Models

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Warwick Corvette

Versatile double-cutaway electric bass family

Electric bass · Germany

A double-cutaway electric bass family made by the German manufacturer Warwick, introduced in 1992 and now one of its most popular ranges. Offered in bolt-on Standard and Proline forms and the twin-humbucker Corvette $$ (also in neck-through), it is the most versatile and widely played Warwick, spanning warm, round tones to bright, aggressive attack. Built with woods such as swamp ash or bubinga bodies, ovangkol necks and wenge fingerboards.

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.

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.

Warwick Thumb Bass

Ergonomic solid-body electric bass family

Electric bass · Germany

A signature Warwick design with a compact body and dense exotic woods such as bubinga and wenge. The Thumb Bass is known for its punchy, growling midrange and, in its neck-through form, a notably neck-heavy balance.

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.

Millimetric MB4

Four-string electric bass

A four-string electric bass handmade by Millimetric Instruments of Montreal, with a bold symmetrical body offered in 30-inch or 33-inch scale. It is a custom build featuring the shop's own pickups and hardware.

Vigier Passion

Solid-body electric bass model line

Electric bass · France

The Passion is Vigier's flagship electric bass line, sharing the 10/90 carbon-reinforced maple neck and zero-fret design. It uses a flamed maple and alder body, an active 3-band EQ, and a single bridge saddle per string, offered in 4- and 5-string versions on roughly a 34 in scale.

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.

KLOS Apollo IV Bass

Carbon-fiber-neck electric bass

The Apollo IV is KLOS Guitars' four-string electric bass, pairing a wood body with the company's carbon-fiber bolt-on neck. It uses a 34-inch scale, 24 frets and a roughly 40 mm nut width, and is offered in standard, custom and short-scale configurations.

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.

Steinberger Spirit XT-2

Headless electric bass model

Electric bass · United States

The Spirit XT-2 is Steinberger's headless, lightweight 4-string electric bass on a 34 in scale, with a basswood body, three-piece maple neck, and dual humbuckers (HH). It uses the patented DoubleBall double-ball-end string bridge and 40:1 Direct-Pull tuning.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.