Publisher's Synopsis
- Buying a Fender Bass, used and new options, pitfalls, authenticity issues, getting the right guitar for the job.
- Pre-gig checks, tuning, stage-side repairs.
- Routine maintenance and servicing.
- Set-ups and careful 'customizing'.
- Dimensions and weights, buying spare parts, model identification.
- Case studies of key models, such as the original Jazz model, Bass VI, '54 contoured 'slab', '57 Precision, Fretless 'Vintage modified', 'Jaco Pastorious Jazz','51 type 'John Entwhistle' and Squier affordables.
- 'Under the hood' with celebrity users: how the pros set up their basses and related hardware, including Jack Bruce, Jaco Pastorius, Carol Kaye, Duck Dunn, James Jamerson and The Beatles.
