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Follow the development of a 5-string bass from its earliest prototype to a production-ready model. Learn about design, ...

Cliff Howell plays his bass in many Hawke's Bay bands. A Napier musician might be getting on in years but the instrument he plays is more than twice his age. Englishman Cliff Howell, 88, has restored ...

The double bass or simply the bass (and numerous other names) is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra. It is a transposing instrument and is ...