Can a bad Guitarist become a good Bassist?

[Misterwogan]

Originally Posted by mbeall

My guess is that the stuff you are now working on bass is stuff that you should have been practicing on the guitar but never did, the bass lines you are now learning are exposing you to ways of thinking of music that were not a priority before.

Absolutely true.

[SoVeryTired]

I've been playing guitar for years, acoustic then electric, and I'm just about good enough to get by. Playing bass has made me a better guitarist, or at least got me thinking more in terms of proper lead playing rather than just bashing out chords. And, as has already been stated, it forces you into a greater understandingof and appreciation for theory, which spills over to any other instrument you might pick up.