PHIL JONES BASS

Phil Jones Bass (PJB) is company dedicated to raising the bar for quality and performance of bass amplification. For over 35 years I have had a love affair with the electric bass. I first picked one up and began learning to play at the age of 13. It was the time of Jimi Hendrix and Motown. This is when I first heard on the radio the great Motown bass legend, James Jamerson; this gave me the inspiration and desire to become a bass player myself.

It was no easy start. Back then as a schoolboy I could not even afford to buy my own bass and amp. My folks saw this as a road they did not want me to take. I soon ran out of opportunities of borrowing and had no choice but to build my own instrument and sound equipment. So I studied all I could about bass construction, amplifier electronics (even winding bass-guitar pickups on my Dad? gramophone when he was out) and how loudspeakers worked...

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