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Fender Jazz Bass The Fender Precision Bass took some time to make its impression on those musicians who were accustomed to the acoustic double bass and it was during 1960, that Fender's Jazz Model guitar- styled bass was launched on the market. The features of the neck was proportioned more tightly and the instrument had more to offer in terms of a wider range of sound. Although the Jazz Bass has since gone on to be widely used in various music style, it has more appropriately become especially successful with jazz musicians, such as Marcus Miller, particularly know for his work with Miles Davis in the 1980s and Jaco Pastorius in the 1970s, a player who did more to popularise the fretless electric bass when part of the group Weather Report. Jaco Pastorius removed the frets from his Jazz Bass himself and now many makers offer fretless basses as an alternative to their fretted models. Fender's enormous popularity with bassists from the 1960s till now has been owing to the Precision Bass and the Jazz Bass and the company have since extended their range with additional bass model during the years. Fender in its attempt to sell hollow-body electrics was unsuccessful, when the Coronado (1966-70) was introduced. The Mustang (1966-81) delivered the choice of short-scale basses. The Telecaster Bass (1968-79) was revamped version or the original Precision and the Musicmaster Bass (1971-82) catered for the budget market. The 1961 Jazz Bass Fender's second bass model introduced in 1960 with its offset shape of the Jazz body is similar to that of Fender's modern guitar, the Jazzmaster. It also had noticeably disparities from the earlier Precision Bass where the neck tapered heavily toward the nut, with two separate pickups, providing a deeper sound. The "Paisley" Telecaster Bass first introduced by Fender in 1968 was effectively a reissue of the very first type of Precision Bass. A few appeared in the latter part of the 1960s finished in a Blue Flower pattern or Pink Paisley. The 1968 Mustang Bass was designed by Leo Fender during his time as consultant at Fender after CBS had bought it. The Mustang, with a 75 cm (30in) scale length shorter than than Fender's standard, remained in production until 1981. The 1970s Jazz Bass - Fender had altered the original "stacked" controls to a three-way layout in 1961 providing a volume knob for individual pickups, in addition to inclusive tone control. Fender, from 1966 bound the fingerboard and gave it block inlays. |
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