The true genius behind the modern electric bass - Leo Fender
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2019
- So if I said there was one guy who changed the modern electric bass forever (as in THE most important human in the history of bass guitar)…
And then asked you to guess who it was.
I bet you’d go with guys such as Jaco, James Jamerson, Larry Graham etc…
But honestly, even though they played a huge part in the development of the bass guitar, it’s not any of them.
Think about it.
For the guys to do what they do, they needed someone to actually invent the modern day electric bass.
And it just so happens that the precision bass, the jazz bass and the Musicman Stingray were ALL invented by the same guy!
Oh, and that was along with the first production bass that had active electronics (yep, the Stingray), the Telecaster and the Stratocaster…
Needless to say, the guy I’m talking about was Leo Fender. And when you hear his story you’ll begin to understand the true impact he had on the music industry and how much of a genius he truly was.
As always, see you in the shed…
Scott :)
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Proud owner of G&L guitars and basses here. Long live the Fender name!
At the beginning, Scott almost makes it sound like Leo did nothing of worth as far as bass guitars go after 1957. So glad he did go on to talk about Musicman and G&L. I'll never sell my L-2000. I'm not as good with it as I wish I was, but damn.
The bass community needed this video! Thanks Scott! 🎸
Leo's Precision Bass has been part of my identity since 1967. Love Leo!
Scot, thank for what you are doing. The bass players community around the world thanks you for stepping out and do the research and all to have this short documentaries. The story of our instrument must not be forgotten!
Bought a G&L 1000 in the 80s. I absolutely love it and until a year ago it was my only bass. I mean, I could get a great low tone or high tone, the fret board felt like it was made for me and it is a very durable bass. Last year I bought a 5-string. A G&L 2500. I love this one too, but my 1000 is still my go to.
Leo Fender: a true genius! My favorite Bass will always be the Precision Bass! The shaping, the sound, the feel etc...just straight amazing;)
TheCrusader1099 same here i love the p bass.
For me the P bass ran through an Ampeg amp is the "Default" sound. Everything else is a variation, which is a testament to what the P bass(and the Ampeg) have accomplished.
The P bass is the plug and play of basses. Its so easy to get on one and find a sound that works. I don't own a Fender bass, but I love playing them when I'm in shops.
P bass and Stingray, my all time favourites.
They fit into every style of music, you are able to have a musical career with one instrument.
The P-bass, which was priced at $279.50 in March 1960, adjusted for inflation would cost $2,438.97 today.
funnily enough after looking at fenders and then squiers and always getting the squier ... i now have the folding to get a jazz elite .. similar price to that given inflation etc
naturally squier do a version but my ego demands at least one with fender on the headstock
on a side note thomann now do uprights for under a grand !!! .. last time i looked they were 6 times as expensive
Evil Sean music equipment is built to last, check second hand for great deals!
$2149.00 ACCORDING TO FENDER WEBSITE 08/16/2019
Pbass, Jazz Bass, Stingray.... my favorites bass guitars, all masterpieces
These are the 3 that I own. What more do you need?
@@raybbj At least one G&L. Those L-1000s and 2000s are beasts!
@@robschroeder8297 I'll give you that. I've always wanted an L-2000. My buddy has one and I have always loved it.
@@robschroeder8297 Yeah de L2000 is amazing too! You can get so many different sounds from it
The gibson thunderbird bass looks amazing
Scott, this is just an incredible effort on your part! At 63 and a Fender bass player for some 46 years, I thought I knew everything about Leo Fender, but I learned a great deal from your presentation!!! Truly looking forward to your next video 😁
G&L L1000 bass - best bass I have ever had - beats my Fender P and Jazz hands down - thanks Leo - you da man . . ..
What a great tribute to the man, like I've never seen. This was so missing out there. Thank you for acknowledging this mans unsung genius and contributions to the electric bass, and music in general.
Take care, and have a great day.
I'm sure he could play a single note,
I mean c'mon,
even by accident.
if he could hold the bass whilst it was amplified and fall down some stairs then it would be at least percussive ...take note mr wooten!
Its true, even when he put strings on a bass no matter how hard he tried he couldn't get it to sound a single note.
All humble artists say that. He had to play a single note when he was testing his pickups through the Oscilloscope.
@
Looking at his G&L lab he's got a signal generator so he was likely using a driver coil to test pickups out of the guitar. It's very difficult to take readings by plucking strings, but a driver coil gives you a constant signal at whatever frequency you drive it with. You just measure the amplitude and phase of the response.
you beat me to it, and i'll raise you, i bet he could play all 12 notes, if not then he was a real genius, because if he couldn't, he couldn't test his invention, and if he didn't test and refine it, that means his prototype was perfect and didn't need development, in every aspect, scale, action, bridge, nut height, etc.....
