Thursday, September 15, 2011

Vintage Fender Bass Guitars - Fantastic Guitars

By Alan Brenner


Playing a vintage bass guitar can bring back the feeling and sound of the era it was born in. Playing a guitar that was manufactured by the same hands and in the same era as a guitar played by a favorite musician can bring back that same rush of feelings.

There are plenty of vintage guitars out there just waiting to be played, like the vintage Danelectro guitars. Below are some of the Fender Bass guitars you may find while looking for a good vintage guitar.

Huge selections of electric bass guitars have been sold in the period of years. If the guitar is a vintage bass guitar then it would be usually manufactured between 1920 and 1970. Listed below are some of these guitars that have been introduced to the music world by Leo Fender.

Fender Precision Bass (or P Bass) was commenced in the year 1951, by the currently known, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. Initially designed by the founder, Leo Fender, it is certainly known as the best selling electric bass of all time. Its former design was, more or less, similar to the Telecaster and was re shaped to resemble the Stratocaster in 1957. Quickly after this, split humbucking pickup was used in place of the single coil pickup. This is a solid body guitar sporting a maple neck and a fixed bridge.

The Telecaster version of the Precision Bass was re-introduced in 1968 as the Telecaster Bass and has undergone numerous redesigns and reintroductions since then.

Leo's second vintage bass guitar was the Jazz Bass (or J Bass) and it was launched in the year 1960. Its basic configuration was 2 single coil pickups with two pole pieces per string. This offers this type of vintage bass guitars with a bright and rich midrange and was intended to compete with the sound of the Rickenbacker bass. It was designed to look similar as well as to be marketed alongwith the Jazmaster.

The Fender Mustang Bass was the last vintage bass guitar designed by Leo Fender before is departure from the Fender. It was produced from 1966 to 1981 although it was reintroduced in 2002 by Fender Japan and is still in production. This solid-body design has a bridge with 4 adjustable saddles and a split single-coil Mustang Bass pickup.

The Music Man Sting Ray is another vintage bass guitar Leo Fender had a played a part in. Released in 1976 by Music Man. Music Man was founded by Leo Fender and two other Fender employees in the early 70s. Like the Precision bass this is a solid-body guitar with a maple neck and fixed bridge. The String Ray was available with one or two high-output humbucking pickups and was the first mass produced bass guitar with active electronics. These active electronics gave the ability to add a 3 band equalizer and along with its higher quality made it preferred choice for slapping.

Born in 1909, Clarence Leonidas "Leo" Fender, is frequently regarded as one of the most significant figures in the origin of electric instruments, he bid farewell to the world in 1991. He was the founder of 3 music companies, G&L Musical Products not stated above, besides he also designed guitars and amplifiers, vintage bass guitars being one of them listed above.

There are a variety of guitars to select from and countless reasons to choose any given model. So when you are ready to find a vintage guitar do a quick search for Aria guitars for sale or whatever brand you prefer and good luck.




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