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Beside the jazz or precision, the Musicman Stingray is probably the 3rd most popular electric bass out there.    Design by Leo Fender and Tom Walker and test  drive by Sterling Ball , the bass was introduced to the market in 1976 by Musicman, and later on the company  became Ernie Ball Musicman.

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Had my eyes on these shiny blink blink pickups from Dimarzio since a year-ish ago when they first announced the new signature models for Billy Sheehan and Les Claypool .    very catchy but never get to seen them in local store ..       until a week ago, I finally pulled the trigger when Dimarzio.com was celebrating Larry Dimarzio's bday and had the sales site wide ...   oh well .. .  new toy day .. 

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Fodera had been making the finest solid body instruments in the past several decades, and they’re favoured by many of the finest players of our century and thus inspired the world when their talents get extreme.  Mr. Richard Bona is one of the very great example. 

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Fodera has been the best of class in making electric basses since the 80s, used by countless serious bass artists world wide.   They’ve surely pushed the art of solid body instrument making to the highest level.    In about 2011, they’ve released the standard line and this Ying Yang Standard was one of the signature model among the 4 standard line models. 

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Lakland (pronounce Lake-land) has been around since the mid 90s and had been a well respected instrument maker among the serious bass players.   They had been offering quality instruments that covers the vintage Fender vibe yet having a several modern features now became the bench mark of high end electric basses.    They’ve launched the more budget Skyline series that was manufactured in Korea back in 2003, and eventually moved the production to Indonesia in 2008 and had been favoured by many players worldwide for over a decade. 

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Fodera had been building custom basses since the 80s, they basically represents the best of the industry of boutique electric basses, and IMO, they’ve archived a tad more than the other builders. The sound, feel, and craftsmanship of their instruments are just incompariable.

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Modern bass went into a whole new chapter in the 80s, music industry was in its peak back then, with very high demands for live and studio musicians everywhere.  The need for electric bass also evolved.  In the late 70s there were a lot of instrument makers building some very thought after basses and became today’s classic.  Ken Smith is one of them. 

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Here comes some highlights from Fairchild Radio Toronto's 25th Anniversary evening.   2nd year in a roll celebrating together seeing some old and new friends.   It was a memoriable evening. 

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Michael Tobias and MTD basses have been around for decades.  I remember playing some new and old build of his and they are all equally top notch in terms of craftsmanship, playability and the wide tonal variety.   Here comes a predecessor of the brand and some thoughts about their basses .