A revolutionary instrument for the time, the Precision Bass has made an immeasurable impact on the sound of popular music ever since.

To this day, the Precision Bass is among the best-selling electric basses of all time.

Black was beginning to use a Precision Bass during the filming of Jailhouse Rock.

With electric pickups, a small body and fretted neck, the Precision Bass overcame these problems.

From 1980 to 1984, the Precision Bass has been redesigned with new pickups, an active onboard circuit and a high-mass brass bridge.

Although mostly known for his fretless work, Franklin's been doing sessions with the same fretted Precision Bass for many years.

Fender also designed the first bass guitar, which he called the Precision Bass.

The Jazz Bass has a bright sound, with more high end than the Precision Bass.

The ability to blend the volume of both pickups allows for a wider variety of tones than the Precision Bass can produce.

At the time, Fender had been the leader in the electric bass market since their introduction of the Precision Bass twelve years earlier.