There is a book called. "" How the Fender bass changed the world "" , , , , Ahi nomas , , , Very interesting !
Leo was the man.a true visionary who help change music for ever.his develpment in guitars,basses and amplification is unsurpassed. I have been a huge fan of fender instruments and amplification for over 40 years.played fender almost exclusively. Nothing else compares and in my opion nother yet as ever surpassed Leo's creations in sound or performance. A absolute legend who's name will live on for as long as anyone still plays guitar or bass.
Excellent Mini Documentary of Leo Fender Basses (Precision & Active)! Very Informative!!!
This was one of the best vid-umentaries I’ve seen all year!! What an illustrious legacy to leave the world!!! I bought my first Fender Jazz Bass in 1979 and I’ve been hooked ever since!! I bought another one, the five string American Elite, in 2017!!! Wouldn’t trade it for the world!!! This thing has serious teeth...and claws!!!! Louis Johnson said that Leo Fender invited him to his workshop to help him with a bass, and he walked out with a custom Stingray!! He committed, Leo Fender IS The Music Man!!! Thanks for posting this!!!
Scott...You outdid yourself on this one! Hats off to one of the GREATEST inventors of the 20th Century...Heck, make that ANY Century, Leo Fender!
A few suggestions for people to feature:
Hans-Peter Wilfer (Warwick)
Michael Tobias (Tobias / MTD)
Stuart Spector (Spector)
Rob Green (Status)
Mark Gooday (Trace Elliot / Ashdown)
This is a great vid Scott! I love my 2015 American deluxe jazz bass.The sound and feel of this bass is far above many in my humble opinion. When I let others play it, they are in awe of it. Of course, I want to thank you for all you do. You are brilliant in your own right! I have leaned so much from you.
Again, Thank You
Up to the 1980s, I played barrowed basses. Around the mid 1980s, I brought my first bass with was a G&L 1000 and loved it. I customized the finish with a blue\black metal flack finish. Sadly, in 1990, life caught up with me and I had to sell it and all my equipment. This broke my heart and I didn't play again . Fast forward 27 years later, I picked up the bass again and eventually brought an L2500 5 string and love it. I now have a few different basses but my favorite is still my G&L. I don't think many give it enough credit until they play it.
i also liked the video (all your videos) but have a problem with your mixing. in this one, the background track seemed noticable ie a bit too loud; it didn't obliterate your speaking, but it was intrusive. not a complaint, just a suggestion. and thanks for all you do.
Agreed
I second that. By the way NO MUSIC AT ALL when you are speaking is also an option :-)
Apart from that, excellent documentary, your channel is a true gem, thank you Scott !
@@Phuckinehring Appears your hearing is phucked.
I like the room as Leo left it. That's cool!
@ The issue with the sound is the mental effort required to pay attention to the words through such distinct drum hits etc played at such a forefront volume. Yeah, his voice is clear, but it's arduous to mentally key into it.
We love in Truth, and the honest advice given is a clear action of love according to The Spirit Of Truth. Why be so nasty against honesty and love?
NOI, you are not pro-God, as your channel claims, if you do not have the fruit of gentleness and rather bear the fruit of filthy speaking. You ignore the weightier matters of the Law. Please do not promote yourself as a representative of the Most-High, you carry His name in vain.
I presume your screen name is meant to criticize others, but it is your name and seems to fit you nicely. For you it is normalized to ignore the weightier matters of the Law. I don't see how a Christian can label himself by a concept such as NOI; it is demonic possession to let your body be used to represent an ideology. We are meant to represent Christ.
I started a channel called Reality Matters, but I've repented of that and will no longer use a name not my own. I speak for myself because God recreated me to aquire and mature in the mind of Christ.
Your filthy mouth is one more piece of false christianity, a darkness that we who follow Christ will have to overcome. You are a stumbling block. You enter not in yourself, nor do you allow others to enter in.
Much love to you unnamed person. May Christ save you from Sheol; the grave, the dust of the first Adam.
Excellent video. Thanks Scott!!
I would love to see you do more of this: studying some basslines and breaking them down a bit: why the player did what they did, what makes it such a well constructed bassline (the way it flows? Its simplicity? etc.), and how you can incorporate these techniques into your playing...and stuff like that. THAT would be INCREDIBLE to see more of this appear in SBL and i think so many bass players could learn so much from it!
I would also love to see Joe dart appear on bassists you should know. He's a true modern day legend, not just for his fast licks, but for the way he listens to the rest of the band and his commitment to serving the song - and he does so with such unfathomable groove!! What more could you want? Would love to see more on him and his playing, FOR SURE!
