The design of my bass is basically a replica version of a fender precision bass guitar. Often I dont just play my guitar, but stroke it lol, as the finish is well beautiful and I dont care that its well bright in colour. I love the contrast between the black scratchplate and vivid pink on the body.
If I ever get bored, I pick up this little fellow and give him a twang. :) This is why I have chosen to talk about my guitar. Some more photos are shown below...
I have now gone on to discuss, why the bass was designed as it is, whats cool about this design and how it differs from other designs.
Personally, I chose the P bass shape, due to its ease of play and functionability. The shape of the body sits nicely when playing, to give the bassist the most comfort and pleasure it can whilst playing. This is both when sat down and stood up. Now there are many shapes of bass, but this particular shape became popular with all musicians in the 50's. My bass may be as aesteticly pleasing as some Fender basses, but the quality is not as advanced as one with the fender badge, due to the size of pickups, quality of electrics and general care taken in the production of each guitar. This is why my bass is more budgeted than say a 1960's vintage precision bass.
Alternative models of bass do not interest me. However, Fender do have a similar bass called the Jazz (shown below) which was also extremelly popular with bassists and has even better pickups than a precision.
There is little difference between these two basses, apart from a slight change in shape and the metal cover for the volume and tone switches.
Below is a bass made by gibson. Gibson are primarily a guitar manufacturer, however make some really impressive basses too. Personally, I dont like the shape of the Thunderbird bass for example, however the sound is so much clearer and crisp than that of a Fender, in my opinion. These guitars are big dollar though.
Finally, is an SG shaped body, again first produced by Gibson. This shape is popular with guitar lovers, however I feel that this shape is far to underproportioned for a bass guitar, and doesnt have the beefy apperence of the Fender Basses.
This is why I would easily choose a Fender bass over others. It is simply down to the beauty and care taken in their craftsmenship. The basses have become a perfectly developed trend over time, and are now seen as the "norm" in the music society. Only now as individuality is becoming everso more popular, do we see that people are moving away from these shapes to those like the SG.
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