Yep, this bass is also a giant iPhone

MusicRadar's best of 2018: These days, you’ll find all kinds of tech attached to guitars - often to traditionalists’ chagrin - but what if the instrument itself is the tech? Well, for bassist Stig Pedersen of legendary Danish rockers D-A-D, that’s exactly the case with his iPhone bass.

Details are scarce, but footage shows Pedersen wielding the two-string bass in concert and filming the audience as he does so - just sit back and marvel at those enormous buttons.

In a gear run with TC Electronic (embedded below), Pedersen’s tech Troels Bjørn reveals the bass can actually livestream to Facebook, while also showing off a few of the bassist’s other two-strings, including the infamous giant headstock bass.

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Mike has been Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com since 2019, and an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict for far longer. He has a master's degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and 15 years' experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. His writing also appears in the The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock as Maebe.