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A strong groovy bassline to kick a song off is better than most electric guitar intros. A hot take, we understand. But come on, from Queen’s Another One Bites The Dust, to Graham Central Station’s Hair…the bass starts and literally everyone’s instantly got a stank face on.

Some fun facts for all the rhythm sections out there, Paul Tutmarc was the man who created the very first bass guitar in the 1930s. It didn’t quite catch on like the Red Hot Chili Peppers until the 1950s, though. In the 1950s Leo Fender made a guitar based off ofTutmarc’s design because musicians wanted to find a replacement for the bulky double bass.

But just like any other crazy musician, basic is never enough. Bass guitars now can have more than 4 strings, just like Thundercat’s favourite six-string, and Tom Petersson’s iconic twelve-string. There’s even a Youtuber, Davie504 who’s played on a ridiculous total of sixty-nine strings!

In the world of bass guitar puns, the humor is always low but never flat! Prepare to pluck some strings and strum up some laughs as we dive deep into the groove. Whether you’re a bass-ic beginner or a fret-less wonder, these puns are sure to strike a chord. Don’t worry, we won’t string you along – each joke will be delivered with precision, right on the beat. Whether you’re a bassist or not, if you’re in a weird funk, maybe just take a short break to enjoy this collection of funny bass guitar puns! We bet some laughs will get you back in your groove before you even know it. So, amp up your sense of humor, and let’s get this jam session started before things get too out of tune!

Bass Guitar Puns

Amoe-bass – One cell parasitic organism that produces a low tone.
Acid and Bass-Techno funk?
Acid and bass-A bassist’s favourite chemistry topic.
Bae-ssist – Hot bass guitarist
Bass-il-A bassist’s favourite herb.
Bass-ilisk -The funkiest serpent king from ancient myth.
Bass-ilus – Funky bass bacteris.
B-ass -ist – Idiot bassist.
Base-sist – Bassis who does NOT enjoy acid bass.
Bass-ketball-A bassist’s favourite sport.
Bass-ket Case-A bassist’s favourite Green Day song.
Basses-What bassists wear to straighten their teeth.
Basses-When bassists have just tightened their dental braces and can’t pronounce the R.
Bass-ic-Boring plain bass guitars.
Bass-inet -Where baby bass guitars sleep.
Bass-ific Ocean -The largest, deepest, lowest, funkiest ocean.
Bass-tille -An old fortress in Paris the kings used to imprison bass guitarists.
Bouilla-bass-A funky French soup.
Bom-bass-tic-An intricate rhythm that’s got no soul put into it.
Bass of Spades-Motorhead’s funkiest record.
Count Bass-ie-Every bassist’s favourite jazz musician.
Contra-bass – Stolen bass.
Bass-oon – Opposite of Bass-late.
Bass-il – Herby bass.
Basste – Fat or juices you pour over your bass before you stick it in the oven.
Lacto-bass-illus -Funky bacteria.
Em-bass (Embrace)-When bassists have no one to hug but their instrument.
Em-bass-y -Bass guitarist representatives in a foreign country.
Outer S-bass-The universe according to a bassist.
Purple Bass-An even funkier version of Jimi Hendrix’s Purple Haze.
Roman Bass-ilica -Old ancient buildings for bassists to gather in.
Sea bass-A fish you can make music with.
Sea-bass – When the bassist drops his bass into the ocean.
Scubass – Underwater bass guitar.
Sor-bass-Sorbet made from bass guitars.
Tubass – Tuba used to get low down funky.
Turkey bass-ter-An instrument you stick into a roast turkey.
Bass for impact!
She’s beauty and she’s bass…
Laughter sets your soul a-bass (ablaze).
Run your bass (race) at your own pace.

Bass Guitar Related Puns

Ready to bass-t in the glory of some punny music humor? Grab your amp and let’s pluck these bass guitar puns right out of thin air! Don’t fret – these puns will hit all the right notes. Whether you’re slappin‘ or poppin‘, we’re here to string together a few laughs that’ll resonate with your funny bone. I hope you’re tuned in because we’re about to drop some bass so low, even the treble is jealous. If your jokes fall flat, don’t worry, just adjust your humor like a trusty tone knob. After all, a little bit of bass-clef never hurt anyone, right?

As we dive even deeper into the rhythm of this bass-punny madness! You see, bassists are like the unsung heroes of the band – always keeping things grounded without getting too much attention. But that’s okay, we’re not in it for the spotlight; we’re in it for the bass-ic thrills! Without us, the music would feel emptier than a guitar solo at a bass convention. We’re here to lay down the grooves so smooth, even butter would slip.

