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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.
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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
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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
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1496:"Jaco, Geddy and Flea Can't Be Wrong: The Story of the Jazz Bass"
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The Guitar Book: A Handbook for
Electric and Acoustic Guitarists
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60 Years of Fender: Six
Decades of the Greatest Electric Guitars
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Mullally, Tim; Braithwaite, Laun; Rogers, Dave (March 5, 2017).
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The Bass Player Book: Equipment, Technique, Styles and
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begin production of their own range of active basses. In 1974
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The Bass Book: A Complete Illustrated History of Bass Guitars
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The Rickenbacker Electric Bass: 50 Years As Rock's Bottom
1182:"Audiovox #736: The World's First Electric Bass Guitar!"
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for boosting and cutting the low and high frequencies.
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introduced the model 4000, the first bass to feature a
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1809:"Partners: Anthony Jackson & Fodera Guitars"
506:Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company
2011:The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
1099:"The Anatomy of a Bass String - Premier Guitar"
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1125:"Bass Strings 101: The Ultimate Buyer's Guide"
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1606:"Vintage Vault: 1964 Gibson Thunderbird Bass"
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574:. Roy Johnson (with Lionel Hampton), and
1885:The Fender Bass: An Illustrated History
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1463:"The Modern Era of the electric Guitar"
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1151:"Flatwound vs. Roundwound Bass Strings"
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2009:Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (2001).
1860:Bacon, Tony; Moorhouse, Barry (2016).
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407:Bass guitar strings are composed of a
224:) is the lowest-pitched member of the
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1986:How The Fender Bass Changed the World
1931:Guitars: From the Renaissance to Rock
1576:Moseley, Willie G. (March 10, 2010).
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1072:Erskine, Damian (September 4, 2013).
7:
2032:Slog, John J.; Coryat, Karl (1999).
1929:Evans, Tom; Evans, Mary Ann (1977).
808:Instruments, founded by Tom Walker,
695:With the explosion in popularity of
447:In the 1930s, musician and inventor
1727:"The History of Active Electronics"
677:Supersound was introduced in 1958.
1813:Bass Magazine - the Future of Bass
1672:"Alembic - History, Short Version"
1018:"What Are Guitar Strings Made Of?"
27:Electric plucked string instrument
25:
1346:Tamarkin, Jeff (April 25, 2019).
1016:Koester, Thom (August 24, 2020).
879:List of bass guitar manufacturers
800:sounds). 1976 saw the UK company
626:. The EB-0 was very similar to a
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1725:Fletcher, Tim (March 16, 2020).
1149:Brody, Mark (January 30, 2020).
988:Veall, Dan (December 21, 2020).
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2840:History of the classical guitar
990:"Bass guitar pickups explained"
613:released the first short-scale
90:Hornbostel–Sachs classification
1807:Roberts, Jim (July 23, 2019).
1263:Owens, Jeff (March 13, 2019).
647:Kay Musical Instrument Company
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1990:. San Francisco, California:
1494:Owens, Jeff (June 12, 2019).
864:Bass instrument amplification
2928:American musical instruments
1308:"1952 Fender Precision Bass"
606:were originally guitarists.
1421:"A Short History of Höfner"
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2013:(Second ed.). London.
1450:Bacon & Moorhouse 2016
1123:Colin (November 8, 2022).
939:Bacon & Moorhouse 2016
711:. Introduced in 1960, the
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1552:"Jack Bruce - Equipment"
903:Sadie & Tyrrell 2001
1348:"Chops: Take Your Pick"
1129:E-Home Recording Studio
884:List of bass guitarists
553:electric upright basses
2983:Rock music instruments
2963:Folk music instruments
2953:Contrabass instruments
2830:Electric guitar design
1251:Slog & Coryat 1999
953:, References Appendix.
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30:For the magazine, see
2958:Electric bass guitars
2933:Amplified instruments
2867:list of manufacturers
2382:Low-frequency effects
2082:Wheeler, Tom (1978).
2055:Trynka, Paul (1996).
1982:Roberts, Jim (2001).
1883:Black, J. W. (2001).
1645:"Hagstrom H8-II Bass"
1508:on December 2, 2022.
1372:Mulhern, Tom (1993).
1180:(December 11, 2001).
1103:www.premierguitar.com
968:www.premierguitar.com
835:commissioned luthier
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572:the Art Farmer Septet
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491:Fender Precision Bass
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183:Electric upright bass
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2511:By type (six string)
2150:Acoustic bass guitar
1906:Boyer, Paul (2013).
1837:Bacon, Tony (2010).
1699:"Alembic Activators"
849:Acoustic bass guitar
508:began producing the
391:instrument amplifier
240:, but with a longer
168:Acoustic bass guitar
18:Electric Bass guitar
2923:American inventions
2205:Contrabass trombone
1475:on January 20, 2021
1431:on January 18, 2022
1229:. February 19, 2002
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522:Fender Stratocaster
346:." It also defines
149:Related instruments
72:Electric bass, bass
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2572:GuitarrĂłn mexicano
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1046:"Bass Strings 101"
859:Bass guitar tuning
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1921:978-1-4768-8680-0
1875:978-1-4950-0150-5
1578:"The Gibson EB-3"
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2370:reproduction
2359:Walking bass
2319:Figured bass
2282:Bass effects
2263:Performance/
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675:Burns London
671:neck-through
667:Rickenbacker
655:Höfner 500/1
644:
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584:Tympany Five
580:Louis Jordan
576:Shifty Henry
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109:Paul Tutmarc
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2339:Lament bass
2287:Bass chorus
2210:Double bass
2175:Bass pedals
2170:Bass guitar
2143:Instruments
2065:Hal Leonard
1912:Hal Leonard
1889:Hal Leonard
1792:February 4,
1738:February 4,
1710:February 4,
1683:February 4,
1334:George 1998
995:Bass Player
782:Jack Casady
751:Thunderbird
690:Gibson EB-3
566:'s postwar
322:Terminology
258:double bass
194:bass guitar
163:Double bass
105:Inventor(s)
98:chordophone
96:(Composite
69:Other names
43:Bass guitar
33:Bass Guitar
2917:Categories
2732:Bajo sexto
2716:Multi-neck
2329:Partimento
1818:January 1,
1781:"StingRay"
1754:"About Us"
1617:January 1,
1561:January 1,
1536:January 1,
1479:January 1,
1435:January 1,
1408:Bacon 2010
1319:January 7,
1276:January 7,
890:References
814:Leo Fender
732:Jack Bruce
717:Jazzmaster
697:rock music
651:Danelectro
600:Joe Osborn
596:Carol Kaye
588:Bill Black
526:split coil
518:Telecaster
498:Leo Fender
270:intonation
200:or simply
113:Leo Fender
35:(magazine)
2825:Amplifier
2767:Guitalele
2725:Ancillary
2592:Resonator
2577:Lap steel
2547:Classical
2495:Guitarist
2458:Harmonics
2392:Subwoofer
2349:Slap bass
2334:Jazz bass
2299:Bass note
2292:Fuzz bass
2277:Bass clef
2220:GuitarrĂłn
2215:Euphonium
2165:Bass drum
2019:cite book
1786:Music Man
1759:Walbasses
1357:April 11,
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266:frets
122:1930s
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