What is the difference between rhythm guitar and bass guitar?

Answer 1

I play guitar. The most obvious reason is that the Bass Guitar is that gives the song backing so it sounds more full. The rhythm guitar gives more of treble sound but it is more versatile and can give off a bass sound too. Plus the rhythm guitar is more upfront while the bass guitar lurks in the background and fills in to give it a fuller sound. I mean unless you turn the bass up all the way on your stereo you don't really notice unless they play with a pick or if you had good ears or it's a quiet song you can hear the "plunk." Anyways, it's filler, but that's just my answer. It's rhythm and filler. The Bass guitar, along with the bass drum, adds the foundation, or bottom to the song. If you tap your foot to the music, you are tapping to that foundation. The rhythm guitar, fills in the holes, aka filling in the music between the beats of the drums, and the fullness of the bass. Together they form the rhythm section to the song.

Answer 2

No. Rhythm guitar isn't an instrument, it's a role. The bass is a different guitar. In a band the rhythm guitarist plays an ordinary guitar but generally plays chords over the top of the lead Guitarists flashier fret picking. Rhythm is a similar style to bass in that they keep the rhythm and aren't there for the glory but it is just an ordinary guitar

Many bands have both; in fact, most bands with a rhythm player also have a bassist. Some examples are Guns n Roses (classic line-up; Izzy on rhythm, Duff on bass) and Candlemass (Mappe Bjorkman on rhythm, Leffe Edling on bass).

Answer 3

No. Guitar amps and bass amps are set up very differently. You should never play a bass guitar through a guitar amp, as you will blow out the speakers of the guitar amp. Guitar amps are not meant to project the low frequencies of a bass guitar.