Jazz Bass
Manufacturer	Fender
Period	1960 — present
Construction
Body type	Solid
Neck joint	Bolt-on
Woods
Body	Ash or Alder (Basswood or Poplar on certain Mexican and Japanese models)
Neck	Maple
Fretboard	Rosewood, Pao Ferro, Ebony or Maple
Hardware
Bridge	Fixed
Pickup(s)	Two bipole pickups connected in parallel.
Colors available
(Standard Series, as of 2007) Brown Sunburst, Black, Midnight Wine, Arctic White, Electron Blue, Chrome Red (American Deluxe Series): Montego Black Metallic, 3-Color Sunburst, Amber, Olympic White Pearl (alder), Butterscotch Blonde, Tobacco Sunburst, Aged Cherry Burst (ash) Fender redirects here. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Species See text European Ash in flower Narrow-leafed Ash (Fraxinus angustifolia) shoot with leaves Closeup of European Ash seeds 19th century illustration of Manna Ash (Fraxinus ornus) An ash can be any of four different tree genera from four very distinct families (see end of page for disambiguation), but... Species About 20-30 species, see text. ... Basswood is the common name of timbers of Tilia species. ... This article is about woody plants of the genus Populus. ... For other uses, see Maple (disambiguation). ... Rosewood refers to a number of richly hued timbers, brownish with darker veining. ... Pao Ferro is an exotic tree in Bolivia. ... For other uses, see Ebony (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Maple (disambiguation). ... Three magnetic pickups on an electric guitar. ... 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... (American Standard Series): 3-Color Sunburst, Olympic White, Black, Candy Cola, Blizzard Pearl, Charcoal Frost Metallic (Highway One Series): 3-Color Sunburst, Flat Black, Honey Blonde, Midnight Wine

The Jazz Bass (or J-Bass) was the second model of electric bass guitar created by Leo Fender. The bass is distinct from the Precision Bass in that its tone is brighter and richer in the midrange with less emphasis on the fundamental harmonic. Because of this, many bass players who want to be more "forward" in the mix (including smaller bands such as power trios) prefer the Jazz Bass.^{[citation needed]} Leonidas Fender (August 10, 1909 - March 21, 1991), also known as Leo Fender, was an American luthier who founded Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company, now known as Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, and later founded G&L Musical Products (G&L Guitars). ... The Fender Precision Bass, known as P-bass for short, is the first model of the electric bass designed by Clarence Leonidas Fender and brought to market in 1951. ... Pitched musical instruments are usually based on a harmonic oscillator such as a string or a column of air. ... The power trio is a rock and roll band format popularized in the 1960s. ...

History

A patent sketch for the Fender Jazz Bass from 1959

First introduced in 1960 as the "Deluxe Model", it was marketed as a stablemate to the Jazzmaster guitar which was also marketed as a "Deluxe Model" in its own right; however, it was renamed the Jazz Bass as Fender felt that its redesigned neck - narrower and more rounded than that of the Precision Bass - would appeal more to jazz musicians. The Jazz Bass has two single coil pickups with two pole pieces per string. This gave the bass a stronger midrange sound to compete with the Rickenbacker bass, which had been introduced in 1957 and which was famously "bright." As well as having a slightly different, less symmetrical and more contoured body shape (known in Fender advertising as the "Offset Waist Contour" body), the Jazz Bass neck is noticeably narrower at the nut than that of the Fender Precision Bass. While the Precision Bass was originally styled similarly to the Telecaster guitar (and, after 1957, the Stratocaster), the Jazz Bass' styling was inspired more by the Jazzmaster guitar, with which the Jazz shared its offset body and sculpted edges that differentiate it from other slab-style guitar bodies. For other uses, see Patent (disambiguation). ... The Fender Jazzmaster is an electric guitar that was first introduced at the 1958 NAMM show and was designed as a more upmarket instrument than the Fender Stratocaster, which was originally to replace the current Telecaster model. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... Rickenbacker 330JG Rickenbacker International Corporation, also known as Rickenbacker (pronounced ) [1]), is an electric guitar manufacturer, notable for having invented the first electric guitar during the 1930s. ... The Fender Precision Bass, known as P-bass for short, is the first model of the electric bass designed by Clarence Leonidas Fender and brought to market in 1951. ... The Fender Telecaster, also known as a Tele, is typically a dual-pickup, solid-body electric guitar made by Fender. ... Stratocaster redirects here. ... The Fender Jazzmaster is an electric guitar that was first introduced at the 1958 NAMM show and was designed as a more upmarket instrument than the Fender Stratocaster, which was originally to replace the current Telecaster model. ...

