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id="toc-1960s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1960s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>1960s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1960s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1970s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1970s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>1970s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1970s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a 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href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baasgyt%C4%81rre" title="Baasgytārre – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Baasgytārre" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%AC%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9" title="قيثارة جهيرة – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="قيثارة جهيرة" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baxu" title="Baxu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Baxu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas-gitara" title="Bas-gitara – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Bas-gitara" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81-%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Бас-гітара – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Бас-гітара" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81-%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Бас-гітара – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Бас-гітара" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Бас китара – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Бас китара" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas-gitara" title="Bas-gitara – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Bas-gitara" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitar-boud" title="Gitar-boud – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Gitar-boud" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baix_el%C3%A8ctric" title="Baix elèctric – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Baix elèctric" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basov%C3%A1_kytara" title="Basová kytara – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Basová kytara" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git%C3%A2r_fas" title="Gitâr fas – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Gitâr fas" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basguitar" title="Basguitar – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Basguitar" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassgitarre" title="Bassgitarre – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bassgitarre" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basskitarr" title="Basskitarr – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Basskitarr" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%BF" title="Μπάσο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μπάσο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitarra_bajo" title="Guitarra bajo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Guitarra bajo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basgitaro" title="Basgitaro – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Basgitaro" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baxu_elektriko" title="Baxu elektriko – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Baxu elektriko" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B3" title="گیتار بیس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گیتار بیس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitare_basse" title="Guitare basse – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Guitare basse" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dordghiot%C3%A1r" title="Dordghiotár – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Dordghiotár" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beus-ghiot%C3%A0r" title="Beus-ghiotàr – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Beus-ghiotàr" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baixo" title="Baixo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Baixo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A0%EC%9D%B4%EC%8A%A4_%EA%B8%B0%ED%83%80" title="베이스 기타 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="베이스 기타" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%BD_%D5%AF%D5%AB%D5%A9%D5%A1%D5%BC" title="Բաս կիթառ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բաս կիթառ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0" title="बेस गिटार – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बेस गिटार" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas-gitara" title="Bas-gitara – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Bas-gitara" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitar_bas" title="Gitar bas – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Gitar bas" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitarra_basse" title="Gitarra basse – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Gitarra basse" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%A1" title="גיטרה בס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גיטרה בס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitar_bas" title="Gitar bas – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Gitar bas" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1-%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90" title="ბას-გიტარა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბას-გიტარა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cithara_gravis" title="Cithara gravis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Cithara gravis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas%C4%A3it%C4%81ra" title="Basģitāra – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Basģitāra" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosin%C4%97_gitara" title="Bosinė gitara – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Bosinė