Bass Blueprints

Download or read book The Fender Bass written by Klaus Blasquiz and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1991-04-01 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). The Fender Bass, created 40 years ago by the inventive genius of Leo Fender, still remains today as the definitive electric bass. Before Fender, there was simply no electric bass at all! Leo's design was so revolutionary that it rapidly became a 'classic, ' an essential element which was responsible for defining the image of modern music. Every new bass is inspired (more or less) from his basic design. The Fender Bass tells the detailed story of the electric bass through the different models and their improvements, from their origins to the present form. Includes hundreds of black & white and color photos of the basses and their most famous players.