Jazz Bass-style

A slogan atop Lakland’s homepage reads “Familiar in aesthetics, revolutionary in performance.” It says a lot about Lakland’s reverence for the classic Fender designs that still define the electric bass. But it also speaks to the company’s ingenuity and conviction that those designs, though near perfect, still leave room for refinement. Few bass makers have explored those potential refinements as effectively as Lakland—and the success in walking the line between vintage and modern has won the loyalty of scores of real-world professional users, from session ace Jerry Scheff to U2’s Adam Clayton to Meters funk master George Porter Jr.