bass IS important. it adds foundation to the sounds that everything else is making. immagine a pyramid. would you feel safe standing next to it if it was balanced on its tip, rather than the normal bottom? when you lose the bass you lose quite a bit, making it harder to have a fully supported sound. when you listen to simon and garfunkle, and other bands that only have guitar, they actually have a bassline played on the guitar, and because of this you can keep that pyramid of sound.
but then again...i'm an orchestra dork gone rock/blues/metal.....so i tend to have these biases.......
so yea...depends on the style
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