Double basses

acoustic stringed instrument of the violin family

musical technique

the electric version of a double bass

right|thumb|The extended endpin of a cello, a black rubber cap and accompanying screw lie next to it alt=Jean-Marc Nattier (1685–1766), Anne-Henriette de France, Dite Madame Henriette (1727–1752) (1754)|thumb|A painting showing a woman of the 18th century playing the viola da gamba without an endpin.

musical technique; use of the double bass or bass guitar to improvise accompaniment ("comping") basslines and solos in a jazz or jazz fusion style