History of the Fender Precision Bass | CME Gear Demo | Marc Najjar
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- Our resident bass aficionado Marc takes on a phenomenal tour of the creation and evolution of the venerable Fender "P Bass." From the instrument's notable transition years to the latest and greatest standout models, no bass has stood the test of time or affected the trajectory of music-from rock 'n' roll to r&b and more-like this one. Take a listen to some of our favorite models and the songs that inspired us.
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The double bass, as a very large instrument, is often regarded as physically cumbersome and difficult to transport compared with smaller instruments. It was also becoming hard to hear in large bands or those that used amplified instruments, and it requires specialised skills to play that are distinct from those required to play the guitar.
The Precision Bass was designed to overcome these problems. The name "Precision" came from the use of frets to play in tune more easily than upon the fretless fingerboard of the double bass. The electric bass, however, lacks the distinctive acoustic qualities of the double bass, offering a more solid, harder-edged sound with more sustain. The bass guitar became more dominant and transformed the beat and rhythm of pop music from jump blues and swing to rhythm and blues, rock, soul and funk.
Acceptance of the electric bass was initially slow, as upright bassists looked at this new instrument with similar contempt, as guitar players did with its solid-body sibling, the Telecaster. It was vibraphonist/drummer Lionel Hampton's band that was among the first to incorporate the new instrument, with subsequent help by the endorsement of Elvis Presley's bass-player Bill Black, who was beginning to use a Precision Bass during the filming of Jailhouse Rock. It was reputed that Black became so frustrated over his initial inability to get used to playing it, he angrily threw it on the floor. Fender also delivered an early Precision to Los Angeles session bassist and arranger Shifty Henry. Monk Montgomery became the second jazz player to popularize the "Fender Bass"; first, while playing with Lionel Hampton; and then with his brother, guitarist Wes Montgomery. By the end of the 1950's the "P-Bass" was finally gaining acceptance with both rock 'n roll and country bassists, as well as guitarists who would double on the instrument; most notable, was Carol Kaye, a jazz guitarist, who as a bassist, became best-known for her work as part of the consortium of L.A. session musicians, known as The Wrecking Crew.
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Riffs:
"New Year's Day" by U2/Adam Clayton (0:00)
"Message in a Bottle" by the Police/Sting (3:32)
"Green Onions" by Booker T. and the MGs/Donald "Duck" Dunn (5:50)
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell/James Jamerson (6:53)
"London Calling" by the Clash/Paul Simonen (8:28)
"I Can't Help Myself" by the Four Tops/James Jamerson (9:09)
"It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" by GC Cameron/Boyz II Men (10:29)
Gear Used:
Fender 1953 Precision Bass
Fender 1957 Precision Bass
Fender 1958 Precision Bass
Fender 1960 Precision Bass
Fender 1976 Precision Bass
Fender 1983 Precision Bass (’62 Reissue)
Fender American Standard Precision Bass
Fender American Professional Series Precision Bass
Ampeg B-15N Fliptop 1969 w/ Changed Transformer
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The 1958 P-Bass with the gold anodized pickguard might be my all-time favorite. So gorgeous.
The Precision is the best bass ever devised. Hell, and It doesn't even need batteries to sound good!!
hughes2397 no the jazz bass is the best. Popping and slapping is better than a mellow tone. But for country the p bass is best
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I want every one of these basses. Fantastic video as always, guys!
I love your videos
Thanks! I appreciate that!
Patrick Hunter dude, thanks! love your videos.
thanks man!
Love ya and your ripper dude
Great video!
Would love to see Jazz Bass history tour.
If possible - add more information: the active and passive pickups, nut and wood history. I know it's not easy to produce such complex video, but it could be a great literacy company.
All the demos are so stylistically spot on! Bravo, y’all!
Used to have a ‘54, ‘62 and now I have a few 60’s and 70’s P-Basses. My favorite is the ‘62 through the Ampeg B18. Favorite bassist, yes, James Jamerson!
