THE FIRST BASS GUITAR
Well, the fact is that bass guitar has become one of the most essential parts of almost every style of music. Truth.
Fist, there was an instrument called the viola de gamba (late 15th century) This instrument was large with 6 strings, but the tuning matched the double bass we have today. By the end of the next century, the first double bass was seen in Italy.
Now, lets go to early 1900's.
- the first true bass guitar was made by Gibson in 1910. It was called the Mando bass, and was an acoustic instrument
- the first amplified bass guitar was built in 1933 by Paul Tutmarc. The brand was Audiovox
- 1936, Rickenbacker had invented the bedpost-bass (it resembled an upright bass, but was amplified with electricity)
- 1947, another designer who was working on the bass guitar was Everett Hull, who created a double bass pickup
- 1951, Leo Fender created his Fender Precision Bass. This was named the Precision bass as the frets on the instrument allowed the notes to be played with precision. Well, we all know about this one...
- 1957, the pickup was changed to be a split pickup, and the pickguard and headstock were redesigned
- 1960, Fender designed and created the Jazz bass, with two separate pickups rather than a split pickup like that of the Precision
- the present....well, you know. Don't you?
- the future...huh!
That's about it...Lots of great Bass players did a good job popularizing Bass guitar, so we have a big variety on the market.
Enjoy!
History of Bass Guitar - the first Bass guitar
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can you tell me where you got all your information? i'm doing a research paper on the history of the electric bass guitar and i coul really use some more (detailed) information
i to am doing paper for music on the bass gutair i need some more detailed information . e.g what the strings were made from what the wood was an more
The viola de gamba and double bass are not guitars.
Therefore, in the same way the electric alternative to a violin is an electric violin, the electric alternative to an acoustic guitar is an electric guitar, the electric alternative to a double bass is not a bass guitar, it is an electric bass.
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