Dark Star In The Land

Sometimes I think of getting a new guitar, well, that happens to me on a daily basis, mostly every five minutes. And people would say: "Yeah Rola, get a Fender bass a Precision or a Jazz Bass, they're very nice and you like'em a lot". The truth is, I really like them but I always want to have something different, something nobody else would have, something unique and peculiar. And want to do my dear web visitor? I like those Fender shapes, but I'd like more features and a more peculiar bass. And these characteristics are met by an almost obscure, unknown brand, the nice and beautiful Lakland. But this brand provides classic Fender-ish shapes, new original shapes, awesome pickups and electronics, and construction quality most companies have been dreamong about for decades.

The first time I saw a Lakland bass being used was by Wilco's John Stirratt, playing a Bob Glaub (p-bass look alike) signature model equipped with the original Dark Star pickup, that I only have seen in Lakland instruments as a given factory option/upgrade. Also Lakland has a Skyline series which would be the cheapo asian made versions, but the thing is that those Korean made basses sound, look and feel exactly the same as a US made ones, no difference, only that the US ones are mostly hand made and have extra features, being this a great asset to the Lakland name. In a few words, if I wanted a Fender bass with the features and quality offered by the cheapest Lakland bass I would have to pay twice the money.