I am so happy I bought my Fender American Performer Precision Bass with both the P and J pickups last year. I also bought it’s sister...my Fender American Performer Stratocaster HSS. Both in Tri-Colour Sunburst. The bass plays through an early 2000s Fender Bassman 200 and the guitar plays through a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe V2.
Hell, I'm a drummer and I found this fascinating. Great work by all involved!
me too
Drummers & Bassist are badass teammates.
I play both , I can approve this 100%
I have an epiphone p-bass from the 90s and i absolutely love it. The tone crushes many much more expensive basses. That thumpy attack.
You failed to mention that the split P pickup is in series, so it retains a lot of the single coil high end on the strings but really enhances the low end. Brilliant!
I've watched your videos for some time now and I would like to compliment you. Your playing continues to get better and better. The subtle things (the important things), your timing, your attack, tone etc. Way to go! Enjoyable video. Thanks!
awesome vid so informative the p-bass is so classic
Thank you for making a top history of the p bass video. And nice chops on the basses. That send off 👍
My compliments Marc, your bass playing is improving very nicely! It's a pleasure to listen to you play these basses.
This has been my most played video since it's come out. Absolutely amazing!
Thank you for this Fender P Bass history!
I went to Chicago Music Exchange on Clark Street in Chicago, it was a small store . I loved the vintage Fender Precious Bass they had but couldn't afford them at the time, I was a teenager than in the late 80's . Leo Fender RIP , Thank You for the great innovation of basses you brought to the world. You change the world and made a extreme impact on it.
Although if you want true to Jamerson tone, when you're playing that '62 reissue from the 80s, you need to rest your hand on the pickup cover and play between the pickup and the heel of the neck. That was primarily Jamerson's neighborhood. And a wad of foam under the bridge cover.
And DEAD flat wounds for extra sludge!
And use just your index finger. Makes a surprising difference!
I love how Adam gets to have his bass-work be featured in the very beginning of this video. Such an underrated bassist.
All great bass guitars! Thanks Leo! Thanks Marc! Thanks Chicago music exchange! Goodnight John Boy! Goodnight grandpa!
This video is sick! thank you guys for taking the time!
The strings on that 1st-gen look like they haven’t been changed since about 1953 either 😜
Awesome vid though 👍🏻
Love these "history of..." videos you guys do. Great stuff! And so many tasty guitars
Props for using the one-finger method when playing the Jamerson lines. Well done.
Thanks, This is great....As a bass player myself, it took me years to find out what you showed in this 11 min. video.
I'll take the 1957, the 1958, and the 1976 please ?
I’ll take all of ‘em. lel
Gave me chills when you played the American standard. Beautiful
Excellent video! I learned so much about the great P-bass.
I've got a great early Ibanez p-bass. It's a copy of the blond Telecaster version that Fender put out around 1970. It's got a real thin neck and sounds so good. It's such a surprisingly versatile instrument for how simple it is.
I fell in love with the first riff
This was absolutely beautiful. Fantastic overview without any boring blah-blah... straight to the point and most importantly with a terrific sound. If I had to choose only one of the very tastefully chosen and played examples we heard, I think I would go for that sweet round warm tone of 9:09, which goes to show how simplicity can meet versatility in probably the most famous example regarding bass guitar.
Great video guys, thanks to everyone at CME who put this together. +1 to previous comments, would love to see more "History of..." videos!
Excellent video for the best bass made! Marc is the man....Thanks
I have watched this so many times love you’re work bro
I saw the one finger Jamerson! Nice
Wow, beautiful and nicely done sir. Whew, it gave me goosebumps.
I have an American standard pbass. Everytime i play it, puts a smile on my face. I've had many basses and sold many. This pbass is the only one that has stayed put.
Belo vídeo.um pouco dos bass da fender precision que adoro.
Can we get more "History of XX"
Yeah, I would love to know the history of the Roman numeral for 20.
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Great job Marc!
Marc is the coolest and dreamiest. Love this video! Great tribute to the P Bass!