gitara" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basgitaar" title="Basgitaar – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Basgitaar" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basszusgit%C3%A1r" title="Basszusgitár – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Basszusgitár" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81-%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Бас-гитара – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Бас-гитара" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BC" title="ബേസ് ഗിറ്റാർ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ബേസ് ഗിറ്റാർ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3" title="جيتار البيس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جيتار البيس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitar_bes" title="Gitar bes – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Gitar bes" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%98%E1%80%B1%E1%80%B7%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA%E1%80%82%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA%E1%80%90%E1%80%AC" title="ဘေ့စ်ဂစ်တာ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဘေ့စ်ဂစ်တာ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah mw-list-item"><a href="https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tl%C4%81hu%C4%ABln%C4%81uhmecatl" title="Tlāhuīlnāuhmecatl – Nahuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah" data-title="Tlāhuīlnāuhmecatl" data-language-autonym="Nāhuatl" 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Bass guitar</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:70%27s_Fender_Jazz_Bass.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/70%27s_Fender_Jazz_Bass.png/80px-70%27s_Fender_Jazz_Bass.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/70%27s_Fender_Jazz_Bass.png/119px-70%27s_Fender_Jazz_Bass.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/70%27s_Fender_Jazz_Bass.png/159px-70%27s_Fender_Jazz_Bass.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="980" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Fender_Jazz_Bass" title="Fender Jazz Bass">Fender Jazz Bass</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #b0c4de"><a href="/wiki/String_instrument" title="String instrument">String instrument</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left">Electric bass, bass</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Musical_instrument_classification" title="Musical instrument classification">Classification</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left"><span></span> <a href="/wiki/String_instrument" title="String instrument">String instrument</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Hornbostel%E2%80%93Sachs" title="Hornbostel–Sachs">Hornbostel–Sachs classification</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left">321.322<br />(Composite <a href="/wiki/Chordophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Chordophone">chordophone</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inventor(s)</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Tutmarc" title="Paul Tutmarc">Paul Tutmarc</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leo_Fender" title="Leo Fender">Leo Fender</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Developed</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left">1930s</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #b0c4de"><a href="/wiki/Range_(music)" title="Range (music)">Playing range</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span></span> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Range_bass_guitar.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Range_bass_guitar.png/200px-Range_bass_guitar.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Range_bass_guitar.png/300px-Range_bass_guitar.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Range_bass_guitar.png/400px-Range_bass_guitar.png 2x" data-file-width="1756" data-file-height="832" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><div class="center">Range of a standard tuned 4-string bass guitar (brackets: 5-string)</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #b0c4de"><a href="/wiki/Musical_instrument" title="Musical instrument">Related instruments</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span></span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Electric_guitar" title="Electric guitar">Electric guitar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_bass" title="Double bass">Double bass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acoustic_bass_guitar" title="Acoustic bass guitar">Acoustic bass guitar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukulele_bass" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukulele bass">Ukulele bass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fretless_bass" title="Fretless bass">Fretless bass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_upright_bass" title="Electric upright bass">Electric upright bass</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>bass guitar</b>, <b>electric bass</b> or simply <b>bass</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</a></span></span>) is the lowest-pitched member of the <a href="/wiki/Guitar" title="Guitar">guitar</a> family. It is a <a href="/wiki/Plucked_string_instrument" title="Plucked string instrument">plucked string instrument</a> similar in appearance and construction to an <a href="/wiki/Electric_guitar" title="Electric guitar">electric</a> or <a href="/wiki/Acoustic_guitar" title="Acoustic guitar">acoustic guitar</a>, but with a longer <a href="/wiki/Neck_(music)" title="Neck (music)">neck</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scale_length_(string_instruments)" title="Scale length (string instruments)">scale length</a>. The bass guitar most commonly has four strings, though five- and six-stringed models are also relatively popular, and bass guitars with even more (or fewer) <a href="/wiki/String_(music)" title="String (music)">strings</a> or <a href="/wiki/Course_(music)" title="Course (music)">courses</a> have