Bass

Bass or Basses may refer to:

Fish

 * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species

Wood

 * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree

Music

 * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
 * Any of a number of bass instruments, including:
 * Acoustic bass guitar, with a hollow body
 * Bass clarinet, a clarinet with a lower sound
 * Bass cornett, a low pitched wind instrument
 * Bass drum, a large drum
 * Bass flute, an instrument one octave lower than a flute
 * Bass guitar, with a solid body and electric pickups
 * Bass recorder, an instrument one octave lower than the alto recorder
 * Bass sarrusophone, a low pitched double reed instrument
 * Bass saxophone
 * Bass trombone, a lower pitched trombone
 * Bass trumpet
 * Bass violin
 * Double bass, the largest and lowest pitched bowed string instrument
 * Electric upright bass, the electric version of a double bass
 * Tuba, often called "the bass" in the context of brass instruments
 * Bass (voice type), a type of classical male singing voice
 * Bass clef, the musical clef used for lower-sounding instruments and voices
 * Bass music, broad category of electronic dance music genres, focusing on a prominent bass drum and/or bassline sound
 * Bass note, the lowest note in a chord
 * Bassline, or bass line, a term used in music for a lower-pitched part
 * "Bass", a song by Robyn Hitchcock from his 1986 album Element of Light
 * "Bass", audio file on Culture Vulture (EP) by Jesus Jones (2004)
 * "Bass (How Low Can You Go)", a 1988 single by Simon Harris; also his 1989 album Bass!
 * "Basses", a movement of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells 2003 album

Businesses and organizations

 * Bass Brewery, a British brewery
 * Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.)
 * G.H. Bass & Co., an American footwear brand founded in 1876
 * Bass Pro Shops, an American outdoors company

People

 * Bass (surname)
 * Bass Reeves (1838–1910), notable deputy U.S. marshal

Fictional characters

 * Chuck Bass, a fictional character in the novel and television series Gossip Girl
 * Bass Armstrong, a character from Dead or Alive
 * Bass Monroe, fictional character in Revolution
 * Bass and Bass.EXE, Mega Man characters

Australia

 * Bass Strait, between Australia and Tasmania
 * Bass Pyramid, a small island in the Bass Strait
 * Bass, Victoria, a town in Australia
 * Bass Coast Shire, a local government area in Victoria
 * Division of Bass, a federal electoral division in Tasmania, Australia
 * Division of Bass (state), state electoral division in Tasmania, Australia
 * Electoral district of Bass, a state electoral division in Victoria, Australia
 * Shire of Bass, a former local government area in Victoria, Australia

United States

 * Bass, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Alabama, U.S.
 * Bass, Arkansas, an unincorporated community in Newton County, Arkansas, U.S.
 * Bass, Casey County, Kentucky, U.S.
 * Bass, Missouri, U.S.
 * Bass, West Virginia, U.S.
 * Bass Creek, a stream in Missouri
 * Bass Lake (disambiguation), a number of places and lakes
 * Bass River (disambiguation)
 * Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall, or simply Bass Performance Hall, in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.

Elsewhere

 * Bass, Hansi, a sub-tehsil of Hisar district, Haryana, India
 * Bass Lake (Ontario), several lakes
 * Bass River (disambiguation)
 * Bass Rock, or the Bass, an island in the outer part of the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland
 * Basses, Vienne, a commune of the Vienne department in France

Other uses

 * Bass diffusion model, or Bass model, a mathematical marketing model
 * Beneath a Steel Sky, a 1994 computer adventure game
 * Buttocks, in slang
 * BASS (audio library), a freeware cross-platform audio library and API
 * USS Bass, several vessels of the U.S. Navy