Double Bass Is this a double bass?

[petey293]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z5p5SceJLQ

All right, before you laugh, I don't know much about upright bass, but this has been bugging me for a little bit now. It doesn't have quite the normal fretless bass guitar sound, almost more "hollow", and I really like it. I'm leaning towards it being an upright but I'm not certain. If anyone could chime in, it would be cool!

 

[Roy Vogt]

It sounds like it might be a double bass or fretless bass sample played or sequenced by a keyboard.

 

[polyrhythmia]

Double bass somehow gets me thinking of a bass with 2 necks, one fretted and one fretless.

 

[petey293]

It sounds like it might be a double bass or fretless bass sample played or sequenced by a keyboard.

That's quite possible since almost everything else except the vocals is synthesized.

 

[Jeff Kissell]

If it's a "real" instrument most likely an EUB or fretless slab, otherwise I agree with the sample theory.

 

[Phil Smith]

Fretless Bass Guitar.

 

[Huy Nguyen]

My bet is that it's a DB voiced by a workstation. i.e. sampled.

 

[petey293]

I think you guys are right, I thought there was something a bit weird with it, as if it were a little too "perfect" for a fretless instrument. That makes sense, thanks for your input!