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the double bass was made in the 15th century, it was used to make a background sound in an orchestra https://www.britannica.com/art/double-bass -
Beethoven used the double bass as a last thump to get the full sound. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ludwig-van-Beethoven -
the electric bass was invented in the 1930s by paul tutmarc, it was made at the time for background sound. https://www.britannica.com/art/bass-guitar -
in 1936, jazz bass player milt Hinton created the technique of slap bass, he would pull strings back and release them creating a "slap" sound. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Milt-Hinton -
the bass at the time was still being used as a background to the other instruments, it was mainly used in jazz in the 1950s. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ray-Brown -
past jazz, the rise of bands like the Beatles, the rolling stone, and the red hot chili peppers, they started the idea of having the bass be more in the front, and yet still the background. https://www.britannica.com/art/rock-music
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in 1966 ampeg created the fretless bass, named the AUB-1 https://www.britannica.com/art/bass-guitar -
Eric Clapton is a british guitar player and singer from the 70s that occasionally played with a bass, this was uncommon and influenced solo bass players around the world. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eric-Clapton -
in the 80s, iron maidens bass player. Would use a technique called "galloping" what it was was fast plucking, on the bass. https://www.britannica.com/art/rock-music -
bass in the 80s and 90s, started adding effect pedals to make the bass echo. https://www.britannica.com/art/funk -
in the modern day, the bass is used in all of the previous sorts of ways but it has advanced tremendously thanks to companies like fender https://www.britannica.com/art/bass-guitar