What's with the Craigslist ads looking for a "Bassist"
 

Do you actually refer to yourself as a "bassist"?
Craiglist's search is so bad that you actually have to search using "bass" and "bassist" to catch all the bass-related ads.

I'm not a bassist. I'm a bass player.

So you play a fish?

:D

They're bass fishing

When you search type in "bass*" This will get you bass + anything else. Bass bassist etc....

It really is quite simple... if you're not a bassist, then don't respond to any ads looking for a bassist.

Know any decent drum players? I could use one for my new project.

Me too. I'm a bass player.

What's the difference? :confused:

bassists get chicks

bass players don't

+1 Lets all stop referring to guitar players as guitarists and drum players as drummers and song stylists as singers.

I'm a basser

From Merriam-Webster

bass·ist noun \ˈbā-sist\

Definition of BASSIST

: a person who plays an acoustic or electric bass

That's right. From now on everyone is a song player no matter what you use to play the song.
I am starting a new band and can't decide if I want to have 4 or 5 song players.

"Bassist" and "bass player" mean the same thing. I usually say that I play bass or that I'm a bass player but on my website and Facebook page I use the term "bassist".

However, I have always felt that a "bass player" is someone who plays bass and a "bassist" is someone who truly understands the instrument.

Then we can do without this bassist sub-forum - :crying:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f28/

I'm a pbassist. However, sometimes I can be a jbass player.

IMO bassist sounds more professional than bass player. But I have "bassist" in my user name so of course I'm gonna say that!:D

Don't forget to use "bass guitarist" when you're searching... :D

The real question is how many other instruments end in "player"?
In college, I was a tubist. Now, I'm a bassist.
The term "Bass Player" just conjures the image of the caveman playing an Epiphone T'Bird slung down past his knees. Hey, if that's you, go for it! :bassist:

Reminds me of a quote by John(ny) Kruk. "We're not athletes, we're baseball players."