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

This bass happen to pass by the shop for a quick setup and I was able to do a quick test drive before it goes ..    here's the simple quick review of this Sadowsky Metro MV5

Here comes the little brother of that special Fender Deluxe Jazz V I played early this year .   This was the famous John Suhr era Jazz bass who later started his own guitar company, their boutique killer at the time and it's still preferred by many players and highly in demand after 25+ years. 

Here comes a special one, the Fender Deluxe Jazz V .   it was designed by John Suhr who later started his own guitar company.  It's still preferred by many players and highly in demand after 25+ years. 

Myself had always been a fan of Alleva Coppolo basses.  Got obsessed years ago when I first try one and I've never looked back.  This is the instrument that ended my first stage of fancy bass adventure and decide to sit down and practice more;  Soon after the 2nd season started, of course to out beat a Coppolo bass, you'll need more Coppolo basses ..   lol .. 

62' AVRI Jazz bass from circa 1999, and here's a few thoughts about it!

Get to have my hand on a 04' Fender Marcus Miller signature jazz bass that was made in Japan, and here's a few thoughts about it.  

Another exercise for Slap It!

Happy new year, let's get the year started with some thump and pop!

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 Another one

Here's a live recording of the show we did on Feb. 23, 2015 backing a Taiwanese singer Where Chau at the Sound Academy, and also our childhood hero the Powerstation.  still the highlight of the year up to this point.

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This is the first Coppolo bass from 2014, it was the terminal for the first chapter of my bass adventure, and about 3 years after, I traded it for a lg5 classic supreme thinking I'd be set with their most fancy offering.  The adventure moved on and the more fancy basses I played, the more I miss this one that started it all .   Not to the point that i'd call it a regret, but the more I tried and