Along with Leo Fender, the late Anthony Jackson became one of the most important figures in the history of the electric bass ...

Once considered a novelty, but now fully integrated into the bass guitar family, the six-string bass is a fact of modern bass life. Whereas the five-string is looked upon as a regular bass with an ...

This six-string bass completely changed the way your favorite country and pop songs from the 1960s sounded. Can you hear the difference?

Besides his work with pop stars and jazz greats, he is credited with helping to invent the six-string contrabass guitar.