Why do bass guitars even exist? Why not just use an electric guitar and just use the lowest four notes?
This has been answered pretty well on Quora but I wanted to add my two cents.
A while ago, a friend was kind enough to loan me (thanks Chuck!) a Schecter Diamond Series electric bass.
I have been playing guitar for most of my life but this thing is just magical. You have to listen so much more closely when playing bass than guitar, I think partly because of all the frequencies under your hand- it seems like so much more is available than on a guitar string. You’ll hear “start with the 1 and 5” and that works fine but if you listen to a bassist who really knows the neck, they carve up chords like a horn player. You could spend a LOT of time getting this under control. It’s really only nominally a guitar if you think about it, in the same way that a ukulele is, imho.
I hope this is helpful and I highly recommend putting your hands on a bass guitar if you get the chance.
PS: how many bass players does it take to change a lightbulb?