The original intention was to encourage upright-bass players to switch to electric bass guitar. The original Jazz Bass had two stacked knob pots with volume and tone control for each pickup. Original instruments with this stacked configuration are highly valued in today's vintage guitar market. Around 1961 it received three control knobs: two controlling the volume of each pickup and one the overall tone. Despite this new feature, many stack knob models were made until about 1962. A number of cosmetic changes were made to the instrument since CBS purchased Fender in 1965. During 1965/66 the Jazz Bass received bound rosewood fingerboards with pearloid dot position inlays (which replaced the older "clay"-style of the early '60s) and oval-shaped tuning machines. Block-shaped fingerboard inlays and an optional maple fingerboard were introduced after 1966/67. Fender switched to the 3-bolt neck fixing in the mid-'70s before reverting to the normal 4-bolt neck fixing and dot-shaped fretboard markers in 1983. A fourth push button control is available on American-made Jazz Basses produced between mid-2003 until 2008. Known as the "S-1 Switch", this feature allows the pickups to operate in standard, parallel wiring, or alternatively in series wiring when the switch is depressed. While in series, both pickups function as a single unit with one volume control, giving the Jazz Bass a sound more similar to the Precision Bass. The two pickups are built to be opposite from each other in both magnetic polarity and electrical phase, so that when heard together, hum is cancelled -- the humbucking effect. The Highway One Jazz Bass is a moderately priced American-made bass introduced in 2003, featuring a BadAss II bridge with grooved saddles, Posiflex graphite neck support rods, '70s styling and a Greasebucket tone circuit since 2006. Electrical circuit components can be connected together in one of two ways: series or parallel. ... Electrical circuit components can be connected together in one of two ways: series or parallel. ... Humbucking literally means bucking the hum, or reducing the 60Hz electric hum noise produced by early electric guitar pick-ups. ...

In 2008, the American Series models were replaced by a new American Standard line which is totally different than the first-generation American Standard Series basses introduced in 1994. The differences between the 1994 and the 2008 versions are a rolled edge neck with highly detailed nut and fret work, as well as a rounded body shape with a vintage body radius. The S-1 switching system has been discontinued in favor of new features such as a new high-mass vintage bridge, Hipshot lightweight vintage-style tuning machines, new neck finishes and a micarta nut.

Although the original Jazz Bass is made by Fender, 'boutique' bass manufacturers also make bass guitars with many of the same features and some of the design sensibilities of the Fender Jazz Bass.

Design Features

A typical Fender Jazz Bass headstock.

Some "Deluxe" Jazz Bass models feature an active pre-amp (usually with two bands of equalization) in place of a single passive tone control. these basses have three separate equalizer controls: bass and treble responses are controlled by the base and top of a stacked double pot, while midrange is controlled by a second knob. They came with 20, 21 or 22 frets and an 18-volt power supply on some models. The current range features Samarium Cobalt Noiseless pickups, designed by pickup designer Bill Lawrence, although earlier models carried special-design Jazz Bass single-coils with a single pole-piece per string (1995-1999) and Vintage Noiseless pickups (2000-2003). Fretless and 5-string versions are also available. Additionally, the fingerboard on these Deluxe Jazz Basses is inlaid with abalone dot markers since Fender launched the American Deluxe Series in 1998. Other refinements included a strings-through-body/top-load bridge, graphite reinforcement bars, rolled fingerboard edges, highly detailed nut and fret work. Five-string versions are presented with a 4+1 tuner arrangement and two Hipshot string trees since 2002. From 1995 to 2001 the tuners were arranged in a straight line on one side. That same year a new asymmetrical 5-bolt neck plate and a smooth contoured heel that allows much easier access to the upper registers were also unveiled, replacing the previous 4-bolt neck fixing found on American Deluxe basses manufactured during the late '90s. Bound fingerboards with pearloid block inlays were added with the introduction of the American Deluxe Jazz Bass FMT & QMT in late 2001, featuring flamed or quilted maple tops and gold-plated hardware. Fender discontinued the FMT and QMT Jazz Bass models in 2007. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 3. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 3. ... Typical headstock of an electric guitar This article is about part of a stringed instrument. ...

