<Sorry, Randy, a good acoustic dog-house double bass <has overtones that can't be duplicated on an electric <-- plus, it can be bowed to quite nice effect (yes, in jazz). Thanks , Henry Stinson, For bringing in the issue of bowed bass. Marvelous examples in records from Pops Foster, Bill Johnson, Wellman Braud, etc. THIS cannot be duplicated with electro-basses. Tito Martino