Bass Guitar

Everything you need to know about bass guitar including the best bass guitars to buy, where to order them, accessories, how to play & more.

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On this page you’ll find everything you need to know about the Bass Guitar, including buyer’s guides for the best on the market, gear needed, tips and full tutorials on your favorite songs.

Latest Bass Guitar Posts

Below you’ll find a few of our latest posts about Bass Guitars , including buyer’s guides for the best on the market, gear needed, tips and full tutorials on your favorite songs.

Why Trust Us?

Our Bass Guitar reviews are always written by people who have had plenty of experience playing the instruments in question. Our buyer’s guides, reviews, blog posts and gear lists are all written by professionals who have vast knowledge about the instruments, their maintenance, history and how to play them. We always do the research so you don’t have to.

Our Bass Guitar Experts

The Bass Guitar experts who write for this blog are professional players, musical producers, performers and teachers. Every article written on this blog is written with the expertise that you’ll only find on IntoStrings.com and the quality of every post here reflects their knowledge and wisdom with the instruments that they play. If you want a professional opinion, you came to the right place.

Types of Bass Guitars

Below you’ll find all of the different types of Bass Guitars with links to the buyer’s guides on our site about each type and model of the instrument.

Best Bass Guitars Overall

In this ultimate buyer’s guide you’ll find the best Bass Guitars to purchase this year. We have done the research so you don’t have to! From budget options to professional instruments, we list all of the best on the market for all different budgets and playing styles. Don’t miss this full guide to the best overall. For the best instruments of individual types, scroll down.
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Acoustic Bass Guitar

Acoustic Bass

The acoustic bass looks a lot like an acoustic guitar but they only have 4 strings and they have a much deeper, richer and fuller sound than an acoustic guitar. 

When tuning the acoustic bass, it’s the same as the bottom 4 strings of the 6-string acoustic: E-A-D-G.

These instruments are almost silent when their sound isn’t amplified, so most of them will have a pickup so you can hook them into an amp.

Semi-Acoustic Bass

The semi-acoustic bass guitar is definitely not the most common type of bass, but you will find them out there.

You can find them in all shapes and sizes, and all variety of number of strings.

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Electric Bass

Also known as simply Bass Guitar, the electric bass is the most common type of bass guitar. These are built using pick-ups to hook up to an amplifier and amplify the sound.

These instruments typically have 4 to 6 strings. The electric bass has the lowest pitched tone of any guitar in the guitar family. The strings are plucked and they look a lot like electric guitars.

Hollow Body Bass

Hollow body bass guitars came into fashion in the late 60s and 70s, but had fallen out of favor for many years.

Now they’re making a comeback in a massive way thanks to their unique tone which more and more musicians are wanting in their music.

First brought to mainstream music by Paul McCartney (playing the Gibson EB-2), the hollow body bass is no longer reserved just for early British rock bands.

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Fretless Bass

As the name suggests, the fretless bass has no frets on the fretboard. Without the use of frets, the musician has more freedom to find precise tones.

Also, frets on normal guitars can cause undesired vibrations from time to time. With a fretless bass, this is never an issue.

However, the lack of frets requires an incredible level of precision to get the right chords, so the fretless bass isn’t recommended for novice bass players.

Jazz Bass

Most models of jazz bass guitars will have a modern C-Shaped neck which is normally made from maple, but can be other materials in some cases.

It is the material they’re made from and their shape that gives them a very distinct look and feel.

The jazz bass guitar’s neck typically tapers as it makes its way up to the nut, where the string tension is wound much tighter than most other types of guitars for easier fingerpicking.

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Best Bass Guitars By Price

When shopping for the best Bass Guitars most people will have a budget in mind. Below you can find different lists of the best instruments organized by their cost.

Best Banjos Under $2000

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Best Banjos Under $500

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Best Banjos Under $1000

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Best Banjos Under $200

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Bass Guitar Strings

Below are our posts about different Bass Guitar strings that you can purchase. We have full lists and buyer’s guides for all different types of strings for all budgets.

Strings For Beginners

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Best Strings For Strumming

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Best Strings For Fingerpicking

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Best Strings For Rock Music

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Other Bass Guitar Gear

There is more gear for your Bass Guitar than just the instrument and strings. Below we’ve included buyer’s guides to all of the important gear and accessories that you might want to purchase to complete your set-up.

Best Bass Guitar Straps

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Best Bass Guitar Amps

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Best Capos For Bass Guitars

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Best Bass Guitar Cases

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Bass Guitar Lessons

If you want to learn how to play the Bass Guitar, you can check out the wonderful lessons below for free on YouTube. This will give you the foundation you need to be able to play your new instrument and help you moving forward.

Beginner Lesson 1

Step-By-Step Tutorial

A quick and easy tutorial that will teach you the different parts of the Bass Guitar, a couple of the easiest chords you can learn and some basic info to get you started playing.

Beginner Lesson 2

Step-By-Step Tutorial

A quick and easy tutorial that will teach you the different parts of the Bass Guitar, a couple of the easiest chords you can learn and some basic info to get you started playing.

Beginner Lesson 3

Step-By-Step Tutorial

A quick and easy tutorial that will teach you the different parts of the Bass Guitar, a couple of the easiest chords you can learn and some basic info to get you started playing.

Beginner Lesson 4

Step-By-Step Tutorial

A quick and easy tutorial that will teach you the different parts of the Bass Guitar, a couple of the easiest chords you can learn and some basic info to get you started playing.