been built. Since the mid-1950s, the bass guitar has largely come to replace the <a href="/wiki/Double_bass" title="Double bass">double bass</a> in <a href="/wiki/Popular_music" title="Popular music">popular music</a> due to its lighter weight, the inclusion of <a href="/wiki/Fret" title="Fret">frets</a> (for easier <a href="/wiki/Intonation_(music)" title="Intonation (music)">intonation</a>) in most models, and, most importantly, its design for electric amplification. This is also because the double bass is acoustically compromised for its range (like the <a href="/wiki/Viola" title="Viola">viola</a>) in that it is scaled down from the optimal size that would be appropriate for those low notes. </p><p>The four-string bass guitar is usually tuned the same as the double bass, which corresponds to pitches one <a href="/wiki/Octave" title="Octave">octave</a> lower than the four lowest-pitched strings of a guitar (typically <a href="/wiki/E_(musical_note)" title="E (musical note)">E</a>, <a href="/wiki/A_(musical_note)" title="A (musical note)">A</a>, <a href="/wiki/D_(musical_note)" title="D (musical note)">D</a>, and <a href="/wiki/G_(musical_note)" title="G (musical note)">G</a>). It is played primarily with the fingers or thumb, or with a <a href="/wiki/Plectrum" title="Plectrum">pick</a>. </p><p>The electric bass guitar is acoustically a relatively quiet instrument, so to be heard at a practical performance volume, it requires <a href="/wiki/Bass_amplifier" title="Bass amplifier">external amplification</a>. It can also be used in conjunction with <a href="/wiki/DI_unit" title="DI unit">direct input boxes</a>, audio interfaces, mixing consoles, computers, or bass effects processors that offer headphone jacks. The majority of bass <a href="/wiki/Pickup_(music_technology)" title="Pickup (music technology)">pickup</a> systems are electromagnetic in nature. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Terminology">Terminology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_guitar&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Terminology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <i>New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians</i>, an "Electric bass guitar, usually with four heavy strings tuned E<sub>1</sub>'–A<sub>1</sub>'–D<sub>2</sub>–G<sub>2</sub>."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESadieTyrrell2001_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESadieTyrrell2001-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also defines <i>bass</i> as "Bass (iv). A contraction of Double bass or Electric bass guitar." According to some authors the proper term is "electric bass".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWheeler1978101–102_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWheeler1978101–102-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvansEvans1977342_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEvansEvans1977342-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Common names for the instrument are "bass guitar", "electric bass guitar", and "electric bass"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaconMoorhouse2016_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaconMoorhouse2016-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (August 2022)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and some authors claim that they are historically accurate.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoberts2001References_Appendix_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoberts2001References_Appendix-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A bass guitar whose neck lacks <a href="/wiki/Fret" title="Fret">frets</a> is termed a <a href="/wiki/Fretless_bass" title="Fretless bass">fretless bass</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scale">Scale</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_guitar&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Scale"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Scale_length_(string_instruments)" title="Scale length (string instruments)">Scale</a></div> <p>The scale of a bass is defined as the length of the freely oscillating strings between the nut and the bridge saddles. On a modern 4-string bass guitar, 30" (76 cm) or less is considered short scale, 32" (81 cm) medium scale, 34" (86 cm) standard or long scale and 35" (89 cm) extra-long scale.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pickup">Pickup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_guitar&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pickup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pickup_(music_technology)" title="Pickup (music technology)">Pickup</a></div> <p>Bass pickups are generally attached to the body of the guitar and located beneath the strings. They are responsible for converting the vibrations of the strings into analogous electrical signals, which are in turn passed as input to an <a href="/wiki/Instrument_amplifier" title="Instrument amplifier">instrument amplifier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Strings">Strings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_guitar&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Strings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/String_(music)" title="String (music)">Strings</a></div> <p>Bass guitar strings are composed of a <i>core</i> and <i>winding</i>. The core is a wire which runs through the center of the string and is generally made of steel, nickel, or an <a href="/wiki/Alloy" title="Alloy">alloy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The winding is an additional wire wrapped around the core. Bass guitar strings vary by the material and cross-sectional shape of the winding. </p><p>Common variants include roundwound, flatwound, halfwound (groundwound), coated, tapewound and taperwound (not to be confused with tapewound) strings. Roundwound and flatwound strings feature windings with circular and rounded-square cross-sections, respectively, with halfround (also referred to as halfwound, ground wound, pressure wound) strings being a hybrid between the two. Coated strings have their surface coated with a synthetic layer while tapewound strings feature a metal core with a non-metallic winding.