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bass guitar

British  
/ beɪs /

noun

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

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Bassist Anan "Tor" Prasert, 37, said he received minor burns but escaped the blaze relatively quickly -- with his bass guitar still slung over his shoulder.

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"Black music has been big fixture in the UK," says neo-soul singer Omar, who's lent the V&A the bass guitar on which he wrote the 1990 hit There's Nothing Like This.

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Her lips are a neutral dusty mauve, her bass guitar a lustrous red.

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

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I recognize one of Mustafa’s friends playing the alto saxophone and a boy from his basketball team strumming the bass guitar.

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