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Basses across the ages…


NicoMcJ

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Let’s say you were making an imaginary (or real) collection to represent the decades of the evolution of the instrument, what would you go for?

 

I think mine would look something like:

50s - Fender Precision

60s - Fender Jazz

70s - Rickenbacker 4003

80s - Charvel or Jackson

90s - Warwick Something

00s - Ibanez SR

10s - Dingwall

20s - ???

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1 hour ago, NicoMcJ said:

Let’s say you were making an imaginary (or real) collection to represent the decades of the evolution of the instrument, what would you go for?

 

I think mine would look something like:

50s - Fender Precision

60s - Fender Jazz

70s - Rickenbacker 4003

80s - Charvel or Jackson

90s - Warwick Something

00s - Ibanez SR

10s - Dingwall

20s - ???

 You might have to modify your own running order - the Rick 4003 dates from 1981, its predecessor the 4001 was first available in 1961, and the original single-pickup 4000 appeared in 1957.

 

The first Ibby SRs appeared in 1987.

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Since I can't really comment on that which went before I started playing and, therefore, can't definitively prove basses actually existed in the olde times, I can only offer my own perspective

 

80's - Aria Pro II

90's - ESP

00's - Ibanez

10's - Alembic

20's - Levinson Blade

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1 hour ago, Bassassin said:

 You might have to modify your own running order - the Rick 4003 dates from 1981, its predecessor the 4001 was first available in 1961, and the original single-pickup 4000 appeared in 1957.

 

The first Ibby SRs appeared in 1987.

Wikipedia is never, ever wrong and it says the 4003 first appeared in 79? Still tenuous I guess, the 4002 is probably the better bet.

 

The SR did indeed debut earlier but it wasn’t until the Nu-Metal thing at the turn of the century that I remember seeing them EVERYWHERE.

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2 hours ago, SteveXFR said:

Gibson Thunderbird for the 60's

 

Ibanez EHB for the 2020's

 

Piece of wire on a radioactive Nissan Juke door for the 2030's or "the fallout years" as that decade will become known.

Good shout on the EHB

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13 minutes ago, Phil Starr said:

Am I the only one thinking that the remarkable thing about the electric bass is that it hasn't evolved? Leo did a good job and Fender style basses are still the dominant species.

 

It's definitely evolved but the original is still there as well. You can still buy a classic P bass or you can buy an active 6 string with triple humbuckers and adjustable bridge spacing.

If Leo Fender got it perfect first time then we wouldn't have the Jazz or Stingray 

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59 minutes ago, Phil Starr said:

Am I the only one thinking that the remarkable thing about the electric bass is that it hasn't evolved? Leo did a good job and Fender style basses are still the dominant species.

there's very little around that doesn't reference the blueprints laid out by Leo Fender or Ned Steinburger 

 

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2 hours ago, SteveXFR said:

 

It's definitely evolved but the original is still there as well. You can still buy a classic P bass or you can buy an active 6 string with triple humbuckers and adjustable bridge spacing.

If Leo Fender got it perfect first time then we wouldn't have the Jazz or Stingray 

 

Or the second version of the P-Bass with the split humbucker for that matter.

 

Or anything from G&L...

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