The creation of the electric bass, or electric guitar considered double bass, revolutionized the way music is both written and performed and will continue to be a driving force behind virtually all genres of music. Although the electric bass* can be seen as a necessary creation to meet the ever-increasing volume of live music, particularly rock, it can also be seen as a breath of fresh air and a new take on acoustic instruments. The electric bass has undergone an interesting physical and functional development since its birth, but one thing is certain: even behind the electric guitar at the beginning, this instrument has moved away and consolidated its place in music. basic physical aspects of their acoustic brethren, the upright bass, but also have their own characteristics that make the electric bass what it is. Generally speaking, an electric bass is made up of three main parts into which it is subdivided: “You can divide the bass into three sections: The neck, the body and the innards. The various parts of the neck and body are easy to see, while the innards are not so obvious” (Pfeiffer, Patrick). Looking at the neck, you can see that there are actually at least four other important parts, namely: the headstock, the tuners, the nut and the fingerboard. Their functions are respectively: to provide a place where tuning machines can reside; tunes the strings up or down to achieve a particular pitch; keeps strings away from the fretboard and evenly spaced; the location in which you fret the notes to be played. The body of the bass is where most of the resonance will come from and the tonewood will dictate the overall character...... middle of paper ...... Seattle-based poseur and teacher, Washington" who established the Audiovox company and produced the Model 736 Bass Fiddle around 1936. Its design consisted of "...a walnut body roughly shaped like a guitar, a single pickup and control knob on a pearloid pickguard , a 16-fret neck and a cord coming out of a jack socket. on the upper part of the body” (Bacon 8-9). Tutmarc was the first to get almost everything right in designing an electric bass, but did not encounter good commercial sales. Then, in 1951, Leo Fender would set the standard for electric basses when he introduced his Precision Bass to the world. Works Cited Bacon, Tony and Barry Moorhouse. The Bass Book. New York: Backbeat, 1995. Print. Jeans, Sir James. Science and music. Cambridge: University Press, 1953. Print. Pfeiffer, Patrick. Bass guitar for dummies. Indianapolis, Indiana: Wiley Publishing Inc, 2003. Print.