Not to be too negative; but, the bass of today is probably some kind of MIDI studio patch, and not even an instrument. Look at how many “hit” records now are being produced with computer generated bass patches. That’s kind of become a standard.
Meanwhile, upright basses haven’t really changed in several centuries, and most players still feel pretty good about those. Electric bass guitars have become pretty well developed. I don’t really see any particular reason for them not to carry on in an evolutionary way at this point. Yes, it is a somewhat unfortunate (boring?) that the rebellious days of norm breaking are a bit in the past.
Some day, perhaps, a new generation will create a new way to make music which is both musical and cool. For the moment, MIDI patches ain’t it. My $0.019.
