I'd say it's not absolutely necesary to have a bass player in the band.
However, you should know that the overall feel, power and presence
of your band's sound lays heavily on the firm, solid base that the bass
player creates. Not only does he(she) provide the entire support for the
other instruments (along with the drums), they also make the sound a lot
fuller and lively. Without the bass, the band is most likely to sound empty.
But still, if you can't find a bass player there are other instruments like a
piano or syntheziser that can fill in for the bass parts. The important thing is
to have a solid base on which the other instruments can rest. There is no one right sound for any band. And as long as there is an instrument that has a tonal range extending into the bass frequencies, you also will not lose the "bottom" in the music. Examples of bass-less bands include Sleater-Kinney (where rhythm guitarist Corin Tucker's guitar tone and style almost serve as a bass), The White Stripes, and Led Zeppelin in certain live situations when bassist John Paul Jones would play keyboards, and employ sounds that have a solid bottom. A band with a piano often doesn't need bass at all, given the piano's powerful low-end sound, percussive clarity, and full sonic spectrum. Conversely, you have a band like Motorhead, which has a bass player (Lemmy Kilmister) who makes his bass tone much higher ("buzz bass"), sounding more like a rhythm guitar than a bass.
A bass-guitar and an electric bass guitar is the same thing, unless you want to get technical and call it an acoustic bass guitar and an electric, whereas your answer would be electric (for a rock/alt./punk/metal band) ---------------------------------------------------------------------
no
Because. The bass is not always on the left look at Nirvana, the guitar was on the left and bass on the right
yes... you can do single player in guitar,bass,drums or mic........or you can do band tour on guitar and bass, guitar and drums, guitar and mic, bass and drums, mic and bass, mic and drums.
you should have one guitar and one base guitar It depends on what kind of sound you want...but you definitly need at least one electric guitar and one bass guitar.
Jack Bruce played bass guitar .
yep any guitar, drum, vocal, or bass works.
No, you can choose which instrument you want to play (Guitar, Bass, Drums or Mic)
You need a plastic guitar and the rock band disc.
Yes. Just about every single rock band in the world has both. The guitar will always be used in rock. But the bass is just as important, because it fills in all the empty music space that the guitar can't. If it wasn't for the bass in a rock band, the music wouldn't be enjoyable at all when played live.
A Bass Player
Typically a guitar or 2 a bass guitar a drum set and a mic