Showing results
Hide images
Electric bass guitar
This is an electric bass guitar, mass produced in Japan and modeled after Fender bass guitars. It has a solid wooden body with a sunburst finish, a white plastic pickguard, and chrome-plated hardware. There are four nickel- or phosphorous-wound strings, attached to four in-line tuning gears and a standard bridge in Gotoh style. It has two single-soil pickups and two control knobs.
- Date:
1965–90 - Maker:
- Collection:
Museum of Army Music - Inventory number:
Loading... - Place of production:
Japan - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:513 Electro-acoustic chordophones
- Culture:
- Period:
- Materials:
- Specific materials/techniques:
- Decorative elements:
- Inscriptions:Stamped on back cover plate: MADE IN JAPAN
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:513 Electro-acoustic chordophones
- Repository:Museum of Army Music
- Measurements:Height: 1165mm; Width at lower bout: 330mm