Sarah Neczwid
Nah, you are
The black '76 is the one for me!
that was awesome ! great job man - entertaining and informative - the two most desirable elements --
Fantastic video! I learnt so much about the history of this noble instrument. I've had a P bass bought new in 1982 and I would never part with it.
Thank you.
Hi Marc. Tino here. I very much enjoyed this little bit you did here. It's very important that younger, uninformed musicians learn about earlier Fender basses. Everything you covered here, I have known for many, many years- and you were RIGHT ON with all of your info. If we ever met in person, we'd be like two old ladies just talking and talking about Fender basses! I have many of the ones you brought to the demo and they all sound incredible! Let's keep in touch. Thank you Marc.
That sound in the beginning of the video is the reason I started playing bass it sounds sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo gooooooooooooooooooooood
soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo stupidddddddddddddddddddddd
oliver harmon lame. What are you? 11?
what's the name of the song?
Enjoyed the video a lot, I wanna stop by the shop when I come to Chicago.
Much love from Europe.
Do the Jazz Bass
Etan "Wow Ethan, great moves, keep it up, proud of you"
Javier Metivier Papa Bless
Etan papa bless
Etan 💯👌🙏🍕
Hell yeah
Awesome video, thanks for making this!
Well Done as usual Mark. Lots of great investment quality Basses as well.
Man Mark is the man, such a cool dude to talk to in the Bass-ment of the store. he gotchu on whatever you need!
Great video! Learned alot!!!
Awesome video! Thanks.
hahahah the blink at 6:58, Great video!
Awesome video! I have the 2013 American standard p bass in the same guise, and it rocks.
60's p just sounds sooo damn good i cant get enough of it
Yesss U2's "New Year's Day" has one of the best basslines ever
Awesome video man! I agree with etan, do the jazz bass!!
This video rocks!
Thanks for making this great informative video.
KRAZEEIZATION you’re welcome!
Really great video!!!
Very good and informative video - I especially liked the Jamerson stuff being played using the index finger only. But two thing aspects of the P Bass history weren't mentioned which I personally regard as important.
#1: The first P basses had a string thru body bridge which results in a higher pressure on the bridge saddles. Telecaster players would speak of 'more twang' - especially after the bridge saddles were changed to be made of metal. Later the P Bass was changed to the top-loaded bridge with individual saddles for each string (also used on the Jazz Bass). I have seen 80's P Basses which were prepared for both ways to string the bass up which I thing is a cool feature.
#2: The wood the bodies were made off. Rule of thumb: Ash was used in the beginning, later alder was used for the basses with color laquer and 3tone sunburst.
10:09: "it's time to say goodbye to this and move on to the next thing, in true Fender fashion"
Is that ironic? Guitar companies keep looking back, and very rarely forward. Just look at the '83 model here: they were already making '62 reissues barely 20 years afterwards!
IMO the American Pro line is more of an outlier: Fender will keep releasing reissues of reissues of reissues of '50s and '60s Precision basses until we're all dead and buried...
I mean now we got the American Ultras that have new controls, neck cuts, and contoured neck options. They’ve improved a lot in 3 and a half years
Good
Very nice. Thank you.
great video~ and your bass tone is perfect~!! I love precision~
Precision Bass and an Ampeg is the best combo ever. Ampeg amps bring out the best of a P Bass.
my brother Dennis bought the first bass and amp sold in Belleville On Canada in 1960, it was a Alamo and he got it at Charly Kamber,s music store on Front street .His grandson still has it.
great camera work early on with the precision looks!
O melhor baixo pra min precission bass!!!
great video
Thanks, great video!
The tug bar wasn't meant for thumbs though (You wouldn't be able to even play that way). It was meant for your other fingers to tug on while playing the bass with your thumb (ex: Brian Wilson).
Didn’t I just see that 1958 P-Bass on Reverb’s youtube channel? It’s pretty distinctive. Fantastic video, Marc!
