VERY INTERESTING: BASE GUITAR

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Fun And Interesting Facts About The Bass Guitar You Might Not Know

It takes a true musician to know how essential the bass guitar is. Throughout history, countless musicians, like James Jamerson, Bootsy Collins, John Paul Jones, John Entwistle, Carol Kaye, and the likes, have proved that there are endless possibilities for the versatility of a bass guitar. 

However, some people can’t even differentiate between a bass guitar and a regular guitar. Also, a lot of people tend to under-appreciate bassists. With that said, in this post, we’ll be sharing 20 facts about the bass guitar that will certainly make you fall in love with it. 

1. The Bass Guitar Was Created in the 1930s

However, it didn’t gain popularity until the 1950s when Leo Fender made a bass guitar based on Tutmarc’s ideas. 

The popularity of the bass guitar was encouraged by the musicians’ need for a new instrument that can substitute the double bass which was the leading bass instrument at the time.

2. The Bass Guitar Was Called “Fender Precision Bass”

Leo Fender called his bass guitar the “Fender Precision Bass” because it had metal frets on its neck, which were absent on the double bass.

These frets make it easier for musicians to play precise notes. 

Fender’s bass guitar became and continues to be very popular with many bass guitars still designed in the same style.

3. Bass Guitars Have Five Main Pieces

Bass guitars have five main pieces which are the headstock, the neck, the fingerboard, the body, and the strings.

The headstock, body, neck, and fingerboard are typically made out of wood with the strings being made out of metal.

There are a number of other different parts of a bass guitar such as the bridge, the nut, the pickups, the saddle, the frets, and tuning pegs too.

4. There are Bass Guitars With More Than Six Strings

The standard bass guitar has four metal strings, though you can also get models that have five, six, or even eight strings.

It’s not even unusual to see a bass with more than eight strings as there are actually 12-string basses out there!

These models are called extended-range basses.

The standard four-string models are the most common ones, though. 

5. The Fretless Bass Movement

The fretless bass guitar started with Bill Wyman buying a Dallas Tuxedo bass that he hated.

He decided to take the frets and replace them when he could afford to. 

But when Wyman played the bass without the frets, it sounded better. So, he decided to never put them back in. 

Famous jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius took a similar road as Bill in his debut album Jaco Pastorius.

He inspired many like Steve Swallow, Pino Palladino, and Michael Manring.