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The Fender Precision Bass (or "P-Bass") is a model of electric bass guitar manufactured by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.In its standard, post-1957 configuration, the Precision Bass is a solid body, four-stringed instrument usually equipped with a single split-coil humbucking pickup and a one-piece, 20-fret maple neck with rosewood or maple fingerboard.
Fender Bronco [10] (Lives on through Squier as a bass guitar) Fender Bullet [11] (lives on through Squier) Fender Coronado [12] Fender Cyclone (lives on through Squier) Fender Esquire; Fender HM Strat USA/Japan; Fender Marauder; Fender Musicmaster; Fender Performer; Fender Prodigy [13] Fender Showmaster; Fender Starcaster [14] (lives on through ...
Dunn's second Fender bass was a 1959 Fender Precision Bass, with sunburst body, one-piece maple neck and gold anodized pickguard; he owned it until his death. [13] Throughout his life, Dunn believed this was a 1958 model, but after his death, his son Jeff had work done on it, and the neck was inscribed "4-59," putting the date definitively as 1959.
A number of Japanese domestic market 'non-export' models also come in a standard Jazz Bass' configuration. The bass is fitted with one volume knob per pickup, plus a master tone knob. The body outline is shaped like the Jazz Bass, though substantially lighter (the Aerodyne Jazz Bass weighs about 7 pounds, compared to the 10 pounds of the ...
The Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC, or simply Fender) is an American manufacturer and marketer of musical instruments and amplifiers.Fender produces acoustic guitars, bass amplifiers and public address equipment; however, it is best known for its solid-body electric guitars and bass guitars, particularly the Stratocaster, Telecaster, Jaguar, Jazzmaster, Precision Bass, and the ...
The following year, Fender released the Bass VI, which featured six strings and a short-scale neck. The Bass VI also had a switch-based control layout, and was essentially a precursor to the Fender Jaguar released in 1962. Fender produced the Jaguar electric guitar until 1975, when both the Bass VI and Jaguar lines were discontinued.
The Lyte is a sub-model of the Fender Precision Bass. Only ever produced in Japan, the Lyte came to be from the Fender Japan Deal that saw a joint venture between Fender, Kanda Shokai and Yamano Gakki . In 1982, production of Fender products in Japan began, and two years later the first Fender Precision Lyte model was made.
The Fender Musicmaster Bass is a model of electric bass guitar, produced by Fender between 1971 and 1981. As with its six-string counterpart, which was a stripped-down version of the Fender Mustang, the Musicmaster Bass is a simpler version of the Mustang Bass. It features a short 30 in (762 mm) scale.