Many, many years in fact, starting with the classical orchestral double bass, originating from the 15 th Century or thereabouts. Before we get there, though, we should go back quite a few years. We’ll come back to that in a little while. We do not start the story, as many might imagine in the 1950s. Those dalliances, though, span well over four decades, so the bass encounter isn’t a single, short or recent ‘event’. Primarily as a guitarist, my dalliances with bass guitars up to now have, I admit, been spawned out of curiosity and exploration, rather than a serious preoccupation. With the recent addition of CRAVE Basses to the CRAVE Guitars, Amps and Effects family, this month seems perfectly apt to take a quick look at how the electric bass guitar as we know it came into being and how it has become such an integral component of contemporary music. In the world of vintage guitars, things are rarely quite as straightforward as one may at first think. Getting back to the musical point, ask pretty much anyone with a slight interest in modern music culture, the question, “Who invented the first bass guitar?” and I’m sure a lot of people would say, “Leo Fender, of course”. “ Bellum omnium contra omnes (the war of all against all)” – Thomas Hobbes (1588‑1679) I don’t know about you but I don’t want to be part of the doomsday generation. Let us hope that those intent on geopolitical conflict come to their senses, unlikely as it may seem, rather than escalate tensions further. While we may be less than a full month into the year Two Thousand and Twenty Four of the Common Era, one hopes it is off to a good start despite global uncertainty (and insanity). WELCOME FAIR MUSIC‑MINDED PATRONS to the first CRAVE Guitars’ monthly article of the New Year.
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