Thanks for all your hard work Scott!
I started out with a fender precision bass (actually my 3rd bass) around 1976 and owned a jazz and fretless percision in the 70s also. Ive owned many instruments over the years and now have a fretless american pro jazz bass that I will probably have the rest of my life. Its probably the most expensive intrument Ive ever had and I love it to death.
As a proud owner of a '63 Fender Jazz it was nice to learn a little more about the man who built them
Just purchased a 83’ G&L L-1000. I get giddy thinking Leo’s hands were once on my bass. Stellar passive instrument with his MFD pickup design. Underrated and under a grand, right now. Mark my words they will sky rocket in $
Heh, when Leo lured Seth Lover from Gibson - we got the famous humbuckers in the telecaster guitars and the telecaster bass V2 in 1972. No Fender bass is quite so thumpy as that hunk o' ash with that shiny ol' mudbucker in it.
...amo a Leo, dejó los mejores bajos al alcance de la gente...
Nobel Award for Leo...as Inventor...he made the world a better place to live and sounds
Started learning the bass in 1977 on a rented POS. Within a couple months saved enough for a new Fender Jazz. Unfortunately traded it for a 77 Rickenbacker. In 82 bought my #1 a G&L L-1000 .. since I’ve added an ‘08 Fender Jazz and Fender JP deluxe and finally my 40th anniversary Music Man 5 string. Obviously Leo influences waived their way through my life. .
A fender jazz bass is what I learned on. My grandpa had it. Kept it stashed away under his bed for years. My cousin dug it out when he was younger. When i was a lil older he taught me to play and passed it on to me.
I always wanted a Fender bass ever since I watched someone playing a solo on one when I was 17. My first bass was a horrible P-bass copy (Hondo). Now I have a Fender Jazz which is a dream to play.
I'd love more documentaries like this! Great stuff! Love the history of technology and instruments! Good stuff, man! Wow, ol Leo Fender! What a legend! 😎🥹👍🏻
Wonderful. G&L is the pinnacle.
An absolute legend. The jazz bass and p bass are timeless creations. The best there is as far as I'm concerned. Great vid!
I have my 1971 Precision Bass that I bought new. It is still my favorite, and I left the bridge and pick-up covers on, or as they are sometimes called, "ashtrays".
Really nice you included that clip of Geddy, he should be respected for his love of his instrument - I've bought his Beautiful Big Book of Bass, I've been a fan of Rush and Geddy since around 1978 (when I was 8, I'm 49 now !!) and @scottbasslessons if you've not seen this book, then shame on you, it' amazing and a wonderful wonderful read
So I was watching the television show, "Legends of Tomorrow", which is about a group of time travelers. In this particular storyline, they were chasing down and repairing anachronisms that were threatening the timeline, and in one episode they traveled to 1954 Mississippi to fix a problem that had caused Elvis to never become a rock & roll singer. But in the background, I spotted an anachronism of my own, one that was probably unintended by the show's crew: in this church in 1954, leaning against the wall on the stage, was a Jazz Bass. As soon as I saw it I thought, "Hey, that shouldn't be there!"
Such a great segment Scott, thank you for sharing this bit of history! Keep up the stellar work!🎧🙏🏻
I started playing bass in 1981 and after my dad buying my first bass from the Sears catalogue 😆, he then bought me some knockoff jazz bass & finally, because I learned to play the theme from the hit TV show, Barney Miller, as promised, he bought me a real bass!! It was a G&L. Man! I felt like Stanley Clark & played like Clark Kent but wow!! The difference in how it sound and equally as important, was how it felt!
I have been playing fender products for 40 years its my number one all time favorite!!! Leo is the Man!!!
37 years for me and I started on a Jazz bass which I still have. I've played and owned other basses, but the Jazz bass is perfect of me. I own 5 Jazz basses and one Precision.
Pretty funny seeing Mr. Fender holding any guitar. Can't play anymore due to arthritis but my Telecaster and Stratocaster and Bullet bass were great friends. Tough guitars. Can take a beating yet always could be counted on. And his amps!!!. 👍😎🎸🎊🎉
I'm sure somebody has already mentioned it, but just in case they haven't, the bass pictured at 13:07 is a G&L L-1000, not a Sting-Ray :)
Leo Fender is a hero. There was no one like him. I was surprised to find Jaco played the Stadhalle in Offenbach. I played there when I was a lad in the 70's!
Great video Scott! Thanks for your amazing work!
Excellent tribute video idea Scott. Nice one. So many classic designs and not a single dud. What a legend.
