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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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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 .
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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 earlier BN5 Deluxe bass and I think they did it.
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Having the REDDI as my goto tube DI for years, and had always been curious about that famous Noble tube preamp that many players swear about. I’m lucky enough to borrow one from my bass friend Terry who lives not too far away and kind enough to lend me his for a test drive.
For the fun of it, I’ve included my Bergantino B|Amp with the BFT drive on into the comparison