To realize just how important bass is, I sometimes switch off the drums while playing a style and it still works pretty good (you could probably still dance to it) but if I leave the drums on and switch off the bass, the style seems to lose direction pretty quickly.

I love starting out a tune with a style, first with both bass and drums turned off, bringing in first bass and then drums as it progresses. In fact some of my styles are edited to accomplish just that...usually the first variation being without the drums (or both bass and drums) with the subsequent variations adding them.

Of course, some players accomplish the same thing using Registration Memories.

Ian