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Bass is interesting to me because I can pick it up and come up with a great bass line in about 3 seconds, with no effort put into it. I think it's simultaneously the easiest instrument to learn but one of the most difficult to master. While you can play pretty much anything on it and it'll sound cool, it takes a lot of skill to really "get" the instrument, I think. Because bass is a bit beyond riffs.. look at a band like The Fall, I remember their bass lines a lot but what really sticks out in my mind are the fills (if that's the proper word to use... the bassists will occasionally insert little speedy 2-note parts in the silences connecting the riff together or what have you). Basically, I'm saying that playing bass isn't too hard -- but GROOVING to bass is kinda difficult.
That being said, I think it's also a pretty limited instrument, though it kinda depends on what you're doing with it. Most bands aren't bass-centered, for example, so playing lead bass isn't going to get you anywhere unless you're in Primus or something. Haha. I find that discovering a great bass riff isn't very fulfilling to me versus an electric or acoustic guitar riff. I don't think they are as fun to play either.
I dunno man. I've went through this with my electric a thousand times. I'd master a certain style and then get sick of playing that way. I went 2 years without ever playing a power chord. You know, it's all just... you're going to get sick of yourself. You're going to wish you were playing something else. But eventually you will. Haha.
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