Playing bass is like being the foundation of a band – without you, everything falls apart faster than an out-of-tune guitar solo! And don’t go thinking you’re the backup, you’re the backbone! So crank that volume, pluck with purpose, and remember, every good bassist knows how to scale their humor. But be careful, too many puns, and you’ll end up with a crowd so stunned, they might call for a sound check just to make sure their ears weren’t tricked. Now let’s rock on, or as we bassists say, let’s “roll on the low end!”

Guitar Part Puns

Fret-ernity-A college guitar group.
Fret-A worried guitar.
Fret – What a bass guitar gets when it eats too much.
Fretty – What you call a bass guitar after it gets fret.
Fret – A bass guitar after an elephant sits on it.
Fret – Small living space for poor bassists.
Fretulate – When a bassist farts.
Fret-ternity – Group of bassists in college.
Low-fret milk – What health conscious bassist drink.
A-fret – When a bass guitar is scared.
Boba Fret – Space bounty hunter who catches bassists.
Fret-tucine-A bassist’s favourite noodle.
Fret-tigue – Tired bass guitar.
Fret-thom – Understanding a bassist.
In-fret-tuation – Irrational love for guitars.
Finger-bored – Practicing scales.
Pom-fret-A guitar’s favourite fish.
Peppa Peg-A little guitar’s favourite cartoon.
S-peg-tacles – What a bassist with bad eyesight wears.
Peginning-The start of a guitar.
Peg-uin-A waddling guitar.
S-peg-hetti-A guitar’s favourite pasta.
Peg-umes-Guitar beans.
Peg-culiar – How bassist sound if they’re not in tune.
String cheese-A guitar’s favourite cheese.
Neck-flix-A guitar’s favourite streaming service.
Neck-tarine-A guitar’s favourite juicy fruit.
Ge-neck-tics – The study of a guitar’s neck.
Necking – Bassist with his bass guitar in the back seat of his car.
Breakneck – Smashing your guitar on stage.
Discon-neck – Smashing your guitars neck on stage.
Recon-neck – Glueing your guitar together after smashing it on stage.
Red Neck – When a bassist fingers bleeds on his guitar after hours of gigging.
Neck-cessities -All that a bassist needs.
Harm-bucker – Type of pickup that makes a painful sound.
Wood you be mine?
I don’t know what I wood do without cellos.
Are you fret-tening (threatening) me?
I peg your pardon.
Float like a butterfly, string like a bee.
Any-string goes.
Thanks for sticking your neck out for me.

Guitar Technique Puns

Sur-strumming (Surstromming) -The only Swedish fish with the stankiest solos.
Strum-belina (Thumbelina) -Every little guitarist’s ffavouritefairytale.
Strum-bone -If a guitar and a trombone had a baby.
Deep Vein Strum-bosis -When you get a blood clot from rocking out.
Pick-achu -Pokemon that can play guitar.
Slide-rs -Mini burgers for guitarists.
Slide eye -When a guitarist looks at you disapprovingly.
Slides -A guitarist’s preferred footwear.
Slides -A guitarist’s favourite thing at the playground.
Bend-nedict Cumberbatch -Doctor Strange solos on a guitar.
Harm-onics -A painful guitar solo to listen to.
Harm-ony – Guitar not in tune.
How-monics -Harmonics? How? Huh?
Har-meow-nics -A cat’s favourite guitar technique.
Tap-pir -A Malaysian animal who’s the best at tapping a guitar.
Bee-brato -When a bee quickly alternates between two pitches on a guitar.
Vibra-toe -When a guitarist plays a vibrato with his toes.
Hammy Bar– A pig’s favourite guitar technique.
Whammy Bar -George Michael’s favourite guitar technique.
The best is yet to strum.
Don’t be so picky.
I pick you!
Best friends pick together.
I’ll be with you through pick and thin.
The grass is greener on the other slides.
Good things are just waiting around the bend.
Best bends for life!
Peace and harmonics.
What’s tap-pening?

