60th Anniversary P Bass

Bassist Douglas Colvin appears on this year’s eponymous debut album by what many consider the most pioneering, preeminent and influential … Continued

A veteran Los Angeles session bassist plays his 1959 Precision at a session to record the theme for a new … Continued

Bassist Lewie Steinberg leaves Booker T. & the M.G.s after the group’s second album, 1965’s Soul Dressing. He is replaced … Continued

The thin, silver-colored “spaghetti” Fender headstock logo used on the Precision Bass since its 1951 debut is replaced this year … Continued

Revisions to the design of the Precision Bass continued in 1959. Gone was the maple fingerboard and gold anodized aluminum … Continued

An even more elegant finish option than two-color sunburst became available for the Precision Bass in 1958. What was it? … Continued