The Fender Bass Guitar

The Fender Acoustic Bass Guitar is just what it sounds like — basically a large acoustic guitar with four bass strings on it. Its closest relative in the musical instrument family is the (more…)

You’ve heard of the legendary Fender Telecaster — but did you know there was a Fender Telecaster electric bass? It first came out in late 1967. It basically had the same design as (more…)

On a typical electric bass, the frets divide the fingerboard by semitones, the same as with a guitar. The first Fender bass guitar had 20 frets, but electric basses today can have 24 frets or even more. There’s a distinct sound to a fretless bass (more…)