John Paul Jones Favorite Bass!

On its early ’60s introduction, the Fender® Jazz Bass® guitar immediately endeared itself to the music world, quickly becoming another Fender® design classic and an indispensable element in the arsenal of many a bassist worldwide.

Our lean-and-mean Standard Jazz Bass® incorporates many of the original model’s classic Fender® “firsts,” such as the offset waist and ultra-slim fast-action neck. It’s updated here with two bi-pole pickups and American Jazz Bass® knobs, giving you the best of both worlds and eras—some vintage vibe and appointments with some modern refinements.

The Jazz Bass® (or J-Bass) was the second model of electric bass guitar created by Leo Fender. The Jazz Bass® has a more articulate, defined sound than the Fender® Precision Bass®.

The bass is distinct from the Precision Bass® in that its tone is brighter and richer in the midrange with less emphasis on the fundamental harmonic. Because of this, many bass players who want to be more "forward" in the mix (including smaller bands such as power trios), prefer the Jazz Bass®.

First introduced in 1960 as the "Deluxe Model", it was marketed as a stablemate to the Jazzmaster® guitar which was also marketed as a "Deluxe Model" in its own right; however, it was renamed the Jazz Bass® as Fender® felt that its redesigned neck - narrower and more rounded than that of the Precision Bass® - would appeal more to jazz musicians.

The Jazz Bass® has two single coil pickups with two pole pieces per string. This gave the bass a a stronger midrange sound to compete with the Rickenbacker bass, which had been introduced in 1954 and which was famously "bright."

As well as having a slightly different, less symmetrical and more contoured body shape (known in Fender® advertising as the "Offset Waist Contour" body), the Jazz Bass ® neck is noticeably narrower at the nut than that of the Fender® Precision Bass®.

While the original Precision Bass® was styled similarly to the Telecaster® guitar, the Jazz Bass'® styling was inspired more by the Jazzmaster® guitar, with which the Jazz shared its offset body and sculpted edges that differentiate it from other slab-style guitar bodies.

The original intention was to encourage upright-bass players to switch to electric bass guitar.

It has become a true classic in the hands of bassists such as solo Bassist and Session Musician Marcus Miller, John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machine & Audioslave , Verdine White of Earth, Wind, & Fire, Larry Graham of Sly and the Family Stone and Graham Central Station, Noel Redding of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, John Entwistle of The Who (in the 1960s) and Geddy Lee of Rush, Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Les Claypool of Primus, Wesley Hopkins of Global Shell, Matt Freeman of Rancid, Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts and Klaus Flouride of the Dead Kennedys to name but a few.

Vintage examples from the 1960s and 1970s are highly desirable. The new models remain a popular choice today of rock, jazz, and fusion musicians.

This Fender® Standard Jazz Bass® Is Featured In A Sunburst Finish!