Love all 9 of my tele style P-basses all made by fender and all from before 1989. Just built a Warmoth 72 tele style BASS with Norstrand POWER BLADES for pickups. Also got a DUSTY BASS BUILT BY ANDY IRVINES "GHOST BASS" CO. The Dusty is a reversed head stock WARMOTH BULD! BAD ASS
Great player and video!
Nice video guys!!!!
I've played a '57 p-bass before and really loved it, so much that I went and bought a '16 MIM P-Bass and almost felt no difference in feel besides the neck which was thicker and more comfortable to play
I love you guys. flats are where it's at. much bass love your way
It'd be awesome to hear some 80's metal on that 53, everyone these days thinks you gotta have all these crazy scale lengths,and pickup configurations,exotic woods,they over think the simplicity of the bass guitar,Leo Fender nailed it,you can perfect perfection, or might I say you can get more precise than the pbass,it's the Swiss army knife of basses,covers all genres with ease,I even play classical on mine,also if you could do a video like this only on the music Man stingray that'd be really cool
Nicely done. Only wish I'd kept the Fender P-Bass and J-Bass I used in the 70s. Folks, hang on to your guitars!
Great stuff
Nice concise history here. I have and play a few P Basses. One thing I have always wondered is why on the early models they put the thumb rest below the pickups and not above.When I play a newer model my thumb rests on the top part of the pickguard.BTW Chicago Music Exchange is a great place to buy your guitars. I sometimes dabble with lead and bought my Epiphone Les Paul Standard from them.Top notch customer service!
Great video!! Waiting for the History of the Fender Jazz Bass video!!! Please!
Great presentation
Thanks for the nice video!
New Years Day!
Aidan McCracken thank you! Thought I recognized it
So good man I got heaps out of this thanks
It's gotta be gen 1 and gen 4 for me for sound, but that '58 is absolutely beautiful!
So refreshing to hear someone speak English without resorting to all the inane cool speak bollocks that musicians often use. Much appreciated, thank you.
Leo Fender liked chrome on cars and used chrome on guitars. The chrome bridge cover had a piece of foam in the inside to make it sound like an upright bass. The finger rest was used so you could pluck with your thumb for that upright bass sound. James Jamerson, Carol Kaye, Peter Cetera, and more recorded with the bridge cover on. Just some more history
I miss the Elite II series, 2 lace sensor split coils, active electronics for first time in Fender (I guess), courtesy of Paul Gagon (now in G&L guitars), high mass bridge, micro tilt in the neckplate and micro tuners on the bridge too... that´s a breakthrough in the Precision philosophy
Very good explanation
Nice history lesson.
Hell yes, Pbass goodness!
Excellent Video Folks!
When the American Standard Precision Bass had a $200 price drop I jumped on it! I am now the proud owner of a 2016 black with white pick guard, maple fret board American Standard Precision Bass. I will cherish it and may even be buried with it.
I play two P's. An American Vintage 57 and Custom Shop 55 Time Machine. Both strung with Flats. As great as the 57's split coil muscle is for hot blues, r'n'b and rock. I absolutely love the single coil in the 55. Especially on early 50's style rock n' roll, blues and even jazzier stuff. More punch than a J, but smoother than a split coil P. Finds it's way into any arrangement just right. Hum is where the soul lives.
Danny Stitches
That single coil cuts the mix, right? I have a 60 yo 57 and Have a Duncan quarter pounder in it. As good as the Fender pup sounds, the SD is way better. Tone knob makes sense and who needs active? Stock P or J pups don't compete.
Rosewood board with clay dots is so cool. Sitting here with my 68 tele bass on my lap.
The ending scared me. I thought Fender might be discontinuing the P-bass.
Me too. I almost shat myself.
So you weren't paying much attention, LOL
They never will lol. Too Iconic a tone.
If they ever did, that'd be Fender's biggest mistake!
LOL - yeah, they want to move away from making money.
Nice. I'll take one of those beauty's
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Very informative.