This James Jamerson Funk Machine replica bass — JJ’s FunkMachine by IYG — channels all the soulful goodness of classic Motown!
Motown’s James Jamerson is arguably the greatest bass player of all time. As a session musician he played on twenty five Billboard Hot 100 number one hits, as well as nearly seventy R&B number one hits. “My Girl,” “Shotgun,” “For Once In My Life,” “Dancing In the Streets,” “I Heard It Through The Grapevine,” … the list of hits is endless.
P-Bass Funk Master
Jamerson’s main instrument was a 1962 Fender Percision Bass he dubbed The Funk Machine. JJ’s FunkMachine has all the funky goodness of Jamerson’s original at a fraction of the price!
Fan Fiction
I wrote a fictional account of what happened to the real Funk Machine in my collection Songs in the Key Of Madness. The story is called “Malediction and The Funk Machine.”
JJ’s FunkMachine Specs
Body: Basswood
Controls:1 Master Volume, 1 Master Tone
Neck: Maple with Rosewood Fingerboard
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5″
Frets: 21 Medium Jumbo Nickel Silver
Pickups: Ceramic P-Bass Split Coil
Tuners: Elephant Ear 14:1
Scale Length: 34″
Average Weight: 8 lbs.
This James Jamerson Funk Machine replica bass — JJ’s FunkMachine by IYG — channels all the soulful goodness of classic Motown! 
Chrome bridge and pickup covers, tortie pickguard, and period-appropriate rosewood thumb rest! 
JJ’s FunkMachine is on fleek! (AKA stylish). 
The custom headstock stays it all! 
Peer into split coil mojo! 
JJ’s FunkMachine has a classic “thick” P-Bass neck profile. The neck has been hand-shaped and finished with tung oil. 
JJ’s shiny black back. 
Elephant ears! 
James Jamerson plucks his beloved Funk Machine.