P Bass

Longtime Rolling Stones bassist Darryl Jones discusses the ubiquitous Precision Bass and how it has changed music in honor of … Continued

Marvin Gaye’s masterpiece album of this year (1971), What’s Going On, is the first Tamla/Motown album to credit each musician … Continued

When the scheduled bassist fails to show up for a recording session at Capitol Records in Hollywood, a Los Angeles … Continued

Chief Motown “Funk Brothers” house bassist James Jamerson laid down nearly all of his pioneering, propulsive and hugely influential electric … Continued

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

In early 1952, a famous jazz bandleader was given a Precision Bass by Fender, and quickly became one of the … Continued