N'ime ụdị ịpị aka abụọ, ndị na-egwu bass na-eji aka abụọ egwu egwu na fretboard site na ịpị ma jide eriri ahụ ngwa ngwa. Kama ịpị ma ọ bụ ịpị eriri ahụ iji mepụta ụda, na usoro a, ihe omume nke ịkụ ụdọ ahụ megide fret ma ọ bụ fretboard na-emepụta ụda. Ebe ọ bụ na enwere ike iji aka abụọ na-egwu na fretboard, nke a na-eme ka o kwe omume igwu egwu na-agbagọ agbagọ, iji kụọ bass na akara dị mfe, ma ọ bụ kpọọ ụbọ akwara na arpeggios. Bassist John Entwistle nke The Who kụrụ aka na ụdọ, na-eme ka ha jiri ụda ụda na-akụ ụda iji mepụta ụda ụda. Ndị na-egwu egwu a mara maka usoro a gụnyere Cliff Burton, Stuart Sheehan, Billy Wooten, John Myung, Clay Hamm, Les Clay, Michael Chapman, na Michael Warr.
Cliff Burton, Billy Sheehan, Stuart Hamm, John Myung, Victor Wooten, Les Claypool, Mark King, na Michael Manring