Bass guitar in 1958. 1956 saw the appearance at the German trade fair "Musikmesse Frankfurt" of the distinctive Höfner 500/1 violin bass made using violin construction techniques by Walter Höfner, a second generation violin luthier. The instrument is often known as the "Beatle Bass", due to its endorsement and use by Beatles bassist Paul McCartney. In 1957 Rickenbacker introduced the model 4000 bass, the first bass to feature a neck-through-body design in which the neck is part of the body wood. The Fender and Gibson versions used bolt-on and glued-on necks. With the explosion of the popularity of rock music in the
Eight-string bass guitar designed by Jol Dantzig and built in 1978 for Tom Petersson by Hamer Guitars. Commercially available 12-string basses such as those from Hamer Guitars and Dean Guitars are strung in triple courses such as: Bassists of note who have utilised the 12-string bass guitar are Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam, Frank Bello of Anthrax, Jason Newsted of Metallica, Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick, Doug Pinnick of King's X, Eric Brittingham of Cinderella, Tim King of SOiL. Fieldy from the nu-metal band Korn has used a 15-string bass in recording their eighth studio album, however none of the tracks where it