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Old 05-03-2012, 08:00 PM   #26 (permalink)
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I'm having one hell of a time finding a bassist and I'm close to giving up. How empty is our sound going to be without it? I have a drummer, a ryhthm guitarist, me (lead guitar), and a singer. Will having the rhythm guitar be enough?
No, it won't be enough. The bass and drums make up the rhythm section and that is the foundation of the song that you sing and play lead over. And a riff sounds better if a guitar is double by a bass than another guitar.

I don't know if you are going to take the advice from anyone here, like buy a bass, a synth, guitar synth, or pitch shifter pedal etc but what ever your decision is make sure that the financial responsibility falls on the shoulders of the rhythm guitarist.
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