A bass tagata ta'alo, po'o le bassist, o se tagata fa'amusika e tāina se mea fai fa'aili e pei o se fa'a-fa'alua, kitara fa'apapa, fa'apapa keyboard po'o se mea faifa'aili apamemea maualalo e pei o le tuba po'o le sousaphone.
O ituaiga musika eseese e masani ona fesootai ma se tasi pe sili atu foi o nei mea faifaaili. Talu mai le vaitau o le 1960, o le eletise eletise ua avea ma mea faʻapipiʻi masani mo rock and roll, jazz fusion, heavy metal, atunuu, reggae ma musika pop.
O le pa'u lua o le mea faifa'aili masani mo musika masani, bluegrass, rockabilly, ma le tele o ituaiga o jazz.
O meafaifaaili apamemea maualalo e pei o le tuba po'o sousaphone o mea faifa'abass masani i Dixieland ma New Orleans-style jazz bands. E ui lava i fesoʻotaʻiga o meafaifaʻaili bass eseese ma nisi ituaiga, e iai tuusaunoaga. O nisi o le 1990s ma le 2000s rock and pop bands e fa'aogaina le lua bass, e pei o Andrew Jackson Jihad, Barenaked Ladies; Indie band The Decemberists; ma vaega punk rock/psychobilly pei ole The Living End, Nekromantix, The Horrorpops, ma le Tiger Army. O nisi kulupu fusion jazz latou te fa'aogaina se fa'amama fa'amama fa'amama fa'amama fa'asolo i lalo nai lo le fa'amau fa'alua. O nisi o fatu pese o musika fa'aonaponei e fa'aogaina le fa'aeletise i totonu o se potu musika. O nisi o fa'aili tetele jazz e fa'aaogaina bass eletise. O nisi fusuaga, R&B ma fale musika e fa'aogaina synth bass po'o le keyboard bass nai lo le eletise. O nisi fa'aili o le Dixieland e fa'aoga fa'alua po'o fa'a eletise nai lo le tuba. I nisi o kulupu jazz ma fusi siamu, o le basslines e taina e se tagata ta okeni Hammond, o loʻo faʻaaogaina le bass pedal keyboard poʻo le tusi lesona pito i lalo mo nota maualalo.
O aʻu o Joost Nusselder, o le faʻavae o Neaera ma o se tagata faʻatau oloa, tama, ma e fiafia e faʻataʻitaʻi meafaigaluega fou ma le kitara i le fatu o loʻu tuʻinanau, ma faʻatasi ai ma laʻu 'au, sa ou fatuina ni tusiga blog loloto talu mai le 2020 e fesoasoani i le aufaitau faamaoni i le pueina ma le fesoasoani kitara.