The Jazz Bass has a bright sound, with more high end than the Precision Bass. This makes it ideal for slap playing as well as finger-style players. This bright sound is due to the fact that there are two pickups at different points in the string's length. The bridge pickup gives a tone with more treble, while the neck pickup will yield a rounder sound. The ability to blend the volume of both pickups allows for a wider variety of tones than the Precision Bass can produce. Pickups are RWRP (reverse wound, reverse polarity) from one another, so all hum will be canceled when both pickups are at full volume.

Vintage examples from the 1960s and 1970s are highly desirable.^{[citation needed]} The new models remain a popular choice today of rock, jazz, and fusion musicians.

Notable Jazz Bass players

• Jaco Pastorius
• John Entwistle
• Dirk Lance
• Les Claypool
• Adam Clayton
• L S Coker
• Tim Commerford
• Carlos Dengler
• Flea
• Larry Graham
• John Paul Jones
• Juan Alderete
• Greg Lake
• Mark Hoppus
• Christopher Wolstenholme
• Geddy Lee
• Marcus Miller
• Berry Oakley
• Liam Wilson
• Noel Redding
• Verdine White
• Duff McKagan
• Ron Blair
• Klaus Flouride
• Darryl Jones
• Jon Walker
• Dave Pegg
• Greg Jehanian
• Tim Wright
• Nate Mendel
• Rick Danko
• Frank Bello
• D'arcy Wretzky
• Otep Arcilla
• Jeremy Dawson
• Herbie Flowers
• Dan Andriano
• Joe Osborn
• Jimmy Sandberg

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24-Fret Jazz Bass

Geddy Lee of Rush playing his signature Fender Jazz bass

In July 2005, Fender introduced its first 24-fret instrument, the Fender Jazz Bass 24. The Jazz Bass 24 featured a 34”-scale length, modern “C” shaped maple neck with rosewood fingerboard and 24 medium-jumbo frets. It is currently featured in the Fender pricelist as part of the Deluxe Series line. A 5-string version of the instrument has been introduced in 2007. Geddy Lee OC is a Canadian musician best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush. ... Rush is a Canadian rock band originally formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario; presently comprised of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. ... Fender redirects here. ...

Fender Jaguar Bass

In 2005, Fender introduced the Fender Jaguar Bass. This is more or less a variation on the traditional J-Bass design - the difference being that it has additional switches to turn the active J pickups on and off and it has a switch to turn it from an active to a passive bass. The Fender Jaguar Bass is more or less a combination of the Fender Jazz Bass electric bass guitar and the Fender Jaguar electric guitar. ...

The Jaguar bass retains the slim Jazz neck, bi-pole pickups, Jazzmaster/Jaguar body design and the trademark Jazz growl. 1962 Fender Jazzmaster Sunburst The Fender Jazzmaster electric guitar was introduced in 1958 and was designed as a more upmarket instrument than the Fender Stratocaster, which itself was introduced in 1954 as a higher-priced product than the companys Telecaster series. ...

See also

• Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
• Fender Precision Bass

Fender redirects here. ... The Fender Precision Bass, known as P-bass for short, is the first model of the electric bass designed by Clarence Leonidas Fender and brought to market in 1951. ...

References

• Bacon, Tony (2000). 50 Years of Fender: Half a Century of the Greatest Electric guitars. London: Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-621-1. 

External links

• Fender Jazz Bass Products Page
  • Fender Jazz Bass 24