Der bass-relevante Teil der Geschichte

Zusammengestellt von Helmar Gebert

• 16th Century : Bass Viola da Gamba from Silvestro Ganassi from Venice, Italy
• 1910 : Gibson builds for 20 years the Mando Bass (Acoustic Bass without amplification, 24" scale, 17 frets)
• 1926 : First "Electric Upright" from Lloyd Loar
• 1933 : Paul Tutmarc builds first amplified Bass guitar
• 1935 : Audiovox Electric Bass Fiddle
• 1936 : Rickenbacker Bedpost-Bass (something like a EUB)
• 1939 : Serenader Bass from Paul Tutmarc
• 1947 : Everett Hull builds a pick up for Double Basses (2 years later he founds AMPEG)
• 1951 : Fender Precision from Leo Fender
• 1952 : Kay Electric Bass
• 1953 : EB-1 "Violin-Bass", a short scale Bass (Gibsons answer to the Precision)
• 1956 : Hofners 500/1 Bass (Beatles-Bass)
• 1957 : New Design for the Precison
• 1957 : Rickenbacker 4000 (THE Rickenbacker)
• 1958 : EB-2 (Semi-Acoustic Bass)
• 1956 : First 6 string Bass UB1 from Danelectro (Tuning: E A D G B E)
• 1959 : EB-0 (First Les Paul Junior Styling, later SG like styling)
• 1960 : Jazz Bass
• 1960 : 6 string Bass EB-6 (Tuning: E A D G B E)
• 1960 : Danelectros Longhorn Bass
• 1962 : Fender VI (Tuning: E A D G B E)
• 1963 : Gibson Thunderbird
• 1963 : First active Bass BURNS TR2
• 1963 : Leo Fender sells his company to CBS
• 1964 : Fender V
• 1965 : First fretless Bass Aubi from Ampeg (!!!)
• 1968 : Hagstroem 8 String Bass
• 1969 : Dan Armstrongs SEE-THRU Bass
• 1970 : Alembic was founded
• 1975 : Carl Thompsons builds Piccolo Bass for Stanley Clarke
• 1976 : Music Man StingRay
• 1977 : Rick Turner builds Graphite neck for Alembic
• 1981 : First 12 string Bass from Modulus
• 1981 : Steinberger Bass was shown on Frankfurt Music Show
• 1983 : Ibanez MC 924 "half and half" (fretted to the 12th fret then fretless)
• 1986 : First 6 string bass with low B and High C tuning from Modulus
• 1987 : Guild Ashbory with 22" scale
• 1989 : Double neck Basses from from Le Fay and Jerry Jones