
Most of the bass guitars are powered by an electrical source and should be connected with an amplifier as well as a speaker to enable the audiences to hear it loud and clear. Mostly played with the thumb or the index finger, the bass guitars have an option of being played with a reinforced pick. Talking about the functionality, most of the bass guitars which consist of four strings are tuned with the same procedure as that of a double bass guitar. The bass guitars played a crucial role in the late 1960s to bring the rock music to the mainstream media.

Apart from this, a typical bass guitar also has an extended number of strings, which range from 4 to 6 in numbers. However, one thing which differentiates the bass guitar from the normal guitars is that the bass guitars tend to have a longer neck and higher scale length. To be precise, a bass guitar or simply a bass is a musical instrument which looks somewhat same as that to an electric or an acoustic guitar.
