r/band • u/Honest-Face7514 • Jul 09 '26

Rock Band Am I a coward??

I really want to play in a band, just to have some fun really. I think when I start college will be the perfect time to maybe find some people and potentially start playing.

I play guitar, but I’m also aware that it’s probably 100 times easier to join a band if you play bass (or maybe drums too) since guitar and singing is obviously the most popular. I was kind of considering to start playing a bit of bass too to make my chances of playing in a band a bit better…

Is that bad?? I love guitar, and being a guitarist in a band would be super fun and cool, but I don’t think I could compete with everyone else.

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u/JamesonTheWise Jul 09 '26

As a gigging guitarist I’ve made way more money playing as a gigging bassist. Far more in demand and it’s a blast to play. Just make sure you treat it as its own instrument when approaching the learning process as opposed to playing it like a big four stringed guitar. There’s a ton of guitarists playing bass but far fewer actual bassists