bass guitar

British

/ beɪs /

noun

a guitar that has the same pitch and tuning as a double bass, usually electrically amplified

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He later picked up the bass guitar, though he can’t remember exactly why.

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She sings and plays bass guitar, and was always involved with bands at school.

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The brothers Stone enlisted bass guitar wonder Larry Graham, who’d been playing in a local jazz duo with his mother.

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Paul McCartney played bass guitar and piano and was the band's primary songwriter and vocalist alongside John Lennon.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2024

But this voice was deeper and lower, like a bass guitar.

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