[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwMa4faAsK8?rel=0&w=600&h=437]

Using a tom tom drum, an Icoustic bass, and violin, iCoustic founder Ken Preece has produced what looks to be a low-end banjo on steroids. The size and proximity of the tom tom brings out the depth of the bass as he plays it. Definitely a hip way to play upright bass.

[via Recyclart]