Extended-range bass refers to an electric bass guitar with greater frequency range than the standard 4-string bass guitar. Bass guitars tuned one octave lower than a standard four-string instrument are also considered an extended-range bass. "Extended range-bass" does not refer to 8 string bass guitars which have doubled or tripled courses of octave strings.
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