This is an Octobass
Thisfox, And yet only three strings…
Seems strange they didn’t make the key levers more ergonomic.
vivadanang, are they keys or locks? maybe I’m not familiar with the right nomenclature.
Thisfox, keys or levers, attached to a set of capos. Not locks.
bob_wiley, 
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Thisfox, Nah, would make it look even larger, which would be good!
Tall as he is, the musician does look almost as if he has to stand on a platform to play. And that twist in his back doesn’t look sustainable.
ultratiem, 
Dick measuring. Pure dick measuring.
sangriaferret,
KuroiKaze, Shit this is even the guy from the photo isn’t it?
sangriaferret, Probably. I doubt there’s a lot of skilled octobass players out there. Shit, I doubt there’s a lot of octobasses out there period.
nucleative, Here’s another that’s slightly less terrifying than the above sample youtu.be/jCEYPyUBDAU?si=4rhnEk6ZZhZrQgtq
mojo, The giga bass
mo_lave, He got that super bass
FauxPseudo, 
Primus sucks.
Agent641, The violin she tells you not to worry about
M0oP0o, 
You typed it wrong, it is an OCTOBASS. (also make sure to have the dramatic music cued up if describing it in person)
Kolanaki, 
Sad.
It’s not being played by an octopus.
uis, 
Is it him?
JohnDClay, I don’t think you can actually hear the fundamental of the lowest note. It’s lowest note has a 16hz fundamental, and people can usually only hear down to around 60hz.
Underwaterbob, Overtones. Bowed string instruments have a lot of harmonics. I can’t imagine it sounds very good, but I bet it’s interesting.
JohnDClay, Yeah exactly. I thought it sounded pretty cool from the recording, but you’d probably need to be there in person to get the full low frequency effect.
Underwaterbob, Near where I grew up there are these caves on a cliff side on the ocean. At the right time of day, the tide is such that the water rushes in and creates these amazing subsonic booms. You can’t hear them, but if you go down one of the walkways into the side of a cave, you can feel it. It’s crazy. Probably a similar thing.
Yerbouti, Montreal Symphonic Orchestra?
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