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taperwound strings have a tapered end where the exposed core sits on the bridge saddle without windings.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The choice of winding has considerable impact on the sound of the instrument, with certain winding styles often being preferred for certain musical genres.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_guitar&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1930s">1930s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_guitar&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1930s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_tutmarc.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Paul_tutmarc.jpg/170px-Paul_tutmarc.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Paul_tutmarc.jpg/255px-Paul_tutmarc.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Paul_tutmarc.jpg/340px-Paul_tutmarc.jpg 2x" data-file-width="457" data-file-height="638" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Paul_Tutmarc" title="Paul Tutmarc">Paul Tutmarc</a>, inventor of the modern bass guitar, outside his music store in Seattle, Washington</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 1930s, musician and inventor <a href="/wiki/Paul_Tutmarc" title="Paul Tutmarc">Paul Tutmarc</a> of <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, Washington, developed the first electric bass guitar in its modern form, a <a href="/wiki/Fret" title="Fret">fretted</a> instrument designed to be played horizontally. The 1935 sales catalog for Tutmarc's company Audiovox featured his "Model 736 Bass Fiddle", a solid-bodied electric bass guitar with four strings, a <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">30<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>-inch (775-millimetre) scale length, and a single <a href="/wiki/Pickup_(music_technology)" title="Pickup (music technology)">pickup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around 100 were made during this period.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoberts200128–29_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoberts200128–29-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Audiovox also sold their "Model 236" bass amplifier.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1950s">1950s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_guitar&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1950s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fender_%2751_Precision_Bass,_FGF_museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Fender_%2751_Precision_Bass%2C_FGF_museum.jpg/170px-Fender_%2751_Precision_Bass%2C_FGF_museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="484" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Fender_%2751_Precision_Bass%2C_FGF_museum.jpg/255px-Fender_%2751_Precision_Bass%2C_FGF_museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Fender_%2751_Precision_Bass%2C_FGF_museum.jpg/340px-Fender_%2751_Precision_Bass%2C_FGF_museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1252" data-file-height="3564" /></a><figcaption>An early <a href="/wiki/Fender_Precision_Bass" title="Fender Precision Bass">Fender Precision Bass</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In the 1950s, <a href="/wiki/Leo_Fender" title="Leo Fender">Leo Fender</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_William_Fullerton" title="George William Fullerton">George Fullerton</a> developed the first mass-produced electric bass guitar.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESlogCoryat1999154_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESlogCoryat1999154-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Fender_Electric_Instrument_Manufacturing_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company">Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company</a> began producing the <a href="/wiki/Fender_Precision_Bass" title="Fender Precision Bass">Precision Bass</a>, or P-Bass, in October 1951. The design featured a simple uncontoured "slab" body design and a <a href="/wiki/Single_coil_pickup" class="mw-redirect" title="Single coil pickup">single coil pickup</a> similar to that of a <a href="/wiki/Fender_Telecaster" title="Fender Telecaster">Telecaster</a>. By 1957 the Precision more closely resembled the <a href="/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster" title="Fender Stratocaster">Fender Stratocaster</a> with the body edges beveled for comfort, and the pickup was changed to a <a href="/wiki/Humbucker" title="Humbucker">split coil</a> design.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fender_Bass_Guitar_Patent.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Fender_Bass_Guitar_Patent.jpg/170px-Fender_Bass_Guitar_Patent.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Fender_Bass_Guitar_Patent.jpg/255px-Fender_Bass_Guitar_Patent.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Fender_Bass_Guitar_Patent.jpg/340px-Fender_Bass_Guitar_Patent.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2320" data-file-height="3408" /></a><figcaption>Design patent issued to Leo Fender for the second-generation Precision Bass</figcaption></figure> <p>The Fender Bass was a revolutionary instrument for gigging musicians. In comparison with the large, heavy <a href="/wiki/Upright_bass" class="mw-redirect" title="Upright bass">upright bass</a>, which had been the main bass instrument in popular music from the early 20th century to the 1940s, the bass guitar could be easily transported to shows. When amplified, the bass guitar was also less prone than acoustic basses to unwanted <a href="/wiki/Audio_feedback" title="Audio feedback">audio feedback</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoberts2001_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoberts2001-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The addition of <a href="/wiki/Fret" title="Fret">frets</a> enabled bassists to play in tune more easily than on fretless acoustic or <a href="/wiki/Electric_upright_bass" title="Electric upright bass">electric upright basses</a>, and allowed guitarists to more easily transition to the instrument.