Electric Bass Guitar History

          The very first Electric Bass guitar dates all of the way back to 1951. Leo Fender created the very first prototype for the first Electric Bass, which was named The Fender Precision Bass.

          The Electric Bass guitar gets its origin from the Electric Double Bass. The Double bass is basically an upright bass. This Electric Double Bass was made by Lloyd Loar in 1920.

          Bass guitar was popularised early on by players like John Entwistle and James Jamerson in the 60’s, Jaco Pastorious and Stanley Clarke in the 70’s, and Marcus Miller and Cliff Burton in the 80’s.