Quote Originally Posted by Desolate Divine View Post
I have been playing guitar for fourteen years now, and am by far more competent on that than anything else.

BUT I gotta say I enjoy piano more now. I have played that for about five or six years, and am completely self taught, but am improving, and am starting to reach the point where I am playing fairly proficiently. In all honestly, learning piano has made me a better musician than guitar could.

I think part of the reason I enjoy piano so much is how much can be done with a single instrument. On guitar, I can play lead, chords, sometimes both at once, but mostly switching between the two quick enough that it seems the same. Or I can play chords, with some cool bass stuff over the top, but even then, I am limited.

Meanwhile on piano I can play cool melodies, whilst playing chords, and running a bassline at the same time. I can create a full sounding piece on piano, whilst guitar I serve as a part that needs a group.
This is a nice point! I have to say though, skilled guitar (and even bass guitar) players can play chords and basslines at the same time through fingerpicking or tapping. That's why my pick will be bass guitar. Sure, it doesn't do much in the hands of an amateur, but the things people like Victor Wooten can do on a bass is crazy! In the past few years I've been working on solo bass technique, and you can get some cool sounds through that.