Alright kiddo, let's learn about the piccolo bass!
So, you know how there's regular bass guitars, right? They have four strings and they're really big and deep sounding. Well, a piccolo bass is smaller and has fewer strings - usually only three or four - but it's higher pitched and sounds more like a guitar than a bass.
The piccolo bass is kind of like the little brother of the bass guitar. It's meant to be played like a bass, with your fingers or a pick, but it has a different sound that can add some variety to a band's music.
Sometimes, musicians use a piccolo bass when they want a bass sound, but they don't want it to be so booming and heavy. Other times, they might use it to play some higher notes that a regular bass guitar can't reach.
It might look a little different than a normal bass guitar too - it could be shorter, with a smaller body or a different shape. But no matter what it looks like, it's still meant to make music and be played just like any other instrument.