Originally Posted by: chucklivesoninmyheartI have to say this about bass...if you have two people play the same line and one has been playing years longer than the other,it dosn't show much...but,if you have two guitarists play a riff and one has many years on the other,it shines through.While bass can be a very creative instrument,it isn't as expressive as guitar...IMO.Both good to know though,as stated before.

Maybe it's because it's what I do, but I have no trouble at all telling the guys who've been playing for years from the guys who haven't. There is a precision and efficiency of movement that only comes with experience.

Also, how is bass less expressive? Guitars don't do anything basses can't (and in fact, a friend of mine (one of the best guitarists I've ever known), described my fretless as "the most expressive thing" he'd ever played).

I think you're confusing human-imposed limitations for limitations in the instrument itself.