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1953, <a href="/wiki/Monk_Montgomery" title="Monk Montgomery">Monk Montgomery</a> became the first bassist to tour with the Fender bass, in <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hampton" title="Lionel Hampton">Lionel Hampton</a>'s postwar <a href="/wiki/Big_band" title="Big band">big band</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGeorge199891_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGeorge199891-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Montgomery was also possibly the first to record with the electric bass, on July 2, 1953, with <a href="/wiki/The_Art_Farmer_Septet" title="The Art Farmer Septet">the Art Farmer Septet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Roy Johnson (with Lionel Hampton), and <a href="/wiki/Shifty_Henry" title="Shifty Henry">Shifty Henry</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Louis_Jordan" title="Louis Jordan">Louis Jordan</a> and His <a href="/wiki/Tympany_Five" title="Tympany Five">Tympany Five</a>), were other early Fender bass pioneers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESlogCoryat1999154_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESlogCoryat1999154-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Black" title="Bill Black">Bill Black</a>, who played with <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a>, switched from upright bass to the Fender Precision Bass around 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBacon2010_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBacon2010-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bass guitar was intended to appeal to guitarists as well as upright bass players, and many early pioneers of the instrument, such as <a href="/wiki/Carol_Kaye" title="Carol Kaye">Carol Kaye</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Osborn" title="Joe Osborn">Joe Osborn</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a> were originally guitarists.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoberts2001_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoberts2001-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also in 1953, <a href="/wiki/Gibson_Guitar_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Gibson Guitar Corporation">Gibson</a> released the first short-scale <a href="/wiki/Violin" title="Violin">violin</a>-shaped electric bass, the EB-1, with an extendable end pin so a bassist could play it upright or horizontally. In 1958, Gibson released the maple arched-top <a href="/wiki/Gibson_EB-2" title="Gibson EB-2">EB-2</a> described in the Gibson catalog as a "hollow-body electric bass that features a Bass/Baritone pushbutton for two different tonal characteristics". In 1959, these were followed by the more conventional-looking <a href="/wiki/Gibson_EB-0" title="Gibson EB-0">EB-0 Bass</a>. The EB-0 was very similar to a <a href="/wiki/Gibson_SG" title="Gibson SG">Gibson SG</a> in appearance (although the earliest examples have a slab-sided body shape closer to that of the double-cutaway <a href="/wiki/Gibson_Les_Paul" title="Gibson Les Paul">Les Paul</a> Special). The Fender and Gibson versions used <a href="/wiki/Bolt-on_neck" title="Bolt-on neck">bolt-on</a> and <a href="/wiki/Set-in_neck" title="Set-in neck">set</a> necks. </p><p>Several other companies also began manufacturing bass guitars during the 1950s. <a href="/wiki/Kay_Musical_Instrument_Company" title="Kay Musical Instrument Company">Kay Musical Instrument Company</a> began production of the K162 in 1952, while <a href="/wiki/Danelectro" title="Danelectro">Danelectro</a> released the Longhorn in 1956. Also in 1956, at the German trade fair "Musikmesse Frankfurt" the distinctive <a href="/wiki/H%C3%B6fner_500/1" title="Höfner 500/1">Höfner 500/1</a> violin-shaped bass first appeared, constructed using violin techniques by Walter <a href="/wiki/H%C3%B6fner" title="Höfner">Höfner</a>, a second-generation violin luthier.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to its use by <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a>, it became known as the "Beatle bass".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaconMoorhouse2016eBook_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaconMoorhouse2016eBook-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1957, <a href="/wiki/Rickenbacker" title="Rickenbacker">Rickenbacker</a> introduced the model 4000, the first bass to feature a <a href="/wiki/Neck-through" class="mw-redirect" title="Neck-through">neck-through</a>-body design in which the neck is part of the body wood.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Burns_London" title="Burns London">Burns London</a> Supersound was introduced in 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBacon2010_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBacon2010-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1960s">1960s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_guitar&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gibson_eb3_67.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Gibson_eb3_67.jpg/170px-Gibson_eb3_67.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="448" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Gibson_eb3_67.jpg/255px-Gibson_eb3_67.