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For most middle age music lovers, there should be at least one or 2 instrument that you happened to tried/played but did not ended up owning back in the day .. This Stingray is one of those for me …. and I feel grateful to find one almost 2 decades later …. And can’t be thankful enough to say this is my all time favourite Stingray after having my hands on over 200 instruments ..
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Being a lucky one that owns pretty much all of Jimmy’s 5 string product lines, and pretty much owning most of the sounds I want in the electric bass category, I was asking myself .. what’s next ..
Maybe an old Fender Jazz? And soon I gave up the idea, there’s no way I’m going to spend a fortune on something over the internet unseen, so I went went for the next best thing I can think of.
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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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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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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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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.