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Originally Posted by Scott of the Sa
I am a guitar player who can play bass, I just prefer to have someone else play it. I tend to get to bored and then I get busy to try and make it interesting and then I end up making the sound sound bad.
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This describes precisely the root of the problem. We guitarists, as a class, tend to overplay.
Even though we may be capable of playing the notes on a bass, does not mean that we have the discipline to stop overplaying.
A band I was in had two guitarists and a drummer. The other guitarist and I traded off playing bass as we could not find a competent bassist.
I remember how hard it was to mentally switch between the two instruments. However, I got a deeper understanding of elegant simplicity and how to work with drums. Super invaluable skills for ANY musician.
As Brent just said, it is NOT easy (unless you are playing bass like a guitar, which IS easy).