Is a bass player really necessary?

[MCS4]

I saw Lacuna Coil play without one. A MacBook is much cheaper apparently.

There must have been some bizarre illness or other scenario before the show... their bassist Marco writes all or nearly all of their music last I heard.

 

[2cooltoolz]

No instrument is really necessary. All the good music has already been recorded!!

 

[Fender_Bender]

Not if you live under a bridge. Is a guitar necessary if your bassist plays an extended range bass?.

 

[thewildest]

They say Sociologists are there mostly to teach other Sociologist about how to become one.

Perhaps the OP is right, we are the reason we exist, trapped in a regime of implacable sustainability. We all come from a rebel that once spur outside his/her paradigm to spread and multiply uncontrollably.

Or perhaps the OP has Mondini dysplasia (a cochlear malformation) which disables his abilities to discern the impact of low frequency notes into the mix.

Or none of the above.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

please close this silliness

 

[Deleted member 165050]

No instrument is really necessary. All the good music has already been recorded!!

This is correct, everything since 1985 has been utterly pointless as we did it all in the 50s, 60s and 70s. This is the era of personality presentation, not musical innovation. I still secretly like Nicki though...

 

[Lava]

The 80s called, they want their DX7 synth bass back.

 

[Lowendtech]

Time to Pull the plug. Dude dropped a flaming poo bag and ran.

 

[georgiagoodie]

Yes. Yes, they are really necessary.

 

[J_Bass]

I feel like you don't really need one. A guitar is only an octave higher and it can still cover a lot of the notes that a bass guitar does. Also, you could just use an eight-string guitar and tune the lowest string down to a low E. I know that some bands have eight string guitarists as well as bassists and the bassists play the same notes as the the eight string guitar players, but the bass will make the low end sound "fuller" because of how thick the strings are. But I don't think that really makes any much of a difference. I know this question might make me appear ignorant, but this is my own judgement.

Guitar?? Why the hell would a band need a guitar?? Just use a 7 string bass low B to high F and you're done!

Guitar. Ppff.

 

[Eric Swaim]

"A Bass is essential, a bad bass player is not"

 

[bearfoot]

The real question is do we need this kind of thread d'baggery on TB? This is a BASS forum. Sometimes the moderators are way more moderate than I would be.

what's the harm? It's just a question. Are we a bunch of snowflakes now?

 

[Diddywah]

Nothing is really necessary is it? But bass is fundamentally fun.

 

[Nevada Pete]

How many people at the bar with their back turned to the stage while texting with their friends would even notice if the bass was taken out of the mix?

All of them.

 

[Rudyboy98]

Is this thread necessary- er...no.

 

[Blake Bass]

There is no such thing as a stupid question..oh, nevermind!

 

[Briton]

Yes........But not if your playing Metal!

 

[J_Bass]

There is no such thing as a stupid question..oh, nevermind!

 

[TSmith92]

It ultimately depends on the sound you are going for, some bands (especially in the doom metal genre) tune pretty low (some down to Low F) and utilize octave downs to achieve a denser low end. Off the top of my Head Slomatics and In the company of serpents don't utilize bass players. It also lets the drums stand out a bit more if that's your thing as well.

 

[Pork_Chop]

This needs to be moved to the 'Bass Humor' section.