How hard is it to play the bass guitar?

If you want to learn the bass, it will be easier since you don't have to worry about hamner-ons, pull-off, slurs, etc.... finger-tapping , for the time being. here is a free online site on how to play bass. If you decide to get the guitar and amp, you can still play the bass in the guitar amp as long as you don't put to my bass tone http://www.cyberschoolofbass.com/ If you ever want to switch to the guitar, at least, you will have a stronger fingering to begin with. Never too late.

that is a very good deal for an amp and guitar. how hard it is to play bass depends on the kind of music you're into. If you want to play funk then I imagine it will take many years to get to the general level that is required. for rock or punk bass lines are much easier and straightforward, as their role tends to be to ground the song while the guitar does all the top lines and melodies so you won't have much of a problem.

If I Remember Right, you Only Just Started to Play Guitar.....Right Ally?. Starting from Scratch would be a Good Idea to Learn to Play the Rhythm Guitar first, this way you would Become used to the Fret Board. Bass is Somewhat Similar to the Lead Guitar and Rhythm, so Take it in Steps and it Will all Fall into Place Eventually.....DIG?

It is easier. Less strings to have control over. Sure.

Bass is easier for me since I have larger fingers, also most songs with bass lines aren't anywhere near as hard as the guitar parts (I can play several songs on my bass but not a single (complete) song on my guitar yet), but some people have an easier time with guitar if they have small fingers. Learning guitar in order to help with playing bass in a band and stuff is a good idea too, knowing how guitar chords work and what notes they consist of will help you with writing your own music to play along with the guitarist. I think $60 is a good deal for a guitar and amp, although it might not be if they are in bad condition. If it's a decent guitar and amp and in good condition then you should be able to sell it for more if you don't want to learn how to play it.

well its easier at first but it can get allot harder and as for the deal if its used maybe but new then NO

First off: it's probably a good deal for the guitar and amp. Next...okay, technically speaking it's simpler to play bass. You don't usually have to play as fast, you don't have to do chords, and there are fewer strings to navigate. But physically speaking, bass is much harder. The frets are much farther apart, so you really need large hands to be good at it, and the strings are much harder to push down. If you start off playing guitar and then switch to bass, it'll take ages to build up the strength; switching from bass to guitar you'll have all kinds of new things to learn but you'll have finger strength some guitarists can only dream of. Of course, like somebody already said, there's less competition for a bassist, so you look better. As a guitarist, I'm always around other guitar players who are only average and are made aware of that by how many people are better than them. If I wasn't so good at melodic soloing and extended technique I'd probably have given up long ago. But there are nowhere near as many bassists, and most of them can only play the kind of pumping eighth note basslines that rock and pop are so full of. So as an okay bassist you'd have much more opportunities to shine.