Bass Guitar
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The Bass Guitar
"Early forms of the electric bass guitar were brought to market by Vivi-Tone of Kalamazoo, MI, in the early 1930s, Rickenbacker of Los Angeles in 1935, Audiovox of Seattle, in 1936, Vega of Boston, MA, in 1939, and Regal of Chicago, in 1939."
"The modern full-scale fretted solid body electric bass guitar was introduced by Leo Fender and was first marketed as the Fender Precision Bass in late 1951. The instrument was introduced to meet the needs of musicians playing the bass part in small dance bands in the United States."
Quotes source: "Electric bass guitar [bass guitar]" in The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd edition, ed. by Charles Hiroshi Garrett [online]. Accessed April 6, 2017.
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Bass
African American Women Bass Guitar Players and Bassists
- Bernice RothchildPicture and article in The Chicago Defender (National edition) ; Chicago, Ill. [Chicago, Ill]. 23 Mar 1940: 20.
- Gwen TwiggsPlayed bass with the Harlem Play Girls. Source: Harlem Play Girls will keep Apollo date November 25," The Pittsburg Courier, 11/19/1938, p.19.
- Karen Jeannne Denhert "KJ Denhert"Grenadan-American
- Michelle M. OsbourneBorn in London, England
- Velma Patrice Neal "Shanta Nurullah"Bass, Sitar, and Mbira
Online Sources
African American Women Bass Guitar Players and Bassists
- Alice WileyPlayed string bass with Wiley Family String Band of South Carolina. Source: "Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras" by D. A. Handy.
- Aneesa StringsBass & Electric Bass
- Edith FarthingSource: "Lively," The Tacoma News Tribune, 06/08/1944, p.6.
- Eilene ChanceJet, 02/14/1962, p.59
- Marie BlackstromPlayed bass with the Harlem Play Girls. Source: Albert White, "Harlem Play Girls thrilling southwest," The Pittsburgh Courier, 03/21/1936, p.16.
- Ola V. Jones WhiteSource: Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras by D. A. Handy.
- Violet "Vi" WilsonSource: "Swing Shift: "All-Girl" Bands of the 1940s by Sherrie Tucker.
Books
The bassist's bible : how to play every bass style from Afro-Cuban to zydeco by Publication Date: 2009
The quest for the melodic electric bass: from Jamerson to Spenner by Call Number: ML1015.B35 D73 2015Publication Date: 2015
