Originally Posted by: Dr_simonAh go for it.

Guitarists are a dime a dozen, bass players can always get a job !

If you can afford it well why not, you may find you enjoy it more than the guitar.

I do both and yep they are different however they are (IMHO) both fun also. No need to be a one trick pony.

So true. Bass players are hard to come by, and good bass players...?... get there and you will ALWAYS have a gig!

plus I always found that the bass player is almost always the coolest one in the band- dunno why, usually way laid back and much less ego problems than the frosting part of the ensemble tends to have...