Bassist

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Lemmy Kilmister playing a Rickenbacker bass guitar in 2011

Eddie Gómez playing an upright bass

Bernie Worrell playing a Moog Little Phatty synth

Howard Johnson playing a tuba

A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), keyboard bass (synth bass) or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or trombone. Many musical genres tend to be associated with at least one or more of these instruments.