Why is the Bass guitar a underrated instrument?

The bass guitar can be seen as underrated instrument because it is a very simple instrument in its playing style. The technique behind playing leads to playing a note at time in rhythm of the drummers kick pedal. The reason why i consider the bass guitar not underrated is because of one simple fact. Listening to the bass guitar can give the genre of the song right away. For example the bass guitar in a reggae song normally hits on the 1 and 2 vs a country and where the bass bounces after every timing count. The bass instrument is actually keep the band sounding tight its what drives your heart out. The bass instrument is the finest instrument in my eye and music will not be same with out them.