Skip to main content

Fender Coronado Bass Archives

Old School: 1960’s Fender Coronado Bass II – Wildwood
Old School

Old School: 1960’s Fender Coronado Bass II – Wildwood

This week, John Roblin shares the story behind his ultra-rare 1960’s Fender Coronado Bass II – Wildwood. Fender’s Coronado line included guitars and basses with a double-cutaway, thin-line hollow-body, designed by Roger Rossmeisl, who originally designed instruments for Rickenbacker. The Coronado line came two years after Leo Fender sold Fender Musical Instruments to CBS, and the company was looking to...