On a technical level, no, it doesn't make you better at _physically_ playing the guitar. It will make you a better musician, however, including with guitar. If you learn to be even an amateur bassist, you'll develop a better understanding and appreciation of the role of the bass in a band, and you'll find yourself paying more attention to bass in music that you listen to, and that will translate to when you're playing guitar with a bassist. That's been my experience as someone who learnt the bass second, hope it made some sense.
100%. It wont make any difference in your technique, they are totally different instruments that require different techniques. But it will absolutely make you a better MUSICIAN if you actually make an effort to learn the instrument.
I picked up the bass 6 months before I bought my guitar and the experience playing bass certainly helped me play guitar, but I think it was helpful because I was(and am) an amateur with no previous experience on strings. So if you were an experienced guitar player I would not bother with the bass guitar.
if you stop thinking of playing better as finger skills as it seams like you are thinking I dont think it would help other than maybe stamina. What it will help you with is knowing what the job of a bass player in a band is and how he compliments both the drums and guitars wich will help your guitar playing when it comes to leaving space for other instruments in the band and knowing how the guitar compliments other instruments. it will teach you better rythm and time feel if you focus in it while playing bass. It will allso make you look cooler if you hang it low, just look at church of missery bassist Tatsu Mikami.
I started playing bass and let me tell you, the bass does NOTHING to prepare you for playing a guitar. Like the guy said underneath, it's a totally different thing. I like your thinking, but it's not as straight forward as you might think. Interesting video and a great question! All the best!
No it doesn't make you a better guitar player at all( not with the things you've pointed out. Please let me try to explain why. First of all it is a different beast, demands a different style of playing, even using different fingers to shift positions ( Micro-shifting) The space between the frets are much smaller then on a long scale bass for starters. I am playing guitar for like almost 42 years, and I am playing a bass since June 2024 ( a Squier 60's classic Vibe Precision bass) Many guitar players make the same mistake to play it like a guitar( Like you did play some fast runs/scales in your video) Only advantage I have as a guitar player is that I know the names of the strings, and the names of the strings in each position. On a guitar you use 1 finger per position on a string. First 4 frets would be index, Middle, ring and pinky. This however will not work on a bass. I discovered it works better to use Index,and Ring for position one and two, due to the wider space between the frets, combined with micro shifting. You also need to play with alternating the Index and middle finger of your right hand, instead of using a pick( exception for Punk Music and Metal maybe) And a guitar player can't do all of this overnight, it takes time to get used to all of this ( took me 6 months) I also recommend an amp to learn how to play actually hearing the bass. A little amp is suffient enough, like a 30 watts combo. When I started on bass, I decided I wanted to play like a real bass player, and I don't want to sound and play like a guitar player, playing a bass. Both instruments are a different kind of sports. Hope this all makes sense to you. The only thing that helped me with my guitar playing , that with a blues run on the lower strings, I had to use a different fingering to play it more smoothly and easier, but other than that it doesn't really help in the sense you've pointed it out. I think it also may give you a better sense of rhythym. Last but not least, the strings are much thicker on a bass opposed to a guitar. they are like thick cables on the Bridge in San Fransisco oppossed to needle thread in a needle. And it takes time to get used to that. my fingers did hurt the first couple of months. I finally get used to all of these differences.
wow! thanks for the detailed explanation! Much appreciated. It's fun to play but overall I definitely prefer playing guitar. It did make me appreciate bass players more, though.
@@salimalamistheone I still prefer guitar over bass sir, but bass is such fun to play and so soothing. And like you I did start to appreciate bass more
As a guitar player, I enjoy coming back to guitar. It seems very small and my strength is noticeably stronger.
On a technical level, no, it doesn't make you better at _physically_ playing the guitar.
It will make you a better musician, however, including with guitar. If you learn to be even an amateur bassist, you'll develop a better understanding and appreciation of the role of the bass in a band, and you'll find yourself paying more attention to bass in music that you listen to, and that will translate to when you're playing guitar with a bassist.
That's been my experience as someone who learnt the bass second, hope it made some sense.
100%. It wont make any difference in your technique, they are totally different instruments that require different techniques. But it will absolutely make you a better MUSICIAN if you actually make an effort to learn the instrument.
I picked up the bass 6 months before I bought my guitar and the experience playing bass certainly helped me play guitar, but I think it was helpful because I was(and am) an amateur with no previous experience on strings. So if you were an experienced guitar player I would not bother with the bass guitar.
if you stop thinking of playing better as finger skills as it seams like you are thinking I dont think it would help other than maybe stamina. What it will help you with is knowing what the job of a bass player in a band is and how he compliments both the drums and guitars wich will help your guitar playing when it comes to leaving space for other instruments in the band and knowing how the guitar compliments other instruments. it will teach you better rythm and time feel if you focus in it while playing bass. It will allso make you look cooler if you hang it low, just look at church of missery bassist Tatsu Mikami.
I started playing bass and let me tell you, the bass does NOTHING to prepare you for playing a guitar. Like the guy said underneath, it's a totally different thing. I like your thinking, but it's not as straight forward as you might think. Interesting video and a great question! All the best!
No it doesn't make you a better guitar player at all( not with the things you've pointed out. Please let me try to explain why. First of all it is a different beast, demands a different style of playing, even using different fingers to shift positions ( Micro-shifting) The space between the frets are much smaller then on a long scale bass for starters. I am playing guitar for like almost 42 years, and I am playing a bass since June 2024 ( a Squier 60's classic Vibe Precision bass) Many guitar players make the same mistake to play it like a guitar( Like you did play some fast runs/scales in your video) Only advantage I have as a guitar player is that I know the names of the strings, and the names of the strings in each position. On a guitar you use 1 finger per position on a string. First 4 frets would be index, Middle, ring and pinky. This however will not work on a bass. I discovered it works better to use Index,and Ring for position one and two, due to the wider space between the frets, combined with micro shifting. You also need to play with alternating the Index and middle finger of your right hand, instead of using a pick( exception for Punk Music and Metal maybe) And a guitar player can't do all of this overnight, it takes time to get used to all of this ( took me 6 months) I also recommend an amp to learn how to play actually hearing the bass. A little amp is suffient enough, like a 30 watts combo. When I started on bass, I decided I wanted to play like a real bass player, and I don't want to sound and play like a guitar player, playing a bass. Both instruments are a different kind of sports. Hope this all makes sense to you. The only thing that helped me with my guitar playing , that with a blues run on the lower strings, I had to use a different fingering to play it more smoothly and easier, but other than that it doesn't really help in the sense you've pointed it out. I think it also may give you a better sense of rhythym. Last but not least, the strings are much thicker on a bass opposed to a guitar. they are like thick cables on the Bridge in San Fransisco oppossed to needle thread in a needle. And it takes time to get used to that. my fingers did hurt the first couple of months. I finally get used to all of these differences.
wow! thanks for the detailed explanation! Much appreciated. It's fun to play but overall I definitely prefer playing guitar. It did make me appreciate bass players more, though.
@@salimalamistheone I still prefer guitar over bass sir, but bass is such fun to play and so soothing. And like you I did start to appreciate bass more
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