[mb-users] Double bass / contrabass vs. Acoustic upright bass

[Olivier]

2008/3/23, Chris B <chris at whenironsattack.com>:
> On 23/03/2008, Olivier <viapanda at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > Can an instrument tree guru clarify the difference between a double
>  >  bass and an acoustic upright bass?
>  >
>  >  I always thought they were the same thing...
>  >
>  >  Wacky has this:
>  >  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_bass
>  >  that suggest they are synonyms.
>  >
>  >  And the first google hits for "acoustic upright bass" shows... double basses?
>  >  http://www.themusicmotel.com/gear_box/list.asp?catid=195&vid=475
>  >
>  >
>  >  Regards,
>  >
>  >  - Olivier
>
>
> they are the same thing. i'm forever updating discogs entries to fix
>  these things :/
>

Thanks for the confirmation.

Any RelationshipEditor reading this who can stuff things back into one
entry? Or is a merge more complicated than that on the instrument
tree?

- Olivier