Fender Jazz Bass Logo History
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Fender jazz bass logo history. And yet the Jazz Bass complemented rather than competed with the Precision. The top logo was used on rectangle Fender tweed cases from about 1957 to early 1958. A Mexican-made Standard Series J-Bass from 2009 with a black finish.
Following up on an in-depth look at the history of the Precision Chicago Music Exchanges Marc Stranger-Najjar digs into the evolution of the Jazz bass starting with its inception in 1960. The exterior case logos used through the years. As with the Jazzmaster the Jazz Bass was released and promptly ignored by jazz musiciansat first.
The Jazz Bass evolved in a number of subtle ways throughout the 60s with major changes coming during the CBS Fender buyout of 1965. For many readers the gold standard of basses is the Fender Jazz. The Custom Classic four-string Jazz Bass has been renamed Custom Active Jazz Bass as of 2010 featuring Fenders high-mass vintage HMV bridge and a 1960s Jazz Bass U shape neck.
For No Treble reader Ken Burgner the Jazz is his dream bass. Mar 30 2008 5. It is missing on 99 of all original tweed cases today.
No case logos were used from 1958 to 1965. The Fender Jazz Bass was introduced in 1960 as a higher-end alternative to the Precision Bass with closer string spacing a thinner neck profile at the nut and two punchy single-coil pickups. From that picture it looks like a copy with a Fender decal put on.
Fender Jazz Bass 1968 With Original Hardshell Case Mass Street. The next four plastic case logos were used from 1966 to the 1970s. The Made in Japan MIJ logo is used.