Bass drum

The biggest instruments on the drum line. usually 5 of them each at different pitches to make a melodic sound to the drum line. The bigger the better.

Color guard #1:look at that bass drummer!
Colorguard#2: Yah! he's hot!!!

by B.B. Prince January 2, 2010

bass face

Facial contortions of a bass player involving mouth twisting to the groove, chin dropping impossibly low, brow furrowing, a seemingly blank stare and a general unawareness of the condition. Also often accompanies Egyptian-style head gyrations.

Dude, have you ever seen your bass face?

by Short Circuit April 20, 2007

bass bin

a subwoofer consisting of one or more drivers enclosed in a horn cabinet. typically designed to provide very high efficiency, and hence sound pressure levels, for large-scale venues.

Cerwin-Vega Earthquake and Afterburner series subwoofers are examples of folded-horn bass bins.

by Fromagerie October 16, 2008

bass guitar

foundation of modern rock bands; person playing it is highly overlooked as a musician although most bassists are much cooler//more talented than guitar players

goes great with drums

guitar player: I'm a weak ass mofo compared to the bassist in our band

by ZEPOWNSYOU May 13, 2005

bassist

A bassist- short for 'bass guitarist' is the most underated musician in poular music. ordinary music fans generally just listen to the vocals and guitar while ignoring the bass, which is not really their fault, but the fault of crap bassists who dont play basslines, just root notes, and producers in the studio, who often compress songs so much that the bass is almost silent. bassists play the bass guitar, much like a guitar, but much bigger and based on the upright double bass. It is tuned one octave lower than the guitar and it usually has 4 strings and 21-24 frets, but you can get 5,6,8 and 12+ string basses and fretless basses to get differnt sounds out of the instrument. The Bassist is the band member that gets you dancin', (although you probably dont know it) and bassists play their instrument by picking, plucking with two to four fingers, slapping and tapping the strings. Many uneducated cretins believe that is 'just like a guitar, but its easier, cus you only have to play one string at a time... drool, slather...etc'. But in reality a good bassist lays down the groove, can walk all over the fretboard, and can lock with the drummer as part of the rythm section. Guitarists and singers may steal the spotlight, but the bassist is the one holding it all together. He is the musical glue, the perfect balance between the melody and the beat of the song. and pretty goddamn funky too.
some famous and talanted bassists include:
Jaco Pastorius,
Victor Wooten,
Les Claypool,
Flea,
Billy Sheenan,
John Myung,
Sid Vicous, (just joking!)
Stanley Clarke,
Geddy Lee,
Cliff Burton,
Steve Harris etc.

'woah, feel the groove that bassist's holding down!

by Whiten0ise July 7, 2006

Wobble (Bass)

The primary sound made in Dub-step techno music.

It is the sound that is featured in the "Drop," the hardest hitting part of the song.

The sound is often described as dirty or heavy.

It has a low bass sound. Also called a grind.

Sounds like Wab wab wab wab wab.

When the drop hits, the dynamic sound made by the bass. Sounds like Wobble (bass).

by michael102387a December 10, 2010

Bass Drop

One of the best charictaristics in Dubstep, Drum and Bass etc.

its normaly when the percussion pauses for a second and then comes back with a heavier bassline.

it is always very pleasurable to hear one but you really need to hear it on a big sound system to know how good it is.

"that gig last night was well good"

"yeah...and when the bass dropped"

"yeah it was so heavy"

by Dubstep.girl July 26, 2009