Anyway, I personally don't think that acoustic is any harder than electric.
I'm a bass player myself, and I've been messing with guitar for the past few months and if you were to ask me, I would say that it is all relative to the type of person you are.
I've always responded to the bass in music, it has always been what captivated me, so bass is obviously what was fitting for me. If you respond more to typical "shredding" than a guitar would be for you.
With that said, go to your local music shop and play on each one, and go with whatever feels the most comfortable to you.
People say that Bass doesn't do a lot it only plays strings of notes is it true, does it have melody's, etc?
Correction.
Most bassists today don't do a lot. They just strum the root note (the base note for whatever the guitar is doing) with no sense of musical direction, scales, or feeling.
It really irritates me. Bass is in no way easier than guitar, it takes a whole different set of skill. It needs impeccable time and rhythm, and an excellent ear for notes and scales.
Bass should have melody, granted a lot of your normal bassists don't follow that.
The right bassist doesn't do a lot, but he does everything. He serves the song, when he needs a steady stream of notes he will know when to use them, and when he needs a line that is nonstop with melody and note switches, he will know when to use that, too.
Learn acoustic guitar first. It strengthens your hands and fingers. Also, because every single sound you create on the acoustic will echo out of the body of the guitar, you are forced to create smoother sounds, and that will only improve your playing. When you get to electric, you might find it pussy compared to acoustic. =P
Aero is right, being a bassist I didn't think about what he pointed out, because you know, the bass had already made my fingers super strong..
As far as playing bass on well known songs, it depends on who you are playing. Some bands have good bassists, others just have shity "root note" bassists. What kind of bands are you going to be covering?
By learning acoustic, you will be able to play on electric anyway, so yeah, do that. You fingers will be stronger and shizzle.
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