Bass (sound)
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Bass describes tones of low frequency, pitch and range from 16 to 250 Hz and bass instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range C2-C4. They belong to different families of instruments and ca
Djordje Stijepovic and Lemmy Kilmister playing a double bass and a bass guitar
A crew sets up a sound system, including large bass bins, in Jamaica in 2009.
Bass guitar
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The bass guitar, also known as the electric bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar but with a longer neck and scale
Bass (sound)
…the largest instruments in their families or instrument classes. A musician playing one of these instruments is often known as a bassist. The electric bass guitar is usually the instrument referred to as a "bass" in pop and rock music. Invented in the 1930s by Paul Tutmarc, it was first mass-produced by Leo Fender…
Fender Precision Bass
Paul Tutmarc, inventor of the modern bass guitar, outside his music store in Seattle, Washington
An early Fender Precision Bass
Design patent issued to Leo Fender for the second-generation Precision Bass