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Fenders Early Bass Designs. 1951 -  Fender Precision Bass - Telecaster inspired design, slab construction. 20 fret, bolt on one piece maple neck and fret board with black fret markers. Single layer white or black plastic "tele-bass" pick guard. old school split coil pickup 1 volume 1 tone knob. The "skunk" stripe, was a piece of dark wood (usually walnut or rosewood) fitted into the back of the neck where they routed out for the truss rod assembly. They eventually stopped doing this when they started using a 2 piece necks, but they brought it back for the   vintage look of the reissue models. 1953 -  Fender Precision Bass - First upgrade was made in 1953 when the Pbass got contoured edges                           making it more comfortable to hold and play. 1957 -  Fender Precision Bass - Rethought and reinvigorated the Pbass was redesigned to look more like the stratoca...

 Leo Fender The Man Behind The Music We All Know And Love. The electric bass guitar has been rumbling the hearts of people on this earth for nearly 80 years.  It wasn't until 1950 that Leo Fender put his mind into creating one of the most Iconic foot notes in Electric Bass Guitar technology to this day, The Fender Precision Bass.  The original prototype was a four string bass designed after the 6 string telecaster electric guitar (which was very popular at that time) in 1950 and marketed in 1951. It went through many adjustments and design updates over time and in 1957 it was redesigned to look more like the ever classic Fender Stratocaster electric guitar and to this day is the most popular design for the bass.  Leo Fender along with designing mostly all of Fender's classic products was also responsible for designing basses for Musicman and many a custom axe for 'G&L (George and Leo) Musical Products'.  After contracting a stre...