history of bass guitar

I'm doing a research to finish my college degree about the development of the Bass Guitar, now I've arrived at the first Piccolo Bass made by Karl Thompson for Stanley Clarke and I just can't find anything about the strings, I've found the pitch but no one seens to talk about who made them or if...

Yet another useless "what if" thread to waste some time and guess in hindsight :laugh: Besides the J/P iconic status as a duo, we can say that the P has a true "iconic" status-quo, and also comes up to most people's minds as "the bass that started it all". Yet, when we picture said bass, we...

Learned quite a bit on this video, worth the view.

I've been asked many times about 'the extra string' that sits conspicuously next to the old E string. Simply, 5 Strings on a bass instrument almost as old as basses themselves. Here's a little gem from the interwebz.... Bill Bentgen - 5 String Basses

Geddy Lee to Release Book About History of the Bass Guitar Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass will be published on Dec. 4, and features the stories behind 250 famous and rare basses, as well as interviews with some of the instrument's most famous players. "It's not surprising that sooner...