bassist

While it lacks onboard effects and custom-tailored tones, it can even perform honorably for guitarists and bassists who use a lot of pedalboards or outboard effects.
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A founding member of the jazz-bluegrass group Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, he is a superb bassist, a high practitioner of technique, tone and feel.
The tale of a bass player, sonic epiphanies and a quest to save ‘real music’|Ben Ratliff|February 12, 2021|Washington Post
Playful and gory, the cartoonish paintings of Dee Dee Ramone, bassist for The Ramones, are every bit as shocking as their creator.
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings|Melissa Leon|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Eight days later their bassist, Gerard Smith, passed away from lung cancer.
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He is a startlingly brilliant bassist, as accomplished in classical music as in jazz.
The Stacks: John Coltrane’s Mighty Musical Quest|Nat Hentoff|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dicky Betts, alternate lead guitar to Duane, whiles away the flight swapping comic books with the bassist, Berry Oakley.
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A bassist's main job is to keep the rest of the band on track.
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The counter-bassist has perched on the top of his musical monster.
A Winter Amid the Ice|Jules Verne

British Dictionary definitions for bassist

bassist

/ (ˈbeɪsɪst) /

noun

a player of a double bass, esp in a jazz band

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