Bass guitar in 1958. 1956 saw the appearance at the German trade fair "Musikmesse Frankfurt" of the distinctive Höfner 500/1 violin bass made using violin construction techniques by Walter Höfner, a second generation violin luthier. The instrument is often known as the "Beatle Bass", due to its endorsement and use by Beatles bassist Paul McCartney. In 1957 Rickenbacker introduced the model 4000 bass, the first bass to feature a neck-through-body design in which the neck is part of the body wood. The Fender and Gibson versions used bolt-on and glued-on necks. With the explosion of the popularity of rock music in the
Guitar, Drums 'n' Bass puts free improvisation into conversation with drum 'n' bass"– as a key example, alongside Sonic Youth mixing punk rock with the work of experimental music pioneers like Pauline Oliveros on "" (1999), house and techno producers remixing Steve Reich's composition on the "Reich Remixed" (1999) album and Björk's collaborations with electronic duo Matmos and free jazz percussionist Chris Corsano, among other examples. More-so than the album itself, Bailey's original improvising over jungle on pirate radio became an influence on Eugene Chadbourne's album "Jungle Cookies" (1998). Guitar, Drums 'n' Bass Guitar, Drums 'n' Bass is an album by free improvisation guitarist