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Gibson_eb3_67.jpg/340px-Gibson_eb3_67.jpg 2x" data-file-width="615" data-file-height="1620" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gibson_EB-3" title="Gibson EB-3">Gibson EB-3</a></figcaption></figure> <p>With the explosion in popularity of <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock music</a> in the 1960s, many more manufacturers began making electric basses, including <a href="/wiki/Yamaha_Corporation" title="Yamaha Corporation">Yamaha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Teisco" title="Teisco">Teisco</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guyatone" title="Guyatone">Guyatone</a>. Introduced in 1960, the <a href="/wiki/Fender_Jazz_Bass" title="Fender Jazz Bass">Fender Jazz Bass</a>, initially known as the "Deluxe Bass", used a body design known as an offset waist which was first seen on the <a href="/wiki/Jazzmaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Jazzmaster">Jazzmaster</a> guitar in an effort to improve comfort while playing seated.<sup id="cite_ref-JeffOwens_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JeffOwens-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Jazz bass, or J-Bass, features two single-coil pickups. </p><p>Providing a more "Gibson-scale" instrument, rather than the 34-inch (864 mm) Jazz and Precision, Fender produced the <a href="/wiki/Fender_Mustang_Bass" title="Fender Mustang Bass">Mustang Bass</a>, a 30-inch (762 mm) scale-length instrument.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Fender_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="Fender VI">Fender VI</a>, a 6-string bass, was tuned one octave lower than standard guitar tuning. It was released in 1961, and was briefly favored by <a href="/wiki/Jack_Bruce" title="Jack Bruce">Jack Bruce</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cream_(band)" title="Cream (band)">Cream</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gibson introduced its short-scale 30.5-inch (775 mm) <a href="/wiki/Gibson_EB-3" title="Gibson EB-3">EB-3</a> in 1961, also used by Bruce.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The EB-3 had a "mini-humbucker" at the bridge position. Gibson basses tended to be instruments with a shorter 30.5" <a href="/wiki/Scale_length_(string_instruments)" title="Scale length (string instruments)">scale length</a> than the Precision. Gibson did not produce a 34-inch (864 mm)-scale bass until 1963 with the release of the <a href="/wiki/Gibson_Thunderbird" title="Gibson Thunderbird">Thunderbird</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first commercial fretless bass guitar was the Ampeg AUB-1, introduced in 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoberts2001125–126_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoberts2001125–126-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the late 1960s, eight-string basses, with four octave paired <a href="/wiki/Course_(music)" title="Course (music)">courses</a> (similar to a 12 string guitar), were introduced, such as the <a href="/wiki/Hagstr%C3%B6m" title="Hagström">Hagström</a> H8.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970s">1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_guitar&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1972, <a href="/wiki/Alembic_Inc" class="mw-redirect" title="Alembic Inc">Alembic</a> established what became known as "boutique" or "high-end" electric bass guitars.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These expensive, custom-tailored instruments, as used by <a href="/wiki/Phil_Lesh" title="Phil Lesh">Phil Lesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Casady" title="Jack Casady">Jack Casady</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Clarke" title="Stanley Clarke">Stanley Clarke</a>, featured unique designs, premium hand-finished wood bodies, and innovative construction techniques such as multi-laminate <a href="/wiki/Neck-thru" class="mw-redirect" title="Neck-thru">neck-through-body</a> construction and <a href="/wiki/Carbon_fiber_reinforced_polymer" class="mw-redirect" title="Carbon fiber reinforced polymer">graphite</a> necks. Alembic also pioneered the use of onboard electronics for pre-amplification and equalization.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Active electronics increase the output of the instrument, and allow more options for controlling tonal flexibility, giving the player the ability to amplify as well as to attenuate certain frequency ranges while improving the overall frequency response (including more low-register and high-register sounds). 1976 saw the UK company <a href="/wiki/Wal_(bass)" title="Wal (bass)">Wal</a> begin production of their own range of active basses.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1974 <a href="/wiki/Music_Man_(company)" title="Music Man (company)">Music Man</a> Instruments, founded by Tom Walker, <a href="/wiki/Forrest_White" title="Forrest White">Forrest White</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leo_Fender" title="Leo Fender">Leo Fender</a>, introduced the <a href="/wiki/Music_Man_StingRay" title="Music Man StingRay">StingRay</a>, the first widely produced bass with active (powered) electronics built into the instrument.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Basses with active electronics can include a <a href="/wiki/Preamplifier" title="Preamplifier">preamplifier</a> and <a href="/wiki/Equalizer_(audio)" class="mw-redirect" title="Equalizer (audio)">knobs</a> for boosting and cutting the low and high frequencies. </p><p>In the mid-1970s, five-string basses, with a very low "B" string, were introduced. In 1975, bassist <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Jackson_(musician)" title="Anthony Jackson (musician)">Anthony Jackson</a> commissioned luthier <a href="/wiki/Carl_Thompson_(luthier)" title="Carl Thompson (luthier)">Carl Thompson</a> to build a six-string bass tuned (low to high) B0, E1, A1, D2, G2, C3, adding a low B string and a high C string.