This thread reminds me of my high school bands in the late 70s, I had to teach the "bass players" how to play their parts...lol...of course those were guys who couldn't play guitar and tried bass instead...word of advice:If someone comes to you and says "I'll play bass, it's only 4 strings, how hard can it be?" then, unless you have alot of patience or want to learn bass lines yourself, RUN!!...I know this post isn't much help but it made me laugh thinking about my past