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The double bass was an Earth musical instrument and the largest member of the violin family.

A variation of the instrument was the electric double bass which doesn't need a resonating body. These instruments were often seen in the 24th century.

During the Bynar upgrades to the USS Enterprise-D, Commander William T. Riker visited the holodeck, where he a holodeck program was created on his behalf, of the Bourbon Street Barn in New Orleans, with a jazz trio consisting of "a piano, bass and drums, and a 'bone for me." (TNG: "11001001")

One crewmember of the Enterprise-D played an electric double bass during a jazz concert in Ten Forward that Commander Riker also participated in. (TNG: "Second Chances")

A biomimetic copy of a science division officer played a bass at the wedding ceremony of B'Elanna Torres and Tom Paris in the mess hall aboard the Silver Blood USS Voyager in 2375. (VOY: "Course: Oblivion")

During the wedding of Commander Riker and Deanna Troi in 2379, an electric double bass was part of the small orchestra that played at the wedding reception. (Star Trek Nemesis)

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