Models
22 models
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Music Man StingRay Bass
Solid-body electric bass model family
Electric bass · United States
Introduced in 1976 by Leo Fender's post-Fender company, the StingRay was among the first production basses with active electronics. Its large humbucking pickup and powerful onboard equalizer produce a punchy, scooped tone that became a standard for funk, rock, and slap playing.
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Hofner 500/1
Violin-style hollow-body electric bass family
Electric bass
The famous "violin bass," a hollow, violin-shaped electric bass made by the German maker Hofner. Lightweight and short-scaled with a warm, thumpy tone, it is inseparable from Paul McCartney, who has played one throughout his career.
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Atelier Z M#245
Jazz-style electric bass model
Electric bass · Japan
The M#245 is Atelier Z's flagship active Jazz-style 4-string bass, built on the company's Original J Body with a 34 in scale, two-piece ash body, maple neck and fingerboard, and a Bartolini XTCT preamp with Spectrum Boost.
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Fender Jazz Bass
Fender model of bass guitar
Electric bass
Launched in 1960 as a more refined companion to the Precision Bass, the Jazz Bass uses a slim, offset body, a narrow tapered neck, and two single-coil pickups. The result is a punchy, growling tone with a wide range of blended sounds that made it a studio and stage standard across countless genres.
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Rickenbacker 4001
Electric bass guitar
Electric bass · United States
Rickenbacker's classic electric bass, the 4001 features through-body neck construction and a bright, cutting tone with strong treble definition. It was played by influential bassists including Paul McCartney, Chris Squire, and Geddy Lee.
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Höfner 500/2 Club Bass
Short-scale hollow-body electric bass
Electric bass
A short-scale hollow-body electric bass made by the German maker Höfner, a single-cutaway sibling of the famous 500/1 violin bass. Introduced in the late 1950s, the 500/2 Club Bass shares the violin bass's light hollow body and warm, thumpy short-scale tone and is associated with the early-1960s Beatles/Hamburg era. Höfner continues to offer Club Bass reissues.
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Fender Frank Bello Bass
Electric bass model
Electric bass · Mexico
A signature Jazz Bass built for Frank Bello, bassist of the thrash metal band Anthrax. It is based on the four-string Jazz Bass platform, set up for the fast, aggressive playing his style demands.
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Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass
Electric Bass
Electric bass · Japan
A signature model based on Rush bassist Geddy Lee's prized 1972 Jazz Bass, typically finished in black with a maple fingerboard, block inlays, and vintage-style pickups. Long offered at an accessible price, it became one of Fender's most popular signature basses.
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Squier Paranormal Jazz Bass '54
Jazz Bass-style electric bass model
Electric bass · Indonesia
The Squier Paranormal Jazz Bass '54 is a hybrid bass that pairs a 1950s-style appearance with the Jazz Bass body shape. It has a poplar body with ash top and back, a maple neck and fingerboard, a 34-inch scale, 20 frets, two Fender-Designed alnico single-coil pickups with dual concentric volume and tone controls, and a vintage-style bridge.
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Warwick Star Bass
Semi-hollow electric bass
Electric bass · Germany
A semi-hollow electric bass made by the German manufacturer Warwick, a departure from the brand's modern solidbody designs. Its single-cutaway semi-hollow body draws on the classic Guild Starfire bass, giving a thick yet decisive tone with an airy, vintage-flavoured voice.
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Fender Prophecy II Bass
Electric bass model
Electric bass
The Prophecy II is an electric bass that Fender sold in the early-to-mid 1990s, built in Japan under Fender's short-lived Heartfield line. It has a double-cutaway body, a bolt-on maple neck, active electronics, and a P/J pickup pairing, with a more modern, sculpted look than Fender's traditional basses.
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Gibson EB-0
Bass guitar
Electric bass · United States
A short-scale electric bass introduced in 1959 that soon adopted the slim, double-horned SG body shape. A single large humbucker mounted near the neck gives it a deep, round, bass-heavy tone.
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Music Man Sterling
Bass guitar model
Electric bass · United States
A slimmer sibling to the StingRay bass introduced in 1993 and named after Sterling Ball, with a smaller body and a narrower neck. It offers StingRay-style punch with added switching flexibility in a more compact package.
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Sandberg California V Series
Offset electric bass model line
Electric bass · Germany
The California V Series is Sandberg's offset bass family built around Precision-derived pickup layouts: VS (single split-coil), VM (split-coil + humbucker), VT (Jazz + Precision), and Central (single humbucker). It is bolt-on with a Canadian hard-rock maple neck, in 4-string (34 in) and 5-string (35 in) versions.
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Fender Mark Hoppus Jazz Bass
Electric Bass
Electric bass · Mexico
A signature Jazz Bass for blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus, built around stripped-down simplicity. It uses a single split-coil pickup in the middle position with one volume control and no tone knob, delivering a punchy, focused pop-punk sound.
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Fender Aerodyne Jazz Bass
Electric bass guitar which typically has both "jazz" and "precision" style pickups
Electric bass · Japan
A Japanese-built take on the Jazz Bass with a bound body that omits the usual forearm and belly contours, most often finished in gloss black with a matching painted headstock. Instead of two Jazz single-coils it uses a Precision/Jazz pickup pairing, giving a more aggressive, modern voice while keeping the slim Jazz neck profile.
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Fender Jazz Bass Special
Electric Bass
Electric bass
A Japanese-built bass of the 1980s combining a Precision-style body with a slim Jazz Bass neck and a Precision/Jazz pickup pairing. Its punchy, versatile voice is closely associated with Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan, whose later signature models grew out of it.
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Fender Precision Bass
Bass guitar
Electric bass
Introduced in 1951, the Precision Bass was the first mass-produced electric bass guitar and effectively defined the instrument. Its fretted neck let players fret notes precisely, and the split single-coil pickup adopted in 1957 gives the deep, punchy tone that anchors recordings across nearly every popular genre.
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G&L L-2000
Active/passive solid-body electric bass model family
Electric bass · United States
Introduced in 1980, the L-2000 is G&L's flagship four-string bass. It pairs two G&L Magnetic Field Design humbuckers with the Tri-Tone control system, whose mini-toggles select pickups, switch series/parallel routing, and toggle active/passive operation, plus active treble and bass controls. It uses a bolt-on neck and the Leo Fender-designed Saddle-Lock bridge.
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Gibson Thunderbird
Electric bass
Electric bass · United States
The bass companion to the Firebird, introduced in 1963 with the same reverse-offset body and through-body neck construction. Its mini-humbucking pickups give it a deep, growling tone that has anchored countless rock recordings.
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Rickenbacker 4003
Neck-through electric bass model family
Electric bass · United States
The long-running successor to the 4001, introduced around 1979 and still in production, the 4003 is Rickenbacker's signature neck-through 'cresting wave' bass. It carries two single-coil pickups, a maple body and neck, full-length skunk-stripe neck-through construction, deluxe triangular inlays, and mono/stereo output, delivering the ringing sustain and treble punch heard on countless rock recordings.
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Fender Jaguar Bass
Electric bass guitar
Electric bass
A bass built on the offset Jaguar body shape, introduced in 2006. It typically carries a Precision/Jazz pickup pairing and active/passive switching, blending the look of the Jaguar with a versatile modern bass voice.