Models
Every model, most significant first.
18 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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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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Streamer Bass
Bass guitar produced by the German Warwick company
Electric bass · Germany
A bass from the German maker Warwick built on a sculpted, contoured body derived from the classic Streamer shape. With its dense tonewoods and through-body or bolt-on neck construction, it produces the growling, mid-rich tone Warwick is known for.
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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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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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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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Warwick Dolphin
Neck-through electric bass
Electric bass · Germany
A neck-through electric bass made by the German manufacturer Warwick, one of the brand's original German-built designs. Known for a deep, full low end and long sustain, it is associated with players such as Stuart Zender and John Patitucci.
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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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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.
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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.
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Warwick Buzzard
Jack Bruce signature electric bass
Electric bass · Germany
A distinctively shaped neck-through electric bass made by the German manufacturer Warwick, originally designed for Cream bassist Jack Bruce. Its angular, asymmetric body and long sustain make it one of the most recognizable Warwick designs.
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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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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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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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Danelectro Longhorn Bass
Short-scale Masonite-body electric bass
Electric bass
A short-scale electric bass made by the American brand Danelectro, introduced in the late 1950s. Its dramatic twin long horns let a two-octave neck sit on a compact body, and its lightweight Masonite construction and lipstick pickups give a warm, woody tone. An early favourite of players such as John Entwistle.
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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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ESP LTD TA-200
Electric bass model
Electric bass
A signature bass for Tom Araya, the bassist and vocalist of Slayer, built as an aggressive metal-oriented instrument for fast, driving thrash playing.