Golden bust artist made for players (9)
I believe the answer is:
orchestra
'for players' is the definition.
(group playing music)
'golden bust artist' is the wordplay.
'golden' becomes 'or' ('or' is the name for gold in heraldry).
'bust' becomes 'chest' (I've seen this before).
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'or'+'chest'+'ra'='ORCHESTRA'
'made' is the link.
(Other definitions for orchestra that I've seen before include "Sort of stall" , "Musicians, maybe in theatre" , "Large body of musicians" , "Music ensemble" , "Noted performers" .)