Piccolo bass

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Piccolo bass

A 1963 Hofner Model 185 bass converted to piccolo tuning
String instrument
Classification	String instrument (bowed, fingered, picked, tapped and occasionally strummed)
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	321.322 (Composite chordophone)
Inventor(s)	Ron Carter, Stanley Clarke
Developed	1970s
Playing range
(a standard tuned four-string piccolo bass guitar)
Related instruments
Electric guitar Double bass Acoustic bass guitar

A piccolo bass is either an electric bass or acoustic double bass which has been tuned to a higher frequency, usually one octave higher than conventional bass tuning. This allows bass players to use higher registers during soloing while retaining a familiar scale length and string spacing.