Nguwuphi umahluko phakathi kwekatala yebass nekatala eqhelekileyo?
Kukho umahluko omncinane phakathi kwekatala yebass nekatala eqhelekileyo. I-bass guitar ngokuqhelekileyo ineentambo ezi-4 (nangona inokuba ngaphezulu), inkulu emzimbeni nasentanyeni, kwaye ineentambo eziphezulu (ubukhulu bentambo). Igitare yebass isetyenziselwa ukugcina ibhendi isendleleni ngokugcina isingqisho nokubetha amanqaku engcambu yeekhordi.  Ikatala eqhelekileyo idla ngokuba nemisonto emi-6, kwaye ingasetyenziselwa iinjongo ezahlukeneyo. Ezi ziquka ukugcina isingqisho kunye neekhordi, ukudlala i-riffs ezisisiseko, okanye i-improvisational solos for instrumental layering. Iigitare eziqhelekileyo phantse zihlala zaziwa kakhulu kwezi zimbini.