On the one hand, guitar is new and learning new things that excites a bit is really good for the aging brain. On the other hand when I tell people I started with guitar and thought I liked it until I decided to play bass. I wanted a better understanding and feel for song structure. What I got was grooving to my own tunes in ways I never did or felt with guitar. I say do both! Thats what I have decided, learned the bass line to a couple of nirvana songs, now Im going to slap down the guitar with my Yamaha silent ckassic electric and a cheap fuzz pedal. It’s a lot if fun, think about the posibilities…
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I look up guitar in early 2020 at age 57 during the COVID…We’d just retired and there was nothing to do. I picked up bass in late 2023, did the BassBuzz course in about 5 weeks and immediately regretted not learning bass earlier! I enjoy being able to play both, BUT… being completely honest with myself, I realize I have a better likelihood of success at bass than I do at guitar. Being a former tuba player, it’s just more natural. I recommend practice and learn BOTH, but spend the most time with the one that speaks to you.
Mark
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Bass, just because the strings are bigger. Bigger strings are better for old people!
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sticking to “both” here 
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Both for me
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And yet months later I find myself spending time on a guitar trying to complete a Blues course, what have I become?
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fear not, the skills transfer well
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Well I find myself playing the Bass VI a lot, so this is definitely the case
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I just bought my third Revstar 
need to stop selling them
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I need to get back to my Bass VI. I have been playing Herbie exclsively and should branch out a bit. And finish the project
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