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. 

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

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.

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 . 

A renown boutique instrument builder often spent most they career to design, make and then to perfect their signature product.  I’d say a BN5 is the one that made the name for Fbass.  And few decades later, they’ve decided to revamp their signature product to bring it up to a new level.  I’m lucky enough to have my hands on one of the

I had a privilege to have my hands on this extremely rare Coppolo bass. A LG4 Classic Supreme Resurrection that was build for NAMM 2005 that showcase what Jimmy Coppolo is all about. 

It’s no news that Coppolo basses are obsessive to myself and many other player / collectors in the world.  Here comes something less popular. The Alleva Coppolo 81009, the Old Fashioned Electric bass 5, the OG telecaster style precision bass, in 5 string form. 

People often see the 60s style LG line from Alleva Coppolo as their ultimate, Jimmy also makes exceptional 70s style LM line.  And when it comes to flexibility, it comes to his RA line, it’s the mixture of 60s and 70s jazz bass and has the best of both worlds.  After own/tried many of them, I’ve finally pulled the trigger and had this bass built to my specs....

Electric bass was first invented in the 30s by Paul Tutmarc, then it was mass-produced in the 50’s by Leo Fender and the rest was history. They were initially made to do what the upright bass do in a smaller, more portable package. It was first made with frets on so that it’s easier to play, what’s also why it was called the precision bass..  

Here comes something you don’t get to see so often .. Jimmy’s exhibition piece for NAMM 2008, the 1600 Limited Edition 

2 years after the release of the original short scale Stingray , I'm still digging this serious little guy...    to the point I had to buy another brandnew one... 

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Here comes another shootout between the 2 popular flatwound strings for basses out there .  again ..    Being a long time fan for both that constantly switch back and forth between the 2 .   Here comes the new addition to the game, the low tension

After Rob’s MB2 (34”), then Mouse 30 (30”) , I’m lucky enough to try out this flagship model he offers. Where Rob says the Deep4/5 has the most convincing acoustic tone if cost is not an issue. And man ..   I just can’t agree more. 

I’m a long term fan of short scale bass. It’s smaller, lighter and the shorter scale length just fits my asian hand better.  My first bass was an early 2000 Ampeg AMB1 bass, bought the bass when I was like 17 years old with my first part-time salary.  As my bass adventure goes throughout the years, knowing how a bass should sounded

For a short period of time in the early 70, Fender came up with a bass that has alder body(60s) plus an all maple neck(70s) later on they started building basses with ash body, but these ‘transition’ basses had earned their reputation in bass history, the most famous one is probably Geddy Lee’s 72 jazz bass, the tuxedo.
Named after a New York bassist playing the same bass. RA is Jimmy Coppolo’s take of this special ones, and it happened to be the best of both world.

Solid body string instruments are not rocket sciences, Stingray was first introduced in 1976, and throughout the years they’ve made their name in the music history and had their particular printed onto countless modern music.  

Throughout the years, instrument design evolves, but mostly a little at a time Often manufactures would put their 1 or 2 signature product in all kinds of variations possible and try to squeeze out as much value as they possibly can and calling them

Alot of the high end, boutique level started in the early 80s, and after 4 decades of hard work building their art and crafts to where things are. Many of these builders are shifting into their retirement.   Some of them had decided to train a group of apprentices and continue the brand in a more systematic way, some of them decided to sell the brands, and some of them have the

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

Sadowsky has been around since the 80s serving professional musicians starting from NYC then soon all over the world. They’re famous for their stability and that ‘guarantee’ great sound night after night for most demanding players. When something doesn’t sounded right at a gig, it’s possibly something else other than the bass itself. In 2003 they’ve started the Metro line offering the least customizable and more affordable instruments that are manufactured in Japan. And in 2019, they’ve

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.