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How to Draw a Bass Guitar
Draw a bass guitar in 11 easy steps, about 8 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the body.
Step 1: The body
Draw the body in the lower half: a long left horn, a short right horn and a fat bottom.
Tip A bass body is lopsided on purpose: a waist above the fat bottom.
Step 2: The neck
From between the horns draw 2 close lines straight up, stopping with room above for the headstock.
Tip Make the neck long, almost as tall as the body.
Step 3: The headstock
On top of the neck draw a headstock sticking out to the left. Draw 4 pegs down its left edge.
Tip Bass pegs are big and all on one side.
Step 4: Pickups and bridge
On the body under the neck draw 2 short flat bars, one under the other, and a third lower down.
Step 5: The strings
Draw 4 long lines down the middle, starting on the headstock and stopping on the bridge, close together.
Step 6: Frets
Across the neck draw 5 short lines, evenly spaced, from the left edge to the right edge.
Step 7: Knobs
On the right side of the body, beside the bridge, draw 2 small round knobs, one above the other.
Step 8: Music notes
Draw 2 small music notes floating beside the guitar, one on each side.
Step 9: Brown neck, grey knobs
Colour the neck and headstock wood brown, and the knobs and pegs grey.
Step 10: Black pickups
Colour the 2 pickups and the bridge black.
Step 11: Navy body
Colour the body navy blue, going around the neck, pickups and knobs. Your bass guitar is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a bass guitar, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
