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I've been playing guitar in church for 30+ years. First on electric, then acoustic, and Tele for the last 8 years. During these past 8 years I also played electric bass.
Our church had a lead guitarist, and the bass player needed to scale back, so I played the church's G&L 5-sting, which took a lot of getting used to, as I switched of electric guitar and bass in a band before then. When the lead player left, I was there every Sunday, either on the Tele, or G&L.
Now, I'm starting with another church on bass, using a Godin SD-4.
My main bass influence is Rick Danko, so playing bass in contemporary worship music is a whole 'nuther thing. Some of the bass parts are boring... straight 8s on an A for two bars, then straight 8s on an E is not my idea of excitement, but sometimes that's what the song calls for, much like strumming a G chord in double 4 in the first position for four bars.
I don't know most of the worship songs from the CDs, so I make up most of my own bass parts.
The best part is hooking up the beat with a good drummer (if you can find one)!
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