Originally posted by Air
Who the hell wants to start to play bass? I've allways wondered that.
Must be the most boring intrument to learn, you cant do solos (and if u try it sounds like ****, like bill dickinson), u get the least attention, ur barely heard, and it is not far as expressive as a guitar...
(no offence to all the bass-players out there)

i took up bass between sax and guitar and i have to disagree. true, in an indie, pop or straight ahead rock band it's usually pretty limited. but in a funk - based outfit the bass is the main thing.players like Les Claypool, Victor Wooten, Jaco and Stanley Clarke do very interesting things with just 4 or 5 strings. you might be right about expressiveness though and not getting much attention unless youre blasting off megafast slapping