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_guitar&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acoustic_bass_guitar" title="Acoustic bass guitar">Acoustic bass guitar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fretless_bass" title="Fretless bass">Fretless bass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bass_guitar_tuning" title="Bass guitar tuning">Bass guitar tuning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bass_instrument_amplification" class="mw-redirect" title="Bass instrument amplification">Bass instrument amplification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bass_effects" title="Bass effects">Bass effects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pickup_(music_technology)" title="Pickup (music technology)">Pickups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bass_guitar_manufacturers" title="List of bass guitar manufacturers">List of bass guitar manufacturers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bass_guitarists" title="List of bass guitarists">List of bass guitarists</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_guitar&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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(2001). <i>The Fender Bass: An Illustrated History</i>. <a href="/wiki/Hal_Leonard" title="Hal Leonard">Hal Leonard</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-634-02640-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-634-02640-2"><bdi>0-634-02640-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Fender+Bass%3A+An+Illustrated+History&rft.pub=Hal+Leonard&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0-634-02640-2&rft.aulast=Black&rft.aufirst=J.+W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABass+guitar" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBoyer2013" class="citation book cs1">Boyer, Paul (2013). <i>The Rickenbacker Electric Bass: 50 Years As Rock's Bottom</i>. <a href="/wiki/Hal_Leonard" title="Hal Leonard">Hal Leonard</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4768-8680-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4768-8680-0"><bdi>978-1-4768-8680-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Rickenbacker+Electric+Bass%3A+50+Years+As+Rock%27s+Bottom&rft.pub=Hal+Leonard&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-1-4768-8680-0&rft.aulast=Boyer&rft.aufirst=Paul&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABass+guitar" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEvansEvans1977" class="citation book cs1">Evans, Tom; Evans, Mary Ann (1977). <i>Guitars: From the Renaissance to Rock</i>. <a href="/wiki/Facts_On_File" class="mw-redirect" title="Facts On File">Facts On File</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87196-636-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-87196-636-0"><bdi>0-87196-636-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Guitars%3A+From+the+Renaissance+to+Rock&rft.pub=Facts+On+File&rft.date=1977&rft.isbn=0-87196-636-0&rft.aulast=Evans&rft.aufirst=Tom&rft.au=Evans%2C+Mary+Ann&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABass+guitar" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGeorge1998" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Nelson_George" title="Nelson George">George, Nelson</a> (1998). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/hiphopamerica00georg"><i>Hip Hop America</i></a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Viking_Press" title="Viking Press">Viking Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-670-87153-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-670-87153-7"><bdi>978-0-670-87153-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hip+Hop+America&rft.pub=Viking+Press&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-0-670-87153-7&rft.aulast=George&rft.aufirst=Nelson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fhiphopamerica00georg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABass+guitar" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoberts2001" class="citation book cs1">Roberts, Jim (2001). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/howfenderbasscha0000robe"><i>How The Fender Bass Changed the World</i></a></span>. San Francisco, California: <a href="/wiki/Backbeat_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Backbeat Books">Backbeat Books</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87930-630-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-87930-630-0"><bdi>0-87930-630-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=How+The+Fender+Bass+Changed+the+World&rft.place=San+Francisco%2C+California&rft.pub=Backbeat+Books&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0-87930-630-0&rft.aulast=Roberts&rft.aufirst=Jim&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fhowfenderbasscha0000robe&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABass+guitar" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSadieTyrrell2001" class="citation book cs1">Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (2001). <i>The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians</i> (Second ed.). London.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+New+Grove+Dictionary+of+Music+and+Musicians&rft.place=London&rft.edition=Second&rft.date=2001&rft.aulast=Sadie&rft.aufirst=Stanley&rft.au=Tyrrell%2C+John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABass+guitar" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher" title="Category:CS1 maint: location missing publisher">link</a>)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSlogCoryat1999" class="citation book cs1">Slog, John J.; Coryat, Karl (1999). <i>The Bass Player Book: Equipment, Technique, Styles and Artists</i>. <a href="/wiki/Backbeat_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Backbeat Books">Backbeat Books</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87930-573-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-87930-573-8"><bdi>0-87930-573-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Bass+Player+Book%3A+Equipment%2C+Technique%2C+Styles+and+Artists&rft.pub=Backbeat+Books&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=0-87930-573-8&rft.aulast=Slog&rft.aufirst=John+J.&rft.au=Coryat%2C+Karl&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABass+guitar" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTrynka1996" class="citation book cs1">Trynka, Paul (1996). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/rockhardware40ye00tryn"><i>Rock Hardware</i></a></span>. <a 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