Maybe one on Gallien-Krueger. On the musician side, how about one on David Hood, the bassist for the "Swampers", the house band at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. As always Scott, Thanks for all that you do for the worldwide bass community!!
Thanks Leo Thanks ¡ without you there were none Presicion ,Jazz, Basses the sound of All things Pop Rock Jazz Metal, And Thanks a lot for The Telecaster and Stratocaster Guitars¡ ❤❤🙏🙏🎸🎸
Solid job on the video! I had no idea that he developed the G&L and Musicman basses, 3 of my favorites! Thanks for producing this video. Well done!
i'm not even a bassist and i still own a fender jazz bass! I just love have it around and i play it sometimes and it makes my day better!
As a very happy owner of an early G&L SB2 I would like to say god bless Leo Fender and may he rest in peace.
I just got a brand new Fender Jazz bass...started out on a Squier Jazz bass back in 1998....love the new Fender. :) Great video!
Jazz, Precision, Stingray, all feel right to my hands.
Dig it, Brother 😁👍🏿 Very Nice...
Thank you.
Leo's first 3 generations of Bass are still the standard, imo. While I understand why he developed the split coil P and then the J bass.I still feel the original single coil Precision is still the best all around electric bass, and greatest bass tone ever invented. The split coil doesn't hum when recording, and it's got that great punch, but sometimes it can be a bit too percussive and not a smooth. The J bass can get the single coil feel, and buck hum a bit when both pups are ran at full volume. However, due to the split between the pick ups and loading it never gets that heavy smooth punch that a single mid position bass gets. I think Leo got it right the first time. Everything after Fender I feel was subpar. I get what he was going for, and to his credit he achieved it. (Clearer signal, more pick up) However, I think with bass especially. When you start chasing the clean at the expense of the warmth. It's a matter of diminishing returns. The single coil P can get the meat of the P bass sound, with a smoothness akin to a J. It's only downfall is the lack of ability to buck hum. However, that's really only an issue in studio situations, and we have gating to take care of that now. In the end, Hum is where the soul lives.
Thank you for a wonderful video! I've owned all Fender versions mentioned other than the Mustang. My all time favorites are the G&L 83' El Toro and 81' L2000 which I own. I use the El Toro and my 2011 Fender American P for 90% of my playing and recording. The other 10% is split up between my 64' Jazz reissue and my Ric 4003. I would love to see you do a vid on Rickenbacker basses. Cheers and thank you Scott!
Thanks for the history lesson! I just inherited the 1966 Fender Mustang bass my dad bought brand new that year ( my birth year ;)
As I’m learning to play it I can literally feel the history it contains, not just on a personal level, but also in the connection to so many who have made great music on one. Cheers to Leo Fender and his legacy.
great video essay ... thanks again Scott!!
So, no one reinvents the wheel.... but Leo came close. Wonderful video
Hi Scott, very interesting essay on the guitars and the legend! One of my bass heroes is Ray Schumann from prog rock band, Gentle Giant. He was a P Bass player, song writer, violinist and guitarist with a fantastic technique. Cheers
ooops, predictive text....Ray Schulman is the correct spelling !!
Awesome video Scott. I will keep inviting you to have a look to some Chilean bass players. Ernesto Holman, Jorge Campos or Cristian Gálvez.... You won't regret. I been living in New Zealand for the last 7 1/2 years without coming back to Chile... It would be cool to see my people shown in the community
For a few years I really start to dig my p bas sbut it's been years my first j bass is with me and I can't detach from j bass..even when I want to!! But they are all so good!!! I won't discuss details, but Leo was justa pure genius and let us a very incredible and great legacy, and some instruments that are for many of us became extensions of our bodies, pro or amatures, it doesn't matter!!! bless!
good job man,. been a Leo fan for so long, this was a fun watch
Love the video - Scott, you not only teach me to play better but you give history lessons too! Thanks
Thank you Scott for this fantastic and informative tribute to the man who started it all.
Great Vid Scott, learned a lot from this! Thanks.
re previous feed back: your speaking rate/speed in this video is perfect- not too slow or too fast.. thank you :)
and thanks for all the excellent content you consistently put out! i keep hoping i'll win a lifetime membership on one of your giveaways...
Yes I am a fan of his work and the work that G&L continues to produce
Luv it, Luv it, Luv it. I love it. Thanks for sharing the story of Mr. Leo Fender and his amazing journey of creating the Fender bass. I grew up on Motown as a kid back in the 70’s. In fact I was inspired to pick the bass by Jermaine Jackson; although I now know it was Jameson and Babbitt on most of those classic Motown recordings. This is first hearing in great detail Mr. Fender’s creative journey with his fender. I’m gonna go get me a fender. Thanks for the great history lesson.
