The Bass "Highlights" Timeline
Original Source: Leo's Bass Page:
1490 : 6 & 7 string Bass Viola da Gamba from Silvestro Ganassi - Venice, Italy
Late 1500's : First Double Bass from Gasparo d'Salo - 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 (article here)
1935 : Audiovox Electric Bass Fiddle (article here)
1936 : Rickenbacker Bedpost-Bass (something like a Electric Upright Bass)
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 Electric Bass from Leo Fender
1952 : Kay Electric Bass
1953 : Gibson EB-1 "Violin-Bass", a short scale Bass (Gibson's answer to the Precision)
1953 : Hohner Fretless - Only 36 made it out before a fire destroyed the shop!
1956 : Hofner's 500/1 Bass (Beatles Bass)
1957 : New Design for the Fender Precision
1957 : Rickenbacker 4000 (THE Rickenbacker)
1958 : EB-2 (Semi-Acoustic Bass)
1959 : First 6 string Bass UB1 from Danelectro (Tuning: E A D G B E)
1959 : Gibson EB-0 (First Les Paul Junior Styling, later SG like styling)
1960 : Fender Jazz Bass
1960 : Gibson EB-6 6 string Bass (Tuning: E A D G B E)
1960 : Danelectro's Longhorn Bass
1962 : Fender VI (Tuning: E A D G B E)
1962 : First active Bass BURNS TR2 built by English Guitar maker Jim Burns of London
1963 : Gibson Thunderbird
1964 : Fender V
1965 : First fretless Bass Aubi from Ampeg
1965 : Leo Fender sells his company to CBS
1968 : Hagstroem 8 String Bass
1969 : Dan Armstrong's See-thru clear acrylic bass from Ampeg
1970 : Alembic founded
1975 : Carl Thompson builds Piccolo Bass for Stanley Clarke
1976 : Music Man StingRay designed by Leo Fender
1976 : Rocket Science meets Bass Guitars. Aerospace Engineer/Bass Player Geoff Gould of Modulus is inspired to develop the industry's first Carbon Fiber necks. Read more here.
1977 : Rick Turner of Alembic, and Geoff Gould (above) present the first limited production (graphite neck) instruments at the National Association of Music Merchants convention.
1978 : Hamer builds the first 12 string bass for Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick
1978 : Carl Thompson builds the first 6 string fretless, later owned by Les Claypool
1980 : Michael Tobias builds half-fretted bass (fretted to the 5th, then fretless) for Bob Greenlee
1981 : Steinberger Bass and Status graphite bass were shown on Frankfurt Music Show
1981 : Ken Smith builds the AJ6 - Anthony Jackson's 6 string (B E A D G C)
1983 : Ibanez MC 924 "half and half" (fretted to the 12th fret then fretless)
1981?: Leo Fender starts G&L Guitars
1987 : Guild Ashbory with 22" scale and Silicon strings
1987 : Michael Tobias builds his first* custom 7 string bass for Garry Goodman
1989 : Double neck Basses from Le Fay (Dutch site) and Jerry Jones
1993? : Christopher Willcox, head ofLightWave Systems, begins optical pickup development.
1997? : Conklin builds first double neck 7 string bass
2003 : Noguera YC Sub Bass - Designed and tuned one octave lower than normal (E - 20.6Hz)
2004 : "Sub-Contra" Bass by Adler Guitar's artist, Jauqo III-X (Tuned C#,F#,B, E - low to high)
2004 : 11 String bass by Michael Adler. Uses the C#00 (17hz) string. First played and currently owned by Garry Goodman.
1490 : 6 & 7 string Bass Viola da Gamba from Silvestro Ganassi - Venice, Italy
Late 1500's : First Double Bass from Gasparo d'Salo - 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 (article here)
1935 : Audiovox Electric Bass Fiddle (article here)
1936 : Rickenbacker Bedpost-Bass (something like a Electric Upright Bass)
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 Electric Bass from Leo Fender
1952 : Kay Electric Bass
1953 : Gibson EB-1 "Violin-Bass", a short scale Bass (Gibson's answer to the Precision)
1953 : Hohner Fretless - Only 36 made it out before a fire destroyed the shop!
1956 : Hofner's 500/1 Bass (Beatles Bass)
1957 : New Design for the Fender Precision
1957 : Rickenbacker 4000 (THE Rickenbacker)
1958 : EB-2 (Semi-Acoustic Bass)
1959 : First 6 string Bass UB1 from Danelectro (Tuning: E A D G B E)
1959 : Gibson EB-0 (First Les Paul Junior Styling, later SG like styling)
1960 : Fender Jazz Bass
1960 : Gibson EB-6 6 string Bass (Tuning: E A D G B E)
1960 : Danelectro's Longhorn Bass
1962 : Fender VI (Tuning: E A D G B E)
1962 : First active Bass BURNS TR2 built by English Guitar maker Jim Burns of London
1963 : Gibson Thunderbird
1964 : Fender V
1965 : First fretless Bass Aubi from Ampeg
1965 : Leo Fender sells his company to CBS
1968 : Hagstroem 8 String Bass
1969 : Dan Armstrong's See-thru clear acrylic bass from Ampeg
1970 : Alembic founded
1975 : Carl Thompson builds Piccolo Bass for Stanley Clarke
1976 : Music Man StingRay designed by Leo Fender
1976 : Rocket Science meets Bass Guitars. Aerospace Engineer/Bass Player Geoff Gould of Modulus is inspired to develop the industry's first Carbon Fiber necks. Read more here.
1977 : Rick Turner of Alembic, and Geoff Gould (above) present the first limited production (graphite neck) instruments at the National Association of Music Merchants convention.
1978 : Hamer builds the first 12 string bass for Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick
1978 : Carl Thompson builds the first 6 string fretless, later owned by Les Claypool
1980 : Michael Tobias builds half-fretted bass (fretted to the 5th, then fretless) for Bob Greenlee
1981 : Steinberger Bass and Status graphite bass were shown on Frankfurt Music Show
1981 : Ken Smith builds the AJ6 - Anthony Jackson's 6 string (B E A D G C)
1983 : Ibanez MC 924 "half and half" (fretted to the 12th fret then fretless)
1981?: Leo Fender starts G&L Guitars
1987 : Guild Ashbory with 22" scale and Silicon strings
1987 : Michael Tobias builds his first* custom 7 string bass for Garry Goodman
1989 : Double neck Basses from Le Fay (Dutch site) and Jerry Jones
1993? : Christopher Willcox, head ofLightWave Systems, begins optical pickup development.
1997? : Conklin builds first double neck 7 string bass
2003 : Noguera YC Sub Bass - Designed and tuned one octave lower than normal (E - 20.6Hz)
2004 : "Sub-Contra" Bass by Adler Guitar's artist, Jauqo III-X (Tuned C#,F#,B, E - low to high)
2004 : 11 String bass by Michael Adler. Uses the C#00 (17hz) string. First played and currently owned by Garry Goodman.
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