Watch this guy majestically shred on a double bass

5 May 2015, 09:19 | Updated: 4 January 2017, 12:29

Rock guitarist Paul Gilbert knows how to sell tickets - this promo video for an upcoming tour shows him pumping out some insane riffs on a comically oversized double bass.

Double bassists out there: have you ever felt the urge to turn your instrument on its side and unleash the fury of some dangerously heavy riffage?
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