Guitar and Ukulele Puns

Gui-tar-What a guitarist would use to cover roads.
Gui-tart-A sour guitar.
Gui-tart-A guitar’s favourite dessert.
Ghee-tar-Indian butter guitar, super smooth!
Glee-tar – Happy funny guitar.
Moo-kelele-Small instrument for cows.
Mew-kelele-Instrument that’s just the right size for cat paws.
Loo-kelele-An instrument to ease your toilet troubles.
Poo-kelele-A stinky little thing.
Uke can do it!
Uke, I am your father

Bass Guitar Jokes

Bass guitar jokes are like the rhythm section of humor – they keep things grounded while everyone else is strumming away at the punchlines. And let’s face it, bassists don’t need a ton of spotlight; they know how to drop the low-end groove that gets everyone moving, even if the drummer tries to take all the credit. Sure, guitarists may hog the solos and make their fretwork look like a scene from an action movie, but we bassists? We prefer our humor like our tone: deep, smooth, and steady. That’s why bass guitar jokes don’t fret over being flashy; they just keep it low-key… literally.

Ever notice how a bassist’s sense of humor is always in the pocket, just like their playing? We’re the type to make jokes that pluck at the heartstrings without bending the truth. And let’s be honest, without bass, the band would be like a guitar with no strings – a whole lot of noise with no substance. Bassists know that while guitarists are busy shredding, we’re the ones tying the whole thing together, one joke at a time.

So, if you ever hear someone say, “Bassists don’t get enough credit,” just hit them with a punchline so smooth it’ll reverberate through their soul, like a perfectly timed bass slide. Because in the world of music humor, we’re always laying down the groove – even if nobody else picks it up!

Q: What’s the difference between a bass and an onion?
A: Nobody cries when you chop up a bass.

Q: How do you reduce wind-drag on a bassist’s car?
A: Take the Domino’s Pizza sign off the roof

Q: What do you throw a drowning bass player?
A: His Amp.

Q: What did the bass player get on his IQ test?
A: Drool.

Q: Why don’t bass players tell blonde jokes?
A: They don’t understand them.

Q: What did the bassist do when he was told to turn on his amp?
A: He caressed it softly and told it how pretty it looked.

Q: Why are there four strings on a bass?
A: Three are spares.

Q: What do you call someone who hates musicians?
A: The bassist.

Q: What do you call a beautiful woman on a bassist’s arm?
A: A tattoo.

Q: The difference between a guitar and bass player?
A: A guitar player gets students and a bass player gets gigs!

Q: What do a bass and a lawsuit have in common?
A: Everyone is relieved when the case is closed.

Q: How many Pop bass players does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. The keyboard player does it with his left hand.

Q: What are the three most difficult years in a bass player’s life?
A: Second grade.

Q: Why can’t bass players get through a door?
A: He either can’t find the key, or he doesn’t know when to come in!

Q: How do you get a bass player to turn down?
A: Put sheet music in front of him.

Q: How can you tell when the stage is perfectly level?
A: Drool comes out both sides of the bass player’s mouth.

Q: What do you call someone who hangs around with musicians?
A: A Bass Player.

Q: How does a bassist’s brain cell die?
A: Alone.

Q: What do you call a bass player with a college degree?
A: Night manager at McDonalds.

Q: How are a fretless bass player and lightning the same?
A: They never hit the same spot twice.

Q: What do you do if you run over a bass player?
A: Back up and make SURE.

Q: Heard about the drummer who locked his keys in his car and nearly missed his gig?
A: It took him 15 minutes to get his bass player out.

Q: Why do bands have one bass player?
A: Only one will fit in the trunk.

Q: Why do bands have bass players?
A: To translate for the drummer.

Q: What’s the similarity between philosophers and drummers?
A: They both view time as an abstract concept

Q: How does a bass player count 7/8 time?
A: 1-2-3-4-5-6-sev-en

Q: How do you get a bass player to play in E flat?

A: Take the batteries out of his tuner.

A boy came home from his first bass lesson. His dad asked him how it went. “Today we learned the E string.”
The boy came home from his second lesson and dad asked him how it went. “Today we learned the A string.”
The boy came home from his third lesson. Dad asked, “So did you learn the D string today?”
“Nope. Today I had a gig.”
The guitarist hears screaming and yelling, runs into the rehearsal room and finds the bass player and the drummer fighting. He calms them down enough to find out what’s going on and the bass player says “He turned one of my tuning pegs and made the bass out of tune!!”
The guitarist asks “Well, why don’t you just retune it?”
The bassist replies “He won’t tell me which one!!!!”
A little boy sees a live band, and is mesmerized by the feeling of the lows coming from the bass player. It’s all he talks about for days, until he tells his parents “I want to grow up and become a bass player!!!!” His father says “Son, you’ll have to make a choice, you can’t do both.”
A man decides to go on a vacation on a Pacific island. When he steps off the plane, it is amazing: Cool, light ocean breeze, palms gently swaying in the wind, white sandy beaches, drums off in the distance. He goes to his hotel, checks in, starts having the time of his life.

