Fender Jazz Bass, well known bass guitar produced by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
He is perhaps the first electric bassist of significance to jazz, introducing the Fender Precision Bass to the genre in 1951, although he was most famously seen playing the later Fender Jazz Bass, which became his signature instrument.
Chris road tested a Fender standard Jazz Bass and both Sabrina and Chris challenged each other in a busking competition to see who would get the most interest out of pedestrians on Elizabeth Street in Melbourne's CBD.
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Currently Mige's rig consists of a Fender American Deluxe Jazz Bass with Seymour Duncan Basslines pickups, Fender Super Bassman heads, Fender Bassman 6x10 cabinets, various effect pedals, and an Avalon U5 DI preamp.
Matthew has always played a black Fender Jazz bass as his first choice instrument, and in addition uses an Ibanez with a C-ducer contact mic placed on the neck, close to the neck/body junction, for his fretless work primarily with Thomas Dolby, but also Peter Murphy and, more recently, in an ambient collection recorded with Japan/Hong Kong based musician Jan Linton for the Sendai Earthquake relief fund, due to be released by Entropy Records in 2012.