It’s an age-old dilemma for guitarist. We like the grunt and power and big bassy goodness for our tone, it feels so good to get the pants flapping when we’re chugging away at home. But in a mix, those low end frequencies interfere with the other low end frequencies, such as bass guitar, and things get muddy and our sound is lost. So we need to dial in more highs and miss, and less bass, which sounds “thin and raspy” in isolation. Just like I guess a raw egg in isolation is not very appealing, but makes the cake.
So if you’re playing at home for your own pleasure, then crank that bass to your heart’s content! But you will get lots of advice to trim that bass, because we’re also thinking about how it fits into a mix.