However, this is not the case, since the electric bass guitar is not strummed; the strings of the bass guitar are plucked (as opposed to the double bass which may be either plucked or bowed).
This is not the case. This is however. The electric bass guitar is not strummed. The strings of the bass guitar are plucked (as opposed to the double bass). This double bass may be either plucked. This double bass bowed.