I Get Confused. Just By Looking, What Does It Difference A Guitar From A Bass?

Answer 1

A bass guitar is easy to recognise because it usually has a longer neck than a guitar and has usually four thick strings (sometimes five and fewer yet have six) where as a guitar has from six to twelve strings ranging from very thin to thick. The bodies are sometimes larger and thicker on a bass as well.

My ex played bass. He had a really beautiful old 56, maple neck fender precision and a Rickenbacker ( really long neck) and I had an old Hofner (beatle) bass.

Answer 2

The standard guitar has 6 strings, E A D G B E, low to high. The twelve string is the same, but with doubled strings. The standard bass is an octave lower, with 4 strings, tuned E A D G B E. However, the 5 string bass seems now to be the new standard, B E A D G.

The 8 string bass is a standard 4 string with doubled octave strings. The 10 string is the same, but based on the 5 string.

There is a 6 string bass, featured on Aerosmith's "Back in the Saddle," played by Joe Perry. I don't know the tuning, I suspect that it is a four string with a couple of doubled strings.

In addition, Doug Pinnick of King's X plays a 12 string bass, and a 15 string bass, being a 4 string and 5 string bass with TRIPLED strings, respectively. He said in an interview that he was aware of an 18 string bass (a 6 string with tripled strings), but he decided that was a bit much and decided (at that writing) not to look into it.

Answer 3

A guitar usually has 6 strings and a bass has 4 or 5 depending on the type.

Answer 4

Guitar has 6 strings a bass has 4.If that confuses you don't look at a 12 string

Answer 5

The bass guitar has four low-end strings that provide the fundamental beat and tempo for a band--besides the drums. They are in tonal match with the top larger guitar strings of E, A, D, and G, but are tuned a full octave below.

Guitars are traditionally a six-string instrument, but now there are seven-stringers along with the rhythmic 12-string guitars and other variations.

Conversely, one of the members in a Mexican Mariachi band plays a bass-type six-string guitar having a box size considerably larger than the traditional dreadnought.

Answer 6

The guitar usually has six strings, but guitars with seven, eight, ten 12, and 18 strings are also found.

A bass is similar in appearance to an guitar but has a larger body, a longer neck and scale length, and, usually, four strings (but sometimes five or more).

Answer 7

Guitar..Usually 6 or 12 strings... A Bass....usually 4 strings.

Answer 8

a guitar usually has 6 strings (and some have 12) and a bass guitar has 4 strings.

Answer 9

A bass usually has four or five strings a guitar has seven or eight or even more.

Answer 10

Bass is background noise. Guitar has all the power chords and solos.