When he turns in on the first night, he can still hear drums off in the distance. They were charming at first, but now it’s little annoying, and he has a hard time going to sleep. The next morning, he goes to concierge and asks about the drums. The concierge replies: “The drums, they never stop. Very, very bad if they stop.”

So the man goes about his day in paradise, having a great time, but the drums never stop. He tries to ignore them, but they interfere with his sleep the second night. The next morning, fuzzy-headed from too many island drinks and too little sleep, again asks the concierge if something can be done about the drums. He gets the same reply: “Drums not stop. Very bad if they do.”

The rest of the day is not fun. The drums are driving this man crazy, and he isn’t getting any sleep. The next day he is ready leave. He packs his bags and goes up to the front desk to check out. But first the man finds the concierge to give the concierge a piece of his mind. Suddenly, the drums stop.

He says to the concierge: “They finally stopped! Thank god, I can get some sleep. I was about the leave.”
The concierge says: “This is bad. Very, very bad. Flee from this island while you still can.”
“Why?”
“Drums stop. Bass solo next.”
A couple was having marital difficulties and consulted a marriage counselor. After meeting with them, the counselor told them that their problems could all be traced to a lack of communication. “You two need to talk,” he said. “So, I recommend that you go to a jazz club. Just wait until it’s time for the bass player to solo. Then you’ll be talking just like everyone else.”
One night at Club Chintz, the mindreader closes her set by reading the mind of the each of the musicians in the band.

First, she reads the mind of the lead guitarist: “Wow, look at all the cute chicks who showed up tonight! I bet they’re all here to see me. Good crowd!”

Then the drummer: “Look at that crowd! With this many people in the house, we’re going to make good money tonight!”

Then the Keyboard player: “Yeesh, look at that crowd. None of them will ever truly appreciate all of my talent. What a bunch of losers.”

Finally, the Bass player:
“E E E E E E E E A A A A A A A A E E E E E E E E…”
One night the band leader approaches the bands bassist and asks him to play a little more free.
“What do you mean ?” the bass player asks.
The keyboardist replies “well, for instance, when we start ‘ One Note Samba ‘, you wait 3 bars and come in on flat 3rd, then play 2 bars and skip the next one. Go straight to the turn around, then play flat 7th for 5 bars, and finish early with a sharp 5th.”
The bassist considers this for many minutes, and finally says he can’t possibly accomplish such a mammoth task, especially since the part the leader described would sound so dissonant.
To which the leader angrily says, “well, why not?
That’s exactly what you played last night!”
Did you hear about the bass player who was so depressed about his bad timing that he threw himself behind a train?
BASS SOLO!
E E E E E E E E
Never mind the dog. Beware the bass player!
A guy walks into the doctor’s office and says,
“Doc, I haven’t had a bowel movement in a week!”
The doctor gives him a prescription for a mild laxative and tells him, “If it doesn’t work, come back.”
Another week goes by and the poor guy is back:
“Doc, STILL nothing!”
The doctor, worried, says “We’d better get some more information about you to try to figure out what’s going on. What do you do for a living?”
The guy says “I’m a musician, I play the bass guitar.”
The doctor looks up and says, “Well, that’s it! Here’s $10.00. Go get something to eat!”
Musician : Someone who puts $5000 worth of gear into a $500 car to drive 100 miles for a $50 gig.
Love one woman. Many basses.

Looks like we’ve plucked our way through all the bass guitar puns and jokes, and now it’s time to scale things back. I guess we’ve hit the low notes, but don’t fret – there’s always more string humor to strum up in the future! Whether you’re slapping the bass or just picking up on these puns, we’ve definitely struck a chord here. Hopefully, these jokes resonated with you, even if they hit a few flat notes along the way. If not, well, that’s bass-ically how the pun game works – sometimes you’re in tune, other times you’re just stringing folks along!

In the end, it’s all about having fun, keeping things low-key, and finding the right rhythm in life. So next time you’re feeling a little bass-ic, just remember these puns, and you’ll be jamming in no time. Thanks for riffing with me through this bom-bass-tic bass pun and joke adventure! Until next time, keep it groovy, and don’t forget: life is better with a little bass!