RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump catches up with NZ double bass player Louis van der Mespel on a trip home from the Netherlands.

Those bass notes should sound full and deep without blurring into each other or stifling the overall tempo. An hour of huge peaks and troughs that will test dynamics and control, alongside just about ...

because the double bass has overtones that you feel – a big subliminal undercurrent of sound. We used that combination on All This Time on The Soul Cages. Sometimes I use an old Italian bass ...

A Box Bass or a Skiffle Bass is an instrument used in American folk music from the 1900s. It makes a fun twanging sound that’s similar to a double bass. The base of the bass is the box.