60’s Fender Jazz Bass

There are many changes the Jazz Bass went through during the sixties. From the reworking of the body to the addition of inlays, and the adoption of the bass by musicians of every style including jazz and rock, the magic of the era can be revisited by the music, and by Fender’s 60s Jazz Bass.

1951 Vintage Fender Precision Bass

Fender’s solid body Precision electric bass guitar changed modern music. It’s name, Precision, comes from Leo Fender’s desire to create a “precise” bass in tonality. Fretted down to an accurate 100th of an inch, he got his wish. In 1951, when Fender introduced the Precision Base at NAMM, some people didn’t really cotton to a base that played like a guitar.