Matsayi: A cikin nau'o'in buga hannu biyu, 'yan wasan bass suna amfani da hannayensu biyu don kunna bayanin kula a kan fretboard ta hanzarta latsawa da riƙe kirtani zuwa fret. Maimakon tsagewa ko ɗaukar kirtani don ƙirƙirar sauti, a cikin wannan fasaha, aikin buga kirtani da fret ko fretboard yana haifar da sautin. Tunda ana iya amfani da hannaye biyu don yin wasa a kan fretboard, wannan yana ba da damar yin wasa da layin contrapuntal da ke haɗuwa, don yin wasa a lokaci guda da layin bass da madaidaiciya mai sauƙi, ko kunna kide-kide da arpeggios. Bassist John Entwistle na The Who ya buga da ƙarfi a kan kide-kide, yana sa su buga fretboard tare da twangy drum don ƙirƙirar sauti mai cike da sauti. 'Yan wasan da aka sani da wannan dabarar sun haɗa da Burton Cliff, Stuart Sheehan, Billy Wooten, John Wooten, Myung, Clay Hamm, Michael Chapman, da Michael Warr.
Cliff Burton, Billy Sheehan, Stuart Hamm, John Myung, Victor Wooten, Les Claypool, Mark King, da kuma Michael Manring