Bass Guitar

eyyy my friend has this

You seem to be playing the wrong music. Metal I suppose

I've just gotten into guitar, and I much prefer finger picking to strumming chords. Would I like bass?

I preferred finger picking when I started playing guitar, and picked up bass few years later and I honestly like bass a lot better

Google good bass players.

If you're a pick player, you'll want to look up these guys:
Gerry McAvoy (Rory Gallagher)
D.D. Verni (Overkill)
Marcel Jacob (Talisman, Yngwie Malmsteen)
Rex Brown (Pantera, DOWN)
Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
John Entwistle (The Who)
Carol Kaye (just Google her)
Jason Newsted (Metallica)
Gene Simmons (KISS)
Duff McKagan (Guns n' Roses, Velvet Revolver)
Bobby Vega (just Google him)
Bob Daisley (Ozzy, Rainbow, Gary Moore)

desu

Radiohead also has a lot of surprisingly prominent, quality basslines in their songs that are also pretty easy to play for a beginner.

Shit like Fog, TNA, half the stuff on AMSP.

damn,
>jason newsted - not cliff burton
>gene simmons?
>no victor wooten
>no bootsy collins
>no charles mingus
>not even something obvious like les claypool
the only dudes i would keep on this list are roger waters and john entwistle

>If you're a pick player, you'll want to look up these guys:
None of those guys you listed play with a pick.
Another great picked bassist is Matt Freeman.
youtube.com/watch?v=uE1zgrMdxBE

Well, basically because rock music has been the biggest genre for a while, and in commercial rock tunes the Bass is basically used exclusively as a support instrument. Drums would have gone the same way if it weren't for metal.

Thankfully, that kind of rock seems to be being replaced as the dominant music genre in the public eye, so it's set to change.