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Will keyboards help?

Hello fellow bassists (and not :P )
I'm playing Bass about one year and a half
and i think that i'm making a very good progress,
i was thinking of starting to learn keyboards
as i am a huge fan of jordan rudess and
i would like to play those synths as leads etc...
i know that the road is long and i don't want it as
my primary instrument as it is the bass.
I was wondering, will keyboards help my bass
playing be improved?
 
Yes, learning some piano will help with your understanding of theory. Drums would help develop rhythm, too.

And I *love* your use of English! Very "Borat"!

good luck!

+1
these have both helped me with exactally what bigoldharry said. i learned to play drums (not well) and it helped my rhythm substantially and im currently taking piano lessons and my bass playing is *thriving* from this immensly!!

plus, even if it didnt help theory (which it really really does) why not learn em? I cant think of a reason why not to...