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22 Memes Only Bass Players Will Understand

Last Updated: July 6, 2022 by Mike Emiliani 3 Comments

Where there’s an Internet, there will be memes.

Memes far and wide encapsulating some of the held stereotypes and inside jokes of different groups and cliques of communities and bass players have their own bass guitar memes showcasing their unity to the online bass guitar community.

A picture and 2 sentences in Impact Bold font on the top and the bottom of the picture. One sentence sets up a situation, the second delivers the punchline that only those in on the joke are supposed to “get”.

Bass players have their own memes that float around the Internet, weaving in and out of Google Images and Facebook Groups, often acknowledging the old stereotypes of playing bass:

  • Being the awkward kid who plays in back
  • The guitar player demoted to bass playing duties
  • The young musician being duped into playing bass
  • The bass player being the faceless nobody
  • Constantly being told to turn down
  • Never being allowed to solo (and if they do solo – 4 bars MOST and right after the guitarist’s 10 minute solo)
  • Being only slightly better than the band’s drummer on the musical food chain
  • Hating guitar players for many, many, many different reasons
  •  etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.


Memes signify a community and showcase a common mentality and common humor.

Are memes silly? Sure. Are they accurate and shine light on truths new and old? Of course. Can they also be wildly inaccurate and dated? You bet they can.

At the end of the day, memes are just good fun. They provide use in on the joke with a smile and a satisfaction akin to getting a joke that a comedian unleashes on stage at a nightclub.

It’s a feeling of belonging and unity.

That all being said, here are 22 bass guitar memes just for bassists from the corners of the Internet and beyond:

lead guitarist told me how to play bassline
reasons to date a bass player


muppets bass meme
always be yourself unless you're a bass player
become a bass player they said


she asked me 3 words every girl wants to hear
baby i'm the best bass player you ever heard
bass guitar meme 1


bass face meme
big hands bass meme
john myung bass meme


youre not a fan of a band unless you know the bass player's name
bass players are sexy
I'm in love with a bass player


bass playing girlfriend meme
paul mccartney bass meme quote
skrillex meme


old bass players never die - they just reach new lows
drop the bass they said
unfortunately he'll remain a bass player eecard

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  1. Dennis Mudloff says

    November 8, 2016 at 10:57 pm

    Good stuff

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  2. Slim Spud says

    January 15, 2018 at 12:20 pm

    Lol

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  3. Stephanie Su says

    March 26, 2018 at 12:19 am

    It’s funny, I am searching for best bass guitar brand and found this Lol. I found this review.

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