"And it was the end of a lot of them, unless they learned to play the Fender bass."

The scale, 30 " was shorter than the Fender basses.

This was the same scale as the Fender basses.

The significance of the Fender bass was that it changed the timbre of bass lines.

He defined how to put the Fender bass into that music.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the instrument was often called the "Fender bass", due to Fender's early dominance in the market.

It has a slightly lighter and smaller body than previous Fender basses.

A scarred Fender bass lay flat on the rug.

The original Fender basses had 20 frets, but modern basses may have 24 or more.

In many ways, the Rickenbacker was the polar opposite of the then commonly used Fender bass.