Talk:Piccolo bass

not an instrument
piccolo bass refers to a tuning. it isn't an instrument. 67.172.61.222 22:58, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

The Grove Dictionary of Jazz seems to disagree with you. I don't have it before me so I can't quote it directly, unfortunately. It talks about the piccolo bass in its "cello" entry (at least). If I remember, I'll copy the passage in question and post it here (in discussion, that is, not in the article). TheScotch 09:11, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Spam
I have deleted the "three finger slash" section -- clearly irrelevant/Spam.--ukexpat 15:54, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Invention
Stanley Clarke claims to have invented the piccolo bass. At least that's what his website says. Should this be included into the article? http://www.stanleyclarke.com/bio_pg.htm Thedukeofno 22:26, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Stanley Clarke invented the electric piccolo bass, Ron Carter invented the upright Piccolo bass, years earlier... It is in essence an electric cello.... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)

Everyone knows Stanley Clarke was the first to use the electric piccolo bass, but, since Clarke is not a luthier, he did not build it. I feel luthier Carl Thompson should be credited for constructing the first electric piccolo bass, even if the idea was fully Stanley's. Here is an article which supports these remarks. Although it does sound rather assertive and biased, you can check other sources (conceivably Clarke's wikipedia page should mention it) that confirm that two of Stanley's piccolo basses are CT's. Alembic has since made Stanley some piccolo. http://www.ctbasses.com/clarke.html Frank522 (talk) 01:59, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

What????
"The electric is a string instrument very similar to a four-stringed electric bass guitar, but usually tuned one whole octave higher than a normal bass. This results in the lowest note from a piccolo bass usually being equal to the E found on the seventh fret of the A string on a standard bass."

Um, no, if that were true it would be two octaves above a bass guitar. The bass guitar is only one octave below a standard guitar, and to have its lowest note match the 7th fret on the A string of a standard guitar is the same as the 12th fret on the E string - which would be a whole 'nother octave. Am I reading this right? Is it one octave or two higher than a bass? I'm so confused...  LazyBastard Guy  06:26, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Actually, I think that's right. I don't know why I was confused about it before. I guess I just didn't understand the wording back then. Nevermind.  LazyBastard Guy  21:56, 3 July 2013 (UTC)