A Bass of Miles

And you might be wondering, who in the heck is Darryl Jones? In my hometown Monterrey we have a saying: "ni en su casa lo conocen" (they don't even know him in his own house). But behold, he has played with some of the greatest names in music: Miles Davis, Sting, Madonna, Peter Gabriel and at this moment he's touring with The Rolling Stones. Yea mates, the very same Miles Davis whom we love. In his own words: "My approach to all music is break it down cut away the excess get back to the fundamentals. I play rock-solid bass. That's what I love to do." And he does it with a beautiful Lakland Darryl Jones Signature model available in both US and Skyline series (check the "Dark Star In The Land" post to learn the difference). This bass is like an extra curved jazz-bass thing. Is very ripe and looks solid as rock. I really dig the block inlays. Lately I've been wondering, why do I like Laklands more than Fenders? What is the psychological mechanism that works in my head? And it all comes down to quality and performance. Lakland is a small company and therefore they pay extra attention to detail, they keep that luthier feel, this means an extra cost, but there you have a unique instrument, that you won't find in any store, something special made with love. And that is the kind of guitar shop I'd like to own.