Blogcritics Comments on Who Needs A Bass Player?

Comment by Mark on Who Needs A Bass Player?

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:33:13 EDT

the stripes actually record some of their songs with basslines, and for their live shows jack actually uses a pedal which adds another lower-octave layer to his guitar which sounds just like bass so dont tell me u dont need bass players... they are the link between the guitar and the drums.. listen to muse and tell me if u still think that bassists aren't musicians

Comment by Mark on Who Needs A Bass Player?

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:32:44 EDT

Comment by Tom Johnson on Who Needs A Bass Player?

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:40:41 EDT

No, the White Stripes do not have a bassist. It's a two-person band. Two minutes of searching on the internet would inform you. This is three years late, but as for Tony Levin, he's like the figurehead for Stick players, but there are many other, better players. Sean Malone, of Cynic, Gordian Knot, and his own solo material, is simply incredible. Trey Gunn is probably the most adventurous player (he used to play Stick but plays Warr Guitar now, but the principle is the same.)

Comment by uhm on Who Needs A Bass Player?

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:43:17 EDT

the band does have a bass player.. for example.. in the song (hardest button 2 button) you can easily hear the bass riff which plays during the drum solos. which also is played at the same time the main guitar riff is played. so its either added into the trak for the effect or they have a secret bass player. I'm guessing its that red haired girl that is in a couple of their music videos.