, Bridge Over Troubled Water, I Am Woman, Top of The World, Delta Dawn, Billy Don’t Be a Hero, Please Mr. Postman . And those are just the pop/rock #1 hits!

What Joe has done on the electric bass is nothing short of staggering. The list of artists with whom he has worked reads like a “Who’s Who” of popular music, and includes: The Mamas and the Papas, Johnny Rivers, Rick Nelson, Simon and Garfunkel, The Carpenters, The Fifth Dimension, Glen Campbell, The Association, Neil Young, and America to name a few. Joe holds four Hat Awards from The Academy of Country Music, was the recipient of Bass Player Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and his list of Billboard hits runs as long as a country mile.

JOE COMES HOME
Joe Osborn played his original 1960 bass on more than 200 Top 40 pop singles and over 400 Top 40 country singles before he decided to set his vintage axe aside to give it some R&R. The ‘60 gave Joe a tone and playability that no other bass was able to match … until now! The collaboration with Lakland anf Joe, one of the music industry’s most influential electric bass players, yielded a masterpiece of simplicity and usability.

JAZZED
Lakland, with Joe,  labored over the design of this instrument to combine the leading edge of ’60’s technology (the slim neck and narrow nut, the offset-body balancing, and concentric control knobs) and applied today’s leading edge technology (graphite reinforcement, enhanced neck joint, passive pickups by Lakland) to create a contemporary classic.

THE LAKLAND JOE OSBORN 5-STRING
The Joe Osborn Signature model is also available in a 5-string version. This bass - sometimes referred to  as the JoBo 5 - has the same “updated classic” tone as the original Joe Osborn 4-strings, but is combined with the modern design appointments that make Lakland 5-strings work. You know what that means …. MORE DEFINITION THAN A DICTIONARY!

35 inches! That’s the scale length of the new JoBo 5 and the reason all Lakland 5’s sound so good, so low! When you talk about clarity, tautness and tone in regards to the low B, you’re talking about Lakland’s passion!

SKYLINE SERIES
The Skyline Joe Osborn is manufactured to the same specifications as the US-made Joe Osborn Signature Series Bass and outfitted with the same passively delicious Lakland J-style pickups. The Lakland pickups replicate vintage bass tones as well as anything else out there, and players love the comfy taper of the Osborn’s neck.

The bottom line on Joe Osborn: Joe has recorded with The Mamas and Papas, Simon and Garfunkel, The Carpenters, America and Rick Nelson, to name only a few.

Features - Skyline Model:
- Nut Width: 1.5″
- Nut Type: Plastic
- Fret Size: .041/.085″
- Width at Final Fret: 2.48″
- 1st Fret Neck Depth: .77″
- 12th Fret Neck Depth: .94″
- Fingerboard Radius: 10″
- Scale Length: 34″
- Frets: 20
- Bridge String Spacing: .78″
- Neck Wood: Flat-Sawn Rock Maple
- Body wood: Ash
- Fingerboard: Maple with Dots
- Tuners: Hipshot Tapered Shaft, Reverse Gearing
- Truss Rod Access: Neck Heel: 5/32″ Hex
- Pickguard: Upgraded Tortoiseshell Pickguard (+70.00)
- Controls: Volume/Volume/Tone
- Bridge: Lakland Dual Access (through body or through bridge)
- Pickups: Lakland Single Coil

Available in both 4 & 5 String  and also both in US made and Skyline Series.
Visit Lakland for full info on the Joe Osborne model(s)