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Used in bluegrass,
no woodwind, no brass;
but have some class,
don't rhyme me with gas.

Anglers I face,
in ocean's embrace;
but in this case,
don't rhyme me with space.

Who or what am I?

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This deep, fishy riddle sounds like

bass

Used in bluegrass, no woodwind, no brass;

the stringed instrument which emits low-pitched sounds

but have some class, don't rhyme me with gas.

in this case it rhymes with base/space.

Anglers I face, in ocean's embrace;

bass - various species of fish, such as the sea bass.

but in this case, don't rhyme me with space

here pronounced to rhyme with class/gas.

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    $\begingroup$ A rafe is a diacritic, which is not safe to rhyme with jafe; it makes Pe be pronounced as fey, which rhymes with café but not jafe. $\endgroup$
    – Tom
    Mar 18, 2019 at 8:01
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    $\begingroup$ And rot13(gur gvgyr ersref gb "qebc gur onff") $\endgroup$
    – Annosz
    Mar 18, 2019 at 9:36
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    $\begingroup$ I cheated and looked at OP's profile jafe $\endgroup$
    – Tom
    Mar 18, 2019 at 11:43
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    $\begingroup$ @Tom Hehehe, clearly a screenshot from the future based on the rep numbers... $\endgroup$
    – Jafe
    Mar 18, 2019 at 12:41
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    $\begingroup$ (The way I pronounce it pretty much rhymes with "taffy", btw.) $\endgroup$
    – Jafe
    Mar 18, 2019 at 13:34

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