A bass player, ko bassist, mawaƙi ne wanda ke kunna kayan aikin bass kamar bass biyu, guitar bass, bass bass ko ƙananan kayan aikin tagulla kamar tuba ko sousaphone.
Daban-daban nau'ikan kiɗa sun kasance ana danganta su da ɗaya ko fiye na waɗannan kayan aikin. Tun daga 1960s, bass ɗin lantarki ya kasance daidaitaccen kayan aikin bass don rock da roll, jazz fusion, ƙarfe mai nauyi, ƙasa, reggae da kiɗan pop.
Bass biyu shine daidaitaccen kayan aikin bass don kiɗan gargajiya, bluegrass, rockabilly, da mafi yawan nau'ikan jazz.
Ƙananan kayan aikin tagulla irin su tuba ko sousaphone sune daidaitattun kayan aikin bass a Dixieland da New Orleans-style jazz bands. Duk da ƙungiyoyin kayan aikin bass daban-daban tare da wasu nau'ikan nau'ikan, akwai keɓancewa. Wasu 1990s da 2000s rock and pop bands suna amfani da bass biyu, irin su Andrew Jackson Jihad, Ladies Barenaked; Ƙungiyoyin Indie The Decemberists; da punk rock/psychobilly kungiyoyin kamar The Living End, Nekromantix, The Horrorpops, da Tiger Army. Wasu ƙungiyoyin jazz masu haɗaka suna amfani da bass madaidaiciya mai nauyi, mai tsiri ƙasa maimakon bass biyu. Wasu mawaƙa na kiɗan fasaha na zamani suna amfani da bass ɗin lantarki a cikin saitin kiɗan ɗaki. Wasu manyan makada na jazz suna amfani da bass na lantarki. Wasu fusion, R&B da ƙungiyoyin kiɗan gida suna amfani da su synth bass ko keyboard bass maimakon lantarki bass. Wasu makada Dixieland suna amfani da bass biyu ko bass na lantarki maimakon tuba. A wasu ƙungiyoyin jazz da ƙungiyoyin jam, ɗan wasan Hammond ne ke buga basslines, wanda ke amfani da maballin bass pedal ko ƙaramin littafin jagora don ƙananan bayanan kula.
Ni Joost Nusselder, wanda ya kafa Neaera kuma ɗan kasuwan abun ciki, uba, kuma ina son gwada sabbin kayan aiki tare da guitar a zuciyar sha'awara, kuma tare da ƙungiyara, Ina ƙirƙirar labaran labarai masu zurfi tun daga 2020. don taimakawa masu karatu masu aminci tare da rikodi da tukwici na guitar.
