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Drop bass

Drop bass or simply “Drop” is the largest, deepest, loudest, and most scoliosis inducing bass drum in the line. This bass is very important for any marching band.
“What drum should i pick up today?”

I hate you so go play drop bass!”
by Taydenswin October 30, 2018
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Smack The Bass

by Shitcakedasshairs June 16, 2018
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bass cannon

A subwoofer of exceedingly high volume and potency. The kind of thing that gets cops knocking on your doors at any time of the day and noise ordinance violation tickets if placed into your car.
Dude1: I'd get a bass cannon for my car, but I just can't afford the tickets.
by Raubritter February 19, 2006
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bass guitar

An electric, portable version of the double bass designed in the 1930s and first mass produced in the early 1950s by Fender. Shaped like a guitar but larger, many people mistake the bass as a regular guitar. There are more techniques available to a bassist than a guitarist, like slapping and popping. A bass is often played fingerstyle, like a classical guitar, but some prefer to use a pick for the harder more trebly sound produced.

The bassist's role in a rock or metal band is to provide a rhythmic link between the guitar and drums, creating the foundation for a song. In a lot of avant-garde and jazz genres, the bass is featured as a solo instrument, although rock/metal bassists like Cliff Burton have used the bass in this way. A common misconception of the bass is that guitarists are able to play bass using guitar techniques, but this is untrue. A guitarist using techniques for a guitar would only be able to lay down a very simple bassline. Bassists are often overlooked in a band setting because the guitar has a higher volume and plays the role of the lead instrument in most rock and pop bands.
Some notable bass guitar plays include Jaco Pastorius, Cliff Burton, Alex Webster, and Chris Squire.
by some-random-asshole September 19, 2009
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slap bass

the most badass way to play the bass guitar.
Flea plays slap bass. OOOOOH YEAHHHHH!
by wowser77 October 29, 2009
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bass

Bass, pronounced 'Baas' means cool or 'sick'. A 'sick bass' is a cool person, a sea bass is a fish but also an uncool person.
Only a sick bass could do that!
I am a sick bass.
He/she is a sea bass.
by Ananda12345 December 28, 2005
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