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The Dobro Resonator Bass came in when electronics and amplifications came in.
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Gibson took a step forward by making the electric Bass guitar.
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The true birth of the bass guitar started in the 50's. Leo Fender created the Precision Bass in 1951.
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Leo was a fan of Country music, and hoped the Guitar was well recieved in the genre. Joel Price was the first to start using it.
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Elvis Presley's Bass player, Bill Black, used the precision bass for the song Jailhouse Rock.
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As The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and dozens of other bands hit the exploding 1960s music scene, so instrument production skyrocketed, too. Fender introduced the Jazz Bass in 1960, and later the Mustang Bass. Although the latter would become the favoured instrument of several top musicians, including the Stones’ Bill Wyman, Gibson would begin to claw back some of Fender’s market dominance, in part due to their fame in producing standard electric guitars.
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n the 1970s the Music Man StingRay became very popular and largely produced. The StingRay was the the first widely produced bass with active (powered) electronics. This bass became very popular among many famous bassists like Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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During the late 80's and early 90's. More bands started to do unplugged sessions. This would consist of acoustic instruments, and non-electric instruments.
The bass guitar was still needed, but bands didn't have anything soft enough.
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the double bass declined in popularity, as it is unable to compete with the compact size and versatility of the electric bass guitar. Now, when somebody talks about a bass, the mind instantly jumps to an image of an electric bass guitar, rather than it's predecessor, the acoustic upright.
