the point is that guitarrists that start plaing bass often still think in a guitarrists way. The important thing when playing bass it not to play stuff like jon myung or pastorius. the important thing is punch, power and groove. Bass and drums is the backbone of a good band. if the bass is not in perfect groove with the drumms, then the gutarrists can do what they want - it´ll sound like crap. It is not the task of the bass to play fast, shred or fingerbreaking licks - it´s task is to play dynamic and groovy.