That's a Chapman stick, not a bass.

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I love how he does the points tally noise at the end. Very cool.

bobbob, whats a Chapman stick?

A Chapman Stick is a realatively new instrument, and although it has strings, it's almost more similar to a keyboard than a guitar. You don't 'pluck' the strings, you simply touch them, which is why both hands can move seperately on totally different parts of the scale. They really are cool, and this is a perfect example why.

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Thanks Bob, also here is a Wikipedia article for more details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapman_stick

Jean Baudin is a bassist...this is a bass...not a chapman stick. The chapman stick's strings fan from the center thicker out to thinner, plus all of the frets run straight up and down. Jean Baudin's basses are all strung like a bass or guitar with the strings decreasing in thickness, and the frets are fanned down the neck. The technique that he is using to play this song is called "tapping" and it's widely used in the bass community, especially seen used by solo artists such as Jean. These enourmous basses with 6+ strings are refered to as monster basses. Jean Baudin just finished building a 12 string bass. Pictures are on his site at: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=13522698 or go to his main site at www.jeanbaudin.com.

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Thanks mj, maybe the confusion is in his playing style, it looks like he is using the string touching style described above.

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