Fantastic vid Scott! Thank you!
Really great video. My first professional bass was the Fender Jazz bass with the chrome bridge cover in the late 70's. I also played a Fender fretless in that same era. I eventually wound up switching over (and to this day still play Ibanez basses) because I like the extra octaves on a 24 fret bass vs 22 frets for playing high fills and accents. That was the only reason I moved away from the Fender basses. If I'm not mistaken Fender eventually came out with a 24 fret version but discontinued it. Maybe there is someone who can answer the question why they got away from the 24 fret neck.
Leo fender absolute genius. Thank you for so many fantastic instruments. I have a few myself.
Great, great video! Really enjoyed all of the history behind the man and his work. You might want to do something on just the Music Man basses - how Leo got the idea for them, why he sold to Ernie Ball and what Ernie Ball did with the line and of course, the Sterling MM offshoot. It might be nice to see you play one as part of the video too, Scott. Thanks again for the excellent job!
Scott you have some of the most exciting bass history videos on the internet >> this is great history for the music world!
What a great and tender documentary!! Congrats!!
Good stuff! Thanks for the video.
BRAVO FOR THIS ONE MAN I TIP MY HAT TO YOU BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT BASSES I,VE HAD OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS ,AND I,VE HAD 43 I ALWAYS RETURNED TO MY 78, FENDER P BASS AND TODAY MY JAZZ LEO FENDER MAN THANK YOU BEYOND WORDS .
So excited for more of these
Scott, I always enjoy your video's. Thanks again.
I want to add my 2 cents about Fender bass guitars. I played upright in school, could not wait to get an electric bass. I was from a very poor family so starting with a cheap bass was a no brainer. It was one of those no name japanese basses and it actualy sounded and played ok for about a year.
Then, I started hanging with nieborhood bass players that had fender P-basses. I did all I could to find a used fender bass and I did. Long story short, It was an extreamly good deal. 1972 Pbass that was modified quite a bit, but it was a fender bass.
As time went on and I managed to have more money, I finaly found a used 1973 pbass all original. I was set. I had that bass from 1984 to 2000. Like an idiot, I traded that in for a fender custom bass and it was a much better player than the 73. Till this day I am chasing that 73 sound and the closest I came is what I have today. A MIM Fender delux PJ.
I put the classic 1965 pickup in p position and a Dimarzio in the Jass spot.
Dam thing plays extremely well and sound freaking great. Bt I still miss that 1973.
I finaly bought a G&L Jass ( Fullerton ) and I am learning how to appreciate what it does.
All in all, Its Fender for me all the time.
Great video......as usual. I love learning the history of different brands of both Bass and Guitars. I'm a beginner at playing.....but slowly getting there. But I had to replace my old Silvertone I was starting on and having limited funds,....heh.....went with an Ibenez GSR200B......and love it! Just keep doing what you are doing, you're great!!!
Thank you for another wonderful video!
Thanks for doing this guys
You did a great job on representing the great Leo
Mind blown ! Amazing video, thank you so much .
Great video! Nice one Scott!
Thanks Scott!! Great video! I love my Jazz, still my #1 bass after 20+ years
Thanks Scott ! for such interesting overviews on different aspects of the instrument we all love.
Very nice research, interesting presentation... perfect, thanks again
Thanks so much for that great piece of history. I own 2 G&L and 2 Fender basses. Love them all.
My band mate has the P bass that was used on the Kingsmen's recording of Louie, Louie. I believe its a '59.
As always: a GREAT video of a legendary GENIUS.
Despite owning newer basses such as the Status Graphite Empathy and the Tobias Growler ... I love my 1978 Jazz Bass. The tone ...
Leo Fender contributed so much to the guitar industry. He just got the proportions of the guitar and bass right.
I’ve always desired a 70’s or 80’s MM Stingray with a maple fingerboard. It’s such a beautiful machine.
Can’t imagine how much a mint ‘51 P Bass will fetch today.
Great video. Love hearing the history.
Incredible!!! Awesome video
Great video guys!
fantastic job as always! i think it would be kind of cool if you just surprised us each month. maybe a bassist, maybe a builder... i can honestly say i enjoyed this just as much as the bassist vids you've put out.
Great Vid Scott!
This was one of your best Scott!
Can't believe it took me a year to watch this video, great video scott!
Awesome video Scott ! I actually learned a lot of cool little facts that I never knew !
great video, very informative!!!!
Love the history, I think you've found a new niche. I suggest a video on Moheny Dey. She's in my top 5 skilled bassist.