Some fusion jazz groups use a lightweight, stripped-down electric upright bass rather than a double bass.

Tony Levin - bass, electric upright bass, backing vocals.

Jan Hellman - distorted electric upright bass on "Karthago"

The feedback problem has led to the development of instruments like the electric upright bass, whose playing characteristics mimic that of the double bass.

The first production electric upright basses were developed independently in the mid-1930s by Regal, Vega and Rickenbacker.

This may have contributed to the lack of public interest in either the electric upright basses or the electric guitar-style instruments that emerged in the 1930s.

Tony Levin - Chapman Stick, bass guitar, double bass (electric upright bass)

Quique Rangel - Bass guitar, electric upright bass, vocals (lead vocals on track 12).

Mr. Wasserman's composition "Spike's Bulls" served as a springboard for showing the capacities for flamenco of the electric upright bass.

Tony Levin plays an NS Electric Upright Bass, sometimes with pizzicato and sometimes with a bow.

Now, Hall and Oates are touring with a primarily acoustic nine-member band, fudging slightly by using Hammond organ, electric upright bass and electric violin.

In some country, rockabilly, or jazz bands, the bass tech might also be responsible for setting up, tuning, and maintaining an upright bass or electric upright bass.

Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells (born October 13, 1958) is an American free jazz bassist (bass guitar and electric upright bass), composer and conceptualist.

Levin plays the unconventional Chapman Stick and an NS electric upright bass, while Holdsworth improvises jazz guitar solos and droning chords over the top.

Neil Murray (replacing Danny Miranda In Cardiff & Birmingham) - Bass Guitar, Electric Upright Bass on "'39"

He plays both electric and acoustic bass guitars, appearing on stage playing a double bass on some occasions, as well as being proficient with the electric upright bass.

This began around 1962 with the Baby Bass, an electric upright bass with a full-size wooden neck and a cello-sized Uvex plastic body (not fiberglass, as is often stated).

Mr. Brown, who performs on an electric upright bass while sitting down, kept his torso absolutely still and massaged his instrument to find liquid grooves with blue notes, repeating them with machinelike perfection.

The Japanese band MUCC's bassist YUKKE used an electric upright bass during the promotional tours for their album Gokusai on the track "25ji no Yuutsu".

Jamie Moses - Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals, Electric Upright Bass on "Bass Solo" (Cardiff & Birmingham gigs only)

The electric upright bass (abbreviated EUB) is an electronically amplified version of the double bass that has a minimal or 'skeleton' body, which greatly reduces the size and weight of the instrument.

In both jazz and jazz fusion bands, some jazz bassists use a modified type of double bass called the electric upright bass (abbreviated EUB and sometimes also called stick bass).

In music performance and education, thumb position, not a traditional position, is a stringed instrument playing technique used to facilitate playing in the upper register of the double bass, cello, and related instruments, such as the electric upright bass.

Later on Nasekomix were joined by Alexander Daniel - Sandi (drums, Ambient Anarchist) and George Donchev (electric upright bass, double bass) while Alexander Yanev and tkrst left the band.

While the majority of jazz and jazz fusion recordings and live performances use either the double bass (or a related instrument such as an electric upright bass) or the electric bass to supply the "low end", there are some exceptions.