Fender Jazz Bass - the history, the models 'n all

[Born 2B Mild]

I'd like to know more about the Fender Jazz Bass ...it's history and the models and such. I've googled and there seems a few to choose from.

Can anyone please recommend a good 'un?

[jezzaboy]

Bought a book second hand the other day, The Fender Bass-An illustrated history by Hal/Leonard. Great book, tells you about all the Fender basses. It stops at 2001 but as I said got it second hand so possibly there has been an updated version. Really good book with plenty of great pics. GiveS you a bad case of GAS.

Jez

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='jezzaboy' post='544605' date='Jul 19 2009, 11:55 AM']Bought a book second hand the other day, The Fender Bass-An illustrated history by Hal/Leonard. Great book, tells you about all the Fender basses. It stops at 2001 but as I said got it second hand so possibly there has been an updated version. Really good book with plenty of great pics. GiveS you a bad case of GAS.

Jez[/quote]


I have that book, if you want to borrow it let me know and I'll send it up.

[Cat Burrito]

I think I have most of these

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I'm unaware of a J-bass specific book (likewise P-bass although Barry Matthews does cover the slab body P-bass exclusively in his book) but they're all good fun for Fender fans. Klaus Blasquiz's book is good for details / facts with a few decent pics to boot where as if you want drool inducing GAS inspiring porn then go for the Black and Molinaro book which is a great coffee table book. All that said the Jim Roberts book is good fun and anything by Tony Bacon is worth a look too. As a point of interest ALL these books contain plenty (& I mean plenty) of Jazz bass pics / info to keep you happy.

Hope this helps

[mrcrow]

[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fender-Bass-Illustrated-History/dp/0634026402"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fender-Bass-Illust...y/dp/0634026402[/url]

this book is for fender basses

i had the bass book which covered a lot of basses..something like that would be ideal

[wateroftyne]

Black and Molinaro all the way. It's terribly GAS inducing, though..

[Born 2B Mild]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='544606' date='Jul 19 2009, 11:57 AM']I have that book, if you want to borrow it let me know and I'll send it up.[/quote]
Very kind of you to offer ..but I'd like to buy 'n keep.

Thanks to all suggestions, it has really helped.

I looked at a few bookshops today, just to have a flick. Nothing to be found, though I came across a whole hardback book [i]just [/i]on David Gilmour's black Strat!