Editing Bass guitar (section)

=== 1970s ===
In 1972, [[Alembic Inc|Alembic]] established what became known as "boutique" or "high-end" electric bass guitars.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alembic - History, Short Version|url=http://www.alembic.com/family/historys.html|access-date=February 4, 2021|website=[[Alembic Inc|Alembic]]}}</ref> These expensive, custom-tailored instruments, as used by [[Phil Lesh]], [[Jack Casady]], and [[Stanley Clarke]], featured unique designs, premium hand-finished wood bodies, and innovative construction techniques such as multi-laminate [[Neck-thru|neck-through-body]] construction and [[Carbon fiber reinforced polymer|graphite]] necks. Alembic also pioneered the use of onboard electronics for pre-amplification and equalization.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alembic Activators|url=http://www.alembic.com/prod/pickups.html|access-date=February 4, 2021|website=[[Alembic Inc|Alembic]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Fletcher|first=Tim|date=March 16, 2020|title=The History of Active Electronics|url=https://bassmusicianmagazine.com/2020/03/the-history-of-active-electronics/|access-date=February 4, 2021|website=[[Bass Musician]]}}</ref> 

Active electronics increase the output of the instrument, and allow more options for controlling tonal flexibility, giving the player the ability to amplify as well as to attenuate certain frequency ranges while improving the overall frequency response (including more low-register and high-register sounds). 1976 saw the UK company [[Wal (bass)|Wal]] begin production of their own range of active basses.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://walbasses.co.uk/about-us/|access-date=December 31, 2020|website=[[Wal (bass)|Walbasses]]}}</ref> In 1974 [[Music Man (company)|Music Man]] Instruments, founded by Tom Walker, [[Forrest White]] and [[Leo Fender]], introduced the [[Music Man StingRay|StingRay]], the first widely produced bass with active (powered) electronics built into the instrument.<ref>{{Cite web|title=StingRay|url=https://www.music-man.com/instruments/basses/stingray|access-date=February 4, 2021|website=[[Music Man (company)|Music Man]]}}</ref> Basses with active electronics can include a [[preamplifier]] and [[equalizer (audio)|knobs]] for boosting and cutting the low and high frequencies.

In the mid-1970s, five-string basses, with a very low "B" string, were introduced. In 1975, bassist [[Anthony Jackson (musician)|Anthony Jackson]] commissioned luthier [[Carl Thompson (luthier)|Carl Thompson]] to build a six-string bass tuned (low to high) B0, E1, A1, D2, G2, C3, adding a low B string and a high C string.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bassmagazine.com/artists/partners-anthony-jackson-fodera-guitars|title=Partners: Anthony Jackson & Fodera Guitars|last=Roberts|first=Jim|date=July 23, 2019|newspaper=Bass Magazine - the Future of Bass|access-date=January 1, 2022}}</ref>